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Chief of the Cardiology Clinic at Μetropolitan Hospital
In charge of the Adult & Children’s Echocardiographic Laboratory
Education & Academic Titles
- Medical diploma of Athens University, Greece (July 1997)
- Specialisation in Cardiology, University of Athens, Greece (July 2007)
- Specialisation in Pediatric Cardiology at Children's General Hospital “Agia Sophia”, Cardiological Clinic, University of Athens, Greece
- Specialisation in Pediatric Cardiology at “Tzaneio” General Hospital, Cardiological Department
- Specialisation in Contemporary Techniques of Cardiac Echocardiogram (stress echo, TTE, strain rate, 3D)
Professional Experience
- REA Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Surgical Center, Neonatal & ICU Department, as a spesialised Cardiologist
- Medifirst Medical Diagnostic Center, as a Cardiologist
- Alkmaion Medical Diagnostic Center, as a Cardiologist
- Leto Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Surgical Center, HHG Group, Cardiological Department, as a Cardiologist
- Iasis Clinic, Iatriko Medical Center, as a Cardiologist
- Euromedica Medical Diagnostic Center, as a Cardiologist
- Palaio Faliro Clinic, Iatriko Medical Center, as a Cardiologist
- “Tzaneio” General Hospital, Cardiological Department, as a Registrar
- “Agios Panteleimon” General Hospital, Internal Medicine Department, as a Senior House Officer
- “Agios Panteleimon” General Hospital, Blood Donation Department, Volunteer work as a Physician
- IEK Peiraia, State's Nursing School, as a teacher
- Military Service, Special Forces, as a physician
- Obligatory State's Rural Medical Practice as a Senior House Officer
Membership in Societies & Editorial Boards
- Member of the Hellenic & European Society of Cardiology
- Member of the Hellenic Group of Paedocardiology
- Member of the Hellenic society of Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes Melitus & Dyslipidaimia.
- Member of the Hellenic Group of Neonatal Medicine
Publications
The most important ones mentioned:
Publications (6)
The importance of heart and brain imaging in children and adolescents with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS‑C)
Sophie I. Mavrogeni, Genovefa Kolovou, Vasileios Tsirimpis, Lampros Fotis
13 February 2021 / Accepted: 17 March 2021 Reumatology International,
The role of Transthoracic Echocardiography Imaging in the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection
Zairis MN, Patsourakos N, Tsirimpis V, Mbimbis G, Panagiotidis V, Argirakis SK, Giannakopoulos A, Stefanidis AS, Beldekos D, Ntellos CF, Handanis CM, Foussas SG.
Department of Cardiology, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
5 th international symposium of cardiology. Onassis cardiac surgery hospital, 2003 Hellenic journal of Cardiology
Acute coronary syndromes after infliximab therapy in a patient with Crohn’s disease
Panteris V, Perdiou A, Tsirimpis V, Karamanolis DG.
Department of Gastroenterology, "Tzaneio" General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006 Oct 14; 12(38): 6235-8
Early prognostic usefulness of C-reactive protein added to the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction risc score in acute coronary syndromes
Foussas Stefanos G.; Zairis Michael N.; Lyras Anastassios G.; Patsourakos Nikolaos G.; Tsirimpis Vasilios G.; Katsaros Kostas; Beldekos Demetrios J.; Handanis Stelios M.; Mytas Demetrios Z.; Karidis Kostas S.; Tselioti Paraskevi G.; Prekates Athanasios A.; Ambrose John A.
- Department of Cardiology, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, GREECE
- Department of Cardiology, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, GREECE
- Department of Intensive Care, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, GREECE
- Saint Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, USA
The American Journal of Cardiology, 2005 Aug 15; 96(4): 533-537
The value of indices of Tissue Doppler Imaging and Strain Rate in the detection of early systolic dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus
G Psaltiras, S Handanis, D Beldekos, M Prodromiti, V Tsirimpis, N Patsourakos, S Argirakis, S Fousas
Cardiology Department, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
Ultraschall in Med 2005; 26 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-917512
The impact of Aspirin Resistance on the Long-Term Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
Foussas SG, Zairis MN, Tsirimpis VG, Makrygiannis SS, Patsourakos NG, Adamopoulou EN, Mytas DZ, Prekates AA, Perdiou AJ, Tsoukanas VK, Argyrakis SK
Clinical Cardiology 2008
Presentations (19)
Predictors of intravenous Thrombolysis failure in the setting of ST elevation myocardial infarction
M.Zairis, D.Xenos, V.Tsirimpis, E.Dimitroulaki, C.Palloulis, D Beldekos, J.Papadopoulos, E.Gougourela, M.Papanikolaou, C.Poulopoulou, E.Billianou, S.Foussas.
