Mr Martin Kostolny
Overview
Mr Kostolny has been leading the cardiothoracic surgical department at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London since 2015.
He carries out surgery on the whole spectrum of congenital heart disease from complex neonatal surgery to adults with congenital heart defects.
His main areas of clinical interest include aortic valve repair, treatment of pulmonary atresia with multifocal blood supply and complex biventricular repairs.
He holds an honorary appointment with UCL/Institute of Cardiovascular Science as associate professor and his research interest includes surgical outcomes and application of 3D-modeling and virtual reality in treatment of complex congenital heart defects.
Mr Kostolny performs around 250 operations a year in UK and abroad and is co-author in more than 100 publications and book chapters. He is member of several professional bodies and lectures regularly at international meetings.
Credentials
- Neonatal and complex infant surgery
- Surgery for CCTGA; PA/VSD MAPCA’s, Aortic valve repair
- Grown-up congenital heart surgery
• Complex unifoculisation in pulmonary atresia with multifocal blood supply
• Surgery for congenitally corrected transposition
Education:
- Diploma at the Comenius University Bratislava title MUDr (Medicinae Universae Doctor)
- Diploma specialising in the field of surgery of the first degree, Institute for Further Education of Health Care Professionals, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Cardiac Surgeon (CCST equivalent) (Facharzt) Bavarian Medical Association
- MD at the Technical University Munich
- Postgraduate training at the Children’s Cardiac Centre, Bratislava, The German Heart Centre, Germany and GOSH
Qualifications:
- Medical School Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia MD 1993
- Medical school University Vienna, Austria 1990-1991
- Master degree in General Surgery, 1996
- Cardiothoracic surgery board exam, 2003
- Technical University Munich, MD 2006
Memberships:
- AATS - Member
- European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)- Member
- The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland- Member
- WSPCHS – governing council
- European Congenital Heart surgeons association
- GMC full registration (6072501) and since 18th May 2006 Specialist register (Cardiothoracic surgery)
- Aortic valve repair – currently PhD at Slovak Medical University, Bratislava
- 3D reconstruction and impact on decision making in DORV repair
- User-Centred AI for high efficiency hospital theatre and bed scheduling (grant co-investigator)
News & Publications
Long-term outcome after neonatal intervention for congenital critical aortic stenosis.
Bonello B, Issitt R, Hughes M, Carr M, Iriart X, Khambadkone S, Giardini A, Kostolny M, Marek J.
Int J Cardiol. 2024 Mar 2:131932. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.131932. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38437954
Bijral M, Rana M, Berra IG, Christov G, Charokopos N, Prodan ZL, Kostolny M, Belitsis G.
Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Feb 27;2024. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2024.004.PMID: 38411164
Converting the Fontan Circulation: Challenges and Evolution
Meletios Kanakis1,*, Anastasios Chatziantoniou2, Filippos-Paschalis Rorris1,Themistokles Chamogeorgakis3, Martin Kostolny4,5, Dimitrios Bobos1
Heart Surgery Forum 2023; 26(6): E917–E923
doi: 10.59958/hsf.6983
Preoperative surgical planning for biventricular repair of double outlet right ventricle by using a 3D heart model
Meletios Kanakis1, Martin Kostolny2, George Samanidis3, Kyriaki Kolovou4, Anastasios Chatziantoniou5, Nicholas Giannopoulos1, Soultana Kourtidou5, Konstantinos Petsios6, Thomas Vrachliotis7, Dimitrios Bobos1
Quant Imaging Med Surg 2023 | https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/qims-23-1191
Arterial Switch for Transposition of the Great Arteries
Treatment Timing, Late Outcomes, and Risk Factors
Dan-Mihai Dorobantu, MD,a,b,c Ferran Espuny Pujol, PHD,d Martin Kostolny, MD,e Katherine L. Brown, MD, MPH,e Rodney C. Franklin, MD,f Sonya Crowe, PHD,d Christina Pagel, PHD,d Serban C. Stoica, MDc
JACC Adv 2023;-:100407
Formal consensus study on surgery to replace the aortic valve in adults aged 18-60 years.
