CURRICULUM VITAE
NIKOLAOS E. LIASIS M.D.
LIASIS E. NIKOLAOS
Medical Physician – Radiologist-Angiologist Colonel (R.T.)
Former Chief of the Vascular Department and Vascular Laboratory and
Ultrasound Department of the General Air force Hospital (251 G.H.A.)
Scientific Director of Euromedic Greece
Chief of Euromedic Athens and Chief of Vascular Ultrasound Department
Date of birth: June 20, 1959
Place of birth: Ag. Athanasios, Pella-Greece
Office number: +30.210-691.1668
Mobile phone: +30.6932-461.307
Address: 109-111 Mesogeion Avenue.
E-mail: nikos.liasis@euromedic.gr
EDUCATION
1978-1984 Medical School of Thessaloniki University
1984-1985: Trained in biochemical and pathologic clinics of the General Air
Force Hospital for one year as well as in the Emergency Room.
1984: Post graduate program of the Air Force Medicine Center.
1985-1988: Chief of the 15th Battle Wing in Souda-Chania.
1986: Trainer in the school of Rescue and Marine Survival of the Air Force
Team.
1988-1991: Specialization of radiology imaging in the General Air Force Hospital
(G. A. H.) of Athens.
1991-1992: Continued specialization in the General Hospital of Athens “Georgios
Gennimatas” .
1992 : Attained the title of Radiologists.
1993: Post graduate program of color DOPPLER Ultrasound and pathology of
Vascular Diseases of Saint Giovanni Di Dio Firenze in Italy.
1993-1994: Assistant to the Chief of the Vascular Department of 251 General Air
Force Hospital.
1994: Post graduate program of vascular diseases in Angiology and Diagnosis of
Vascular Diseases in Saint Antonio Hospital in Utrecht as well as the University
Hospital Academics in Holland.
1995-2006: Chief of the Ultrasound and Vascular Department of 251 General Air
Force Hospital (G.A.H.).
1996: Participated in post graduated Educational Program of Ultrasound Institute
and Educational Research of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital of
Philadelphia.
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2006: Ph.D. of the Vascular Surgery Clinic of Laiko Hospital of the University
Hospital of Athens titled: “The Use of Speckle Reduction Imaging in
Characterizing Carotid Plaque (S.R.I).”
MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Member of the Hellenic Society of Radiology
Member of the Academic Radiologists.
Member of the Hellenic Society of Vascular Surgery.
Member of the Hellenic Society of Phlebology.
Member of the Hellenic Society of Angiology.
Member of the Hellenic Society of Ultrasound.
Founding Member of the Hellenic Society of Lemphology.
Member of the International Union of Angiology.
Member of the American Venous Forum (A.V.F.).
Member of the European Venous Forum (E.V.F.).
Member of the European Society of Radiology (ECR/ESR)
Member of the Who is Who Greece
Member of the Ecumenical Hellenism
Participated as speaker/chairperson or president in 55 Greek congresses and
160 International congresses.
Invited speaker at universities abroad and in international and European
congresses.
Faculty member of 3rd Intensive IDKD Course in Greece Excellence in Teaching
(30/09/2010 – 3/10/2010)
President of Round Table Session at the European Congress of Radiology.
ECR).
1999 up to date: Chief Director of the Vascular and General Ultrasound
Diagnostic Center.
2006 up to date: Scientific Manager of the Euromedicine company- Euromedic
Europe
LECTURES
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9/12/1995 : NAVAL HOSPITAL OF ATHENS – Scientific Lecture
SUBCLAVIAN STEEL SYNDROME – PHLEBOTHROMBOSIS –
PNEUMONIC EMBOLISM-INSUFICIENT PERFORATING VEINS
Lecture: EndolumInar Repair of Perforating Veins.
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1998 : POST GRADUATE COURSES –VASCULAR SURGERY
DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
Lecture: Color Doppler Ultrasound of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries.
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16/02/2000: GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ATHENS “GEORGIOS
GENNIMATAS”
Lecture: Imaging Investigation – TIA –Color Doppler Ultrasound of the
Carotid.
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2000: POST GRADUATE COURSE OF INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY/
GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ATHENS “GEORGIOS GENNIMATAS”
Lecture: TRANSCRANIAL COLOUR DOPPLER (T.C.D.)
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18-22/05/2000: ΧΙΙΙ PANHELLENIC RADIOLOGY CONGRESS –
WORKSHOP U/S : Peripheral Vessels II – ATHENS HILTON
Lecture: Introduction to Doppler: Exam Protocol and Hemodynamics.
