Charalampos Pavlopoulos CARDIOLOGIST CLINICAL 3rd Cardiology Department

210 686 7642
hpavlopoulos@hygeia.gr

Education & Academic Qualifications

Academics

Senior Lecturer Kings’ College London UK
Medical Ultrasound/Echocardiography (with Distinction) Imperial College of Medicine and Technology UK (2005)
Doctorate of London University (2008)
Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine UK (FRSM)
Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE)
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)

Education

European EACVI CMR Accreditation (Level II) (2019)
European EACVI CMR Exam. (2017)
Advanced Life Support ALS, UK, (2016)
Cardiac MRI ( Level II ) Heart Hospital London UK (2014)
Fellowship In Cardiac MRI & Cardiomyopathies/ Heart Hospital London UK (2014)
European Accreditation Exam Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography (2010)
Cardiac CT Program ( CCTA Level II ) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (2010)
Introduction To Cardiac CT ( CCTA Level I ) London (2010)
Subspecialty Accreditation In Cardiac Imaging Transoesophageal And Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Hammersmith Hospital London / Cardiological Society, Athens, Greece (2009)
Fellowship In Cardiovascular Imaging / Hammersmith Hospital- Imperial College Health Care London (2006-2008)
Medical Ultrasound-Echocardiography, Imperial College Of Medicine, University Of London (Distinction) (2005)
Accreditation In Transthoracic Echocardiography (2004) Cardiological Society, Athens, Greece
Ειδικότητα Καρδιολογίας – Cardiology National Boards Athens, Greece (2004) Specialization In Cardiology
United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 USMLE. (1996)
United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 USMLE. (1996)
Athens Medical School Graduate (1993)

Doctoral thesis

MD (Res) Imperial College of Medicine / London University (2008): Diastolic Dysfunction In Hypertensive Patients. LV Function Estimated By Strain Echocardiography And The Relation To Peripheral Arterial Stiffness.

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

General Medical Council. UK: Full Specialist Registration
British Society οf Heart Failure
Heart Failure Association οf The ESC
European Association οf Echocardiography
American Society οf Echocardiography
British Society οf Echocardiography
British Cardiovascular Society
British Medical Association
European Association For Cardiovascular Prevention And Rehabilitation
American Heart Association

Editorial Boards

AD-HOC REVIEWER for peer-reviewed international journals

Imaging Journal of Clinical and Medical Sciences.
Journal of American Society of Echocardiography
European Journal of Echocardiography
European Heart Journal
Journal of Human Hypertension
International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Work Experience

3rd Cadiology Department, HYGEIA Hospital (March 2021- )
Consultant Cardiologist NHS (National Health System UK). (2010-2021)
Consultant Cardiologist -Medway NHS foundation Trust (2016-2021)
Hon Consultant Cardiologist St Thomas University Hospital, Cardiac MRI Unit, (2016-2020)
Consultant Cardiologist – Milton Keynes NHS University Hospital (2014-2016)
Consultant Cardiologist – Papworth University Hospital Cambridge (2011-2013)
Consultant Cardiologist – John Radcliffe University Hospital Oxford (2010-2011)
Specialist Cardiologist West Middlesex University Hospital (2008-2010)
Doctoral Clinical Fellow – Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare UK (2005-2008)

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical Interest:

Cardiac Imaging – Cardiac MRI /Echo/CT Coronary Angiography
Ischaemic Heart Disease,
Valvular Heart Disease,
Heart Failure,
Cardiomyopathies,
Systemic Hypertension

Research Interest:

Advanced Cardiac ECHO/CMR imaging
CMR Deformation imaging / Strain echocardiography
Systolic Heart failure
Diastolic Dysfunction
Cardiac Mechanics

Honors & Awards

Distinction in Echocardiography Imperial College of Medicine UK
Scholarship of Helenic Cardiological Society (2006)

Recent Publications

Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.
Recent Advances in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Echocardiographic Modalities, Patient Selection, Optimization, Non-Responders. All You Need to Know for More Efficient CRT. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.
Left Atrial Size: A Structural Expression of Abnormal Left Ventricular Segmental Relaxation Evaluated By Strain Echocardiography.Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009 Jul 11. [Epub ahead of print]
Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.
Regional Left Ventricular Distribution of Abnormal Segmental Relaxation Evaluated by Strain Echocardiography and the Incremental Value Over Annular Diastolic Velocities in Hypertensive Patients With Normal Global Diastolic Function.Eur J Echocardiography 2009 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.Pulse pressure/stroke volume a surrogate index of arterial stiffness and the relation to segmental relaxation and longitudinal systolic deformation in hypertensive disease.Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print]
Pavlopoulos H, Grapsa J, Stefanadi E, Kamperidis V, Philippou E, Dawson D, Nihoyannopoulos P. The evolution of diastolic dysfunction in the hypertensive disease. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Pavlopoulos H, Grapsa J,Stefanadi E,Philippou E,Dawson D,Nihoyannopoulos P.
Is it only diastolic dysfunction? Segmental relaxation patterns and longitudinal systolic deformation in systemic hypertension.Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.
Abnormal Segmental Relaxation Patterns in Hypertensive Disease and Symptomatic Diastolic Dysfunction Detected by Strain Echocardiography.J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.
The constellation of hypertensive heart disease. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2008 Mar-Apr;49(2):929.
Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.
Strain and strain rate deformation parameters: from tissue Doppler to 2D speckle tracking. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Jun;24(5):479-91.
Grapsa J, O’Regan DP, Pavlopoulos H, Durighel G, Dawson D, Nihoyannopoulos P. ventricular remodelling in pulmonary arterial hypertension with three-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print]