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Evangelia Kouidi

Professor of Sports Medicine, Cardiologist
Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
 
 
 

Education

22/7/1992

Bachelor of Physical Education and Sports Science

Physical Education and Sports Science Department, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

20/7/1998

M.D. Medicine

Medical School, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

2000-6

21/7/2006

Residency in Cardiology

AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

25/6/1996

Functional and Morphological adaptations of exercise rehabilitation in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis (Ph.D. Thesis)

Medical School, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

 

Career/Employment

18/6/1993-25/1/2000

 

 

26/1/2000-4

Lecturer of Sports Medicine

Physical Education and Sports Science Department,

Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Greece

2004-9

Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine

Physical Education and Sports Science Department,

Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Greece

2009-2014

Associate Professor of Sports Medicine

Physical Education and Sports Science Department,

Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Greece

2014-present

Professor of Sports Medicine

Physical Education and Sports Science Department,

Aristotle University, Thessaloniki Greece

 

Specialization –research interests

 

  1. Exercise and health- Cardiovascular adaptations of exercise training in athletes and patients with chronic diseases – athlete's heart
  2. Exercise rehabilitation in chronic diseases - Effects of exercise training on cardiac morphology and function, on muscle atrophy, psychosocial status and quality of life,
  3. Doping in Sports - Cardiovascular side-effects of Doping

 

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies

 

  • Mrs. Kouidi has been awarded eight times by the European Renal Association for her researches and four times by FIMS and other medical Associations.
  • Mrs. Kouidi was a member of the Organizing Committee of 20 National and International Congresses and Symposiums on Sports Medicine, Exercise Rehabilitation in Chronic Diseases and Doping in Sports.

 

Scientific Societies

 

  • Hellenic College of Sports Medicine
  • Nucleus Member of EACPR - Working group on Exercise Physiology of the European Society of Cardiology
  • Nucleus Member of the European Association of Rehabilitation in Chronic Kidney Disease (EURORECKD)
  • Sports Medicine Association of N. Greece
  • International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
  • Hellenic Society of Cardiology
  • American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

 

Participation in EU-projects about Doping:

 

  1. 1/2002-11/2002 EU project – Fight against doping
  2. 3/2002-11/2002 EU project – Information Campaign of the Biomedical Side effects of Doping
  3. 11/2005-10/2008 EU project – Harmonising the knowledge of the Biomedical Side effects of Doping

 

Selected publications in scientific journals

 

  1. Cardiovascular responses to exercise by canoe and kayak.

E. Kouidi, S. Galitsanos, V. Mougios, C. Kotzamanidis, A. Deligiannis

Med. Sci. Res., 21: 271-273, 1993

  1. Die Auswirkungen harmonischer und disharmonischer Musik auf die kardiovaskulare Funκtion (in Ruhe und Bewegung).

G. Grouios, E. Kouidi, P. Papadopoulos, A. Deligiannis

Zeitschrift fur Music- , Tanz- und Kunsttherapie, 4: 75-78, 1993

  1.  Plasma TSH, T3, T4 and cortisol's to swimming at varying water temperatures.

A. Deligiannis, M. Karamouzis, E. Kouidi, V. Mougios, C. Kallaras

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 27: 247-250, 1993

  1.  Combined arm and dipyridamole strees thallium imaging for the detection of coronary artery disease.

 A. Deligiannis, E. Pandoulas, A. Filindris, E. Kouidi, N. Papanikitas, A. Tsifoutis

International Journal of Angiology 4: 106-109, 1995

  1.  Effect of submaximal dynamic exercise on left ventricular function in endurance- and power- trained athletes.

A. Deligiannis, E. Kouidi, A. Milonas

 Med. Sci. Res. 23: 225-227, 1995

  1. Exercise renal rehabilitation program (ERRP): Psychosocial effects.

E. Kouidi, A. Iacovides, P. Iordanidis, S. Vassiliou, A. Deligiannis, C. Ierodiakonou, A. Tourkantonis

Nephron; 77:2: 152-158, 1997

  1. An assessment of the knowledge of students of physical education in the field of nutrition for athletes

A. Tsiligiroglou, G. Gallos, K. Bagiatis, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis

Hellenic Medical Journal; 2: 25-27, 1998

  1. Effect of exercise on the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in serum of untrained middle-aged individuals

