
Efstratios Koutroumpakis, MD
Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine
About Dr. Efstratios Koutroumpakis
Efstratios (Stratos) Koutroumpakis, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiology. Dr. Koutroumpakis completed his internal medicine residency at Albany Medical College (2018) and cardiovascular disease fellowship training at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2021). During his training he served as chief medicine resident, chief cardiology fellow and he received numerous clinical and research awards. In 2019 he was inducted in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Delta Chapter of Texas). He joined MD Anderson Cancer Center in July of 2021. Dr. Koutroumpakis is six-times board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Vascular Ultrasonography, Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Nuclear Cardiology. His research focuses on the cardiovascular disease of patients with prostate cancer, cardiac AL amyloidosis, radiation induced cardiovascular disease and doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2012 | University of Patras, School of Health Sciences, Patras, GR, MD |
Postgraduate Training
2018-2021 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas |
2015-2018 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York |
Licenses & Certifications
2021 | Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) |
2021 | Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CBCCT) |
2021 | American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease |
2021 | Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation |
2020 | National Board of Echocardiography |
2018 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Site Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program, Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2024 - Present
Co-Chair of Cardiology Grand Round Committee, Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Associate Director of Cardio-Oncology Fellowship Program, Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Fellowship Program Associate Director, Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - 2024
Other Professional Positions
Chair of the Trainee/FIT work group of the Cardio-Oncology Leadership Council, American College of Cardiology, 2025 - Present
Member of the Cardio-Oncology Section Leadership Council, American College of Cardiology, 2025 - Present
Co-director of the fellowship research committee, McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Member of Research Committee for the Cardiology Fellows, McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2022 - 2023
Member of Educational Committee for the Cardiology Fellows, McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2021 - 2023
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Academic Review Committee for the Division of Education and Training, 2022 - Present
Member, Cardiology Grand Round Conference Committee, 2021 - Present
Honors & Awards
2021 | Highest EKG Exam Award, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
2021 | Highest In-Training Exam Award, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
2021 | MD Anderson Cancer Center Clinical Fellow of the Year Award, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
2020 | Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Delta Chapter) |
2020 | Chief Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
2020 | MD Anderson Outstanding Imaging Fellow Award, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
2019 | Outstanding Research Fellow Award, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
2017 | Chief Resident in Internal Medicine, Albany Medical College |
2017 | Research Travel Award, Americas Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders |
2016 | Abstract Presentation Award, Albany Medical College Research Day |
2016 | American Medical Association Resident and Fellow Section (AMA-RFS); Committee on Scientific Research (CoSR), American Medical Association |
2014 | Collaborative Alliance for Pancreatic Education and Research (CAPER) Scholarship Award |
2012 | Invited Participation in the 9th course of the European School of Oncology (ESO-ESMO) for Medical Students |
2012 | Magna cum Laude, University of Patras Medical School, Class of 2012 |
2008 | Greek State Academic Scholarship Foundation Award |
2008 - 2009 | President of the Cretan Student Association of Patras |
2006 | Head of High School honor roll for the years 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 |
2006 | Valedictorian, Experimental High School of Heraklion, Class of 2006 |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Echocardiogram-Based Screening for Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Cancer. Poster. MD Anderson DoIM Research Retreat 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Multi-modality Imaging in Cardio-Oncology. Invited. Fellowship Core Curriculum. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Metabolic crossroads between cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer. Invited. Metabolism in Cancer Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Cardiac Amyloidosis: Diagnosis and Management. Invited. Heart Success in Cardio-Oncology Program. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Cardiac AL Amyloidosis: Updates on cardiac monitoring. Invited. General Internal Medicine Clinical and Research Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Cardiac AL Amyloidosis: Updates on cardiac monitoring. Invited. CardioOncology Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Cardiovascular disease in patients with prostate cancer. Invited. Division of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Eleventh Hour Echo: Trivia Night. Invited. Eleventh Hour Echo: Trivia Night. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Cardiovascular disease in patients with prostate cancer. Invited. CardioOncology Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Vascular Ultrasound interpretation 101. Invited. Fellowship Core Curriculum. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. Cardiometabolic Risks in Patients Treated for Cancer. Invited. Texas Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. Irving, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. Cardiac AL Amyloidosis: Updates on cardiac monitoring. Invited. Cardiology Grand Rounds. Boca Raton, Florida, US.
- 2023. Cardiac Amyloidosis: Invasive and External Monitoring. Invited. Cardiac Amyloidosis: Invasive and External Monitoring. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2023. Top Developments in Cardio-Oncology. Invited. Top Developments in Cardio-Oncology. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2023. Pharmacology III: Keeping the Heart and the Kidneys Happy with SGLT2 Inhibitors- Who, When and How: One Patient Case and Two ARS Questions. Invited. Pharmacology III: Keeping the Heart and the Kidneys Happy with SGLT2 Inhibitors- Who, When and How: One Patient Case and Two ARS Questions. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2022. Coronary Artery Calcium Score on Standard of Care Oncologic CT scans for the Prediction of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. Invited. Coronary Artery Calcium Score on Standard of Care Oncologic CT scans for the Prediction of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2017. The Assessment of Cough in a Sarcoidosis Clinic Using a Validated instrument and a Novel Visual Analog Scale. Invited. The Assessment of Cough in a Sarcoidosis Clinic Using a Validated instrument and a Novel Visual Analog Scale. Hershey, PA, US.
- 2016. Serum Amyloid A immunostaining of granulomatous tissue as a novel diagnostic test for sarcoidosis. Invited. Serum Amyloid A immunostaining of granulomatous tissue as a novel diagnostic test for sarcoidosis. Albany, NY, US.
- 2014. The -251 A/A Interleukin-8 Genotype Confers Susceptibility to Acute Pancreatitis. Invited. The -251 A/A Interleukin-8 Genotype Confers Susceptibility to Acute Pancreatitis. Chicago, IL, US.
International Presentations
- 2024. Cardio-Oncology; Multimodality Imaging. Invited. 11th Annual Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium, US.
- 2022. Cardiac involvement in thymic malignancies - how to recognise early features and implement prompt surveillance and treatment strategies. Invited. Cardiac involvement in thymic malignancies - how to recognise early features and implement prompt surveillance and treatment strategies, US.
