Nikolaos Karamichalakis CARDIOLOGIST CLINICAL Assistant Director, 6th Cardiology Department

“Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy in vascular function” Athens Medical School 2021

• ESC Professional Member

• EHRA Ivory Member

• HFA Regular membership

• January 2020 – now: Consultant Cardiologist at Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece, 6th Department of Cardiology

• July 2018-December 2019: Consultant Cardiologist at General Hospital of Rhodes, Greece.

• September 2017-July 2018: Trainee in the EP department at Evaggelismos Hospital, 2^nd Cardiology Department.

• September 2014 – September 2017: Resident in Cardiology at Evaggelismos Hospital, 2^nd Cardiology Department.

• May 2012 – August 2014 : Resident in Cardiology at General Hospital of Rhodes “Andreas Papandreou”, Rhodes, Greece.

• Dec 2009 – Feb 2012 : Resident in Internal Medicine at General Hospital of Limnos, Limnos, Greece.

Education Experience

• September 2014-September 2017: Tutor in Evaggelismos Hospital Nursing School.

• October 2010-May 2011: Professor of Internal Medicine and Nutrition Biochemistry in Limnos Nursing School.

• Clinical Interest:Implantable cardiac devices, arrhythmias, interventional cardiology, heart failure

• Research Interest:  Implantable cardiac devices, arrhythmias, interventional cardiology, heart failure

• Participation as investigator in clinical trials: ENGAGE AF, FOURIER, CRYSTAL AF

• 2018 Participation in the EHRA observational program. Scholarship in the EP lab at Hospital Clinic Barcelona.

• January 2020: Presentation award from the Greek Heart Failure Society for the study “Ventricular arterial coupling predicts response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy”

• Association of ventricular-arterial interaction with the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy.
  Karamichalakis N, Ikonomidis I, Parissis J, Simitsis P, Filippatos G. Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Apr 9. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2186.
• Safety, long-term outcomes and predictors of recurrence following a single catheter ablation procedure for atrial Efremidis M, Letsas KP, Georgopoulos S, Karamichalakis N, Vlachos K, Lioni L, Bazoukis G, Saplaouras A, Sakellaropoulou A, Kolokathis AM, Rokiza A, Anagnostou A, Valkanas K, Sideris A.
  Acta Cardiol. 2018 Oct 10:1-6. doi: 10.1080/00015385.2018.1494114.
• Implantable devices to monitor patients with heart failure.
  Karamichalakis N, Parissis J, Bakosis G, Bistola V, Ikonomidis I, Sideris A, Filippatos G. Heart Fail Rev. 2018 Nov;23(6):849-857. doi: 10.1007/s10741-018-9742-8. Review.
• Intermuscular implantation technique for subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillators. Letsas KP, Xydonas S, Karamichalakis N, Efremidis M, Manolatos D, Bazoukis G, Asvestas D, Vlachos K, Georgopoulos S, Saplaouras A, Winter J, Sideris A. Herz. 2018 Feb 21. doi: 10.1007/s00059-018-4688-0.
• Impact of baseline renal function on all-cause mortality in patients who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Bazoukis G, Letsas KP, Korantzopoulos P, Thomopoulos C, Vlachos K, Georgopoulos S, Karamichalakis N, Saplaouras A, Efremidis M, Sideris J Arrhythm. 2017, Oct;33(5):417-423. doi: 10.1016/j.joa.2017.04.005. Epub 2017 May 1. Review
• Right ventricular outflow tract high-density endocardial unipolar voltage mapping in patients with Brugada syndrome: evidence for electroanatomical Letsas KP, Efremidis M, Vlachos K, Georgopoulos S, Karamichalakis N, Asvestas D, Valkanas K, Korantzopoulos P, Liu T, Sideris A. Europace. 2018 Jun 1;20(FI1):f57-f63. doi: 10.1093/europace/eux079.
• Catheter ablation of anteroseptal accessory pathways from the aortic cusps: A case series and a review of the literature. Letsas KP, Efremidis M, Vlachos K, Georgopoulos S, Karamichalakis N, Saplaouras A, Xydonas S, Valkanas K, Sideris J Arrhythm. 2016 Dec;32(6):443-448. Epub 2016 Apr 19. Review.
• Brugada Syndrome:Risk Stratification And Management. Letsas KP, Georgopoulos S, Vlachos K, Karamichalakis N, Liatakis I, Korantzopoulos P, Liu T, Efremidis M, Sideris A. J Atr Fibrillation. 2016 Aug 31;9(2):1413. doi: 4022/jafib.1413. eCollection 2016 Aug-Sep. Review.
• Efficacy and safety of novel anticoagulants in the Karamichalakis N, Georgopoulos S, Vlachos K, Liatakis I, Efremidis M, Sideris A, Letsas KP. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2016 Aug;13(8):718- 723. Review.
• Managing atrial fibrillation in the very elderly patient: challenges and solutions. Karamichalakis N, Letsas KP, Vlachos K, Georgopoulos S, Bakalakos A, Efremidis M, Sideris Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2015 Oct 27;11:555-62. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S83664. eCollection 2015. Review.