Panagiota Kourkoveli CARDIOLOGIST CLINICAL Αttending Physician, Transcatheter Heart Valves

+306932 417 290
+30 210 6867 311
pkourkoveli@hygeia.gr

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?
3^rd award – oral presentation
14th 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