Grant & Contract Support
Date: | 2025 - 2026 |
Title: | Biomarker Quantification of [18F]4FN for Radiation-Induced Arterial Injury |
Funding Source: | Internal Funding |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | 2025-00065192-Y1 |
Date: | 2024 - Present |
Title: | Role of disparities and aging biomarkers in accelerated cardiac aging among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1R01CA285599 |
Date: | 2018 - 2024 |
Title: | Doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity: Defining Blood and Echocardiogram Biomarkers in a Mouse Model and AYA Sarcoma Patients for Evaluating Exercise Interventions |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | RP200381 |
Date: | 2018 - Present |
Title: | Risk prediction and longitudinal assessment of cardiotoxicity and functional capacity trajectory in NSCLC patients |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1-RO1-HL157273 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Fatakdawala MM, Ryoo Ali HJ, Song J, Irizarry-Caro JA, Faiz SA, Kumar S, Yusuf SW, Durand JB, Iliescu C, Palaskas N, Deswal A, Koutroumpakis E. Correlation of Natriuretic Peptides with Invasively Measured Intracardiac Filling Pressures in Patients With Cancer. JACC CardioOncol 7(4):448-450, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40366327.
- Palaskas, NL, King, NE, Ostos-Mendoza, KC, Ruiz-Jurado, A, Ali, HR, Koutroumpakis, E, Deswal, A, Iliescu, C, Durand, J, Karimzad, K. Pacing Solutions for Immune Checkpoint Myocarditis and Associated Conduction Disorders. JACC: Case Reports 30(8), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40250924.
- Palaskas NL, King NE, Ostos-Mendoza KC, Ruiz-Jurado A, Ali HJ, Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Karimzad K. Pacing Solutions for Immune Checkpoint Myocarditis and Associated Conduction Disorders. JACC Case Rep 30(8):103187, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40250924.
- Ali, A, Koutroumpakis, E, Song, J, Booser, DJ, Barcenas, CH, Tripathy, D, Barac, A, Palaskas, NL, Deswal, A. Risk Stratification for Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction and Potential Implications for Surveillance. JACC: CardioOncology 7(3):203-215, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40246379.
- Koutroumpakis, E, Naser, M, Mohamed, AS, Eraj, SA, Jarre, A, Shiao, J, Kamal Jomaa, M, Perni, S, Phan, J, Morrison, WH, Frank, SJ, Gunn, GB, Garden, AS, Deswal, A, Abe, J, Rosenthal, D, Mouhayar, E, Fuller, C. Detection of alteration in carotid artery volumetry using standard-of-care computed tomography surveillance scans following unilateral radiation therapy for early-stage tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma survivors. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 51, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39867727.
- Venkatesh N, Tidwell RS, Yu Y, Aparicio A, Zurita AJ, Subudhi SK, Siddiqui BA, Mukhida SS, Gregg JR, Corn PG, Koutroumpakis E, McQuade JL, Frigo DE, Pilie PG, Huff C, Logothetis CJ, Hahn AW. Body composition in recurrent prostate cancer and the role of steroidogenic genotype. Endocr Relat Cancer 31(12), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39324992.
- Ahmed O, King NE, Qureshi MA, Choudhry AA, Osama M, Zehner C, Ali A, Hamzeh IR, Palaskas NL, Thompson KA, Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A, Yusuf SW. Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis: a clinical and pathophysiological reappraisal. Eur Heart J 46(3):236-249, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39565324.
- Koutroumpakis E, Venkatesh N, Aparicio A, Song J, Panaretakis T, Deswal A, Logothetis CJ, Frigo DE, Hahn AW. Leptin levels are associated with coronary artery calcification in patients with advanced prostate cancer. Oncologist, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39557398.
- Koutroumpakis E, Patel R, Khadke S, Bedrosian A, Kumar A, Kong Y, Connell B, Upadhyay J, Dani SS, Hahn AW, Logothetis CJ, Al-Kindi S, Butler J, Nohria A, Ganatra S, Deswal A. Associations of SGLT2i with Cardiorenal Outcomes Among Diabetics with Prostate Cancer on Hormone Therapy. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39527237.
- Koutroumpakis E, Patel R, Khadke S, Bedrosian A, Kumar A, Kong Y, Connell B, Upadhyay J, Dani SS, Hahn AW, Logothetis CJ, Al-Kindi S, Butler J, Nohria A, Ganatra S, Deswal A. Associations of SGLT-2i with Cardiorenal Outcomes Among Diabetics with Prostate Cancer on Hormone Therapy. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39108488.
- Ali A, Lu Y, Khalaf S, Iliescu C, Koutroumpakis E, Yusuf SW, Siddiqui BA, Subudhi SK, Deswal A, Palaskas NL. Use of Positron Emission Tomography for The Diagnosis of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis. J Nucl Cardiol 39:101909, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39053574.
- Hahn AW, Tidwell RS, Pilie PG, Yu Y, Liu J, Surasi DS, Titus M, Zhang J, Venkatesh N, Panaretakis T, Gregg JR, Zurita AJ, Siddiqui BA, Corn PG, Subudhi SK, Msaouel P, Koutroumpakis E, Huff CD, Aparicio A, McQuade JL, Frigo DE, Logothetis CJ. Body composition as a determinant of the therapeutic index with androgen signaling inhibition. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39019979.
- Ali, A, Caldwell, R, Pina, G, Beinart, N, Jensen, G, Yusuf, SW, Koutroumpakis, E, Hamzeh, IR, Khalaf, SZ, Iliescu, C, Deswal, A, Palaskas, NL. Elevated IL-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis. Diseases 12(5), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38785743.
- Park JK, Monlezun D, Kim JW, Going J, Khalaf S, Honan K, Ali A, Liu V, Barout A, Boone D, Safavi-Naeini P, Koutroumpakis E, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C, Karimzad K, Madjid M. Seasonal variations of arrhythmias and their impact on mortality in cancer patients with health disparities: A propensity score adjusted machine learning analysis of over 100 million hospitalizations across 3 years. Romanian Journal of Cardiology 34(1):16-23, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Koutroumpakis E, Mohamed ASR, Chaftari P, Rosenthal DI, Gujral D, Nutting C, Kim P, Bassett R. Longitudinal Changes in the Carotid Arteries of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Following Radiation Therapy: Results from a Prospective Serial Imaging Biomarker Characterization Study. Radiotherapy and Oncology 195, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38467343.
