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
thrombectomy
peripheral vascular diseases
coronary artery disease
aortic valve disease
transradial catheterization
blood clot
myocardial infarction (mi)
atherectomy
abnormal stress test
cardiomyopathy
patent foramen ovale closure
valve stenosis
watchman device implantation
cardiac catheterization
laser atherectomy
cardiogenic shock
acute bacterial endocarditis
stent thrombosis
intra aortic balloon pump
transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr)
coronary artery stent placement
balloon aortic valvuloplasty
peripheral angiography
abnormal coronary angiography
ischemic cardiomyopathy
Credentials
Fellowship
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium
Residency
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium
Education
Aristotelio Univ of Thessaloniki
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine - Interventional Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
Publications
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