Cardiology Department, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus.
26th GREEK HELLENIC CONGRESS, 2005.
Waist circumference like a childhood obesity index
Billianou H, Ntellos C, Kardoulas A, Tsiribis V, Fountakis G, Patsourakos N, Thoma M, Anastasiadis F, Foussas S
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus, Greece
76 th Congress of European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)
Atherosclerosis Supplements, 8 (1): 174-175 Jun 2007
Childhood obesity. A 16 years follow-up study in Greek children
Billianou H, Ntellos C, Fountakis G, Tsiribis V, Kritikou F, Halli E, Foussas S.
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
76 th Congress of European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)
Atherosclerosis Supplements, 8 (1): 175-175 Jun 2007
The Impact of Aspirin Resistance on Long-Term Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
Vasilios Tsirimpis, Michael N. Zairis, Stamatis Makrygiannis, Nikolaos Patsourakos, Konstantinos Kontos, Spyros Argyrakis, Evdokia Adamopoulou, Denis Xenos, Konstantinos Vogiatzidis, Maria Prodromiti, Stylianos Handanis, Stefanos G. Foussas, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, GreeceJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 49 (9): 240A-240A Suppl. A Mar 6 2007 World congress of Cardiology Barcelona 2006
The impact of aspirin resistance on 1-year outcome in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes
Zairis (Piraeus/Greece), V. Tsirimpis (Piraeus/Greece), Ampartzidou (Piraeus/Greece), Tsiaousis (Piraeus /Greece), Karvounaris (Piraeus/Greece), Margetis (Piraeus/Greece), Perdiou (Piraeus/Greece), Tsoukanas (Piraeus/Greece), Adamopoulou (Piraeus/Greece), Foussas (Piraeus/Greece)
European Heart Journal (2007) 28 (Abstract Supplement), 267-268
The impact of brain natriuretic peptide on the long term prognosis after non ST acute coronary syndromes in hypertensives
Adamopoulou EN, Zairis MN, Manolis AJ, Batika-Zairis R, Tsirimpis V, Kouremenos N, Foussas SG
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
Journal of Hypertension, 24: S358-S358 Suppl. 4 Jun 2006
Aim Group Congress 2006
The impact of high plasma levels of cardiac troponin I and high sensitivity C reactive protein on intravenous thrombolysis outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
F. Anastasiadis (Piraeus/Greece), M. Zairis (Piraeus/Greece), N. Tellis (Piraeus/Greece), V. Tsirimpis (Piraeus/Greece), D. Xenos (Piraeus/Greece), D. Billias (Piraeus/Greece), S. Handanis (Piraeus/Greece), S.G. Foussas (Piraeus/Greece)
European Heart Journal, 27: 633-634 Suppl. 1 Aug 2006
Aspirin resistance and long term mortality in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes
M. Zairis (Piraeus/Greece), V. Tsirimpis (Piraeus/Greece), A. Perdiou (Piraeus /Greece), D. Margetis (Piraeus/Greece), J. Papadopoulos (Piraeus/Greece), C. Olympios (Piraeus/Greece), V. Tsoukanas (Piraeus/Greece), S.G. Foussas (Piraeus/Greece)
European Heart Journal, 27: 864-864 Suppl. 1 Aug 2006
The impact of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and 180-day mortality in patients with acute decompensation of severe low-output chronic heart failure. Results from the calcium sensitizer or other inotrope or none in acutely decompensated CHF (CASINO) study
S.G. Foussas, Zairis MN, Prodromiti M, Adamopoulou E, Olympios C, Mousouli T, Tsirimpis V, Theodosis-Georgilas A, Hatzisavvas J, Argyrakis S, Anastassiadis P, Cokkinos DV.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), 47 (4): 352A-352A Suppl. A Feb 21 2006
55 th Annual Scientific Session of ACC, Atlanta 2006.
