NIKOLOPOULOU LEFKI

Category: CARDIOLOGIST

Consultant Cardiologist

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Consultant Cardiologist at the 5th Cardiology Department of Metropolitan General Hospital
PhD holder, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

EDUCATION & ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2025: PhD, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2025: Postgraduate Program: Heart Failure – Cardio-Oncology – Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
University of Thessaly
2024: Specialty Training in Cardio-Oncology
Cardio-Oncology Center of Excellence & Amyloid Center of Excellence,
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2024: Cardiac Amyloidosis: Disease Spectrum, Diagnosis and Management – ASNC
2024: Level I Certification in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)
2023: Advanced Training in Modern Echocardiographic Techniques
Hippokration General Hospital of Athens
2023: Health After Cancer: Cancer Survivorship for Primary Care
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University
2023: Cancer Survivorship: Optimizing Care and Outcomes Harvard Medical School,
Harvard University
2020: Specialty Certification in Cardiology
2017: Echocardiography Training Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London,
United Kingdom
2009: MD in Medicine and Surgery Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy
(Grade: 102/110)
European Medical License (Esame di Stato, April/July 2009)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 – Present:
Metropolitan General Hospital, 5th Cardiology Department
Consultant Cardiologist
2023 – Present:
Cardio-Oncology Unit, 1st University Cardiology Clinic,
Hippokration General Hospital of Athens,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Scientific Associate – Head of Department
2017:
Hammersmith Hospital Echocardiography Department
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
(Echocardiography training)
2016 – 2022:
1st Cardiology Department, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens
Cardiology Resident
2014 – 2016:
Cardiology Department, General Panarcadian Hospital of Tripoli
Cardiology Resident
2013 – 2023:
Hypertension Unit, 1st University Cardiology Clinic,
Hippokration General Hospital of Athens
Scientific Associate
2012 – 2013:
1st Department of Internal Medicine, Kalamata General Hospital
Internal Medicine Resident
2010 – 2011:
Rural Medical Service
Messini Health Center / Logga Regional Clinic