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15/01/2001: SCIENTIFIC LECTURE OF THE SOCIETY OF
ANESTHESIOLOGY AND INTENSIVE CAERE OF NORTHERN GREECE
THE USE OF ULTRASOUND IN SURGERY AND THE INTENSIVE CARE
UNIT
Lecture: Application of the Ultrasound in Investigating Pathology of
Extracranial Vessels.
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05/05/2001 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GREEK ACADEMIC
RADIOLOGY- DELPHI GREECE
Lecture: Current Diagnostic Approach of Venous Diseases of the lower limbs.
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14/12/2001 :POST GRADUATE LECTURES OF THE HELLENIC SOCIETY
OF VASCULAR SURGERY AND ENDOVASCULAR – ERRIKOS DYNAN
HOSPITAL
Lecture: Clinical Investigation – Ultrasound in the Surgery of Carotid Artery
and Aortic Root Branches.
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15/02/2002 CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINAR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
OF ATHENS GREECE– «OBSTETRIC GYNECOLOGIC ULTRASOUND OF
CERVICAL VESSELS
Workshop Trainer: TRANSCRANIAL
Lecture: Transcranial Color Doppler Ultrasound.
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08/06/2002: CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINAR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ATHENS “GEORGIOS GENNIMATAS”
Lecture: Transcranial Ultrasound: Technological Achievement
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25-27/09/2003: 6th HELLENIC-GERMAN ANGIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Lecture: Diagnostic evaluation of carotid lesions.
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2003-2004: CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM 251 GENERAL AIR
FORCE HOSPITAL (G.A.H)
13/01/2004: Lecture: Color Doppler ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta and
of the Renal Arteries
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24/02/2004: Lecture: Color Doppler Ultrasound – Carotid Ultrasound
27/02/2004 : Lecture : Color Doppler Ultrasound – Veins of the Lower Limbs
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06/03/2004: ECR 2004 VIENNA AUSTRIA
Moderator of the scientific session –SS715
Topic: Vascular Imaging: Pre- and Post Endovascular Therapy
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23-24/04/2004 : CCPR 2004 CORONARIES – CAROTIDS – PERIPHERALS
– RENALS ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY – AEGINA
Introduction: Evaluation of Carotid Artery Disease
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20-22/05/2005: 2nd CONGRESS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN
RADIOLOGY – AMPHITHEATER OF THE WAR MUSEUM
Lecture: Sonographic Evaluation of Erictile Dynsfunction
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28 – 30/09/2006: 8th GREEK - GERMAN VASCULAR SYMPOSIUM
Scientific Topic: Aortic Disease
Lecture: Investigation of Arterial Disease in the Renal Arteries
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11-12/03/2006: POST GRADUATE COURSES OF ULTRASOUND OF THE
VESSELS- HOSPITAL OF AGIA OLGA-NEA IONIA
Lecture: Sonographic Imaging of Vascular Pathology:
a) Abdominal Aorta and its Branches (stenosis, occlusion,
post operative follow-up of vascular and endovascular surgical procedures)
b) Peripheral Arteries of the Lower Limbs (stenosis,
occlusion, post operative follow-up of vascular and endovascular surgical
procedures)
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2006: POST GRADUATE COURSES OF THE CARDIOLOGY CLINIC:
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS- HIPPOCRATES
Lecture: Ultrasound Topics of Cardiovascular Pathology:
a) Ultrasound Evaluation of the Arteries of the Lower Limbs
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1-4/06/2007: 8th PANHELLENIC CONGREASS OF THE HELLENIC
SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY( HSUMB)
Scientific Session: - The Role of Speckle Reduction Imaging (SRI) in
Characterizing Atheromatic Plague of the Carotid Artery
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13 /12/2007: POSTGRADUATE COURSES OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL OF
GREECE: Stroke
Lecture: Diagnostic Investigation
Lecturers: N. Liasis, D. Kardoulas, L. Livieratos, G. Tsimitselis
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2/07/2008: POSTGRADUATE SEMINARS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF
CHANIA CRETE: Modern Day Threat: Stoke
Lecture: Ultrasound Imaging of the Carotid Disease and Current
Advancements.
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28 - 29/03/2008: 8th CYCLE CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS OF
THE NEUROLOGICAL CLINIC OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ATHENS
“GEORGIOS GENNIMATAS”: Diagnosis and Therapy of Central Nervous
System Diseases from the Laboratory to the Patient’s Bedside.
Lecture: Ultrasound Imaging of the Greater Vessels of the Cervix –Newer
Advancements
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05 –06/12/2008: LOGIQ USERS DAYS/ CONVENTRY AND
WORWICKSHIRE UNIVERSITY
Lecture: Performing Vascular Ultrasound and the Value of SRI in the
Characterization of Carotid Plaque.
