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Enoch Akowuah’s publications

This page contains a list of Professor Enoch Akowuah's publications.

2026

Right Ventricular Function After Mitral Valve Surgery: Insights From the United Kingdom Mini Mitral Study

2025

Surgery versus conservative management for severe pectus excavatum (RESTORE): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled superiority trial

Minimally invasive thoracoscopically-guided right minithoracotomy versus conventional sternotomy for mitral valve repair: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UK Mini Mitral)

Use of accelerometry to measure the impact of remifentanil on sleep after mitral valve repair surgery

Long-Term Outcomes of Native Infective Endocarditis After Surgery: A Single-Centre Experience

2024

Inequalities in access to and outcomes of cardiac surgery in England: retrospective analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics (2010-2019)

Potassium Supplementation and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: The TIGHT K Randomized Clinical Trial

Rationale and design of the early valve replacement in severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis trial

Antithrombotic therapy after heart valve surgery: contemporary practice in the UK

Feasibility study of rehabilitation for cardiac patients aided by an artificial intelligence web-based programme: a randomised controlled trial (RECAP trial)—a study protocol

Prehabilitation for people undergoing cardiac surgery

2023

Limited versus full sternotomy for aortic valve replacement

Improving generalisability: a reply

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

Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery

A randomised controlled trial of prehabilitation in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery

Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study

Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair; A Randomized Clinical Trial

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)

Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery

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)

Prehabilitation in elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomised control trial (THE PrEPS TRIAL) – a study protocol

2022

Pre-operative and prehabilitation services in UK cardiac surgery centres

Long-term outcomes of mini-sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy for aortic valve replacement: a randomized controlled trial

Evidence gaps pertaining to high-risk medications – Commentary on anticoagulation in new onset postoperative atrial fibrillation

Non-anemic iron deficiency predicts prolonged hospitalisation following surgical aortic valve replacement: a single-centre retrospective study

Which antithrombotic strategy provides the best outcomes after mitral valve repair in patients who remain in sinus rhythm?

Getting the best from the Heart Team: guidance for cardiac multidisciplinary meetings

2021

Decade-Long Trends in Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

Impact of prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity levels in elective surgery patients: a systematic review

Determinants of outcomes in 4203 patients following surgery for type A acute aortic dissection. An analysis of the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgical Audit

A survey of minimally invasive cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Neuroprotective strategies in acute aortic dissection: an analysis of the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgical Audit

Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study

Minimally invasive versus conventional sternotomy for Mitral valve repair: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UK Mini Mitral)

Endoscopic vein harvesting

Cardiac surgery outcome during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective review of the early experience in nine UK centres

Mini-sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy for aortic valve replacement: a randomised controlled trial

Disparity in clinical outcomes after cardiac surgery between private and public (NHS) payers in England

Common cardiac surgical procedures: bypass, valve repair and replacement

2020

Does Blood Transfusion Have an Effect on Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery?

BISMICS consensus Statement: implementing a minimally invasive mitral programme in the UK healthcare setting

A Nationwide Survey of UK cardiac surgeons’ view on clinical decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic

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