- Ali A, Jewani P, Bourdillon M, Koutroumpakis E, Khalaf S, Charitakis K, Thompson K, Marmagkiolis K, Deswal A, Iliescu C. Navigating P2Y12 inhibition in the labyrinth of cardio-oncology care: cangrelor bridging in patients with cancer. Front Cardiovasc Med, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38486704.
- Corrigan KL, Xu T, Sasaki Y, Lin R, Chen AB, Welsh JW, Lin SH, Chang JY, Ning MS, Gandhi S, O'Reilly MS, Gay CM, Altan M, Lu C, Cascone T, Koutroumpakis E, Sheshadri A, Zhang X, Liao L, Zhu X, Heymach JV, Nguyen Q, Liao Z. Survival outcomes and toxicity of adjuvant immunotherapy after definitive concurrent chemotherapy with proton beam radiation therapy for patients with inoperable locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma. Radiother Oncol 193, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38311031.
- Cotella J, Randazzo M, Maurer MS, Helmke S, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Soltani M, Goyal A, Zareba K, Cheng R, Kirkpatrick JN, Yogeswaran V, Kitano T, Takeuchi M, Fernandes F, Hotta VT, Campos Vieira ML, Elissamburu P, Ronderos R, Prado A, Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A, Pursnani A, Sarswat N, Addetia K, Mor-Avi V, Asch FM, Slivnick JA, Lang RM. Limitations of Apical Sparing Pattern in Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Multicenter Echocardiographic Study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 25(6):754-761, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38243591.
- Irizarry-Caro JA, Song J, Miller C, Desai S, Going J, Fossas-Espinosa J, Fatakdawala MM, Ali A, Iliescu C, Palaskas N, Deswal A, Koutroumpakis E. Evaluation of Midodrine Utilization in Patients with Cancer and Heart Failure. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38224416.
- Chen X, Mumme RP, Corrigan KL, Mukai-Sasaki Y, Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Nguyen CM, Zhao Y, Huang K, Yu C, Xu T, Daniel A, Balter PA, Zhang X, Niedzielski JS, Shete SS, Deswal A, Court LE, Liao Z, Yang J. Deep learning-based automatic segmentation of cardiac substructures for lung cancers. Radiother Oncol 191, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38122850.
- Jeyabal P, Bhagat A, Wang F, Roth M, Livingston JA, Gilchrist SC, Banchs J, Hildebrandt MAT, Chandra J, Deswal A, Koutroumpakis E, Wang J, Daw NC, Honey TA, Kleinerman ES. Circulating microRNAs and cytokines as prognostic biomarkers for doxorubicin-induced cardiac injury and for evaluating the effectiveness of an exercise intervention. Clin Cancer Res 29(21):4430-4440, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37651264.
- Hahn AW, Thoman W, Koutroumpakis E, Abdulla A, Subudhi SK, Aparicio A, Basen-Enngquist K, Logothetis CJ, Gilchrist SC. Cardiometabolic healthcare for men with prostate cancer: an MD Anderson Cancer Center experience. Cardiooncology 9(1):33, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37705024.
- Monlezun DJ, Badalamenti A, Javaid A, Marmagkiolis K, Honan K, Kim JW, Patel R, Akhanti B, Halperin D, Dasari A, Koutroumpakis E, Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW, Cilingiroglu M, Mamas MA, Gregoric I, Yao J, Hassan S, Iliescu C. Artificial intelligence-augmented analysis of contemporary procedural, mortality, and cost trends in carcinoid heart disease in a large national cohort with a focus on the "forgotten pulmonic valve". Front Cardiovasc Med 9, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36843627.
- Kim JW, Monlezun D, Park JK, Chauhan S, Balanescu D, Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas N, Kim P, Hassan S, Botz G, Crommett J, Reddy D, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Post-cardiac arrest PCI is underutilized among cancer patients: Machine learning augmented nationally representative case-control study of 30 million hospitalizations. Resuscitation 179:43-49, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35933056.
- Potter AS, Patel A, Khawaja M, Chen C, Zheng H, Kaczmarek J, Gao F, Karimzad K, Song J, Koutroumpakis E, Khalaf S, Iliescu C, Deswal A, Palaskas NL. Outcomes by Class of Anticoagulant Use for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Active Cancer. JACC CardioOncol 4(3):341-350, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36213361.
- Steiner RE, Banchs J, Koutroumpakis E, Becnel M, Gutierrez C, Strati P, Pinnix CC, Feng L, Rondon G, Claussen C, Palaskas N, Karimzad K, Ahmed S, Neelapu SS, Shpall E, Wang M, Vega F, Westin J, Nastoupil LJ, Deswal A. Cardiovascular events in patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor t-cell therapy for aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Haematologica 107(7):1555-1566, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34758610.
- Ahmed T, Mouhayar E, Song J, Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Yusuf SW, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan SA, Kim P, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher S, Deswal A, Iliescu C. Predictors of Recurrence and Survival in Cancer Patients With Pericardial Effusion Requiring Pericardiocentesis. Front Cardiovasc Med 9:916325, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35711368.
- Ahmed T, Pacha HM, Addoumieh A, Koutroumpakis E, Song J, Charitakis K, Boudoulas KD, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Grines C, Iliescu CA. Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with cancer using bare metal stents compared to drug-eluting stents. Front Cardiovasc Med 9:901431, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36337872.
- Koutroumpakis E, Xu T, Lopez-Mattei J, Pan T, Lu Y, Irizarry-Caro JA, Mohan R, Zhang X, Meng QH, Lin R, Xu T, Deswal A, Liao Z. Coronary artery calcium score on standard of care oncologic CT scans for the prediction of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Front Cardiovasc Med 9:1071701, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36531700.
- Honan KA, Hassan S, Deswal A, Herrmann J, Song J, Monlezun D, Halperin D, Mahvash A, Dasari A, Koutroumpakis E, Akay M, Balanescu DV, de Armas IS, Patel M, Nathan S, Kar B, Marmagkiolis K, Lopez-Mattei J, Patel J, Gregoric I, Yao J, Iliescu CA. Bioprosthetic valve monitoring in patients with carcinoid heart disease. Front Cardiovasc Med 9:1072890, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36712267.
