Dr. Sotiris Stamou, MD

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Thoracic Surgery

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• Carolinas Medical Center|georgetown University Hospital

  Residency Hospital, 2008

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation|missouri Baptist Medical Center

  Fellowship Hospital, 2006

• English

• French

• Greek

• One-year clinical outcome after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass. Mehran R, Dangas G, Stamou SC, Pfister AJ, Dullum MK, Leon MB, Corso PJ., 12/2000

• The impact of aortic manipulation on neurologic outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery: a risk-adjusted study. Kapetanakis EI, Stamou SC, Dullum MK, Hill PC, Haile E, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Petro KR, Corso PJ., 11/2004

• Aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass via left anterior thoracotomy after previous left pneumonectomy. Stamou SC, Murphy MC, Kouchoukos NT., 3/25/2010

• Caseous calcification of the anterior mitral valve annulus presenting as intracardiac mass. Stamou SC, Braverman AC, Kouchoukos NT. Source Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, MO, 12/16/2009

• The Obesity Paradox in Cardiac Surgery: Is it Real. Reply, 09/2011

• Heart transplantation in a patient with isolated noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium. Stamou SC, Lefrak EA, Athari FC, Burton NA, Massimiano PS. Source Section of Cardiac Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 05/2004

• Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) versus coronary artery stenting for elective revascularization of the left anterior descending artery. Iakovou I, Dangas G, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Stamou SC, Pfister AJ, Dullum MK, Leon MB, Corso PJ., 10/2002

• Is advanced age a contraindication for emergent repair of acute type A aortic dissection? Stamou SC, Hagberg RC, Khabbaz KR, Stiegel MR, Reames MK, Skipper E, Nussbaum M, Lobdell KW. Source Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and The Cardiovascular Institute, BIDMC, 1/21/2010

• J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Mar 15;57(11):1327. Penetrating ulcer of the ascending aorta. Stamou SC, Kouchoukos NT. Source Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. PMID: 21392647 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Publication Types, MeSH Ter, 3/15/2011

• Discussion on Coronary artery Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction, 11/11/2011

• One-year outcome after combined coronary artery bypass grafting and transmyocardial laser revascularization for refractory angina pectoris. Stamou SC, Boyce SW, Cooke RH, Carlos BD, Sweet LC, Corso PJ., 06/2002

• Effect of body mass index on outcomes after cardiac surgery: is there an obesity paradox? Stamou SC, Nussbaum M, Stiegel RM, Reames MK, Skipper ER, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW. Source Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Carolinas Medical Center, 01/2010

• Thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair after failed endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair without endograft removal. Stamou SC, Kouchoukos NT. Source Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 09/2010

• A xiphoid approach for minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery. Benetti F, Dullum MK, Stamou SC, Corso PJ., 07/2000

• Stroke after conventional versus minimally invasive coronary artery bypass. Stamou SC, Jablonski KA, Pfister AJ, Hill PC, Dullum MK, Bafi AS, Boyce SW, Petro KR, Corso PJ., 08/2002

• Hickman-Broviac catheter-related infections in children with malignancies. Stamou SC, Maltezou HC, Pourtsidis A, Psaltopoulou T, Skondras C, Aivazoglou T., 10/1999

• Chronologic distribution of stroke after minimally invasive versus conventional coronary artery bypass. Peel GK, Stamou SC, Dullum MK, Hill PC, Jablonski KA, Bafi AS, Boyce SW, Petro KR, Corso PJ. Source Section of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 03/2004

• J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jul;142(1):166-73. Epub 2011 Mar 12. Hypoglycemia with intensive insulin therapy after cardiac surgery: predisposing factors and association with mortality. Stamou SC, Nussbaum M, Carew JD, Dunn K, Skipper E, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW. Source, 3/12/2011

• Continuous quality improvement program and major morbidity after cardiac surgery. Stamou SC, Camp SL, Reames MK, Skipper E, Stiegel RM, Nussbaum M, Geller R, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW. Source Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Carolinas Heart and Vascular Institute, 6/28/2008

