Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Cardiologist of Imaging; Medway Maritime NHS Trust, Gillingham
Consultant Cardiologist of Imaging
Hon. Consultant; St Thomas' Hospital
Consultant Cardiologist of Imaging
Hon. Senior Lecturer, Kings College London
Research interests
Cardiac MRI, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Diastolic Dynsfunction in Hypertensive Patients.
Awards received
Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) 2010
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) 2009
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) 2009
Distincton in MSc. Medical Ultrasound, Imperial College of Medicine 2005
Publications
1. 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]
2. 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]
3. 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]
4. 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]
5. 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]
6. 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]
7. 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]
8. Pavlopoulos H, Nihoyannopoulos P.
The constellation of hypertensive heart disease.
Hellenic J Cardiol. 2008 Mar-Apr;49(2):92-9.
9. 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.
Courses offered to GPs
Cardiac MRI, Echocardiography
