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
ischemic cardiomyopathy
peripheral vascular diseases
cardiogenic shock
watchman device implantation
cardiac catheterization
atherectomy
cardiomyopathy
acute bacterial endocarditis
thrombectomy
abnormal coronary angiography
balloon aortic valvuloplasty
patent foramen ovale closure
valve stenosis
blood clot
transradial catheterization
transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr)
coronary artery disease
abnormal stress test
coronary artery stent placement
myocardial infarction (mi)
aortic valve disease
stent thrombosis
laser atherectomy
intra aortic balloon pump
peripheral angiography
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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