Hands-on Workshop: Live Patient Scanning: an example of vascular exam.
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15-17/05/2009: European Multithematic Diangostic Imaging
Course(EDIC)
8-10/10/2009 : INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VASCULAR
DISEASES 2009 – ABANO TERME
1. Assessment of the carotid and the vertebral arteries
2. Live cases with ultrasound (N. Labropoulos, N. Liasis, G.
Camporese)
3. Live scanning and discussion (N. Labropoulos, N. Liasis, G.
Camporese)
30/09/2010 – 3/10/2010 : 3rd Intensive IDKD Course in Greece
Excellence in Teaching/Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine
Lecture: Practical Ultrasound of the Neck Vessels
ROUND TABLES
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27/3/1996 : 10TH PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY
Lecture: Trancranial Color Doppler Ultrasound
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19-12/10/1996: MEDICAL CONGRESS OF THE AIR FORCE:
ENDOLUMINAL REPAIR OF ATHEROMATIC DISEASE OF THE LOWER
LIMBS
Lecture: Sonographic Evaluation of Atheromatic Plaque Disease with Color
Doppler Ultrasound Pre and Post Endoluminal Repair
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30/05/1998: HELLENIC SOCIETY OF AnGIOLOGY-ONE DAY SEMINAR
ULTRASOUND IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ARTERIAL DISEASE OF THE
GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ATHENS “GEORGIOS GENNIMATAS”:
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INVESTIGATION OF THE VENOUS SYSTEM
Lecture: Postthrombotic Syndrome
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1997 – 1999: SECOND LABAROTORY OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS-CONTINUING EDUCATIONPOSTGRADUATE PROGRAM OF RADIOLOGY: CARDIOLOGYDIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES IN ULTRASOUND
Lecture: Sonographic Arteriography of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries.
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24-25/02/2000: 9th POLYTHEMATIC MEDICAL SYMOSIUM 2000:
GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL ENDOLUMINAL TREATMENT OF THE
ANNEURYSMATIC ABDOMINAL AORTA
Lecture: Sonographic Evaluation – Follow-up Examination of Aortic
Prosthesis.
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1/4/2001: 2nd POSTGRADUATE SEMINAR OF NEPHROLOGYALEXANDROUPOLI: VASCULAR APPROACH OF HEMODIALYSIS ,
TYPES OF VASCULAR APPROACHES, POST OPERATIVE EVALUATION,
FACTORS THAT EFFECT THE SECLECTION OF TYPE AND TIMIND OF
VASCULAR APPROACH
Lecture: Preoperative Sonographic Investigation
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19/01/2002: 13th ONE DAY CONGRESS OF CARDIOLOGY OF THE
NAVAL HOSPITAL of ATHENS:CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE-CARDIAC
INSUFFICIENCY-VASCULAR PATHOLOGY
Lecture: New Techniques in Sonographic Evaluation of Peripheral Artery
Disease.
25/05/2002: 3rd ONE DAY SEMINAR OF PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARECHILDRENS HOSPITAL AGIA SOPHIA :PEDIATRIC TRAUMA OF THE
HEAD
Lecture: Transcranial Doppler
 15/06/2002: 1st ANNUAL SEMINAR OF THE ULTRASOUND CLINIC OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES-AMPHITHEAR OF THE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL OF ATHENS HIPPOCRATES: ULTRASOUND OF THE
PERIPHERAL VESSELS
Lecture: Study of the Abdominal Aorta and the Renal Arteries.
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17-18/05/2003: 1st PANHELLENIC SYMPOSIUM OF MEDICAL IMAGING
SONOGRAPHY: FROM IMAGING TO CLINICAL ACTION
Lecture: Color Doppler Ultrasound of Renal Hypertension
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07/06/2003: 2nd ANNUAL SEMINAR OF THE ULTRASOUND CLINIC OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES-AMPHITHEAR OF THE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL OF ATHENS HIPPOCRATES
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Lecture: Comparative Evaluation of Ultrasound and Other Modern Imaging
Technologies in Abdominal Aortic and Arterial Disease of the Lower
Extremities.
