Dr. Pappas is an interventional cardiologist who treats patients with heart disease who require interventional or portal vein procedures (including TAVR) and non-invasive cardiac testing. He is skilled in performing coronary and peripheral angiograms, peripheral interventions, pulmonary angiograms and pulmonary balloon angioplasty, brachytherapy, catheter-directed thrombectomy and thrombolysis. He earned his medical degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece. He completed his residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, and continued there, completing a fellowship in general cardiology and interventional cardiology.
Age Groups Seen
Adult, Older Adult
Languages Spoken*
Albanian
Greek
German
English
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Expertise
abnormal coronary angiography
abnormal stress test
acute bacterial endocarditis
aortic valve disease
atherectomy
balloon aortic valvuloplasty
blood clot
cardiac catheterization
cardiogenic shock
cardiomyopathy
coronary artery disease
coronary artery stent placement
intra aortic balloon pump
ischemic cardiomyopathy
laser atherectomy
myocardial infarction (mi)
patent foramen ovale closure
peripheral angiography
peripheral vascular diseases
stent thrombosis
thrombectomy
transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr)
transradial catheterization
valve stenosis
watchman device implantation
Credentials
Education
Aristotelio Univ of Thessaloniki
Residency
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium
Fellowship
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine - Interventional Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
Publications
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