MEMBERSHIPS – EDITORIAL BOARDS

HONORS & AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS

Pericardial Disease in Oncology Patients
Kardia kai Aggeia, 2025, Issue 4, pp. 24–35
The Effect of Renal Denervation on Capillary Density in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension
Microcirculation, 2025 Jul;32(5):e70015
Cardiovascular Effects of Radiotherapy: What Cardiologists Should Know
Kardia kai Aggeia, 2024, Issue 3, pp. 16–28
Effects of Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale on Left Atrial Function
EuroPCR 2024
Multimodality Imaging Approach in a Case of Vascular Toxicity Caused by Cabozantinib
Radiology Case Reports, Vol. 19, Issue 1, January 2024
Independent Prognostic Factors of Cardiovascular Events in Cancer Patients
44th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens, 2023)
Changes in Left Atrial Function Following Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale
44th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens, 2023)
Prehypertension: Prognostic Significance and Management
Kardia kai Aggeia, March–April 2018, Issue 2, pp. 97–101
Aortic Isthmus Stenosis: Current Perspectives
Kardia kai Aggeia, 2016, Issue 2, pp. 89–97
“EFFECTS OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION ON THE CARDIORESPIRATORY
PERFORMANCE BY HYPERTENSION STATUS” Journal of Hypertension, Volume 41, Supplement 3 (2023) DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000940808.15711.18
“CARDIOPULMONARY STATUS AND RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTIONALITY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED OR NOT FOR SARS-COV-2
INFECTION” Journal of Hypertension, Volume 41, Supplement 3 (2023), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000940804.66185.69
“EFFECTS OF IVABRADINE ON SYMPATHETIC OVERDRIVE AND ARTERIAL STIFFENING IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME: A 6 MONTH FOLLOW-UP STUDY” JACC March 20, 2018Volume 71, Issue 11 (2018)
BLOOD PRESSURE RESPONSE TO CATHETER-BASED RENAL SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION IN PATIENTS WITH RESISTANT HYPERTENSION: DATA FROM A NATIONAL MULTICENTER 1-YEAR- FOLLOW-UP STUDY” J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Mar, 69 (11_Supplement) 1725 (2017)
“URIC ACID LEVELS PREDICT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BUT NOT STROKE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: DATA FROM A GREEK 8-YEAR-FOLLOW-UP STUDY” Cirulation- November 11, 2016 ,Vol 134, Issue suppl_1(2016)
“EFFECTS OF MULTIELECTRODE RENAL DENERVATION ON SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN METABOLIC SYNDROME” J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Nov, 68 (18_Supplement) (2016)
“CARDIOVASCULAR PROGNOSIS OF COMBINED PATTERNS OF RESISTANT HYPERTENSION AND SMOKING STATUS: A 3.6 YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY” J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Mar, 65 (10_Supplement) (2015)
“PREDICTORS AND CARDIOVASCULAR PROGNOSIS OF INCIDENT AND PERSISTENT RESISTANT HYPERTENSION: A 4-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY”- Journal of American College of Cardiology's(2014)
“EVENING VERSUS MORNING DOSING OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA: A CROSS-OVER STUDY”- Journal of American College Of Cardiology's(2014)
“COMBINED PATTERNS OF SMOKING AND EXCESS WEIGHT FOR PREDICTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS: A 4-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY”- Journal of American College of Cardiology's(2014)
“COMPARISON OF THE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY FOR PREDICTING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: DATA FROM 6- YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY” - 35th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens,2014)
“ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY DEPENDING ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RESISTANT HYPERTENSION: ANALYSIS 4-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY USING TIME-DEPENDENT VARIABLES” - 35th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens,2014)
“POSITIVE EFFECT OF IVABRADINE ON SYMPATHETIC OVERACTIVITY AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME” - 35th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens,2014)
“PROGNOSTIC FACTORS EMERGING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS. THE DOMINANT ROLE OF THE LEFT ATRIUM” - 35th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens,2014)
“THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF STIMULATION OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND INCREASED ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN PATIENTS WITH RESISTANT HYPERTENSION”- 35th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens,2014)
“RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RENAL HEMODYNAMICS AND HEMODYNAMICS OF THE HEART AND AORTA IN EARLY ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION”- 35th International Congress of Cardiology (Athens,2014)
“METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES MELLITUS INDEPENDENTLY PREDICT ADVERSE EVENTS IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE VERSUS OTHER OBESITY PARAMETERS AS DETERMINANTS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION” - Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“INCIDENT AND PERSISTENT RESISTANT HYPERTENSION DURING LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP IS ACCOMPANIED BY LACK OF REGRESSION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVES” – Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“RELATIONSHIPS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES MELLITUS WITH INCIDENT AND PERSISTENT RESISTANT HYPERTENSION IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“PARALLEL DETERIORATION OF ALBUMINURIA AND OXYGEN SATURATION IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: INTEGRATING VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICAL COURSE OF RESISTANT HYPERTENSION: A TIME UPDATED ANALYSIS OF A 4 YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“EFFECTS OF MULTI-ELECTRODE CATHETER-BASED RENAL SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION ON CARDIAC DAMAGE AND NEUROHORMONAL ACTIVATION IN SEVERE DRUG RESISTANT HYPERTENSION”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“EVALUATION OF WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION USING AUTOMATED OFFICE BLOOD PRESSURE VERSUS OFFICE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“RELIABILITY OF AUTOMATED OFFICE BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF MORNING HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RENAL HAEMODYNAMICS WITH CARDIAC AND AORTIC HAEMODYNAMICS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“COMPARISON OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK OF RESISTANT HYPERTENSION AGAINST THAT OF SMOKING: A 3.6 YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“LACK OF REGRESSION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IS ACCOMPANIED BY ADVERSE PROGNOSIS IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVES”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“EVALUATION OF DIURETIC’S EFFICACY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION ASSESSED BY AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“EVALUATION OF THE EVENING DOSAGE OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUG IN BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL AND DIPPING STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE”- Joint Meeting of the ESH and ISH (Athens, 2014)
“STUDY OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ON WOMEN IN RURAL POPULATION” - presented at the 3rd National Conference of Pre-Hospital Cardiology (2nd AWARD)
“DIRECT EFFECTS OF INTENSE PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE” – 7th Panhellenic Conference Cardiometabolic Risk Factors (Kalamata,2014)
«LATE MANIFESTATION OF NEUTROPENIC FEVER AS CONSEQUENCE OF ANTITHYROID DRUG SOMMINISTRATION" presented at the 5th Congress of Health of Messinia (2nd AWARD)
“MANAGEMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ON POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN, IMPACT OF LIVING IN CONSOLIDATION AND TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION” presented at the 13th National Congress of Hypertension (Greece)
“BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME: PRESENTATION AND FOLLOW UP OF A CASE REPORT” presented at the 1st National Congress of Greek College of General Practitioners (1st AWARD)
“ADDITIONAL/ALTERNATE TREATMENT SUBSEQUENT TO REFRACTIVE SURGERY TECHNIQUES UNDER TOPOGRAPHICAL GUIDANCE” (i.e. “Ritrattamenti Dopo Interventi Di Chirurgia Rifrattiva Con Tecniche A Guida Topografica”) – THESIS
“LOW BACK PAIN AS THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF ENDOKARDITIS” presented at the18th National Congress of Internal Medicine
“TREATMENT OF VRE ENDOCARDITIS WITH DAPTOMYCIN AND MANIFESTATION OF VERTIGO”