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19/02/2004: ANNUAL SEMINAR of the WORKING GROUPS of the HCS–
MACEDONIA PALACE THESSALONIKI : ATHEROMATOSIS OF THE
PERIPHERAL VESSELS
Lecture: Estimating Carotid Artery Disease
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02/10/2004: ΧIV PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY – HILTON
HOTEL, ATHENS GREECE COLOR DOPPLER STUDY OF THE
ABDOMINAL VESSELS AND THE PERIPHERAL VESSELS
Lecture: Carotid Arteries
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14/05/2005: 4thANNUAL SEMINAR OF THE ULTRASOUND CLINIC OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES-AMPHITHEAR OF THE UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL OF ATHENS HIPPOCRATES: PERIPHERAL ARTERIES AND
THE CARDIOLOGISTS IN THE DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE
Lecture: Sonographic Evaluation of the Peripheral Arteries
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09/07/2005: HELLENIC SOCIETY OF PHLEBOLOGY SCIENTIFIC
SESSION-PORTARIA PELION GREECE
Lecture: Chronic Venous Insufficiency
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20 – 22/01/2006: 10th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF ANGIOLOGY AND
VASCULAR SURGERY
Lecture: New Techniques in Sonographic Evaluation of Carotid Artery
Disease.
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28 –30/09/ 2006: 8th HELLENIC - GERMAN VASCULAR SYMPOSIUM
Lecture: Aortic Disease
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16-17 /06/2006: CCPR 2006: International Course on Coronary, Carotid ,
Renal and Peripheral Endovascular Therapy – Holiday Inn Hotel,
Nicosia City Centre , Cyprus –DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH OF CAROTID
DISEASE
Lecture: Ultrasound Screening and Stroke Prevention
Chairpersons: N.Liasis, P.Petridis
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12/04/2007: HELLENIC HEART FOUNDATION 1991
Lecture: The use of Speckle Reduction of Imaging (SRI) ultrasound in the
characterization of carotid artery plaques»
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2/07/2007: POSTGRADUATE SEMINARS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF
CHANIA CRETE: Modern Day Threat: Stoke
Lecture: Ultrasound Imaging of the Carotid Disease and Current
Advancements
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13-16 /12/2007: ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE HELLENIC SOCIETY OF
RADIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY-VASCULAR
DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND CERVIX
Lecture: Transcranial Doppler
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18-20/01/2008: - 11th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF ANGIOLOGY AND
VASCULAR SURGERY CAROTID DISEASE
Lecture: Improvement in Imaging Techniques in Sonographic Evaluation of
Carotid Artery Disease: Using Speckle Reduction of Imaging (SRI)
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27-29/03/ 2008 : 1st PANHELLENIC MEDICAL CONGRESS WITH
INTERNATIONAL COLOBARATION
Lecture: Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease.
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18 -19/04/2008: VASCULAR SURGERY SEMINAR OF THE VASCULAR
DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRA
(Under the Auspices of the Medical Society of Western Greece –
Peloponnese, Greek Phlebological Society, Greek Vascular Society, Greek
Hagiology Society)
Lecture: Transient Ischemic Attack: Comparison of the Different Imaging
Methods Used in Estimating Carotid Artery Stenosis and Charecterizing
Atheromotic Plaques
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11-13 /09/2008: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VASCULAR
DISEASES FERRARA (ITALY).
Lecture: Carotid Plaque Morphology
Workshop Session: Live Scanning and Discussion
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8-9 /05/2009: 8th ANNUAL SEMINAR OF THE ULTRASOUND CLINIC OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
ULTRASOUND INVESTIGATION OF PERIPHERAL VESSELS
Moderator: a) Indications of Vascular Disease in the Hypertensive Patient
b) Ultrasound Investigation of the Carotid System with use of
Contrast Enhanced Agents
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22-24/05/2009: 4TH LABAROTORY OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS-CONTINUING EDUCATION-POSTGRADUATE
PROGRAM OF RADIOLOGY
Lecture: Ultrasonographic Description of Carotid Atheromatic Plaque
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29-31/05/2009: LIVES: LARISSA INTERNATIONAL VASCULAR
ENDOVASCULAR SYMPOSIUM
Lecture: Ultrasonic Investigation of Carotid Bifurcation
2-4/10/2009: 6th AEGEAN POSTGRADUATE RADIOLOGY COURSE
Lecture: Oncologic Imaging I-“Neuro, Neck, Chest, Breast”
Chairpersons: M. Argyropoulos (GR) – N. Liasis (GR)
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WORKSHOPS
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3-4 /02/2006: POSTGRADUATE COURSE ON ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
AETIOLOGY – DIAGNOSIS
Workshop Session: Ask the Experts/Ultrasonography
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28 - 30 /09/ 2006: 8th GREEK - GERMAN VASCULAR SYMPOSIUM
Workshop Session: Aortic Disease
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19/10/2006: VASCULAR DEPARTMENT OF AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL NEA
IONIA
Workshop Session: Pre-surgical Study with Color Doppler Ultrasound
01 – 03/06/2007: 2nd SYMPOSIUM OF VASCULAR SURGERY –
ANGIOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS ON
VASCULAR DISEASES
Workshop Session: Sonographic Imaging of Vessels
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11–13/06/ 2007: 5th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE VASCULAR
ACCESS SOCIETY (VAS)
Hands-on Workshop: Ultrasound Mapping of the Arterial and Venous System
of the Upper Extremities
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7 – 11/ 03/2008:ECR 2008- ΕUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY
VIENNA / AUSTRIA WORKSHOP
Workshop Session: Carotid Artery Ultrasound
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24/05/2008: 3rd VASCULAR AND ANGIOLOGICALSYMPOSIUM
VASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING
Workshop Session: Investigation of the Carotid Bifurcation
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11-13 /09/2008: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VASCULAR
DISEASES FERRARA (ITALY).