The value of indices of Tissue Doppler Imaging and Strain Rate in the detection of early systolic dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus
G Psaltiras, S Handanis, D Beldekos, M Prodromiti, V Tsirimpis, N Patsourakos, S Argirakis, S Fousas
Cardiology Department, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
XVII European Congress of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. EUROSON 2005
The additional prognostic value of C reactive protein to the thrombolysis in myocardial infraction risk score in the setting of acute coronary syndromes
Zairis MN, EN Adamopoulou, A Kardoulas, G Bibis, AG Lyras, N Patsourakos, VG Tsirimpis, DJ Beldekos, SM Handanis, SG Foussas
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
European Society of Cardiology. Acute Cardiac Care 2004
The effect of moderate alcohol consumption on long-term prognosis in Type 2 diabetics following acute coronary syndromes
Zairis MN, Melidonis A, Kamaratos A, Lyras A, Patsourakos N, Tsirimbis V, Foussas S
40 th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), 2003
Diabetologia, 47: A432-A432 1212 Suppl. 1 Aug 2004
The impact of plasma lipoprotein a levels on the long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Results from the BIAS Study
Zairis MN, Ampartzidou O, Tsirimpis V, Anastasiadis F, Panagiotidis V, Handanis S, Katsaros K, Foussas S
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
26 th Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Munich 2004
European Heart Journal, 25: 244-245 Suppl. S Aug-Sep 2004
Routine angiographic re-evaluation and long-term cardiac mortality following successful coronary stenting
Zairis MN, Bibis G, Kardoulas A, Tsirimpis V, Patsourakos N, Olympios C, Pissimissis E, Foussas S
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
26 th Congress of the European Society of Cardiology 2004
European Heart Journal, 25: 315-315 Suppl. S Aug-Sep 2004
Long-term beneficial effect of preinfarction angina in the setting ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Zairis MN, Lyras A, Patsourakos N, Tsirimpis V, Gliptis M, Argyrakis S, Katsaros K, Foussas S
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
26 th Congress of the European Society of Cardiology 2004
European Heart Journal, 25: 497-497 Suppl. S Aug-Sep 2004
Aspirin resistance and prognosis in the setting of non ST elevation acute coronary syndromes
Perdiou A., Zairis M., Tsiribis V., Patsourakos N., Lyras A., Foussas S., Tsoukanas K.
Hematology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
Cardiology Department Tzanio Hospital Piraeus Greece
18 th International Congress on Thrombosis, Ljubljana, Slovenia June 20-24, 2004
The role of Transthoracic Echocardiography Imaging in the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection
Zairis MN, Patsourakos N, Tsirimpis V, Mbimbis G, Panagiotidis V, Argirakis SK, Giannakopoulos A, Stefanidis AS, Beldekos D, Ntellos CF, Handanis CM, Foussas SG.
Department of Cardiology, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
5 th international symposium of cardiology, Onassis cardiac surgery hospital.
HJC. Supplement C, Vol.44, Sept 2003
High prevalence of depression in Greek Type 2 diabetic patients
S.J.Pappas, A.Sotiropoulos, G.Alevizopoulos, E.Kontela, P.Dania, V.Tsiribis, S.Bousboulas;
3 rd Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Nikaia-Piraeus
Diabetes Clinic Third Medical Department, General Hospital Nikaia-Piraeus
Community Mental Health Center, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Diabetologia, 45: 989 Suppl. 2 Aug 2002
38 th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12 Sept 2001
Diagnostic value of procalcitonin as an early indicator of severe sepsis
G.Padineanu, B.Tsiribis, T.Peppas, S.Skourtis, S.Skliros, A.Sotiropoulos
General Practice Dept., 3 rd Pathological Dept., General Hospital Nikaia-Piraeus (Greece)
6o Congreso Mundial Wonca en Salude Rural, 2001