Stoica S, Beard C, Takkenberg JJM, Mokhles MM, Turner M, Pepper J, Hopewell-Kelly N, Benedetto U, Nashef SAM, El-Hamamsy I, Skillington P, Glauber M, De Paulis R, Tseng E, Meuris B, Sitges M, Delgado V, Krane M, Kostolny M, Pufulete M.
Heart. 2023 May 15;109(11):857-865. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321740.PMID: 36849232 Free PMC article.
Rudrappa SC, Beeman A, Ramaswamy M, Khambadkone S, Derrick G, Kostolny M, Calder A, Muthialu N.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2023 Mar;14(2):134-140. doi: 10.1177/21501351221145172. Epub 2023 Feb 14.PMID: 36788380
Use of virtual reality in complex double outlet right ventricle cases.
Belitsis G, Pajaziti E, Schievano S, Capelli C, Cook A, Kostolny M.
Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Dec 12;2022. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2022.085.PMID: 36503703
Quantification of Pulmonary Artery Configuration after the Arterial Switch Operation: A Pilot Study.
Martens T, Claeys G, De Groote J, Kanakis M, Kostolny M, Tsang V, Hughes M.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Oct 30;12(11):2629. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12112629.PMID: 36359473
Ductal arch decoded: the use of its spatial fingerprint to design a Norwood type of patch
Georgios Belitsisab, Renata Aynetdinovaa, Cameron Denta & Martin Kostolnyab
Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Oct 14;2022. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2022.074.
Aortic root translocation and en bloc rotation of the outflow tracts surgery for complex forms of transposition of the great arteries and double outlet right ventricle: A multicenter study.
Stoica S, Kreuzer M, Dorobantu DM, Kostolny M, Nosal M, Hosseinpour AR, Martinez FL, Generali T, Hasan A, Mair R, Hazekamp M.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jul 20:S0022-5223(22)00799-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.05.047. Online ahead of print.
Aortic Arch Phenotypes in Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)-Implications for Surgery and Multi-Modal Imaging.
Gressani A, Aynetdinova R, Kostolny M, Schievano S, Cook A, Belitsis G.
J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2022 Aug 12;9(8):262. doi: 10.3390/jcdd9080262.
PMID: 36005426 Free PMC article.
Pediatric heart transplantation following donation after circulatory death, distant procurement, and ex-situ perfusion.
Laurence C, Nachum E, Henwood S, Berman M, Large SR, Messer S, Kaul P, Baxter J, Quigley R, Osman M, Muthialu N, Davies B, Bohuta L, Kostolny M, Burch M, Fenton M, Andrews R, Thiruchelvam T, Hoskote A, Simmonds J.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Aug;41(8):1104-1113. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.04.013. Epub 2022 May 4.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after the Norwood operation: making the best of a tough situation.
Brown KL, Thiruchelvam T, Kostolny M.
EurJCardiothoracSurg.2022 Aug 3;62(3):ezac221. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac221.
Reappraisal of lung manifestations in the setting of Fontan circulation.
Kanakis M, Martens T, Kostolny M, Petsios K, Giannopoulos N, Muthialu N.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2022 Jul;30(6):627-634. 10.1177/02184923211056711. Epub 2021 No
Enhanced 3D visualization for planning biventricular repair of double outlet right ventricle: a pilot study on the advantages of virtual reality
Elena Giulia Milano1,2, Martin Kostolny1,3, Endrit Pajaziti1, Jan Marek1, William Regan4,5, Massimo Caputo 6, Giovanni Battista Luciani2, Kristian H. Mortensen4, Andrew C. Cook1, Silvia Schievano1, and Claudio Capelli1*
European Heart Journal - Digital Health (2021) 2, 667–675
Enhanced Echocardiography Imaging in Reoperation for Complex Congenital Heart Disease in a Child.