- Koutroumpakis E, Niku A, Black CK, Ali A, Sadaf H, Song J, Palaskas N, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Yusuf SW, Lee HC, Buja LM, Deswal A, Banchs J. Evaluation of contemporary echocardiographic and histomorphology parameters in predicting mortality in patients with endomyocardial biopsy-proven cardiac AL amyloidosis. Front Cardiovasc Med 9:1073804, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36762300.
- Javaid AI, Monlezun DJ, Iliescu G, Tran P, Filipescu A, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan S, Kim P, Madjid M, Cilingiroglu M, Charitakis K, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C, Koutroumpakis E. Stress cardiomyopathy in hospitalized patients with cancer: machine learning analysis by primary malignancy type. ESC Heart Fail 8(6):4626-4634, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34612022.
- Wang SC, Koutroumpakis E, Schulman-Marcus J, Tosh T, Volgman AS, Lyubarova R. Sex Differences Remain Under-Reported in Cardiovascular Publications. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 30(9):1253-1258, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33667122.
- Koutroumpakis E, Hashmi SS, Powell C, Fatakdawala M, Pang J, Patel R, Thannoun T, Grable C, Damaraju S, Badruddin Mawji S, Lin K, Folivi M, Chauhan S, Shabbir MA, Hughes K, Peters TK, Lyubarova R, Damaraju S, Palaskas N, Deswal A, Garcia-Sayan E, Taegtmeyer H. Geographical Differences in Cardiovascular Comorbidities and Outcomes of COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients in the USA. Cardiology 146(4):481-488, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33902039.
- Thomason N, Monlezun DJ, Javaid A, Filipescu A, Koutroumpakis E, Shobayo F, Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu G, Marmagkiolis K, Ramirez PT, Iliescu C. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Gynecological Cancer: Machine Learning-Augmented Propensity Score Mortality and Cost Analysis for 383,760 Patients. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:793877, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35237670.
- Koutroumpakis E, Taylor T, Damaraju S, Badruddin Mawji S. "Covidsubo": Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy by Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019. Cardiology 145(12):779-783, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32987390.
- Koutroumpakis E, Gosmanova EO, Stahura H, Jou S, Alreshq R, Ata A, Sidhu MS, Philbin E, Boden WE, Lyubarova R. Attainment of Guideline-Directed Medical Treatment in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Patients With and Without Chronic Kidney Disease. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 33(4):443-451, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31123935.
- Lianos GD, Katsanos KH, Saridi M, Albani E, Koutroumpakis E, Zeglinas C, Glantzounis GK, Papaconstantinou I, Christodoulou DK. Perioperative Use of Anti-TNFa Biological Agents in Open and Laparoscopic Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Surg Technol Int 34:107-114, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30888671.
- James WE, Koutroumpakis E, Saha B, Nathani A, Saavedra L, Yucel RM, Judson MA. Clinical Features of Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis Without Lung Involvement. Chest 154(2):349-356, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29453944.
- Kalafateli M, Karatzas A, Tsiaoussis G, Koutroumpakis E, Tselekouni P, Koukias N, Konstantakis C, Assimakopoulos S, Gogos C, Thomopoulos K, Kalogeropoulou C, Triantos C. Muscle fat infiltration assessed by total psoas density on computed tomography predicts mortality in cirrhosis. Ann Gastroenterol 31(4):491-498, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29991895.
- Bishu S, Koutroumpakis E, Mounzer R, Stello K, Pollock N, Evans A, Whitcomb DC, Papachristou GI. The -251 A/T Polymorphism in the IL8 Promoter is a Risk Factor for Acute Pancreatitis. Pancreas 47(1):87-91, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29215544.
- Singh H, Gougol A, Mounzer R, Yadav D, Koutroumpakis E, Slivka A, Whitcomb DC, Papachristou GI. Which Patients with Mild Acute Pancreatitis Require Prolonged Hospitalization?. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 8(12):e129, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29215631.
- Judson MA, Chopra A, Conuel E, Koutroumpakis E, Schafer C, Austin A, Zhang R, Cao K, Berry R, MMHS K, Modi A, Modi R, Jou S, Ilyas F, Yucel RM. The Assessment of Cough in a Sarcoidosis Clinic Using a Validated instrument and a Visual Analog Scale. Lung 195(5):587-594, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28707109.
- Azar I, Koutroumpakis E, Patel R, Mehdi S. Squamous cell lung carcinoma presenting as melena: a case report and review of the literature. Rare Tumors 9(3):7164, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29085618.
- Wang SC, Azar I, Koutroumpakis E, Lyubarova R, Sidhu M. Pericardial effusion and pericarditis secondary to adult onset still's disease. Anat Physiol 7(273), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Singh VK, Gardner TB, Papachristou GI, Rey-Riveiro M, Faghih M, Koutroumpakis E, Afghani E, Acevedo-Piedra NG, Seth N, Sinha A, Quesada-Vázquez N, Moya-Hoyo N, Sánchez-Marin C, Martínez J, Lluís F, Whitcomb DC, Zapater P, de-Madaria E. An international multicenter study of early intravenous fluid administration and outcome in acute pancreatitis. United European Gastroenterol J 5(4):491-498, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28588879.
- Huho A, Foulke L, Jennings T, Koutroumpakis E, Dalvi S, Chaudhry H, Chopra A, Modi A, Rane N, Prezant DJ, Sheehan C, Yucel R, Patel M, Judson MA. The role of serum amyloid A staining of granulomatous tissues for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Respir Med 126:1-8, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28427539.
- Vipperla K, Somerville C, Furlan A, Koutroumpakis E, Saul M, Chennat J, Rabinovitz M, Whitcomb DC, Slivka A, Papachristou GI, Yadav D. Clinical Profile and Natural Course in a Large Cohort of Patients with Hypertriglyceridemia and Pancreatitis. J Clin Gastroenterol 51(1):77-85, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27322530.
- Koutroumpakis E, Slivka A, Furlan A, Dasyam AK, Dudekula A, Greer JB, Whitcomb DC, Yadav D, Papachristou GI. Management and outcomes of acute pancreatitis patients over the last decade: A US tertiary-center experience. Pancreatology 17(1):32-40, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28341116.