Lecture: Carotid Plaque Morphology
Workshop Session: Live Scanning and Discussion
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6/12/2008: IOANNINA CARDIO-VASCULAR EDUCATION 2008
CONGRESS HALL, HOTEL DU LAC
Workshop Session: Ultrasound Guided Procedure: Live Presentations
Arterial and venous catheterization PTA and Stenting
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05 –06/12/2008: LOGIQ USERS DAYS/ CONVENTRY AND
WORWICKSHIRE UNIVERSITY
Workshop Session: Performing Vascular Ultrasound Exam/ Value of SRI in
the characterization of carotid plaque. Live Patient Scanning
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8-9 /05/2009: 8th ANNUAL SEMINAR OF THE ULTRASOUND CLINIC OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Workshop Session: Ultrasound Investigation of Peripheral Vessels
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29-31/05/2009: LIVES:LARISSA INTERNATIONAL VASCULAR
ENDOVASCULAR SYMPOSIUM
Workshop Session 2: Vascular Ultrasound Imaging
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30/09/2010 – 3/10/2010 : 3rd Intensive IDKD Course in Greece Excellence
in Teaching/Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine
Workshop Session: Practical Ultrasound of the Brain Vessels
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30/09/2010 – 3/10/2010 : 3rd Intensive IDKD Course in Greece Excellence
in Teaching/Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine
Workshop Session: Practical Ultrasound of the Neck Vessels
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
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1989 : 10th PENHELLENIC SYMPOSIUM OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
SYMPOSIUM AWARD
INVESTIGATING THE UNKNOWN CAUSE OF REPETITIVE BLOOD LOSS
FROM THE GASTRIC SYSTEM WITH THE AID OF ENTEROCLYSIS
Beis D., Gourtsogiannis N. , Theotokas I., Malamas M. , Liasis N., Alexiou G.
Greek Periodical Gastroenterology (Γαστρεντερολογία) 2 no 60, page.17
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10-13/09/1990: 8th PENHELLENIC RADIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM- ATHENS
HILTON
AQUIRED OF DIVERTICULITIS OF THE SMALL INTENSTINE WITH
ENTEROCLYSIS
Liasis N. , Christopoulos A., Malamas M., Papaioannou K., Fronas N.,
Gourtsogiannis N. - Diagnostic Department of Radiology General Airforce
Hospital.
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1991: ECR (EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY) VIENNA
ULTRASOUND FINDINGS OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME
Piliotis D., Malamas M., Liasis N., Prasopoulos P., Zoumpoulis P.,
Gourtsogiannis N. - Diagnostic Department of Radiology General Airforce
Hospital and University Hospital of Crete.
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1991: ECR (EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY ) VIENNA
LEIOMYOMATOUS TUMORS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE: RADIOLOGIC
APPEARENCES ON ENTEROCLYSIS WITH PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION
Gourtsoyiannis N, Beis D, Malamas M, Liasis N, Barouxis G, Theotokas I
Abstracts SE 423
1991: 4th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGICAL METHODSTHESALONICAΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ LEIOMYOMATOUS: TUMORS OF THE SMALL
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INTESTINE: RADIOLOGIC APPEARENCES ON ENTEROCLYSIS WITH
PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION
Gourtsoyiannis N, Beis D, Malamas M, Liasis N, Barouxis G, Theotokas I
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1993 : 2nd UNITED EUROPEAN WEEK OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
a) RADIOLOGICAL APPEARENCES OF SMALL INTESTINAL
LEIOMYOMAS
Gourtsoyiannis N., Beis D., Malamas M., Barouxis G., Liasis N.
b) PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF MALIGNANT SMALL BOWEL
TUMORS
Gourtsoyiannis N, Beis D, Malamas M, Liasis N, Tsetis D, Christopoulos A,
Papaioannou N,
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1994: 20th ANNUAL PANHELLENIC MEDICAL CONGRESS-ATHENS THE
ROLE OF COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY IN THE DEPICTION OF
VARICOSE VEINS: COMPARATIVE STUDEY WITH CLINICAL
EXAMINATION AND PHLEBOGRAPHY
Liasis N. , Gallis P. , Kourkoutsakis N., Koukoulis G., Gourtsogiannis N.
