Mr George Asimakopoulos

Cardiothoracic surgeon in London

MD PhD FRCS

GMC: 4073628

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Mr George Asimakopoulos is a leading consultant cardiac surgeon based in London. His specialist interests include aortic root surgery, aortic valve replacement, surgery for endocarditis, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and surgery for atrial fibrillation. He subspecialises in complex problems of the aortic valve, aortic root, ascending aorta and arch. He also has extensive experience in treating endocarditis and operating on patients who have had previous cardiac surgery.

In 1992, Mr Asimakopoulos qualified in medicine at The University of Hamburg, Germany. From 1999 to 2006, he trained on the West London rotation in cardiothoracic surgery. He went on to spend a year as a fellow in heart and lung transplantation at The Harefield Hospital.

Mr Asimakopoulos spent seven years working as a consultant cardiac surgeon at The University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. During his time at Bristol, Mr Asimakopoulos was one of the busiest cardiac surgeons in the UK. He performs more than 230 cardiac surgery operations every year. He also joined The Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital in February 2014 as an aortic surgeon and continues to see patients at this highly regarded centre.

Mr Asimakopoulos is also an educational supervisor for trainee doctors in adult cardiac surgery. He regularly supervises medical students and sits on selection and interview panels for the national selection of surgical trainees.

He's published over 80 peer-reviewed scientific articles. Currently, he is taking part in ongoing research on the performance of sutureless aortic valves, outcomes of surgery for aortic dissection and training in cardiac surgery.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍4073628

Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, 77 Wimpole Street Outpatient & Diagnostics
• Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Harefield Hospital
• Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Harley Street Clinic
• Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital NHS + Private Patients

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Sub-specialties

• Aortic root surgery
• Surgery for endocarditis
• Aortic valve replacement
• Aortic dissection repair
• Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
• Surgery for atrial fibrillation.
• Aortic dissection
• Sutureless aortic valve replacement

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Teaching posts

• Cardiac Surgical Tutor, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) of Great Britain and Ireland

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Imperial College School of Medicine
• The University of Hamburg, Germany (1992)

Publications and conferences

• Zhu Y, Mirsadraee S, Asimakopoulos G, Gambaro A, Rosendahl U, Pepper J, Xu XY. Association of hemodynamic factors and progressive aortic dilatation following type A aortic dissection surgical repair. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 1;11(1):11521. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91079-5. PMID: 34075164; PMCID: PMC8169847.
• Baghai, Max et al. “Clinical outcomes after implantation of a sutureless aortic bioprosthesis with concomitant mitral valve surgery: the SURE-AVR registry.” Journal of cardiothoracic surgery vol. 16,1 154. 30 May. 2021, doi:10.1186/s13019-021-01523-w
• Salmasi MY, Panda A, Hartley P, Abdulkhader A, Osman A, Nienaber C, Athanasiou T, Asimakopoulos G. Aortic root replacement to treat type A aortic dissection: A comparison of midterm outcomes between composite valve grafts and porcine aortic roots. J Card Surg. 2020 Aug;35(8):1840-1847. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14712. Epub 2020 Jul 9.
• Pal S, Hartley P, Salmasi Y, Asimakopoulos G. Establishing the Safety of Training in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes between Trainees and a Consultant Surgeon. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Mar 21. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1701668.
• Mohamed W, Asimakopoulos G. Is it safe and effective to reduce the target anticoagulation range for patients with mechanical prosthetic aortic valves? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun 1;30(6):904-909.
• Mohamed W, Asimakopoulos G. Preoperative C-reactive protein as a predictor of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Perfusion. 2020 Aug 12:267659120947684. doi: 10.1177/0267659120947684.
• Muretti M, Elmahdy W, Ttofi I, Mozalbat D, Murphy M, Asimakopoulos G, Rosendahl U Surgical Repair of Mitral-Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa Pseudoaneurysm in a High-Risk Patient 13 Years after Aortic Root Replacement. Tex Heart Inst J. 2019 Apr 1;46(2):147-150. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-17-6493. eCollection 2019 Apr
• Vaja R, Talukder S, Norkunas M, Hoffman R, Nienaber C, Pepper J, Rosendahl U, Asimakopoulos G, Quarto C. Impact of a streamlined rotational system for the management of acute aortic syndrome: sharing is caring. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Nov 27. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy386.
• Mitsis A, Yuan X, Christodoulou E, Semple T, Murphy M, Asimakopoulos G, Nienaber CA. Right ventricular dysfunction 10 years following a Bentall procedure. J Card Surg. 2018 Sep;33(9):563-564. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13788. Epub 2018 Aug 22.
• Vassiliou VS, Wassilew K, Cameron D, Heng EL, Nyktari E, Asimakopoulos G, de Souza A, Giri S, Pierce I, Jabbour A, Firmin D, Frenneaux M, Gatehouse P, Pennell DJ, Prasad SK. Identification of myocardial diffuse fibrosis by 11 heartbeat MOLLI T 1 mapping: averaging to improve precision and correlation with collagen volume fraction. MAGMA. 2018 Feb;31(1):101-113. doi: 10.1007/s10334-017-0630-3. Epub 2017 Jun 12
• Nesbitt JJ, Mori G, Mason-Apps C, Asimakopoulos G. Comparison of early and late quality of life between left anterior thoracotomy and median sternotomy for off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Perfusion 2017 Jan;32(1):50-56
• Spiers, A, Baillie, S, Pipe, T & Asimakopoulos, G 2017, 'Negating the Fulcrum Effect in Manual Laparoscopic Surgery: Investigating Skill Acquisition with a Haptic Simulator' International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1837
• Vassiliou VS, Wassilew K, Cameron D, Heng EL, Nyktari E, Asimakopoulos G, de Souza A, Giri S, Pierce I, Jabbour A, Firmin D, Frenneaux M, Gatehouse P, Pennell DJ, Prasad SK. MAGMA. Identification of myocardial diffuse fibrosis by 11 heartbeat MOLLI T 1 mapping: averaging to improve precision and correlation with collagen volume fraction. 2017 Jun 12. doi: 10.1007/s10334-017-0630-3. [Epub ahead of print] 2016;18 (Suppl 1):Q5

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Prizes and awards

• Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1997)
• British Society for Heart Failure
• European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Professional membership

• European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland
• British Society for Heart Failure
• The National Selection Committee for Cardiothoracic Surgical Trainees
• Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
• The Heart Valve Society
• The British Society of Heart Failure

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Languages spoken

English
German
Greek