- Papachristou GI, Machicado JD, Stevens T, Goenka MK, Ferreira M, Gutierrez SC, Singh VK, Kamal A, Gonzalez-Gonzalez JA, Pelaez-Luna M, Gulla A, Zarnescu NO, Triantafyllou K, Barbu ST, Easler J, Ocampo C, Capurso G, Archibugi L, Cote GA, Lambiase L, Kochhar R, Chua T, Tiwari SC, Nawaz H, Park WG, de-Madaria E, Lee PJ, Wu BU, Greer PJ, Dugum M, Koutroumpakis E, Akshintala V, Gougol A. Acute pancreatitis patient registry to examine novel therapies in clinical experience (APPRENTICE): an international, multicenter consortium for the study of acute pancreatitis. Ann Gastroenterol 30(1):106-113, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28042246.
- Triantos C, Kalafateli M, Spantidea PI, Goukos D, Koutroumpakis E, Konstantakis C, Assimakopoulos SF, Gogos C, Mouzaki A, Daikos G, Thomopoulos K. Bacterial load and cytokine profile in patients with cirrhosis following therapy with proton pump inhibitors: a prospective cohort study. Ann Gastroenterol 30(4):450-456, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28655984.
- Koutroubakis IE, Ramos-Rivers C, Regueiro M, Koutroumpakis E, Click B, Schwartz M, Swoger J, Baidoo L, Hashash JG, Barrie A, Dunn MA, Binion DG. Five-Year Period Prevalence and Characteristics of Anemia in a Large US Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort. J Clin Gastroenterol 50(8):638-43, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26485103.
- Koutroumpakis E, Lobe M, McCarthy L, Mehdi S. Symptomatic Hypercalcemia in a Patient with B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - A Case Report and Review of the Literature. In Vivo 30(5):691-4, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27566092.
- Koutroumpakis, E, Assi, H, McCarthy, L, Mehdi, S. High-grade leiomyosarcoma of the transverse colon presenting with bowel perforation. Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology 14(8):359-362, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27152517.
- Koutroumpakis E, Dasyam AK, Furlan A, Slivka A, Gougol A, Zeh HJ, Lee KK, Zureikat AH, Whitcomb DC, Yadav D, Papachristou GI. Isolated Peripancreatic Necrosis in Acute Pancreatitis Is Infrequent and Leads to Severe Clinical Course Only When Extensive: A Prospective Study from a US Tertiary Center. J Clin Gastroenterol 50(7):589-95, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26828244.
- Easler JJ, de-Madaria E, Nawaz H, Moya-Hoyo N, Koutroumpakis E, Rey-Riveiro M, Singh VP, Acevedo-Piedra NG, Whitcomb DC, Yadav D, Papachristou GI. Patients with Sentinel Acute Pancreatitis of Alcoholic Etiology Are at Risk for Organ Failure and Pancreatic Necrosis: A Dual-Center Experience. Pancreas 45(7):997-1002, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27101573.
- Ashamalla M, Koutroumpakis E, McCarthy L, Hegener P, Grimm R, Mehdi S. Osseous Sarcoidosis Mimicking Metastatic Cancer on Positron Emission Tomography. J Oncol Pract 12(7):697-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27407163.
- Koutroumpakis E, Ramos-Rivers C, Regueiro M, Hashash JG, Barrie A, Swoger J, Baidoo L, Schwartz M, Dunn MA, Koutroubakis IE, Binion DG. Association Between Long-Term Lipid Profiles and Disease Severity in a Large Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci 61(3):865-71, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26514677.
Invited Articles
- Potter AS, Hulsurkar MM, Wu L, Narasimhan B, Karimzad K, Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas N, Deswal A, Kantharia BK, Wehrens XHT. Kinase Inhibitors and Atrial Fibrillation: Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Implications. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 9(4):591-602, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37100538.
- Ahmed T, Marmagkiolis K, Ploch M, Irizarry-Caro JA, Amatullah A, Desai S, Aziz MK, Yarrabothula A, Fossas-Espinosa J, Koutroumpakis E, Hassan S, Karimzad K, Kim P, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu C. The Year in Cardio-oncology 2022. Curr Probl Cardiol 48(1), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36183977.
- Manohar H, Potter AS, Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A, Palaskas NL. Can We Mitigate Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Patients with Cancer?. Curr Atheroscler Rep 24(8):599-606, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35624391.
- Koutroumpakis E, Agrawal N, Palaskas NL, Abe JI, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, Deswal A. Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Cancer. Heart Fail Clin 18(3):361-374, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35718412.
- Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A, Yusuf SW, Abe JI, Nead KT, Potter AS, Liao Z, Lin SH, Palaskas NL. Radiation-Induced Cardiovascular Disease: Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment. Curr Oncol Rep 24(5):543-553, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35192118.
- Shobayo F, Bajwa M, Koutroumpakis E, Hassan SA, Palaskas NL, Iliescu C, Abe JI, Mouhayar E, Karimzad K, Thompson KA, Deswal A, Yusuf SW. Acute coronary syndrome in patients with cancer. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 20(4):275-290, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35412407.
- Banerjee P, Olmsted-Davis EA, Deswal A, Nguyen MT, Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Lin SH, Kotla S, Reyes-Gibby C, Yeung SJ, Yusuf SW, Yoshimoto M, Kobayashi M, Yu B, Schadler K, Herrmann J, Cooke JP, Jain A, Chini E, Le NT, Abe JI. Cancer treatment-induced NAD+ depletion in premature senescence and late cardiovascular complications. J Cardiovasc Aging 2(3), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35801078.
- Koutroumpakis E, Kaur R, Taegtmeyer H, Deswal A. Obesity and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Heart Fail Clin 17(3):345-356, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34051967.
- Palaskas NL, Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A. COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Health Among Patients with Cancer. Curr Cardiol Rep 22(12):171, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33040241.
- Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Lin SH, Abe JI, Liao Z, Banchs J, Deswal A, Yusuf SW. Modern Radiotherapy and Risk of Cardiotoxicity. Chemotherapy 65(3-4):65-76, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33049738.
- Koutroumpakis E, Aguilar D. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Current Challenges and New Hope. Tex Heart Inst J 47(2):123-124, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32603448.