V. Mougios, E. Kouidi, A. Kiparos, A. Deligiannis

British  Journal of Sports Medicine; 32: 58-62, 1998

  1. The effects of exercise training on muscle atrophy in hemodialysis patients.

E.Kouidi, M. Albani, K. Natsis, A. Megalopoulos, P. Gigis, O. Guiba-Tziampiri, A. Deligiannis, A. Tourkantonis

Nephrol Dial Transplant; 13: 685-699, 1998

  1. White coat hypertension detected during screening of male adolescent athletes.

Ε. Κοuidi,  Α. Fahadidou-Τsiligiroglou, E. Tassoulas, Α. Deligiannis, A. Coats

Am J Hypertens; 12: 223-226,1999  

  1. Effects of physical training on heart rate variability in patients on hemodialysis

A. Deligiannis, Ε. Kouidi, Α. Tourkantonis

Am J Cardiol; 84: 197-202, 1999

  1. Cardiac effects to exercise rehabilitation in hemodialysis patients

A. Deligiannis, E. Kouidi, E. Tassoulas, P. Gigis, A. Tourkantonis, A. Coats

Int J Cardiol; 70: 253-266, 1999

  1. Cardiorespiratory adaptations in professional and amateur soccer players.      

Th. Metaxas, Th. Sedelides, K. Dipla, N. Koutlianos, A. Zafeiridis, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis

Hungarian Review of Sports Medicine; 85-94, 2000

  1. Cardiac responses and adaptations in elite gymnasts.

E. Kouidi, S. Zagelidis, I. Tambratzis, A. Deligiannis

Science Sports; 17: 38-44, 2000

  1. Physical activity and bone mineral density in hemodialysis patients.

A. Siountas, N. Koutlianos, E. Kouidi, E. Molivda, A. Deligiannis, A. Tourkantonis

Hungarian Review of Sports Medicine; 163-170, 2001

  1. Central and peripheral adaptations to physical training in patients with end- stage renal disease

E. Kouidi

Sports Med; 31: 651-665, 2001

  1. Exercise training in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis: comparison of three rehabilitation programs

E. Konstantinidou, G. Koukouvou, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis, A. Tourkantonis

J Rehabil Med; 34: 40-45, 2002

  1. Effects of athletic training on heart rate variability triangular index

E. Kouidi, K. Haritonidis, N. Koutlianos, A. Deligiannis

Clin Physiol Funct Imag; 22: 279-84, 2002

  1. Exercise training in dialysis patients: Why, when, and how?

Ε. Kouidi

Artificial Organs; 26: 1009-1013, 2002

  1. Letter to the editor

Ε. Kouidi

Artificial Organs; 27: 859-860, 2003

  1. Cardiorespiratory adaptations in soccer players

Th. Sendelides, E. Kouidi, Th. Metaxas, N. Koutlianos, A. Deligiannis

Hungarian Review of Sports Medicine; 141-151, 2003

  1. Aerobic capacity in athletes with mild mitral valve prolapse and transient arrhythmias

A. Koutlianos, N. Koutlianos, E. Kouidi, Th. Metaxas, A. Deligiannis

Hungarian Review of Sports Medicine; 85-93, 2003

  1. Heart rate variability changes in soccer players

Th. Sendelides, Th. Metaxas, E. Kouidi, N. Koutlianos, A. Deligiannis

Austrian Journal of Sports Medicine; 2: 10-13, 2003

  1. Health-related quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients: the effects of renal rehabilitation

Ε. Kouidi

Clin Nephrol; 61 Suppl 1:S60-71, 2004.

