Dr Zoë Astroulakis
MBBS BSc. Hons. PhD FRCP (UK)
Consultant (Interventional) Cardiologist
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Lead for Intervention – Health Education South London
Secretary fax: 020 8725 3178
Clinical interests
Coronary artery disease / Angioplasty / Invasive physiological assessment of coronary artery disease with Pressure wire, IFR and OCT/IVUS.
Research interests
Endothelial function and endothelial progenitor cells in coronary artery disease.
Local Principal Investigator for complete revascularisation in MI international RCT trial.
Presentations
2010 Endothelial Progenitor Cell biology and Coronary Intervention, Guest Speaker, International Cardiology Symposium, Athens, Greece.
2011 Thymidine phosphorylase determines improvement in endothelial function following cardiac rehabilitation Astroulakis Z, Chowienczyk P, Mayr M, Shah AM, Hill JM AHA Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA (Nov 2011).
2012 Thymidine phosphorylase plays a critical role in improving endothelial function following acute coronary syndrome Finalist BCIS/ ACI Young Investigator Award.
Publications
Outcome of 1,051 Octagenarian Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention J Am Heart Assoc 5(6) Sept 2016.
Proteomics identifies thymidine phosphorylase as a key regulator of the angiogenic potential of endothelial progenitor cells. Pula G, Mayr U, Evans C, Prokopi M, Xiaoke Y, Astroulakis Z, Qingzhong X, Hill JM, Qingbo X, Mayr M Circulation Research 2009; 104:32-40.
Endothelial progenitor and stem cells in coronary artery disease (Review). Astroulakis Z, Wojakowski W, Hill JM Leukemia (2012).
Heart Disease in Pregnancy – Oxford Handbook of Cardiology Astroulakis Z, Nelson-Piercy C Oxford University Press (2012).
Chapter 27 Cell Therapy Interventional Cardiology: Principles and Practice Astroulakis Z, Sirker A, Hill JM Editors: Di Mario C, Dangas G, Barlis B Wiley Blackwell 2011.
Does ‘SWITCHing’ from heparin to bivalirudin monotherapy result in a bleeding benefit?Astroulakis Z, Hill JM European Heart Journal 2009; 11:13-18.
The role of vascular progenitor cells in endogenous arterial remodelling in the adult. Sirker A, Astroulakis Z, Hill JM Clinical Science 2009; 116:283-299.
Failed endothelialisation of a percutaneous atrial septal defect closure device Astroulakis Z, El Gamel A, Hill JM Heart 2008; 94:580.
Oxford Handbook of Cardiology Chapter 4 - Coronary Artery Disease Editors: Ramrakha P and Hill J. ISBN: 0-19-852597-4 Oxford University Press 2006.
Percutaneous intervention to a RCA-SVG complicated by perforation into the right heart Astroulakis Z, Mathur A. Circulation 2006; 114:e549-550.
Local, National and International profile/affiliations
- Honorary Senior Lecturer – SGUL
- Lead for Intervention – Health Education South London
- Lead for Cardiac Simulation Training – Health Education South London