Review Articles
- Fang A, Frigo DE, Hahn A, Razouki Z, Hwang J, Koutroumpakis E, Lawen T, Smith M, Hamilton-Reeves J, DiGiovanni J, Higgason N, Garcia RS, Chapin BF, Pettaway C, Chery L, Troncoso P, Logothetis C, Daniel CR, Wei P, Gregg JR. GLP-1 Agonist Use Among Men With Localized Prostate Cancer: A Narrative Review and Rationale for Prospective Clinical Trials. Urology 201:152-158, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40348027.
- Ostos-Mendoza, KC, Saraiba-Rabanales, V, Gutierrez-Gallegos, P, Wang, E, Koutroumpakis, E, Kumar, S, Khalaf, SZ, Ali, HR, Deswal, A, Palaskas, NL. Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis. Journal of Cardiovascular Aging 5(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Palaskas NL, Ali HJ, Koutroumpakis E, Ganatra S, Deswal A. Cardiovascular toxicity of immune therapies for cancer. BMJ 385:e075859, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38749554.
- Jain A, Casanova D, Padilla AV, Paniagua Bojorges A, Kotla S, Ko KA, Samanthapudi VSK, Chau K, Nguyen MTH, Wen J, Hernandez Gonzalez SL, Rodgers SP, Olmsted-Davis EA, Hamilton DJ, Reyes-Gibby C, Yeung SJ, Cooke JP, Herrmann J, Chini EN, Xu X, Yusuf SW, Yoshimoto M, Lorenzi PL, Hobbs B, Krishnan S, Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Wang G, Deswal A, Lin SH, Abe JI, Le NT. Premature senescence and cardiovascular disease following cancer treatments: mechanistic insights. Front Cardiovasc Med 10:1212174, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37781317.
- Koutroumpakis E, Jozwik B, Aguilar D, Taegtmeyer H. Strategies of Unloading the Failing Heart from Metabolic Stress. Am J Med 133(3):290-296, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31520618.
- Katsanos KH, Koutroumpakis E, Giagkou E, Malakos Z, Almpani E, Skamnelos A, Christodoulou DK. Fast-track drug approval in inflammatory bowel diseases. Ann Gastroenterol 29(4):439-444, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27708508.
- Koutroumpakis E, Katsanos KH. Implementation of the simple endoscopic activity score in crohn's disease. Saudi J Gastroenterol 22(3):183-91, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27184635.
Other Articles
- Aziz MK, Molony D, Monlezun D, Holder T, Brunckhorst O, Higgason N, Roland J, Magill R, Fatakdawala M, Iacobucci A, Mody-Bailey N, Owen C, Zarker A, Thames E, Swaby J, Xiao D, Choi L, Desai S, Galan J, Deng B, Hartshorne T, Nichols A, Zhang A, Imber J, Song J, Jones W, Rivas A, Sanchez D, Guhan M, Gandaglia G, Ranganath S, Jacob J, Howell S, Plana J, van den Bergh R, Roberts M, Sommer SG, Oldenburg J, Ploussard G, Tilki D, Schoots I, Briers E, Stranne J, Rouviere O, van Oort I, Oprea-Lager D, De Santis M, Cornford P, Koutroumpakis E, Ziaolhagh A, Ali A, Wamique Yusuf S, Iliescu C, Canfield S Prostate Cancer Therapy Cardiotoxicity Map (PROXMAP) for Advanced Disease States: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis with Bayesian Modeling of Treatment Histories. Eur Urol 87(1):15-26, 2025. PMID: 39299896.
Editorials
- Iliescu CA, Koutroumpakis E, Karimzad K. Autonomic Dysfunction Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. JACC CardioOncol 6(5):788-790, 2024. PMID: 39479320.
- Hahn AW, Koutroumpakis E, Narayan V, Aparicio A. The need for precision medicine in managing cardiovascular risk for men receiving ADT. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 28(2):245-246, 2024. PMID: 38796515.
- Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A. In adults with overweight or obesity and CVD, but without diabetes, semaglutide reduced MACE at a mean 40 mo. Annals of Internal Medicine 177(3):JC31, 2024. PMID: 38437690.
- Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A. In thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome, DOACs vs. VKAs increase arterial thrombotic events but not major bleeding. Ann Intern Med 81(4):16-30, 2023. PMID: 37011391.
- Koutroumpakis E. Impella 2.5 Insertion: Which Artery to Access When Femoral Is not an Option?. JACC Case Rep 2(12):1888-1890, 2020. PMID: 34317074.