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1994: 7TH PANCRETAL MEDICAL CONGRESS- CRETE
VARICOSE VEINS: DIAGNOSTIC CONFIRMATION AND POSTOPERATIVE
FOLLOW UP WITH COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY
Kourkoutsakis N., Liasis N. , Koukoulis G., Gallis P. Gourtsogiannis N.
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1995: 9TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF
VASCULAR SURGERY
THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALVULAR INCOMPETENCE AFTER DEEP VEIN
THROMBOSIS : A 7 YEAR FOLLOW - UP STUDY WITH DUPLEX
SCANING
Ernst P. Van Haarst, Nicolas Liasis, Bert van Ramshorst, Frans L. Moll
Department of Vascular Surgery , St. Antonius Hospital , Nieuwegein , The
Netherlands
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1996: 16th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF GASTRENTEROLOGY –
ATHENS.
«SONOGRAPHIC APPROACH OF NEOPLASMS OF THE LOWER
GASTRIC SYSTEM
Beis D., Behrakis I., Alexopoulos A., Giaprakis I., Filis P., Liasis N.
Greek Periodical (Γαστρεντερολογία) Gastrenterology 9 page 34 1996
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27-30/03/1996 1Οth PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY
a) RESULTS OF A TWO YEAR STUDY OF 58 EMBOLISM OF THE
INTERNAL SPERMATIC VEIN IN THE MANANGEMENT AND
TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS
Gallis P., Lagios K., Polydoropoulos N., Liasis N., Koukoulis G. –
Departments of Invasive Radiology –Ultrasound and EndocrinologyClinic
of the General Hospital of Air Force Athens.
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b) EMBOLISMOF THE BRONCHIAL ARTERIES IN TREATING MASSIVE
HEMOPTYSIS
Gallis P., Lagios K., Polydoropoulos N., Liasis N.,Filis P.- Department of
Invasive Radiology – General Airforce Hospital of Athens
c) POTABLATOR APPLICATION (PTRA) IN18 PATIENTS WITH
ATHEROMATIC PERIPHERAL DISEASE
Gallis P., Lagios K., Polydoropoulos N., Liasis N., Department of Τμήμα
Invasive Radiology – General Airforce Hospital of Athens.
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24-26/02/1997 : 4th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF ANGIOLOGY –
VASCULAR SURGERY – TRAINING ON THE VASCULAR SURGERY
a) ENDOSCOPIC LIGATION OF PERFORATING VEINS OF THE
GASTROKNEMUS
Gorgogiannis D., Liasis N., Zarbis N., - – Vascular Surgery Clinic of the
General Air Force Hospital of Athens.
b) PRESENCE OG VALVULAR INSUFFICIENCY AFTER DEEP VEIN
THROMBOSIS (D.V.T.) – FOLLOW UP
Liasis N., Van Haarst, B. Van Ramhorst, F.L. Moll - St Antonius Hospital,
Vascular Dpt., Utrecht The Netherlands
c) THERAPEUTIC MANANGEMENT OF PSEUDOANNEURYSMS OF THE
COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY WITH ULTRASOUND GUIDED
COMPRESSION (U.G.C.)
Liasis N., F.L. Moll, Van Haarst, Lagios K., Gallis P., Gorgogiannis D., St.
Antonius Hospital – Vascular Department, Utrecht and Department of and
Vascular Clinic of the General Air Force Hospital of Athens.
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23-25/01/1998: 5th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF ANGIOLOGYVUSCULAR SURGERY
a) COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POWER DOPPLER (P.D.) AND COLOR
DOPPLER IMAGING (C.D. F.I.) IN EVALUATING OF THE CAROTID
STENOSIS
Liasis N. , Lagios K., Christodoulakis D., Gorgogiannis D., Gallis P. –
Department of Ultrasound and Invasive Radiology , Vascular surgery Clinic
of 251 General Air Force Hospital of Athens.
b) INTEROPERATIVE OBSERVATION OF THE CAROTID WITH
TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER – ULTRASOUND (T.C.D.)».
Liasis N., F.L. Moll, R.G. Ackerstaff, B.C. Eikelboom, - Departments of
Clinical Neuropsysiology and Vascular Surgery – St Antonius Hospital,
Utrecht the Netherlands.
