Professional Background
INSPIRED BY
HIGH QUALITY IN PATIENT CARE
I have committed in providing high quality and well established medical care to my patients, during my everyday practise.
I qualified from Athens University Medical School, Greece in 1991, and trained in general and interventional cardiology at the Cardiology Department of Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece, from 1997 up until 2001.
During my specialty training in cardiology and for a considerable period afterwards, I have been working, for 1 year, as fellow at Saint Vincent Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA. At that time, I was trained in new techniques in interventional cardiology and research.
In 2004 I qualified as PhD, at Ioannina University, Medical School Cambridge University, researching on genetics in patients with coronary artery disease.
I was appointed as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Cardiology Department of Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece, in 2004 remaining there for about 10 years. During that 10-year period, I was working as consultant interventional cardiologist and chief consultant cardiologist of the 10-bed Coronary Care Unit. I was having on call responsibilities for the full range of regional centre cardiology and I was responsible for all the emergency procedures of the catheter lab one day in five. I was performing coronary intervention 2 sessions per week in this cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and I was performing >200 percutaneous coronary interventions per annum including multi-vessel angioplasty and primary angioplasty for STEMI.
In 2012 I was working at Brompton Royal Hospital, London, UK as a clinical fellow with the interventional cardiology team involved in advanced techniques in coronary interventions and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI).
Between 2012 and 2014, and for about 2 years’ time, I was working at Alexandra Hospital, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals, NHS Trust as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist.
Since 2014 and up till now, I am mainly based and basically working as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Metropolitan Hospital, Piraeus, Greece performing PCI and TAVI procedures.
At the same time, I am permanently affiliated as NHS Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Watford General Hospital, London, performing clinical and interventional job on a regular basis.
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My purpose for any patient, is to provide the best possible treatment needed. A detailed discussion with the patient and relatives is taken place before any procedure. The possible benefits, risks and alternative therapies are fully explained before.
01. CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
Over the last 15 years, I perform coronary interventions in Greece and in United Kingdom.
I have performed so far, independently, more than 5000 cases of all types of coronary interventional procedures.
These procedures include
- conventional coronary angioplasty with stent,
- primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction,
- complex coronary intervention
- left main stem stenting,
- chronic total occlusions,
- bifurcation lesions
- rotablation for heavily calcified arteries
In addition, if needed, I can perform the latest invasive diagnostics including
- intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
- fractional flow reserve studies (FFR).
My activity and outcomes are audited by British Society of Interventional Cardiology as shown here.
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02. TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION (TAVI)
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation is a native alternative to open surgical aortic valve replacement.
It requires the involvement of a multidisciplinary team which includes, my team, cardiac surgeon, anaesthesiologist and vascular surgeon.
Since 2014, we successfully perform the procedure, at Metropolitan Hospital.
We perform the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation usually from the femoral artery at the top of the leg.
This means that cardiopulmonary bypass and an open surgical approach are not required.
At the moment, TAVI is reserved for patients in whom open surgical aortic valve replacement is not advisable because of high surgical risk.
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03. GENERAL ADULT CARDIOLOGY
I am able to provide a comprehensive service in all aspects of general adult cardiology including the assessment of patients with
- chest pain,
- palpitations,
- breathlessness,
- blackouts,
- light headednes/dizziness,
- peripheral oedema, and impaired exercise capacity.
I manage patients with conditions such as
- high blood pressure/hypertension,
- high cholesterol,
- heart failure,
- coronary artery disease,
- angina,
- myocardial infarction,
- heart rhythm disturbances (including atrial fibrillation/flutter),
- heart valve disease
- diseases of the pericardium (including pericarditis).
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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.
- C-reactive protein and multiple complex coronary artery plaques in patients with primary unstable anginaarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-04T01:21:05+00:00
C-reactive protein and multiple complex coronary artery plaques in patients with primary unstable angina
- C-Reactive protein levels on admission are associated with response to thrombolysis and prognosis after ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-06T00:25:03+00:00
C-Reactive protein levels on admission are associated with response to thrombolysis and prognosis after ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction
- The Impact of Aspirin Resistance on the Long-term Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Non-ST Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromesarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-06T01:40:35+00:00
The Impact of Aspirin Resistance on the Long-term Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Non-ST Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Effect of comorbidities on the prognosis of patients with coronary syndromesarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-06T00:51:43+00:00
Effect of comorbidities on the prognosis of patients with coronary syndromes
- The impact of circulating total homocysteine levels on long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromesarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-06T01:46:55+00:00
The impact of circulating total homocysteine levels on long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes
- The significance of circulating levels of both cardiac troponin I and high-sensitivity C reactive protein for the prediction of intravenous thrombolysis outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-06T01:55:24+00:00
The significance of circulating levels of both cardiac troponin I and high-sensitivity C reactive protein for the prediction of intravenous thrombolysis outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- The impact of hs C-reactive protein and other inflammatory biomarkers on long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromesarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-04T01:16:47+00:00
The impact of hs C-reactive protein and other inflammatory biomarkers on long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes
- Association of inflammatory biomarkers and cardiac troponin I with multifocal activation of coronary artery tree in the setting of non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarctionarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-04T01:09:25+00:00
Association of inflammatory biomarkers and cardiac troponin I with multifocal activation of coronary artery tree in the setting of non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction
- Type 2 Diabetes and Intravenous Thrombolysis Outcome in the Setting of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarctionarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-06T02:06:19+00:00
Type 2 Diabetes and Intravenous Thrombolysis Outcome in the Setting of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Serologic markers of persistent Chlamydia pneumonia infection and long-term prognosis after successful coronary stentingarebelos_jj7piu822017-04-06T02:07:50+00:00
Serologic markers of persistent Chlamydia pneumonia infection and long-term prognosis after successful coronary stenting
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