• Beating heart surgery in octogenarians: perioperative outcome and comparison with younger age groups. Stamou SC, Dangas G, Dullum MK, Pfister AJ, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Garcia JM, Corso PJ., 4/2000

• Challenges of interpreting results from analyses that use extensive claims data. Lobdell KW, Skipper E, Reames M, Stiegel RM, Madjarov J, Camp S, Robicsek F, Stamou S., 12/15/2009

• Comparisons of cardiac surgery outcomes in Jehovah's versus Non-Jehovah's Witnesses. Stamou SC, White T, Barnett S, Boyce SW, Corso PJ, Lefrak EA. SourceSection of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 9/7/2006

• Beating heart versus conventional single-vessel reoperative coronary artery bypass. Stamou SC, Pfister AJ, Dangas G, Dullum MK, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Garcia JM, Corso PJ., 5/2000

• Allogeneic blood transfusion requirements after minimally invasive versus conventional aortic valve replacement: a risk-adjusted analysis. Stamou SC, Kapetanakis EI, Lowery R, Jablonski KA, Frankel TL, Corso PJ., 10/2004

• Beating heart surgery in a patient with dextrocardia and complete situs inversus. Stamou SC, Bafi AS, Kapetanakis EI, Lowery RC, Pfister AJ, Dullum MK, Boyce SW, Corso PJ., 4/2003

• Risk factors for hemorrhage-related reexploration and blood transfusion after conventional versus coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass. Frankel TL, Stamou SC, Lowery RC, Kapetanakis EI, Hill PC, Haile E, Corso PJ. SourceSection of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center,, 12/30/2004

• Multidisciplinary rounds: the work, not more work. Lobdell KW, Stamou SC, Mishra AK, Lilley L, Safrit D, Stiegel RM, Skipper ER., 03/2010

• Tomislav Mihaljevic, Mohammed R. Sayeed, Sotiris C. Stamou, and Subroto Paul Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease Pages 825-840., 8/12/2007

• Clinical outcomes of nonelective coronary revascularization with and without cardiopulmonary bypass. Stamou SC, Hill PC, Haile E, Prince S, Mack MJ, Corso PJ., 01/2006

• Apicoaortic conduit in a patient with severe aortic stenosis: an alternative to transcutaneous aortic valve implantation. Stamou SC, Kouchoukos NT., 11/11/2011

• Minimally invasive coronary revascularization in women: A safe approach for a high-risk group. Petro KR, Dullum MK, Garcia JM, Pfister AJ, Qazi AG, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Stamou SC, Corso PJ., 12/2000

• Elimination of cardiopulmonary bypass improves early survival for multivessel coronary artery bypass patients. Magee MJ, Jablonski KA, Stamou SC, Pfister AJ, Dewey TM, Dullum MK, Edgerton JR, Prince SL, Acuff TE, Corso PJ, Mack MJ., 04/2002

• Quality improvement program increases early tracheal extubation rate and decreases pulmonary complications and resource utilization after cardiac surgery. Camp SL, Stamou SC, Stiegel RM, Reames MK, Skipper ER, Madjarov J, Velardo B, Geller H, Nussbaum M, Geller R, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW., 07/2009

• Silastic drains vs conventional chest tubes after coronary artery bypass. Frankel TL, Hill PC, Stamou SC, Lowery RC, Pfister AJ, Jain A, Corso PJ. Source Section of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 7/2003

• Atrial fibrillation after beating heart surgery. Stamou SC, Dangas G, Hill PC, Pfister AJ, Dullum MK, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Garcia JM, Corso PJ., 7/2000

• Quality improvement program decreases mortality after cardiac surgery. Stamou SC, Camp SL, Stiegel RM, Reames MK, Skipper E, Watts LT, Nussbaum M, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW. Source Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Carolinas Heart Institute, Carolinas Medical Center, 08/2008

• Coronary revascularization of the circumflex system: different approaches and long-term outcome. Stamou SC, Bafi AS, Boyce SW, Pfister AJ, Dullum MK, Hill PC, Zaki S, Garcia JM, Corso PJ., 10/2000

