2023
Akowuah E, Maier R. Improving generalisability: a reply. Anaesthesia. 2023 Oct 10. doi: 10.1111/anae.16142. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37816311
Rice CT, Barnett S, O’Connell SP, Akowuah E, Appleby CE, Chambers JB, Shah BN, Blackman DJ. Impact of gender, ethnicity and social deprivation on access to surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis: a retrospective database study in England. Open Heart. 2023 Sep;10(2):e002373. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002373.PMID: 37788920.
Harrison S, Loughran K, Trevis J, Witharana P, Maier R, Hancock H, Bardgett M, Mathias A, Akowuah E, Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study, 2023 Jul 4, PMID 37402349
Akowuah E, Wagnild J, Bardgett M, Prichard J, Mathias A, Harrison S, Ogundimu E, Hancock H, Maier R, PREPs Trial investigators. A randomised controlled trial of prehabilitation in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery, 2023 Jul 4, PMID 37402352
Akowuah E, Maier R, Hancock H, Kharatikoopaei E, Vale L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Ogundimu E, Wagnild J, Mathias A, Walmsley Z, Howe N, Kasim A, Graham R, Murphy G, Zacharias J, Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair; A Randomized Clinical Trial, JAMA, 2023;329(22):1957-1966 doi:10.1001/jama.2023.7800
Kirmani B, Akowuah E, Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery, J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2023 Jun,10(7), 281 https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10070281
Ngaage DL, Mitchell N, Dean A, Mitchell A, Hinde S, Akowuah E, Doherty P, Nichols S, Fairhurst C, Flemming K, Hewitt C, Ingle L, Watson J. A randomised controlled, feasibility study to establish the acceptability of early outpatient review and early cardiac rehabilitation compared to standard practice after cardiac surgery and viability of a future large-scale trial (FARSTER). Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2023 May 11;9(1):79. doi: 10.1186/
Todd R, Rogers CA, Pufulete M, Culliford L, Pretorius P, Voets N, Akowuah E, Sayeed R, Lazaroo M, Kaur S, Angelini GD, Gibbison B. Efficacy and safety of carbon dioxide insufflation for brain protection for patients undergoing planned left-sided open heart valve surgery: protocol for a multicentre, placebo-controlled, blinded, randomised controlled trial (the CO2 Study). BMJ Open. 2023 May 17;13(5):e074221. doi: 10.1136/
Gibbison B, Murphy GJ, Akowuah E, Loubani M, Pufulete M. Pre-operative and prehabilitation services in UK cardiac surgery centres. Anaesthesia. 2023 Mar;78(3):388-391. doi: 10.1111/anae.15918. Epub 2022 Nov 17.PMID: 36394827
Akowuah E, Mathias A, Bardgett M, Harrison S, Kasim A, Loughran K, Ogundimu E, Trevis J, Wagnild J, Witharana P, Hancock H, Maier R. Prehabilitation in elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomised control trial (The PrEPS Trial) – a study protocol, BMJ Open, 2023 Jan 5;13(1) PMID 36604134
2022 and 2021
Akowuah E, Whitlock R, Evidence gaps pertaining to high-risk medications – Commentary on anticoagulation in new onset postoperative atrial fibrillation,Heart Rhythm O2, Aug 2022 3(4)P333-334, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2022.07.006
Frise M, Holdsworth D, Sandhu M, Mellor A, Kasim A, Hancock H, Maier R, Dorrigton K, Robbins P, Akowuah E. Non-anemic iron deficiency predicts prolonged hospitalisation following surgical aortic valve replacement: a single-centre retrospective study. J Cardiothorac Surg 17, 157 Jun 2022 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-01897-5
Trevis J, Akowuah E, Which antithrombotic strategy provides the best outcomes after mitral valve repair in patients who remain in sinus rhythm? Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, April 2022, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac085
Archbold A, Akowuah E, Banning A Baumbach A, Braidley P, Cooper G, Kendall S, MacCarthy P, O’Kane P, O’Keeffe P, Shah B, Watt V, Ray S, Getting the best from the Heart Team: guidance for cardiac multidisciplinary meetings Heart, 2022, 108:e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320510
Sydes M, MacArthur J, Akowuah E, Report – How to facilitate the use of healthcare systems data in cardiovascular clinical trials BHF Data Science Centre, April 2022
Wagnild J, Akowuah E, Maier R, Hancock H, Kasim A. Impact of prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity levels in elective surgery patients: a systematic review, BMJ Open 2021;11 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049202
Benedetto U, Dimagli A, Kaura A, Sinha S, Mariscalco G, Krasopoulos G, Moorjani N, Field M, Uday T, Kendal S, Cooper G, Uppal R, Haris Bilal H, Mascaro J, Goodwin A, Angelini G, Tsang G, Akowuah E on the behalf of UK Aortic group, Determinants of outcomes in 4203 patients following surgery for type A acute aortic dissection. An analysis of the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgical Audit, European Heart Journal, Jan 2021, vol.43(1) p.44–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab586
Abbasciano R, Lai F, Roman M, Rizzello A, Pathak S, Ramzi J, Lucarelli C, Layton G, Kumar T, Wozniak M, Eagle-Hemming B, Akowuah E, Rogers C, Angelini G, Murphy G, Activation of the innate immune response and organ injury after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials and analysis of individual patient data from randomised and non-randomised studies, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Sep 2021, vol.127(3), PMID: 34229833
