Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Research Interests:
Experimental
- Transcriptomics and proteonomics in congenital heart disease
- Identifying the optimal stem cell populations for vascular tissue regeneration used in congenital heart surgery
- Regenerative stem cell biology for children with heart failure
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Bicuspid aortic valve and Marfan syndrome
- Effect of oxidative stress in cardiomyocytes during different stages of postnatal development
- The role of mitochondria in increased vulnerability to cardiac insults of hearts and cardiomyocytes isolated from mice fed Western style high-fat diet
- The role of ventricular arrhythmias in sudden death associated with coronary artery disease
- Effect of oxidative stress and the role of mitochondria in hearts with chronic coronary artery disease
- The role of amino acids in cardioprotection
- Lung protection in cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest
Clinical
- Improving myocardial protection strategies in paediatric cardiac surgery
- RCTs on different temperature and oxygen strategies during CPB in children undergoing cardiac surgery (Thermic and Oxic Trials)
- Imaging and outcomes in adult congenital heart disease
- Atrial arrhytmias in adult and congenital cardiac diseases
- Age-related changes in excitation-contraction coupling in paediatric cardiomyocytes
- Cardioprotection with propofol during adult open heart surgery
Current group members
- Mohamed Ghorbel, Hua Lin, Sarah Martin, Jihad Hawi, Ben Littlejohns, Simon Duggan
Collaborators
- UK
Gianni Angelini, Paolo Madeddu, Andrew Halestrap, Elinor Griffiths, Raimondo Ascione, Jamie Jeremy, Barney Reeves, Andy James, Clive Orchard, Jules Hancox, Mervyn Miles, Claire Stewart. - Overseas
Andrea Venturini (Italy), Hajime Imura (Japan), Nicola King (Australia), Malcolm Underwood (Hong Kong), Chris Howarth (UAE), Camille Nassar (Lebanon).
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Research output
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3D Printing of Biodegradable Polymer Vascular Stents to Treat Cardiovascular Diseases: A review
Huang, Y., Xu, Y., Chen, X., Armstrong, J., Caputo, M., Qi, Q., Hicks, B. J., Vyas, C., Bartolo, P. J., Biglino, G. & Liu, F., 9 Oct 2025, In: Additive Manufacturing. 111, 26 p., 104984.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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del Nido versus St. Thomas’ blood cardioplegia in the young (DESTINY) trial: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial in children undergoing cardiac surgery
Drury, N. E., Handley, K., Jarrett, H., Griffin, T., Sun, Y., Bilkhoo, I., Robertson, A., Tooke, C., Scholefield, B. R., Dunn, W. B., Kostolny, M., Stoica, S., Van doorn, C., Pappachan, J. V., Jones, T. J. & Caputo, M., 14 Apr 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 4, 10 p., e102029.Research output: Contribution to journal › Protocol
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Effect of High-Fat Diet on Cardiac Metabolites and Implications for Vulnerability to Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury
Hawi, J. S., Skeffington, K. L., Young, M., Caputo, M., Ascione, R., Suleiman, M.-S. & Dodd, M. (Editor), 28 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cells. 14, 17, 17 p., 1329.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access
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Cardioprotection for cyanotic neonates
Suleiman , S. (Co-Investigator), Skeffington, K. L. (Principal Investigator) & Caputo, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/09/24 → 31/08/29
Project: Research
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British Heart Foundation funded PhD programme in cardiovascular science. Interdisciplinary PhD studentship programme in integrative cardiovascular science. 5 students per year for 4 years
Poole, A. W. (Principal Investigator), Angelini, G. D. (Principal Investigator), Ascione, R. (Principal Investigator), Cannell, M. B. (Principal Investigator), Caputo, M. (Principal Investigator), Davey Smith, G. (Principal Investigator), Emanueli, C. (Principal Investigator), Gaunt, T. R. (Principal Investigator), George, S. J. (Principal Investigator), Hancox, J. C. (Principal Investigator), Hers, I. (Principal Investigator), Lawlor, D. A. (Principal Investigator), Madeddu, P. R. (Principal Investigator), Murphy, D. (Principal Investigator) & Timpson, N. J. (Principal Investigator)
30/10/17 → 29/10/21
Project: Research
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Rework of Massimo Caputo BHF personal chair
Caputo, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/17 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Other
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Facilitate Trip to perform Paediatric cardiac surgery in Palestine
Suleiman , M. S. (Organiser) & Caputo, M. (Contributor)
4 Feb 2020 → 12 Feb 2020Activity: Other activity types › Other