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18-22/10/2000: XIII PANHELLENIC RADIOLOGY CONGRESS - ΑΤΗΕΝS
HILTON ATHENS
a) CYSTIC LEMPHOANGIOMA OF THE RETROPERITONEAL SPACE
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Kiriakopoulos N., Despotopoulos E., Liasis N., Katsaounos E., Beis D. , Radiology Department of 251 General Air Force Hospital of Athens
b) ENDOLUMINAR SONOGRAPHY AND ITS ROLE IN REPAIRING
OCCLUSIVE ARTERIAL DISEASΕ OF THE ILIAC ARTERIES AND
FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION
Liasis N. , Goutzios P., Katsaounos E., Lagios K., Filis P., Gallis P. –
Department of Invasive of Radiology 251 General Air Force Hospital of
Athens
c) ASSESMENT OF PSUEDOANNEURYSMS AND ARTERIOVENOUS
COMMUNICATIONS WITH TRANSDERMAL /TRANSLUMINAL
ULTRASOUND
Gallis P., Goutzios P., Lagios K., Liasis N., Filis P., Bountouris I.,
Gorgogiannis D. - Departments of Invasive Radiology, Ultrasound,and
Vascular Clinic of 251 General Air Force Hospital of Athens
d) TRANSDERMAL /TRANSLUMINAL CAROTID ARTERY STENT
PLACEMENT
Gallis P., Goutzios P., Lagios K., Liasis N., Filis P., Bountouris I.,
Gorgogiannis D. - Departments of Invasive Radiology, Ultrasound,and
Vascular Clinic of 251 General Air Force Hospital of Athens
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5/05/2001 :THE FIRST MEDITERRANEAN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
CONGRESS – STRESA CONVENTION CENTER – ITALY
TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN THE EARLY
ASSESSMENT OF HEAD INJURED PATIENTS (PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
N. Demesticha, J Poularas, N. Liasis, H. Tsagaris, L. Papadimitriou,
A.Karabinis , Intesive Care Unit, Gennimatas General Hospital , Athens.
Greece
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25 – 27/01/2002: 8th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF HAGIOLOGY –
VASCULAR SURGERY – HOTEL LEDRA MARRIOTT ATHENS
ENDOLUMINAR REPAIR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANNEURYSMS
Lagios K., Perdikidis T., Bountouris A., Siafakas A., Gougios P., Liasis N.,
Christodoulakis D., Gallis P., Gorgogiannis D.
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23-25/01/2004: 9th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF VASCULAR
ANGIOLOGY– DIVANI CARAVEL ATHENS
INTERESTINC CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY ULMONARY
HYPERTENSION IN A PATIENT WITH POST TRAUMATIC
ARTEROVENOUS COMMUNICATION OF THE ILIAC VESSELS
Liasis N., Kapralos I., Gallis P., Lagios K.,Kolilekas L.
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22-26/05/2004: 21st WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF ANGIOLOGY
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a) A RARE CASE : AN IATROGENIC A-V FISTULA CAUSING
SECONDARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
N. Liasis , G. Papadopoulou, K.Lagios, L. Kolilekas, P. Filis, P.Gallis , J.
Kapralos
b) PANORAMIC X-RAY OF A STROKE
Faklaris I., Mavromatis V., Damaskos S., Liasis N.
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23-26 /09/2005: 15th CONGRESS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN LEAGUE OF
ANGIOLOGY AND VASCULAR SURGERY –PALERMO ITALY
THE CONTRIBUTION of SRI (SPECKLE REDUCTION IMAGING) TO THE
CHARECTERIZATION OF THE QUALITY OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC
PLAQUE (PLAQUE MORPHOLOGY) IN CAROTID ARTERIES
N. Liasis , N. Lambropoulos, C. Clonaris, S. Georgopoulos, K. Xiromeritis , E.
Bastounis.
General Air Force Hospital, Athens Greece; New Jersey Medical School, NJ
USA ; University Medical School , Athens , Greece; Laiko University Hospital ,
Athens , Greece
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22 – 26/ 11/2006: 25th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF SURGERY –
INTERNATIONAL SURGERY FORUM 2006
Lecture: Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta
Chairman : Dr. Karaliotas K.
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21 – 25/06/2008: 23rd WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF ANGIOLOGY ATHENS, GREECE - CAROTID ARTERY
DISEASE III
IMPACT OF CAROTID PLAQUE ECHOLUCENCY AND SYNTHETIC
MATERIAL ON THE INCIDENCE OF MICROEMBOLIC EVENTS
FOLLOWING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY: A DW-MRI STUDY
N. Bessias, G. Sfyroeras, S. Lyra, N. Liasis, D. Maras, K. Moulakakis, K.
Paraskevas, P. Pavlidis, M. Andrikopoulou, C. Liapis, V. Andrikopoulos
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27-31/05/2009:42nd PANHELLNIC OPTHALMOGIC CONGRESS
CORRELATION OF FIELD OF VIEW WITH DOPPLER IN PATIENTS WITH
CORNEAL ABRUPTION THAT WERE TREATED WITH PNEUMATIC
RETINOPEXY
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03-05/07/2009:AEGEAN RETINA XI
Chorioretinal Perfusion in Patients Undergoing Pneumatic Retinopexy
Christine Tadros , Paissios I, Kourentis C, Kabanarou SA , Liassis nikolaos,
Xirou T, Magouritsaas G, Feretis E
PERIODICALS
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Radiological appearances of small intestinal leiomyomas.