  1. Outcomes of long-term exercise training in dialysis patients: comparison of two training programs

Ε. Kouidi, D. Grekas, A. Deligiannis, A. Tourkantonis

Clin Nephrol., 61 Suppl 1:S31-8, 2004

  1.  Quality of life, psychological and physiological changes following exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure

G. Koukouvou, E. Kouidi, A. Iacovides, E. Konstantinidou, G. Kaprinis, A. Deligiannis

J Rehabil Med., 36(1):36-41, 2004

  1. Heart rate variability  in soccer players with mitral valve prolapse or benign arrhythmia

N. Koutlianos, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis

J Sport Sci Health; 1:5-10, 2004

  1. Cardiac adaptations in elite volleyball players

K. Haritonides, E. Kouidi, N. Koutlianos, M. Haritonidou, A. Deligiannis

Austrian Journal of Sports Medicine; 1: 23-29, 2004

  1. Non-invasive cardiac electrophysiological indices in soccer players with mitral valve prolapse

N. Koutlianos, E. Kouidi, Th Metaxas, A. Deligiannis,

Eur J Cardiovasc Prevent Rehabil, 11: 435-441, 2004

  1. Physiological profile of amateur top level soccer players according to positional role

Th. Metaxas, N. Koutlianos, Th. Sentelides, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis

J Hum Movement Stud, 46: 347-358, 2004

  1. The immune response in hemodialysis patients following physical training

M. Daniilidis, E. Kouidi, F. Giagoudaki, A, Fleva, P. Nikolaides, A. Vasilaki, A. Deligiannis, A. Tourkantonis

J Sport Sci Health,1: 11-16, 2004

  1. Seasonal variation of aerobic capacity in elite soccer, basketball and volleyball players

K. Haritonidis, N. Koutlianos, E. Kouidi, M. Haritonidou, A. Deligiannis

J Hum Movement Stud, 46: 289-302, 2004.

  1. Comparative study of field and laboratory tests for the evaluation of aerobic capacity in soccer players

Th. Metaxas, N. Koutlianos, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis

J Strength Cond Res, 19: 79-84, 2005

  1. Cardiac function after exhaustive open-sea swimming

S. Alexiou, E. Kouidi, A. Fahadidou, M. Karamouzis, A. Deligiannis

J Sports Med Phys Fitness, 45: 98-104, 2005

  1. ESC Study Group of Sports Cardiology Position Paper on adverse cardiovascular effects of doping in athletes

A. Deligiannis, H. Bjornstad, F. Carre, H. Heidbuchel, E. Kouidi, NM. Panhuyzen-Goedkoop, F. Pigozzi, W. Schanzer, L. Vanhees.; on behalf of the ESC Study Group of Sports Cardiology

Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 13(5):687-694, 2006

  1. Transtelephonic electrocardiographic monitoring of an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme

E. Kouidi, A. Farmakiotis, N. Kouidis, A. Deligiannis

Clin Rehabil, 20(12): 1100-1104, 2006

  1. Heart rate variability modifications following exercise training in type 2 diabetic patients with definite cardiac autonomic neuropathy

M. Pagkalos, N. Koutlianos, E. Kouidi, E. Pagkalos, K. Mandroukas, A. Deligiannis

Br J Sports Med, 42(1): 47-54, 2008

  1. Transtelephonic electrocardiographic transmission in the preparticipation screening of athletes.

T. Samaras, S. Karavasiliadou, E. Kouidi, JN. Sahalos, A. Deligiannis

Int J Telemed Appl, 217909, 2008

  1. Effects of exercise training during hemodialysis on cardiac baroreflex sensitivity.

M. Petraki, E. Kouidi, D. Grekas, A. Deligiannis

Clin Nephrol, 70 (30): 210-219, 2008

  1. Effects of intradialytic exercise training on health-related quality of life indices in haemodialysis patients

S. Ouzouni, E. Kouidi, A. Sioulis, D. Grekas, A. Deligiannis

Clin Rehabil, 23: 53-63, 2009

  1. Effect of resistance exercise during hemodialysis on physical function and quality of life: randomized controlled trial.

E. Segura-Ortí, E. Kouidi, JF. Lisón 

Clin Nephrol, 71:527-37, 2009.

