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Kourkoveli Panayiota

Kourkoveli Panayiota Cardiologist Clinical

Αttending Physician, Transcatheter Heart Valves HYGEIA Hospital

Education & Academic Qualifications

  • 1998 – 2004: Degree of Medicine, University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Larissa Greece

Education

  • April 2008 – January 2010: SpR in Internal Medicine, 417 Hospital of Veterans Athens, Greece, Director: Dr K. Tegos
  • January 2011 – April 2012: SpR in Cardiology, Cardiology Department, General Hospital of Chalkis, Greece Director: Dr I. Mantas
  • April 2012 – January 2015: SpR in Cardiology, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece, Director: Dr V. Voudris
  • May 2015 – June 2016: Senior Clinical Fellow in Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circula-tory Support, Harefield Hospital, London UK, Director: Mr A. Simon

 

Doctoral thesis

  • October 2014 Doctoral Thesis (PhD) in Congenital Heart Disease, National And Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

  • Hellenic Cardiology Society (2017)

  • European Association of Heart Failure – Silver member (2016)

  • European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging- CLUB 35 (2015)

  • European Association of Paediatric Cardiology (2007)

 

Work Experience

  • February 2017 – present: Consultant Cardiologist, Transcatheter Heart Valves Department, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece

  • June 2016 – November 2016: Locum Consultant in Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circula-tory Support, Harefield Hospital, London UK

  • May 2015 – June 2016: Senior Clinical Fellow in Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circula-tory Support

    Harefield Hospital, London UK, Director: Mr A. Simon

  • February 2010 – March 2015: ITU locum doctor, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece , Director: Dr C. Paskalis

 

Clinical & Research Interest

  • EURObservational Research Programme – European Society of Cardiology. Valvular Heart Disease II Survey (ongoing survey). Transcatheter Heart Valve Department, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece

  • European Hospital Benchmarking by outcomes in acute coronary syndrome processes (The EURHOBOP Project). General Hospital of Chalkis, Greece 

  • Strategic Reperfusion (With Tenecteplase and Antithrombotic Treatment) Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM Trial). General Hospital of Chalkis, Greece

 

Honors & Awards

  • Do cell structures comprise the catalytic factor in the development of heart failure? 3rd award – oral presentation14th Panhellenic Heart Failure Meeting, February 1st – 3rd 2013, Athens

Recent Publications

  • K. Filis, L. Toufektzian, G. Galyfos, F. Sigala, P. Kourkoveli, S. Georgopoulos, M. Vavuranakis, D. Vrachatis, G. Zografos Assessment of the vulnerable carotid atherosclerotic plaque using contrast -enhanced ultrasonography. Vascular. 2016 Aug 31. DOI: 10.1177/1708538116665734

  • E. Petrou, I. Iakovou, E. Leontiadis. P. Kourkoveli, S. Rammos, G. Karatasakis Percutaneous transcatheter closure of aorto-right ventricular fistula using the Amplatzer duct occluder Hellenic Journal of Cardiology 2016 June. DOI:10.1016/j.hjc.2016.06.004

  • K.E. Farsalinos, A. Spyrou, C. Stefopoulos, K. Tsimopoulou, P. Kourkoveli, D. Tsiapras, S. Kyrzopoulos, K. Poulas, V. Voudris. Corrigendum: Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between experienced consumers (vapers) and naïve users (smokers). Sci Rep. 2015 Sep 4;5:13506. DOI: 10.1038/srep13506.

  • K.E. Farsalinos, A. Spyrou, C. Stefopoulos, K. Tsimopoulou, P. Kourkoveli, D. Tsiapras, S. Kyrzopoulos, K. Poulas, V. Voudris. Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between experienced consumers (vapers) and naïve users (smokers). Sci Rep. 2015 Jun 17;5:11269. DOI: 10.1038/srep11269.

  • P. Kourkoveli, S.Rammos, J. Parissis, A. Maillis, D. Kremastinos, I. Paraskevaidis. Depressive symptoms in patients with congenital heart disease; incidence and prognostic implications of self-rating depression scales. Congenit Heart Dis. 2014 Jun 28. DOI: 10.1111

  • P. Kourkoveli, D. Tsiapras, E. Grisbolaki, O. Karapanagiotou, S. Kampanarou, S. Kyrzopoulos, L. Kaklamanis, M. Khoury, V. Voudris. Growth rate of an apical left ventricular myxoma: serial two-dimensional echocardiographic and computed tomography observations over twelve months, a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2014 Feb 19;8(1): 60