SOTIRIS STAMOU
Medical Practice in Grand Rapids, MI

Cardiac Surgery

Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Aneurysm Stent Grafting, Aortic Valve Repair, Aortic Valve Replacement, Arterial Grafts, Cardiac Ablation, Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery, Lung Biopsy, Lung Cancer Treatment, Lung Resection, Lung Surgery, Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision, Mitral Valve Repair, Mitral Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Surgery, Vascular Stenting, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), Video-Assisted Thorascopic (VATS) Lobectomy

Aneurysm, Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Thoracic 1, Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Thoracic 2, Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Thoracic 3, Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Thoracic 4, Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Thoracic 5, Aortic Arch Anomaly, Aortic Diseases, Aortic Dissection, Aortic Stenosis, Aortic Supravalvular Stenosis, Aortic Valve Regurgitation, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Cardiac Tamponade, Cardiac Valvular Dysplasia, X-Linked, Cardiovascular Diseases, Coarctation of the Aorta, Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction), Heart Disease, Lung Tumor, Mitral Valve Disease, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Stenosis, Symptoms, Heart, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

General Surgery, 2006, Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, 2009

Healthgrades Honor Roll, AATS resident traveling fellowship, 2007, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Mohammed R. Sayeed, Sotiris C. Stamou, and Subroto Paul Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease Pages 825-840., 8/12/2007, Sotiris C. Stamou, Gosta Petterson, and A. Marc Gillinov Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Endocarditis Pages 1069-1078., 8/12/2007, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Stroke and encephalopathy after cardiac surgery: the search for the holy grail. Stamou SC., 12/22/2005, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Hickman-Broviac catheter-related infections in children with malignancies. Stamou SC, Maltezou HC, Pourtsidis A, Psaltopoulou T, Skondras C, Aivazoglou T., 10/1999, The Obesity paradox in Cardiac Surgery: Are we sending the wrong Message, 9/2011, 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, 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, Apicoaortic conduit in a patient with severe aortic stenosis: an alternative to transcutaneous aortic valve implantation. Stamou SC, Kouchoukos NT., 11/11/2011, 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, 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, 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, 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, Carcinoma arising in an amputation stump. Karakozis S, Stamou SC, He P, Smookler B, Caceres M., 5/2001, Coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass in high-risk patients: a route to the future. Stamou SC, Corso PJ., 3/2001, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass via left anterior thoracotomy after previous left pneumonectomy. Stamou SC, Murphy MC, Kouchoukos NT., 3/25/2010, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, A xiphoid approach for minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery. Benetti F, Dullum MK, Stamou SC, Corso PJ., 07/2000, 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, 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, Multidisciplinary rounds: the work, not more work. Lobdell KW, Stamou SC, Mishra AK, Lilley L, Safrit D, Stiegel RM, Skipper ER., 03/2010, 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, The Obesity Paradox in Cardiac Surgery: Is it Real. Reply, 09/2011, 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, 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, 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, Complete myocardial revascularization on the beating heart with epicardial stabilization: anesthetic considerations. Resano FG, Stamou SC, Lowery RC, Corso PJ., 10/2000, 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, 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, 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, Discussion on Coronary artery Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction, 11/11/2011

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