  1. Standards for the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for the functional evaluation of cardiac patients: a report from the Exercise Physiology Section of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.

A. Mezzani, P. Agostoni, A. Cohen-Solal, U. Corrà, A. Jegier, E. Kouidi,  S. Mazic, P.  Meurin, M. Piepoli, A. Simon, CV. Laethem, L. Vanhees.

Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 16: 249-67, 2009.

  1. Physical training in patients on hemodialysis has a beneficial effect on the levels of eicosanoid hormone-like substances.

I. Karamouzis, D. Grekas, M. Karamouzis, K. Kallaras, V. Stergiou-Michailidou, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis, N. Vavatsi-Christaki.

Hormones, 8:129-37, 2009

  1. Effects of exercise training on non-invasive cardiac measures in patients  undergoing chronic hemodialysis: a randomized controlled trial

E. Kouidi, D. Grekas, A. Deligiannis

Am J Kidney Dis, 54: 511-21, 2009

  1. Depression, heart rate variability and exercise training in dialysis patients.

E. Kouidi, V. Karagiannis, D. Grekas, A. Iakovides, G. Kaprinis, A.  Tourkantonis, A. Deligiannis.

Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 17: 160-7, 2010

  1. Effects of exercise training on heart rate variability indices in individuals with Down Syndrome.

F. Giagkoudaki, E. Dimitros, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis.

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 19: 173-83, 2010

  1. Obesity and smoking in patients with schizophrenia and normal controls: a case-control study.

KN. Fountoulakis, M. Siamouli, P. Panagiotidis, S. Magiria, S. Kantartzis, N. Papastergiou, G. Shoretsanitis, E. Pantoula, K. Moutou, E. Kouidi, S. Deres.

Psychiatry Res, 176: 13-6, 2010

  1. Brain natriuretic peptide and the athlete's heart: a pilot study.

ED. Pagourelias, G. Giannoglou, E. Kouidi, GK. Efthimiadis, P. Zorou, K. Tziomalos, A. Karagiannis, VG. Athyros, P. Geleris, DP. Mikhailidis.

Int J Clin Pract, 64(4):511-7, 2010

  1. Current best evidence recommendations on measurement and interpretation of physical Function in patients with chronic kidney Disease.

P. Koufaki, E. Kouidi.

Sports Medicine, 40(12):1055-74, 2010

  1. Recommendations for the cardiovascular screening of athletes.

A. Deligiannis, A. Anastasakis, L. Antoniades, G. Bobotis, P. Geleris, J. Goudevenos, G. Hahalis, E. Kouidi, A. Kranidis, D. Kremastinos, J. Lekakis, G. Parcharidis, V. Pyrgakis, G. Rontogiannis, C. Stefanadis, I. Styliadis, P. Vardas

Hellenic J Cardiol, 51(6): 530-7, 2010.

  1. Chronotropic incompetence and its relation to exercise intolerance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

G. Efthimiadis, G. Giannakoulas, D. Parcharidou, E. Pagourelias, E. Kouidi, G. Spanos, S. Gavrielides, H. Karvounis, I. Styliadis, G. Parcharidis

Int J Cardiol, 153(2): 179-84, 2011.

  1. Effects of long-term exercise training on cardiac baroreflex sensitivity in patients with coronary artery disease.

D. Mameletzi, E. Kouidi, N. Koutlianos, A. Deligiannis.

Clin Rehabil, 25(3): 217-27, 2011

  1. The use of pupillometry in the assessment of cardiac autonomic function in elite different type trained athletes

A.Kaltsatou, E. Kouidi, D. Fotiou, P. Deligiannis

Eur J Appl Physiol, 111 (9):2079-87, 2011

  1. Cardiovascular Evaluation of Middle-aged/Senior Individuals engaged in leisure-time sport activities: Position Stand from the sections of Exercise Physiology and Sports Cardiology of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR).

M. Borjesson, A. Urhausen, E. Kouidi, D. Dugmore, S. Sharma, M. Halle, H. Heidbüchel, H. Björnstad, S. Gielen, A. Mezzani, D. Corrado, A. Pelliccia, L. Vanhees.

