ΚΑΡΔΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΔΙΑΓΝΩΣΤΙΚΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ

CURRICULUM VITAE

Agis G. Antonopoulos, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C.

Home Address 11, Atlantis Street
Aglanjia, Nicosia 2107
Cyprus.
Tel. (357) 22331043
e-mail: antonopa@cytanet.com.cy

Office Address : Cardiovascular Diagnostic Centre
1, Thasou Street
Nicosia 1087
Cyprus.
Tel (357 )22760948
Fax (357) 22760087

Date and Place
of Birth : June 4, 1946
Nicosia, Cyprus.

Marital Status : Widow - One child.


Undergraduate
Education : 1958 - 1964 Pancyprian Gymnasium
Nicosia, Cyprus.

Medical
Education : 1964 – 1970 Hebrew University
Hadassah Medical School
Jerusalem, Israel.

Internship July 71 - June 72 Rotating
Kaplan Hospital
Rehovot, Israel.

Residency: July 72 - June 74 Internal Medicine
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Maryland, USA
Physician in chief: Dr Albert
I. Mendeloff.


Cardiology
Fellowship : July 74 - June 76 University of Miami,
Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, Florida, USA
Physician in chief: Dr Robert
J. Myerburg.


Degrees : 1971 MD: Hebrew University
Hadassah Medical School,
Jerusalem, Israel.
E.C.F.M.G.: Feb 197
Certificate 1531029.


Specialty Boards : 1975 American Board of Internal
Medicine. Internal Medicine.
Certificate 50148.

1977 American Board of Internal
Medicine. Cardiovascular
Disease. Certificate 50148.

2000 European Board for the Specialty
Of Cardiology
European Cardiologist.


Medical Licensure : 1976 Cyprus Medical Council
(Specialty in Internal
Medicine and Cardiology).
State Board of the State of
Florida. Certificate 28754.


Appointment : July 75 - June 76 Teaching Fellow. Coronary
Care Unit. Training Course for
Practising Physicians.
University of Miami; School of
Medicine.


Present : August 77 Co-Director
Cardiovascular Diagnostic
Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus.



Honours, Awards
Scholarships 1964 - 1970 World Health Organization
Scholarship for Medicine: Full
six year scholarship.

1975 - 1976 Martin H. Stein Memorial
Award for Superior
Performance as a Cardiology
Fellow. University of Miami,
Florida.Nicosia, Cyprus


Medical Doctorate
Thesis : 1971 The Venomotor Response in
Hemorrhagic Shock. Hebrew
University Hadassah Medical
School.

Fellowships : Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
(F.A.C.C.)
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
(F.E.S.C).
.

Member of : Pancyprian Medical Association.
Cyprus Society of Cardiology.
Cyprus Society of Internal Medicine.
Hippocrates Nicosia Medical Association.




Pubblications in peer reviewed international journals:




1: Chee CE, Anastassiades CP, Antonopoulos AG, Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC. Related Articles, Links
Cardiac hypertrophy and how it may break an athlete's heart--the Cypriot case.
Eur J Echocardiogr. 2005 Aug;6(4):301-7. Epub 2005 Jan 21.
PMID: 15992717 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC, Constantinou EC, Antonopoulos AG. Related Articles, Links
Familial discrete subaortic stenosis.
Clin Cardiol. 1998 Jan;21(1):63-5.
PMID: 9474469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG. Related Articles, Links
Exercise testing for assessment of the significance of ST segment depression observed during episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
Eur Heart J. 1990 Nov;11(11):974-9.
PMID: 2282927 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG, Petsas AA. Related Articles, Links
The effect of coronary revascularization on exercise-induced ventricular ectopic activity.
Eur Heart J. 1987 Aug;8 Suppl D:75-8.
PMID: 2445575 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Mirowski M, Israel W, Antonopoulos AG, Mower MM, Mendeloff AI. Related Articles, Links
Treatment of myocardial infarction in a community hospital coronary care unit. Experience with 1,246 patients.
Arch Intern Med. 1978 Feb;138(2):210-5.
PMID: 626550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Mirowski M, Antonopoulos AG, Mower MM. Related Articles, Links
Exit block around a junctional pacemaker.
Chest. 1974 Jun;65(6):687-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 4832275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]




















Publications in peer reviewed national journals:



1. Anastassiades LC, Petsas AA and Antonopoulos AG. Echocardiography: A review. Med Surg Cyprus 1978; 3: 339-42.

2. Anastassiades LC, Petsas AA, Antonopoulos AG and Kazantzis AE. First clinical applications of echocardiography in Cyprus. Med Surg Cyprus 1978; 3: 349-56.