• Does the technique of distal anastomosis influence clinical outcomes in acute type A aortic dissection? Stamou SC, Kouchoukos NT, Hagberg RC, Khabbaz KR, Robicsek F, Nussbaum M, Lobdell KW., 12/20/2010

• Complete myocardial revascularization on the beating heart with epicardial stabilization: anesthetic considerations. Resano FG, Stamou SC, Lowery RC, Corso PJ., 10/2000

• Aprotinin in cardiac surgery patients: is the risk worth the benefit? Stamou SC, Reames MK, Skipper E, Stiegel RM, Nussbaum M, Geller R, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW. Source Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Carolinas Heart and Vascular Institute, Carolinas Medical Center, 9/25/2009

• Left ventricular outflow tract reconstruction and translocation of the aortic valve for annular erosion: early and midterm outcomes. Stamou SC, Murphy MC, Kouchoukos NT. Source Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, MO, USA, 12/3/2010

• Stroke after coronary artery bypass: incidence, predictors, and clinical outcome. Stamou SC, Hill PC, Dangas G, Pfister AJ, Boyce SW, Dullum MK, Bafi AS, Corso PJ., 7/2001

• Carcinoma arising in an amputation stump. Karakozis S, Stamou SC, He P, Smookler B, Caceres M., 5/2001

• The Obesity paradox in Cardiac Surgery: Are we sending the wrong Message, 9/2011

• Comparison of the quality of life after conventional versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Kapetanakis EI, Stamou SC, Petro KR, Hill PC, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Corso PJ. SourceSection of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington Heart/Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 04/2011

• Coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass versus the conventional approach in high-risk patients. Stamou SC, Jablonski KA, Hill PC, Bafi AS, Boyce SW, Corso PJ. SourceSection of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 02/2005

• Prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: the significance of postoperative oral amiodarone. Stamou SC, Hill PC, Sample GA, Snider E, Pfister AJ, Lowery RC, Corso PJ., 12/2001

• Delayed presentation of low molecular weight heparin treatment failure in a patient with mitral valve prosthesis. Stamou SC, Lefrak EE. SourceSection of Cardiac Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, 02/2007

• The potential role of resistin in atherogenesis. Burnett MS, Lee CW, Kinnaird TD, Stabile E, Durrani S, Dullum MK, Devaney JM, Fishman C, Stamou S, Canos D, Zbinden S, Clavijo LC, Jang GJ, Andrews JA, Zhu J, Epstein SE. SourceCardiovascular Research Institute, MedStar Research Institute,, 10/2005

• Coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass in high-risk patients: a route to the future. Stamou SC, Corso PJ., 3/2001

• Clinical outcomes of coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass. Stamou SC, Pfister AJ, Jablonski KA, Hill PC, Dullum MK, Bafi AS, Boyce SW, Garcia JM, Lomax TA, Corso PJ., 03/2003

• A multidisciplinary approach to the minimally invasive pulmonary vein isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation. Stamou SC, Khabbaz KR, Mahmood F, Zimetbaum P, Hagberg RC. Source Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02/2010

• Operative mortality after conventional versus coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass. Stamou SC, Jablonski KA, Garcia JM, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Corso PJ. Source Section of Cardiac Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 09/2004

• Sotiris C. Stamou, Gosta Petterson, and A. Marc Gillinov Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Endocarditis Pages 1069-1078., 8/12/2007

• Wound infections after minor limb lacerations: risk factors and the role of antimicrobial agents. Stamou SC, Maltezou HC, Psaltopoulou T, Tsaroucha A, Kaseta M, Skondras C, Asimacopoulos PJ, Kafetzis DA., 6/1999

• Reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting via left thoracotomy and hypothermic fibrillation.Stamou SC, Kouchoukos NT. Source Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA., 1/26/2011

• Late outcome of reoperative coronary revascularization on the beating heart. Stamou SC, Pfister AJ, Dullum MK, Boyce SW, Bafi AS, Lomax T, Garcia JM, Corso PJ., 12/2001

• Stroke and encephalopathy after cardiac surgery: the search for the holy grail. Stamou SC., 12/22/2005