I owe my life to the Oxford Heart Centre team, it’s as simple as that.
Without the incredible skills of my surgeon and the team at the John Radcliffe, I wouldn’t be here today.
Ostensibly, I was fit and healthy. I’d slowed down a little, and become a bit breathless, but I had no idea that my heart was a ticking time bomb.
In spring 2026, whilst working in Italy, I began to feel unusually unwell.
A local doctor prescribed antibiotics, thinking I had pneumonia, but I learned later that I must have had a major heart attack.
Back home in Oxfordshire, my wife took one look at me and persuaded me to go to my GP and, a few weeks later, I found myself in the John Radcliffe’s Oxford Heart Centre, being prepped for major open-heart surgery.
There was a huge hole in my heart, my Tricuspid valve was like a car wash and an artery had blocked completely.
I was taken in for surgery – a rare operation that only a few surgeons have ever performed. But I put my faith in George Krasopoulos and the team. It was high risk, but without it, I only had days to live anyway.
The operation was long, intense and apparently at times dramatic. My heart ruptured again after seven hours, but they went in again and eventually I was put into a coma for eight days to see if it would support itself.
My wife and family were by my side while multiple machines kept me alive.
If I’d ended up in many other hospitals, well, I wouldn’t be here today.
Every member of staff who cared for me did so with such skill and compassion – from the nurses, doctors and surgeons through to the ancillary staff – and I can’t thank them enough.
We are very fortunate to have this amazing team in Oxfordshire, one of the best in the world. And the Oxford Hospitals Charity provides a lot of support to help equip this team with state-of-the-art technology – much of which helped to keep me alive.
That is why I am supporting the Heartfelt Appeal and that is why I hope you will too.
S. R.
September 2026
Good morning, Dr Krasopoulos hope you are well!
1 year since you operated on me today! Still in absolute awe and appreciation to you for saving my life! Amazing the transformation post op.
Thank you again for giving the most important thing I could have with my partner and children …….time.
Kind regards,
J. F.
September 2026
“Since my first contact with Mr Krasopoulos, the subsequent procedures prior to surgery, the surgery itself plus the post surgery reviews, I felt I was in the hands of a consummate professional who was committed to delivering the very best care to his patients whilst at the same time developing a real connection with them at what can be a very worrying time in their lives.”
N. W.
July 2026
“Please accept my sincere and heartfelt thanks to you and your team for the skill and professionalism shown in carrying out my bypass surgery”.
P. R.
July 2026
“Thank you very much to you, and all your team, for guiding and supporting (never mind the op!) through my challenge”.
R. B.
July 2026
“I just wanted to praise you again on your amazing work you did to me! 10 months post aortic root reimplantation and ascending aorta replacement I am feeling and looking great!”
J.F.
June 2026
“…wanted to pass his grateful thanks and appreciation of all the wonderful care he received whilst in hospital”.
D. & J. J.
June 2026
“I am very grateful for your articulated explanation of my condition.”
S. B.
May 2026
“So, so grateful for George and his team for what they have done, overseeing 3 major heart operations that I have had…”
N. P.
May 2026
“You have always given me great confidence in what you have done and could do, and that is very much appreciated as it always negated any worries I had”.
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