Gourtsoyiannis NC, Beys D, Malamas M, Barouxis G, Liasis N.
Clin Radiol. 1992 Feb;45(2):94-103.
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Diagnostic Approach of Chrohn’s Disease with Entroclysis of the Small
Intenstine
Malamas M., Liasis N., Karabelas T., Theotokas I., Beis D., Gourtsogiannis N.
Clinical Radiology 45, 94-103
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The Development of Valvular Incompetetence after Deep Vein Thrombosis: a 7
year Follow-up Study with Color Duplex Scanning
Ernst P. van Haarst, Nicolas Liasis, Bert van Ramshorst, Frans L. Moll – Department
of Vascular Surgery – St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein The Netherlands.
Eur-J-Vasc-Endovasc-Surg. 1996 Oct. 12(3): 295-9
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Radiological Appearances of Small Intestinal Leimyomas
N.C Gourtsoyiannis, D. Bays, M.Malamas, G. Barouxis, N. Liasis, Departments of
Radiology, Univercity of Crete Medical School , Iraklion Crete and Hellenic Air Force
and V.A General Hospital, Athens Greece.
Clinical Radiology 45 94-103 1992, Gastrointestinal Radiology 17: 357- 362
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Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis due to right atrial myxoma.
Anagnostopoulos GK., Margantinis G., Kostopoulos P., Papadopoulou G., Roulias A.,
Sakoragas G., Liasis N.
Surg. 2004 JUL; 78(1):333-4
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Factors associated with mortality in patient with asyptomatic carotid stenosis:
Results from the ACSRS study
A.N. Nicolaides, S.K. Kakkos , M. Griffin, M.Sabetai , S.Dhanjil,T.Tegos , D.J.
Thomaw, A. Giannoukas, G. Geroulakos, N. Georgiou , S.Francis, E.Ioannidou , C.J.
Dore ,G. Gorgoyannis & N. Liasis
International Angiology 2005 Sept. Pages 221-230
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Unusual Case of Pulmonary Hypertension
Kolilekas L, Gallis P, Liasis N, Anagnostopoulos GK, Eleftheriadis I.
Respiration. 2006;73(1):117-9. Epub 2005 Jul 21.
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Late spontaneous recanalization of acute internal carotid occlusion .
Klonaris C., Alexandrou A., Katsargyris A., Liasis N., Bastounis E.
J. Vasc. Surg. 2006 Apr., 43 (4) : 844 -7
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New distal embolic protection device the FiberNet 3 dimensional filter: first
carotid human study.
Henry M, Polydorou A, Henry I, Liasis N, Polydorou A, Polydorou V, Demesticha T,
Skandalakis P, Kotsiomitis E, Hugel M, Sedgewick J, Ruth G.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Jun 1;69(7):1026-35.
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The use of Speckle Reduction Imaging (SRI) Ultrasound in the characterization
of carotid artery plaques.
Liasis N, Klonaris C, Katsargyris A, Georgopoulos S, Labropoulos N, Tsigris C,
Giannopoulos A, Bastounis E.
Eur J Radiol. 2008 Mar;65(3):427-33. Epub 2007 Jul 2.
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Combination of Tissue Harmonic Sonography, Real-Time Spatial
Compound Sonography and Adaptive Image Processing Technique for
the Detection of Carotid Plaques and Intima – Media Thickness.
Article Type : Original Research Article
Reviewer : Liasis N.
European Journal of Radiology : ACCEPTED
BOOK PARTICIPATION
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Co-author of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound in Evaluating Encephalic
Function in Critically Severe Patients in the ICU
Chapter: Transcranial Color Doppler
Author: Prof. Andreas Karampinis
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Co-author of Vascular Pathology of Chronic Renal Patient on Hemodialysis
Chapter: The Role of Color Doppler Ultrasound
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Co-author of Venous Diseases (currently being published by the 2nd
Surgical Clinic of the University of Athens)
Non invasive diagnosis of vascular disease
Chapter: Ultrasound investigation of carotid disease
Author: Professor Giannoukas Ath.
BOOKS
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COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND OF THE CAROTID AND VERTEBRAL
ARTERIES
PUBLICATION: PASCHALIDIS
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