Dr Ignatios Ikonomidis is Professor in Cardiology in the 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
He is the director of the Vascular Laboratory and Preventive Cardiology Department and Echocardiography Department of the 2nd Cardiology Department and works in the field of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging. He has a national and worldwide reputation and is regarded as one of the leading experts in the field echocardiography. As a result he is a permanent grader of the accreditation examination in cardiac ultrasound for European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Certification and a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. He has a particular interest on vascular imaging and investigated the effects of vascular function on cardiac function especially after therapeutic interventions.He has participated in position papers of the European working group of peripheral arteries regarding the use of non invasive techniques to assess endothelial function and ventricular arterial coupling . His main interests are the study of microcirculation, vascular and myocardial function in cardiac diseases in association with atherogenetic and inflammatory processes within the vascular bed