Bonello B, Kostolny M, Marek J.
CASE (Phila). 2020 Dec 11;5(1):81-85.
My video is better than yours: a new chapter for perioperative assessment of function?
Kostolny M.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jun 14;59(6):1337-1338
Repair of pulmonary artery sling with tracheal and intracardiac defects.
Muthialu N, Martens T, Kanakis M, Bezuska L, Nakao M, Derrick G, Marek J, Khambadkone S, Kostolny M, Tsang V.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2020 Oct;28(8):463-469.
Grown-up Congenital Heart Surgery in 1093 Consecutive Cases: A "Hidden" Burden of Early Outcome.
Haapanen H, Tsang V, Kempny A, Neijenhuis R, Kennedy F, Cullen S, Walker F, Kostolny M, Hsia TY, Van Doorn C.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Nov;110(5):1667-1676.
Myocardial Function Following Repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery in Children.
Naqvi N, Babu-Narayan SV, Krupickova S, Muthialu N, Maiya S, Chandershekar P, Cheang MH, Kostolny M, Tsang V, Marek J.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 May;33(5):622-630.
Staging of Surgical Procedures in Comorbid Congenital Tracheal Stenosis and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease.
Ramaswamy M, Yeh YT, Varman R, McIntosh N, McIntyre D, Fedevych O, Khambadkone S, Kostolny M, Hewitt R, Muthialu N.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun;109(6):1889-1896.
Surgical Management of Aorto-Ventricular Tunnel. A Multicenter Study.
Protopapas EM, Anderson RH, Backer CL, Fragata J, Hakim N, Vida VL,
Sarris GE; European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association-World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (ECHSA-WSPCHS) Study Group, Barron DJ, Berggren H, Hazekamp MG, Ilyin V, Kornoukhov OJ, Kostolny M, Lazarov S, Lo Rito M, Monge MC, Mykychak Y, Nosal M, Prêtre R, Polimenakos AC, Sojak V, Stellin G, Veshti A, Yemets I.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Summer;32(2):271-279..
The Utility of Aortic Valve Leaflet Reconstruction Techniques in Children and Young Adults
Luke M. Wiggins,Branko Mimic MD,Richard Issitt, Slobodan Ilic, Beatrice Bonello, Jan Marek, Martin Kostolny
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jun;159(6):2369-2378.
Taking Surgery Out of Reality.
Milano EG, Pajaziti E, Sauvage E, Cook A, Schievano S, Mortensen KH, Taylor AM, Marek J, Kostolny M, Capelli C.
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Jul;12(7):e009297. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009297. Epub 2019 Jun 19. No abstract available
Jensen, H.A., Ntsinjana, H.N., Bull, C., Brown, K., Taylor, A.M., Kostolny, M., Dominguez, T., de Leval. M., Tsang, V.T., 2015. Performance monitoring of the arterial switch operation: a moving target. Eur j Cardiothorac Surg.
Jensen, H., Muthialu, N., Furci, B., Yates, R., Kostolny, M., Tsang, V., 2014. Direct implantation of scimitar vein to the left atrium via sternotomy: a reappraisal. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 45(6) pp. 1066-9.
Mimic, B., Brown, K.L., Oswal, N., Simmonds, J., Hsia, T.Y., Tsang, V.T., De Leval, M.R., Kostolny, M., 2014. Neither age at repair nor previous palliation affects outcome in tetralogy of Fallot repair. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 45(1) pp 92-8.
Gomide, M., Furci, B., Mimic, B., Brown, K.L., Hsia, T.Y., Yates, R., Kostolny, M., de Leval, M.R., Tsang, V.T., 2013. Rapid 2-stage Norwood I for high-risk hypoplastic left heart syndrome and variants. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 146(5) pp. 1146-51.
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