Marios Matiakis CARDIOLOGIST CLINICAL 1st Cardiology Department

• PhD thesis entitled “Comparative study of transcatheter mitral valve repair with medical therapy in patients with moderate to severe mitral valve insufficiency.”, Department of Cardiology, Martin Luther Halle University Medical School/Wittenberg, Germany 2021

• European Society of Cardiology
• Hellenic Society of Cardiology
• German Society of Cardiology

• 07.2024-today Consultant A’ Cardiology Department “Hygeia”
• 05/2022-06/2024 Consultant of the Department of Cardiology and scientific director of the Cardiac Imaging Laboratory, Marienhospital University Hospital, Bochum
• 12/2021-05/2022 Scientific Coordinator, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Clinic, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Halle Wittenberg, Germany
• 12/2016-12/2021 Resident in Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Halle Wittenberg, Germany
• 4/2014-4/2016 Specialty in Internal Medicine (common trunk) General Hospital Mamatsio Kozani
• 2013- Rural Service P.I. Karavadou, Kefalonia

Clinical interest:

• Heart failure
• Cardiomyopathies
• Cardiac Imaging
• Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Prevention

Research interest:

• Association of rheumatological diseases with diseases of the myocardium and arrhythmogenic substrate
• Telecardiology and clinical applications
• Evidence based medicine/ Metaanalysis

1: Sasko B, Matiakis M, Seibert FS, Pagonas N, Hippe HJ, Babel N, Ukena C, Westhoff TH. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission rates for arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease: a German database study. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 May 14;11:1333749. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1333749. PMID: 38812747; PMCID: PMC11135167.

2: Seidel M, Kiziler MF, Matiakis M, Bertram S, Wang S, Seibert FS, Babel N, Westhoff TH. Predictors of blood pressure response to continuous positive airway pressure treatment in patients with sleep apnea. J Hypertens. 2024 May 1;42(5):777-782. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003694. Epub 2024 Feb 19. PMID: 38372359; PMCID: PMC10990021.

3: Ali M, Rigopoulos AG, Mammadov M, Torky A, Auer A, Matiakis M, Abate E, Bakogiannis C, Tzikas S, Bigalke B, Sedding D, Noutsias M. Systematic review on left atrial appendage closure with the LAmbre device in patients with non- valvular atrial fibrillation. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2020 Feb 12;20(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01349-9. PMID: 32050904; PMCID: PMC7017553.

4: Rigopoulos AG, Ali M, Ali K, Ikonomidis I, Makavos G, Matiakis M, Abate E, Mammadov M, Manginas A, Mavrogeni S, Noutsias M. Authors’ response to the letter on HREV-D-19-00059R-1: Advancements in the diagnostic workup, prognostic evaluation and treatment of Takotsubo syndrome. Heart Fail Rev. 2020 Sep;25(5):887-889. doi: 10.1007/s10741-019-09861-7. PMID: 31650422.

5: Ali M, Rigopoulos AG, Ali K, Ikonomidis I, Makavos G, Matiakis M, Melnyk H, Abate E, Mammadov M, Prüser JL, de Vecchis R, Wohlgemuth W, Manginas A, Bigalke B, Mavrogeni S, Sedding D, Noutsias M. Advancements in the diagnostic workup, prognostic evaluation, and treatment of takotsubo syndrome. Heart Fail Rev. 2020 Sep;25(5):757-771. doi: 10.1007/s10741-019-09843-9. PMID: 31372789.

6: Lutschinger LL, Rigopoulos AG, Schlattmann P, Matiakis M, Sedding D, Schulze PC, Noutsias M. Correction to: Meta-analysis for the value of colchicine for the therapy of pericarditis and of postpericardiotomy syndrome. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Oct 18;19(1):227. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1195-z. Erratum for: BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Sep 2;19(1):207. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1190-4. PMID: 31627720; PMCID: PMC6798462.

7: Lutschinger LL, Rigopoulos AG, Schlattmann P, Matiakis M, Sedding D, Schulze PC, Noutsias M. Meta-analysis for the value of colchicine for the therapy of pericarditis and of postpericardiotomy syndrome. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Sep 2;19(1):207. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1190-4. Erratum in: BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Oct 18;19(1):227. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1195-z. PMID: 31477020; PMCID: PMC6720402.

8: Rigopoulos AG, Klutt B, Matiakis M, Apostolou A, Mavrogeni S, Noutsias M. Systematic Review of PCR Proof of Parvovirus B19 Genomes in Endomyocardial Biopsies of Patients Presenting with Myocarditis or Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Viruses. 2019 Jun 18;11(6):566. doi: 10.3390/v11060566. PMID: 31216741; PMCID: PMC6631559.

9: Rigopoulos AG, Ali M, Abate E, Torky AR, Matiakis M, Mammadov M, Melnyk H, Vogt A, de Vecchis R, Bigalke B, Wohlgemuth W, Mavrogeni S, Noutsias M. Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiac involvement. Heart Fail Rev. 2019 Jul;24(4):521-533. doi: 10.1007/s10741-019-09776-3. PMID: 30790171.

10: Rigopoulos AG, Ali M, Abate E, Matiakis M, Melnyk H, Mavrogeni S, Leftheriotis D, Bigalke B, Noutsias M. Review on sudden death risk reduction after septal reduction therapies in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Heart Fail Rev. 2019 May;24(3):359-366. doi: 10.1007/s10741-018-09767-w. PMID: 30617667.