3. Antonopoulos AG, Petsas AA and Anastassiades LC. Prolapse of the mitral valve. Med Surg Cyprus 1978; 3: 409-413.

4. Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC and Antonopoulos AG. Exercise stress testing: An update review. Med Surg Cyprus 1978; 3: 446-50.

5. Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC and Antonopoulos AG. First clinical applications of treadmill exercise testing in Cyprus. Med Surg Cyprus 1979; 4: 469-73.

6. Anastassiades LC, Petsas AA and Antonopoulos AG. Coronary artery bypass surgery: A review of the first decade. Med Surg Cyprus 1979; 4: 567-70.

7. Antonopoulos AG, Anastassiades LC and Petsas AA. The management of chronic heart failure - to use or not to use digitalis? Med Surg Cyprus 1980; 4: 677-9.

8. Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG and Petsas AA. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty - a new therapy for angina pectoris. Cyprus Med J 1982; A1: 15-7.

9. Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG and Petsas AA. The cardiomyopathies - current concepts. Cyprus Med J 1982; A3: 12-6.

10. Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC and Antonopoulos AG. Two-dimensional echocardiography: basic principles. Cyprus Med J 1984; C2: 17-9.

11. Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG and Petsas AA. The application of two-dimensional echocardiography in Cyprus. Cyprus Med J 1984; C3: 5-9.

12. Antonopoulos AG, Anastassiades LC and Petsas AA. The use of vasodilators in severe chronic congestive heart failure. Cyprus Med J 1985; D2: 5-8.





13. Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG and Petsas AA. The coronary artery disease in Cyprus and its surgical treatment. Cyprus Med J 1986; 4: 12-16.

14. Antonopoulos AG, Petsas AA and Anastassiades LC. Doppler echocardiography in Cyprus. Cyprus Med J 1985; 5: 21-3.

15. Antonopoulos AG, Anastassiades LC and Petsas AA. The syndrome of panic disorder in the practice of cardiology. Cyprus Med J 1988; G1: 5-8

16. Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG and Petsas AA. Thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction - first applications in Cyprus. Cyprus Med J 1988; G1: 12-5.

17. Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC and Antonopoulos AG. Computer applications in medical practice: a cardiovascular data-base program. Cyprus Med J 1988; G1: 17-21.

18. Anastassiades LC, Petsas AA and Antonopoulos AG. Cholesterol 1990: a review. Cyprus Med J 1990; 8: (2) 17-9.

19. Anastassiades LC, Petsas AA and Antonopoulos AG. Doppler colour flow imaging - basic principles and applications. J Cyprus Med 1990; 8: (4) 5-9.

20. Antonopoulos AG, Anastassiades LC and Petsas AA. The athletic heart syndrome - experience in Cyprus. Cyprus Med J 1991; 9: (1) 5-7.

21. Anastassiades LC, Antonopoulos AG and Petsas AA. Cardiovascular complications of diabetes mellitus - a review. Cyprus Med J 1991; 9: (4) 24-6.



Abstracts


1. Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC and Antonopoulos AG. The use of echocardiography in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Proceedings of the XVIII Panhellenic Paediatric Congress. Nicosia, Cyprus. May 24-26, 1980; 77.

2. Anastassiades LC, Petsas AA and Antonopoulos AG. Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: Clinical observations. Proceedings of the Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy International Symposium. Geneva, Switzerland. April 22-25, 1985. p. 210.

3. Petsas AA, Anastassiades LC and Antonopoulos AG. Exercise testing for evaluation of 'ischaemic' ST shifts observed during episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Proceedings of the European Society of Cardiology Symposium on Exercise Testing in the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Treatment of Arrhythmias. Athens, Greece. April 17-19, 1986; A9.