Imperial College London

Professor Konstantinos Dimopoulos

Faculty of MedicineNational Heart & Lung Institute

Professor of Practice (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 82771k.dimopoulos02

 
 
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Location

 

Chelsea WingRoyal Brompton Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

Prof Kostas Dimopoulos, is a consultant cardiologist specialising in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) and Pulmonary Hypertension (PH). He has a PhD in ACHD and an MSc in Modern Epidemiology obtained from Imperial College, London.
He has been working at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College since 2003. He is a busy clinician leading ACHD and PH clinics, and caring for inpatients.
He has produced over 260 papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, as well as authoring numerous book chapters in ACHD, PH and exercise physiology. He has also edited a book on Pulmonary Hypertension in ACHD.
He is a reviewer for major cardiovascular journals and regularly lectures at national and international centres.
His main areas of interest are exercise physiology, epidemiology and prognostication in ACHD and PH, as well as promoting education and research in areas such as Eisenmenger syndrome.
He has been a nucleus member of the ESC working group for Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function (2014-18). He is member of the Steering Committee for the CHAMPION group, an initiative promoting education and research in PH associated with ACHD.

Publications

Journals

Mitropoulou P, Jenkins P, Camm CF, et al., 2024, The state of adult congenital heart disease training from the trainee perspective: A call for action., Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes

Daelman B, Van Bulck L, Luyckx K, et al., 2024, Frailty and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Congenital Heart Disease., J Am Coll Cardiol, Vol:83, Pages:1149-1159

Price LC, Kouranos V, Baughman R, et al., 2024, Use of pulmonary arterial hypertension therapies in patient swith sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension., Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis, Vol:41

Constantine A, Krishnathasan K, Dimopoulos K, 2024, Understanding the interface between physical and mental health in adults with congenital heart disease., Eur J Prev Cardiol

Constantine A, Ferrero P, Gribaudo E, et al., 2024, Morbidity and mortality in adults with a Fontan circulation beyond the fourth decade of life, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, ISSN:2047-4873

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