Maier R, Kasim A, Zacharias J, Vale L, Graham R, Walker A, Laskawski G, Deshpande R, Goodwin A, Kendall S, Murphy G, Zamvar V, Pessotto R, Lloyd C, Dalrymple-Hay M, Casula R, Vohra H, Ciulli F, Caputo M, Stoica S, Baghai M, Niranjan G, Punjabi P, Wendler O, Marsay L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Modi P, Kirmani B, Pullan M, Muir A, Pousios D, Hancock H, Akowuah E, Minimally invasive versus conventional sternotomy for Mitral valve repair: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UK Mini Mitral) BMJ Open 2021;11 PMID: 33853807
Benedetto U, Sinha S, Dimagli A, Cooper G, Mariscalco G, Uppal R, Moorjani N, Krasopoulos G, Trivedi U, Angelini G, Akowuah E, Tsang G and group, Decade-Long Trends in Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection, Lancet Regional Health, Jan 2021
Benedetto U, Dimagli A, Cooper G, Uppal R, Mariscalco G, Krasopoulos G, Goodwin A, Trivedi U, Kendall S, Sinha S, Fudulu D, Angelini D, Tsang G, Akowuah E on behalf of the UK Aortic Surgery, Neuroprotective strategies in acute aortic dissection: an analysis of the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgical Audit, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2021, Vol. 60(6), p.1437–1444, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab192
Akowuah E, Benson R, Caruana E, Chetty G, Edwards J, Forlani S, Gradinariu G, Murphy G, Ye Oo A, Patel A, Ridley B, Rogers L, Sanders J, Tyson N, Vaja R, The Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network and COVIDSurg Collaborative, Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study, Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Aug 2021, PMID: 33933259
Sanders J, Akowuah E, Cooper J, Kirmani B, Kanani M, Acharya M, Jeganathan R, Krasopoulos G, Ngaage D, Deglurkar I, Yiu P, Kendall S & Ye Oo A, Cardiac surgery outcome during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective review of the early experience in nine UK centres Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01424-y
Hancock H, Maier R, Kasim A, Mason J, Murphy G, Goodwin A, Owens A, Akowuah E, Mini-sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy for aortic valve replacement: a randomised controlled trial, BMJ Open 2021;11:e041398. doi: 10.1136
Benedetto U, Dimagli A, Gibbison B, Sinha S, Pufulete M, Fudulu D, Cocomello L, Bryan A, Ohri S, Caputo M, Cooper G, Dong T, Akowuah E, Angelini G, Disparity in clinical outcomes after cardiac surgery between private and public (NHS) payers in England,The Lancet Regional Health-Europe, Feb 2021, PMID: 35104303
Freystaetter K, Akowuah E, Common cardiac surgical procedures: bypass, valve repair and replacement, Surgery, Feb 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2021.01.005
Akowuah E, Burns D, Zacharias J, Kirmani B, Endoscopic vein harvesting, Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2021;13(3):1899-1908. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-1819.
2020 and prior
Does Blood Transfusion Have an Effect on Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery? Bayliss C, Maier R, Kasim A, Hancock H, Akowuah E, Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2020.
Consensus Statement: implementing a minimally invasive mitral programme in the UK healthcare setting, Vohra HA, Akowuah E, Zacharias J on behalf of the British and Irish Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Open Heart, 2020;7:e001259.
A Nationwide Survey of UK cardiac surgeons’ view on clinical decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic Benedetto U, Goodwin A, Kendall S, Uppal R, Akowuah E, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Oct2020;160(4):968-973.
Feasibility Study of Early Outpatient Review and Early Cardiac Rehabilitation After Cardiac Surgery: Mixed Methods Research Design – a study protocol, Ngaage D, Mitchell N, Dean A, Hirst C, Akowuah E, Doherty PJ, Watson J, BMJ Open, Dec 2019 29;9(12):e035787.
Mini-Sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy for aortic valve replacement, Hancock H, Maier R, Kasim A, Mason J, Murphy G, FRCS, Goodwin A, Owens W, Kirmani B, Akowuah E, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 2019 vol 73(19).
Minimally invasive surgical aortic valve replacement, Jahangiri M, Hussain A, Akowuah E, Heart, March 2019 vol 105:s10-s15.
Transthoracic clamp versus endoaortic balloon occlusion in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis Rival PM, Moore THM, McAleenan A, Hamilton H, Du Toit Z, Akowuah E et al, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2019, Vol 56 (4) p.643–653
Propensity matched analysis on minimally invasive approach and strenotomy for mitral valve surgery, Grant S, Hickey G, Modi P, Hunter S, Akowuah E, Zacharias J, Heart 2019, 105:783-789
Long-Term Outcomes Comparing Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair versus Conventional Mitral Valve Surgery, Jackson M, Sandhu M, Dong C, Akowuah, E, World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2018, Vol. 8, p127-139.
Should limb revascularization take priority over dissection repair in type a aortic dissection presenting as isolated acute limb ischaemia, Preece R, Srivastava V, Akowuah E, Kendall S,Interactive Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, June 2017, Vol.25(4)
Manubrium-limited ministernotomy versus conventional sternotomy for aortic valvereplacement (MAVRIC): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Akowuah E, Goodwin A, Owens W, Hancock H, Maier R, Kasim A, Khan K, Murphy G, Mason J, Trials, Jan 2017, vol.18(1)
Pacing induced recurrent ventricular fibrillation following cardiac surgery, Mahmood M, Thompson A, Carter J, Akowuah E, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2017, 51(4);804