External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in cardiac electrophysiology & device implantation.
Director, Heart Division Royal Brompton Hospital
Deputy Medical Director, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist, East & North Herts NHS Trust, QEII & Lister Hospitals
Research interests
Atrial fibrillation
Ventricular tachycardia
Cardiac resynchronisation
Personal interests
Classical music
Awards received
Honours in Medicine
Honours in Surgery
Honours in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Honours in Pathology
Honours in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
University of London Gold Medal (1992)
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Greek, Modern
- Native or bilingual
Publications
Valli, Haseeb; ... Markides, Vias et al.High density evaluation of the arrhythmogenic substrate in atrial fibrillation (HEAT-AF). Heart Rhythm O2 2025.
Adasuriya G, ... Markides V, et al. Remote monitoring of atrial fibrillation recurrence using mHealth technology (REMOTE-AF). Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2024
Boyalla, V, Markides, V et al. Long term clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of catheter vs thoracoscopic surgical ablation in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation using continuous cardiac monitoring: CASA-AF randomised controlled trial. Heart Rhythm 2024
Khan, Habib; Markides, Vias, et al. Left Atrial Function Predicts Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence Following Ablation of Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Circ CVI 2023
Matthew O'Connor, ... Markides V et al. Conduction system pacing learning curve: Left bundle pacing compared to His bundle pacing. IJC 2023
Zakeri R, ... Markides V, et al., EJHF 2022.
Nashat H, ... Markides V, et al. IJC 2022
Andrea Sarkozy, .. Vias Markides. An early multicenter experience of the novel high-density star-shaped mapping catheter in complex arrhythmias. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (2022).
Malaczynska-Rajpold, K., ... Markides V. Beyond pulmonary vein isolation for persistent atrial fibrillation: sequential high-resolution mapping to guide ablation. JICE 2022
Shi, R; ... Markides, Vias et al. Novel Aggregated Multi-Position Non-Contact Mapping of Atrial Tachycardia in Humans: From Computational Modelling to Clinical Validation. Heart Rhythm 2021
Boyalla V, Jarman JWE, Markides V, et al. Internationally validated score to predict the outcome of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation: the �FLAME score�. Open Heart 2021
B Dillon Obika, ... V Markides. Implementation of a mHealth solution to remotely monitor patients on a cardiac surgical waiting list: service evaluation. JAMA Open, 2021
Thoracoscopic surgical ablation versus catheter ablation as first-line treatment for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: the CASA-AF RCT; S Haldar, ... V Markides et al. Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 18, 2021
Shi R, ... Markides V, et al. An Individualised Ablation Strategy to Treat Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Core-to-Boundary Approach Guided by Charge-Density Mapping. Heart Rhythm 18 Feb 2021
Courses offered to GPs
Arrhythmia management
Management of palpitations, syncope
ECG interpretation