Abstracts
- Ali, A, Ynalvez, L, Song, J, Koutroumpakis E, Ali, HJ, Khalaf, S, Mendoza K, Yusuf S, Palaskas NL, Iliescu C, Jain P, Deswal AM. Assessment for Cardiac Adverse Events with Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Circulation, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Hildebrandt MAT, Bernstein CJ, Ahmed S, JA Livingston A, Koutroumpakis E, Roth ME, Banchs J. Accelerated cardiac aging in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors previously treated with cardiotoxic therapy. Cancer Research 83(7_Supplement):5759-5759, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Ali A, Zehner C, Song J, Yarrabothula AR, Irizarry-Caro JA, Miller C, Fatakdawala M, Lohray R, Tomakin G, Palaskas NL, Deswal A, Iliescu C, Koutroumpakis E. HIGH CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE AND PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE INDEPENDENTLY PREDICT MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH BIOPSY-PROVEN CARDIAC AL AMYLOIDOSIS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 81(8_Supplement):2229-2229, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Yarrabothula AR, Alsheikh-Kassim M, Amatullah A, Fossas J, Salman J, Seal Z, Lin H, Irizarry-Caro JA, Wanna C, Miller C, Fatakdawala M, Palaskas NL, Deswal A, Koutroumpakis E. TOLERABILITY OF SACUBITRIL-VALSARTAN IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER AND HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 81(8_Supplement):2325-2325, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Hahn AW, Tidwell RS, Thoman W, Abdulla A, Koutroumpakis E, Aparicio A, Subudhi SK, Siddiqui BA, Pilié PG, Zurita AJ, Corn PG, Laccetti AL, Jana BR, Basen-Engquist K, Logothetis C. A phase II trial modifying metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk for patients with prostate cancer on ADT using a risk factor modification program and continuous Fitbit monitoring (ProTrio). Journal of Clinical Oncology 41(6 (suppl)), 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Monlezun D, Hassan S, Honan K, Kim JW, Halperin D, Dasari A, Yao J, Gregoric I, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Koutroumpakis E, Iliescu C. Improved Carcinoid Heart Disease Mortality Amid Persistent Race, Income, and Rural Disparities: Propensity Score and Machine Learning Guided Analysis of 55,910 Carcinoid Cases From 2016-2018. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A14425-A14425, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Monlezun D, Koutroumpakis E, Iliescu G, patel R, Karla A, Kim JW, Honan K, Park JK, Alexandrescu S, Woods M, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Longitudinal Cardio-Oncology Trends in Sex and Racial Disparities in PCI and Inpatient Mortality: Machine Learning Augmented Propensity Score Analysis of Over 101 Million Hospitalizations. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A14442-A14442, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Aziz M, Koutroumpakis E, Deswal AM, Monlezun D, Thomason N, Abe J, Otchere P, Palaskas NL, Jabbour E, Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Feldman MD, Iliescu C. Case Series: Non-Lipid Plaque Formation as the Mechanism for Ponatinib-Induced Vascular Toxicity Using Operator-Assisted Virtual Histology Optical Coherence Tomography. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A14372-A14372, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Koutroumpakis E, TING XU, Lopez-Mattei J, Gilchrist S, Corrigan K, Pan T, Lu Y, Mohan R, Zhang X, Meng Q, Lin R, Xu T, Deswal AM, Liao Z. Coronary Calcium Score on Standard of Care Oncologic CT Scans for the Prediction of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A13415-A13415, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Wanna C, Black C, Niku A, Song J, Fatakdawala M, Yarrabothula A, Irizarry-Caro J, Miller C, Yusuf SW, Palaskas NL, Iliescu C, Durand J, Mouhayar E, Banchs J, Karimzad K, Deswal AM, Koutroumpakis E. Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Cardiac Al Amyloidosis; A Cancer Center Experience. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A13845-A13845, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Pushparaji B, Monlezun D, Palaskas NL, Koutroumpakis E, Boudoulas KD, Dhoble A, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. PCI is Safe and Increasing Among Cancer Patients: Nationally Representative Propensity Score Adjusted and Machine Learning Augmented Study of 100 Million Hospitalizations. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A14712-A14712, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Koutroumpakis E, Niku A, Black CK, Sadaf H, Song J, Palaskas NL, Iliescu C, Durand J, Deswal AM, Buja LM, Banchs J. Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Biopsy-Proven Cardiac AL Amyloidosis. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A12022-A12022, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Fatakdawala M, Irizarry-Caro J, Amatullah A, Yarrabothula A, Miller C, Wanna C, Mouhayar E, Iliescu C, Palaskas NL, Deswal AM, Koutroumpakis E. Performance Characteristics of Natriuretic Peptides in Predicting Invasively Measured Intracardiac Filling Pressures in Patients with Cancer. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A13827-A13827, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Potter AS, Pierce E, Caldwell R, Pina G, Oderinde P, Koutroumpakis E, Iliescu C, Deswal AM, Palaskas NL. Prospective Study Evaluating Management of Hypertension Induced by Anti-VEGF Therapy in Patient with Active Cancer: Preliminary Report From the VEGFHTN Trial. Circulation 146(Suppl_1):A14762-A14762, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Palaskas N, Lu Y, Caldwell R, Oderinde P, Pina G, Ali A, Shah K, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, Koutroumpakis E, Khalaf S, Hamzeh I, Siddiqui B, Subudhi S, Deswal A. Use of positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 10(Suppl 2), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Caldwell R, Pina G, Oderinde P, Ali A, Garrett J, Siddiqui B, Subudhi S, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, Koutroumpakis E, Hamzeh I, Khalaf S, Deswal A, Palaskas N. Elevated serum TNF-α is a candidate prognostic biomarker for immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 10(Suppl 2), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Palaskas NL, Siddiqui B, Shah K, Koutroumpakis E, Iliescu C, Subudhi S, Deswal A. Upfront immunomodulatory treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis. Journal of American College of Cardiology 79(9_Supplement):1829-1829, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Honan K, Monlezun D, Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Cilingiroglu M, Lopez-Mattei JC, Marmagkiolis K, Akkanti B, Kar B, Gregoric ID, Deswal A, Iliescu C, Hassan S. Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Carcinoid Heart Disease: Insights and Trends from a Nationally Representative Database. Journal of American College of Cardiology 79(9_Supplement):1893-1893, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Liu V, Monlezun D, Agrawal N, Pushparaji B, Thomason N, Palaskas NL, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Koutroumpakis E, Lopez-Mattei JC, Kim PY, Hassan S, Iliescu C. PCI is Safe and Increasing Among Cancer Patients: Nationally Representative Propensity Score Adjusted and Machine Learning Augmented Study of 100 Million Hospitalizations. Journal of American College of Cardiology 79(9_Supplement):1936-1936, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Steiner RE, Banchs J, Koutroumpakis E, Becnel M, Gutierrez C, Strati P, Pinnix C, Feng L, Claussen C, Palaskas N, Karimzak K, Ahmed S, Shpall E, Wang M, Vega F, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Deswal A. Cardiovascular Events Among Adult Patients with aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma Treateed with standard of Care Axicabtagene Ciloleucel and Tisagenlecleucel. Hematological Oncology 39(S2), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Shabbir MA, Koutroumpakis E, Powell C, Fatakdawala M, Lin K, Taegtmeyer H, Torosoff M, Lyubarova R. Coronary artery calcification heralds adverse clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for covid-19. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 77(18_Supplement_1):3065-3065, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Koutroumpakis E, Hamden R, Deswal A, Tung P, Nambi V, Krause T, Aguilar D. Contemporary Treatment Patterns for Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With and Without Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 75(11, Suppl 1), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Koutroumpakis E, Thannoun T, Pang J, Patel R, Grable C, Damaraju S, Mawji SB, Folivi M, Chauhan S, Fatakdawala M, Powell C, Shabbir MA, Philbin E, Lyubarova R, Damaraju S, Palaskas NL, Deswal A, Taegtmeyer H, Garcia-Sayan E. Baseline comorbidities and cardiac biomarkers are associated with in-hospital mortality of Covid-19 patients. Circulation 142(A16107), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Fatakdawala M, Pang J, Patel R, Thannoun T, Grable C, Damaraju S, Mawji SB, Folivi M, Chauhan S, Powell C, Shabbir MA, Lyubarova R, Damaraju S, Palaskas NL, Deswal A, Taegtmeyer H, Garcia-Sayan E, Koutroumpakis E. Electrocardiographic findings and their associations with adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Circulation 142(A16107), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Aguilar D, Koutroumpakis E, Taegtmeyer H. Cardiovascular benefit of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of recent cardiovascular outcome trials. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 73(9, Suppl 1):239, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Wang SC, Koutroumpakis E, Schulman-Marcus J, Tosh T, Lyubarova R. Sex-differences remain under-reported in cardiovascular publications over the last decade. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 73(9, Suppl 1):3051, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Koutroumpakis E, Taegtmeyer H, Aguilar D. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Black Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Cardiovascular Outcome Trials. Circulation 139(AP077, Suppl 1), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Koutroumpakis E, Hanis CL, Aguilar D. Association of Endothelial Dysfunction Measured by Reactive Hyperemia Index with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Mexican Americans. Circulation 140(A12788), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Stahura H, Koutroumpakis E, Gosmanova EO, Jou S, Philbin E, Boden WE, Lyubarova R. Achievement of guideline-directed medical therapy in stable ischemic heart disease patients with and without chronic kidney disease. Circulation 136 136(A18741, Suppl 1), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Koutroumpakis E, Stahura H, Gosmanova E, Jou S, Philbin E, Boden W, Lyubarova R. Effect of chronic kidney disease on different intensity statin utilization in patients with coronary artery disease: a single tertiary center experience. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71(11):A172, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Koutroumpakis E, Itani W, Zakher M, Schwartz B, Espey J, Dumas C, Fantauzzi J, Rau E, Steckman D, Torosoff M. Coronary calcification on pre-ablation computed tomography is not associated with atrial fibrillation recurrence following ablation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71(11):A482, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Koutroumpakis E, Patel H, Friedman A, Philbin E, Torosoff M. The association of gender with coronary revascularization for new heart failure diagnosis and readmission rates. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71(11):A735, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Francke M, Koutroumpakis E, Hayes D, Xiao E, Zhang R, Ibrahim T, Torosoff M. Clinical outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement recipients without electrocardiographic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71(11):A1429, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Dugum M, Gougol A, Machicado JD, Manzo CE, Akshintala V, Stevens T, Goenka MK, Bigado MF, Gutierrez SC, Singh VK, Gonzalez JA, Pelaez-Luna M, Gulla A, Zarnescu NO, Triantafyllou K, Barbu ST, Easler J, Ocampo C, Capurso G, Archibugi L, Cote GA, Lambiase L, Kochhar R, Chua T, Nawaz H, Park WG, de-Madaria E, Lee PJ, Wu BU, Koutroumpakis E, Greer PJ, Papachristou GI. Acute pancreatitis patient registry to examine novel therapies in clinical experience (APPRENTICE): an international, multicenter consortium for the study of acute pancreatitis. Gastroenterology 152(5, Suppl 1):S293-S294, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Rau E, Koutroumpakis E, Schwartz B, Espey J, Dumas C, Fantauzzi J, Torosoff M, Steckman D. Performance Characteristics of Echocardiography and Computed Tomography in Detecting Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Referred for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Koutroumpakis E, Schwartz B, Espey J, Rau E, Steckman D, Torosoff M. Prevalence of Ascending Aorta Atherosclerosis as Detected by Echocardiography and Computed Tomography in Patients Referred for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 37(A501), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Koutroumpakis E, Schwartz B, Espey J, Rau E, Steckman D, Torosoff M. Echocardiographic Evidence of Systemic Atherosclerosis in Patients Referred for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 10(A255, Suppl 3), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Wilson A, DeBlasio W, Rivers W, Koutroumpakis E, Papachristou GI, O’Keefe SJ, Binion DG, Whitcomb DC. A Model to Predict Transition of Systemic Inflammation to Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis. Am J Gastroenterol 111(Suppl 1):S45, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Koutroumpakis E, Huho A, Dalvi S, Chaudhry H, Jennings T, Chopra A, Modi A, Rane N, Prezant D, Sheehan C, Patel M, Foulke L, Judson MA. Serum Amyloid A immunostaining of granulomatous tissue as a novel diagnostic test for sarcoidosis. Chest 150(4):788A, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Wilson A, DeBlasio W, Rivers WM, Koutroumpakis E, Papachristou GI, O'Keefe SJ, Binion DG, Whitcomb DC. Acute Pancreatitis: Does Endothelial Cell Injury Determine the Transition from Systemic Inflammation to Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome?. Gastroenterology 150(4):S328, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Bishu S, O'Keefe SJ, Koutroumpakis E, Slivka A, Yadav D, Wisneiwski S, Cote GA, Sherman S, Isenberg GA, Papachristou GI, Whitcomb DC. The Metabolomics Profile of Acute Pancreatitis Is Distinct at Early and Late Time Points, and Varies by Severity of Pancreatitis. Gastroenterology 2016 150(1): S914-915, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Assi H, Koutroumpakis E, Kang SJ, Mehdi SA, Ganti AK. Non–small cell lung cancer in veterans: Disparities in prevalence and survival among different histologic subtypes. Journal of Clinical Oncology 34(15):e20590-e20590, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
Book Chapters
- Koutroumpakis E, Agrawal N, Palaskas NL, Abe JI, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, Deswal A. Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Cancer. In: Translational Research in Cardio-Oncology. Elsevier, 361-374, 2022.
- Koutroumpakis E, Kaur R, Taegtmeyer H, Deswal A. Obesity and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. In: Heart Failure Clinics July 2021, 2021.
- Koutroumpakis E, Papachristou GI. Diagnosis, prediction and classification. In: In: Pancreatitis: medical and surgical management. 1e. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014.
Letters to the Editor
- Koutroumpakis E, Huang-Lucas C, Taegtmeyer H. More on the Magic of Metformin. Cardiology 148: 545-546, 2023.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 08, 2025