Nikolaos Bouboulis CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON

PhD graduates of the Medical School of the University of Patras entitled ” Surgical Treatment of the Wolff-Parkinson-White” Syndrome (2000)

• European Association For Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• The Society of  Thoracic  Surgeons (STS)
• Hellenic Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons
• Hellenic Cardiological Society
• Athens Medical Association
• Medical Association  of  HYGEIA Hospital

• 6/2021- Today: Cardiac Surgeon: “ CARDIAC SURGERY TEAM” at HYGEIA Hospital
• 1999 – 6/2021: Associate  Director of  Cardiac Surgery at HYGEIA Hospital, Athens,Greece
•  2011 – Today : Member of  the Heart Team (Transcatheter Heart Valves) HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 1995 – 1999 : Attending  Cardiac Surgeon,  Cardiac Department, HYGEIA hospital, Athens Greece
  1994 – 1995 : Staff  Thoracic Surgeon University Surgical Department, Medical School, Patras.
• 1990 -1994 : Resident Cardiothoracic Surgery , Freeman Hospital (Teaching Hospital, Regional Cardiothoracic Centre), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• 1987 -1990 : Resident  in General Surgery, Medical  School,  ,University of  Patras
• 1986 – 1987 : Resident in General Surgery, 404 General Army. Hospital . Larisa, Greece

Training Courses

• 2018 (September): Advanced Training in MICS AVR with PERCEVAL – University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2018(March): PERCEVAL focus group (Present and future in AVR) – Liva Nova, Rome, Italy
• 2017: TAVI SKILLS FOR SURGEONS                                                                                 Transfemoral  TAVI and intra-procedure  imaging for cardiac surgeons (Medtronic) , Leipzig,Germany
• 2015:  Training in implantation of the MITRAL VALVE (TWELVE)  with the new method – Transcatheter  Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVR) from the apex of the left ventricle , Paris
• 2013: Training in implantation of the aortic CoreValve / ENGAGER with the new method – Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) from the apex of the left ventricle , Hamburg, Germany
• 2012: Training in implantation of the aortic CoreValve with TAVI, Milan, Italy
• 2010: Training in  implantation of the aortic valve SAPIEN with TAVI, Leipzig, Germany
• 2010: Thoracoscopic Mitral Valve Repair , Aalst Belgium
• 2009: Training in Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2007 ( July ):  Robotic Surgery with the  da Vinci Surgical System (device)   IRCAD Strasbourg , as Console Surgeon
• 2007 (Apr ): Training in  Robotic Surgery with the device da Vinci Surgical System, IRCAD Strasbourg
• 2003: Surgical Ventricular Restoration, Milan, Italy
• 2002: Implantation of  Novacor Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) , Brussels
• 2002: Course LE CLUB MITRALE, Paris
• 1998: CABG on a beating heart, International Center for Cardiac Surgery Buffalo , New York, USA

• Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Heart Failure
• Mitral Valve Repair
• Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR)
• Thoracic Aorta Aneurysm repair
• Endovascular Techniques

“You and the Heart Operation “A Guide for the Patient”

• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus Totalis. Pattakos G, Chrissoheris M, Halapas A, Papadopoulos K, Kourkoveli P, Bouboulis N, Pattakos S, Spargias K. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jan;107(1):e33-e35. Epub 2018 Aug 16
• Treatment of a Severely Degenerated Mitral Bioprosthesis with Transcatheter Valve-In-Valve Implantation. Michael Chrissoheris Antonios Halapas Nikolaos Boumboulis Konstantinos Spargias Hellenic J Cardiol 2015 Jul-Aug;56(4):347-50
• The Abbott Vascular MitraClip: Patient Selection and How to Obtain the Best Outcomes. Michael Chrissoheris Antonios Halapas Ioulia Nikolaou Nikolaous Boumboulis Stratis Pattakos Konstantinos Spargias , Hellenic J Cardiol 2015 ;56 Suppl A:31-8
• The SAPIEN-XT and SAPIEN-3 Valves: How to Implant and Obtain the Best Outcomes. Halapas A, Chrissoheris M, Bouboulis N, Skardoutsos S, Nikolaou I, Pattakos S, Spargias K. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2015;56 Suppl A:9-14. Review
• Sudden Death After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Are Bradyarrhythmias Always The Cause?
  Lida P Papavasileiou Antonios Halapas Michael Chrisocheris Kyriakos Bellos Nikolaos Bouboulis Stratis Pattakos Georgios Zervopoulos Luca Santini Konstantinos Spargias Francesco Romeo Giovanni Forleo Theodoros Apostolopoulos J Atr Fibrillation 2015 Oct-Nov;8(3):1108. Epub 2015 Oct 31.
• Transaortic aortic valve replacement using the Edwards Sapien-XT Valve and the Medtronic CoreValve: initial experience.
  Spargias K, Bouboulis N, Halapas A, Chrissoheris M, Skardoutsos S, Nikolaou J, Tsolakis A, Mourmouris C, Pattakos S.
  Hellenic J Cardiol. 2014 Jul-Aug;55(4):288-93.
• Mitral valve repair with the MitraClip. Patient selection and how to Implant and Obtain the Best Outcomes
  Michail Chrissoheris, ,Antonios Halapas, Jul. Nikolaou, Nikolaos Bouboulis, Eustratios Pattakos and Kostas Spargias
  HJC Supplements (Transcatheter Treatment of the cardiac valve diseases) 2014, 36-41
• The role of the Heart Team on clinical decisions, Antonios Halapas, Michail Chrissoheris, Nikolaos Bouboulis, Sp. Skardoutsos, Jul. Nikolaou, Eustratios Pattakos and Kostas Spargias , Heart, Vessels & Brain, 2014, 9:66-69
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Alexandros Gerakis,Antonios Halapas, Michail Chrissoheris, Ioannis Giatras1, Radostina Andritsou, Ioulia Nikolaou, Nikolaos Bouboulis, Eustratios Pattakos and Kostas Spargias Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. (2013) 28 (suppl 1): i366-i373.
• Acute Hemodynamic Changes in the Immediate Phase Post Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Michalis Chrisoheris; Antonios Chalapas; Ioannis Paizis; Nikolaos Boumboulis; Antonis Ziakas; Stavros Chatzimitliadis; Ioulia Nikolaou; Stratis Pattakos; Konstantinos Spargias
  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62(18_S1):B218-B218
• Participation in Conferences, Meetings and Workshops in Greece and Abroad
• Lecturing at Conferences
• Multiple publications in foreign and Greek Journals
• Articles in press about the surgical treatment of cardiovascular diseases