Cardiomyopathies are a group of diseases that affect the heart muscle (myocardium), leading to heart dysfunction. That is, there is no narrowing of a vessel, but damage to the muscle tissues of the heart.
Cardiomyopathies can cause the heart to be unable to pump blood adequately, resulting in heart failure, other serious complications, and even sudden death.
Cardiomyopathies can be caused by various factors, such as genetic conditions, infections, heart disease, hypertension, drugs, alcohol, and even unknown causes. Particular cardiomyopathies are those that are caused either by receiving chemotherapy in oncology patients, or by inducing cardiomyopathy during or after pregnancy. The specialization of the Cardiologist can be life-saving
Cardiologist Mr. M. Hassios has extensive expertise in cardiomyopathies:
- He is working on a PhD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the topic of ‘‘Risk stratification in patients with Arrhythmogenic Dilated Cardiomyopathy’’.
- He is a scientific associate and member of the Cardiomyopathies Clinic of the AHEPA General Hospital of Thessaloniki, which is the only specialized Center for the study of patients with cardiomyopathy in Northern Greece. He participates in the clinic’s clinical work, in the monitoring and therapeutic treatment of patients and in the preparation of work concerning new pharmaceutical therapies.
- He prepared (with an excellent grade) a research diploma thesis on a total of approximately 200 patients on the topic of ‘‘Chest pain and myocardial enzymes’’.
- He has state-of-the-art equipment in his Clinic for the diagnosis of cardiomyopathies.
He undertakes the monitoring of patients with specialized medication, while due to his scientific knowledge from the preparation of a postgraduate diploma in Interventional Cardiology, he can appropriately advise the patient in case he does not respond to medication and his heart health is at risk. He is aware of all modern interventional methods of managing the patient’s condition and undertakes proper monitoring after each interventional procedure.
See in detail for the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cardiomyopathies:
Non-compact left ventricular cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy