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 18(3):446-58, 2011.

  1. Trends in e-Health monitoring implementation in sports.

P. Deligiannis, A-S Deligiannis, E. Kouidi

Sport- und präventivmedizin, 41(2): 34-37, 2011

  1. Athlete's Heart or Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The Dilemma Is Still There.

E. Pagourelias, GK Efthimiadis, E. Kouidi, N Fragakis, VG Athyros, P Geleris

Am J Cardiol, 15(12): 1841-2, 2011

  1. Heart rate variability in free diving athletes

V. Christoforidi, N. Koutlianos, P. Deligiannis, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis

Clin Physiol Funct Imaging , 32(2):162-6, 2012

  1. Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in defining the benefits to cardiovascular health within the general population: recommendations from the EACPR (Part I)

L. Vanhees, J De Sutter, N. Geladas, F. Doyle, V. Cornelissen, E. Kouidi, D. Dugmore, D. Vanuzzo, M. Börjesson, P. Doherty

Eur J Prev Cardiol, 19 (4): 670-686, 2012

  1. Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in the management of cardiovascular health in individuals with cardiovascular risk factors: recommendations from the EACPR (Part II)

L. Vanhees, N. Geladas, D. Hansen, E. Kouidi, J. Niebauer, Z. Reiner, V. Cornelissen, S. Adamopoulos, E. Prescott, M. Börjesson

Eur J Prev Cardiol,19 (5): 1005-1033, 2012

  1. Development of the Global Disability Scale (GloDiS): preliminary results

K. Fountoulakis, E. Lekka, E. Kouidi, I. Chouvarda, N. Maglaveras, A. Deligiannis.

Annals of General Psychiatry, 11 (1): 14, 2012

  1. Comparative study of ECG and echocardiographic parameters indicative of cardiac hypertrophy in athletes

E. Dimitros, N. Koutlianos, M. Anifanti, E. Pagourelias, E. Kouidi, A. Deligiannis.

Sport Sci Health, 8: 101-107, 2012

  1. Cardiovascular Side-Effects of Doping in Sports

A. Deligiannis, E. Kouidi

HJC, 53:447-457, 2012

  1. Relationship between exercise testing recovery and psychological and quality of life status in hemodialysis patients

Samara, E. Kouidi, S. Ouzouni, S. Vasileiou, A. Sioulis, A. Deligiannis.

Journal of Nephrology, 26(3):495-501, 2013

  1. A randomized controlled trial of exercise training on cardiovascular and autonomic function among renal transplant recipients

E. Kouidi, G. Vergoulas, M. Anifanti, A. Deligiannis.

Nephrol Dial Transplant, 28(5):1294-305, 2013

  1. Efficacy of various "classic" echocardiographic and laboratory indices in distinguishing the "gray zone" between athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a pilot study.

Pagourelias ED, Efthimiadis GK, Kouidi E, Zorou P, Giannoglou G, Deligiannis A, Athyros VG, Karagiannis A, Geleris P.

Echocardiography,  30(2):131-9, 2013

  1. Indirect estimation of VO2max in athletes by ACSM's equation: valid or not?

Koutlianos N, Dimitros E, Metaxas T, Deligiannis AS, Kouidi E

HIPPOKRATIA, 17( 2):136-140, 2013

  1. Linear and non- linear analysis of heart rate variability in master athletes and healthy middle-aged non-athletes.

Sotiriou P., Kouidi E., Samaras Th., Deligiannis A.

Medical Engineering and Physics  35(11):1676-81, 2013

  1. Right atrial and ventricular adaptations to training in male Caucasian athletes: an echocardiographic study.

Pagourelias ED, Kouidi E, Efthimiadis GK, Deligiannis A, Geleris P, Vassilikos V.

J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2013; 26(11):1344-52.

  1. Functional and psychosocial effects of either a traditional dancing or a formal exercising training program in patients with chronic heart failure: a comparative randomized controlled study.

Kaltsatou AC, Kouidi EI, Anifanti MA, Douka SI, Deligiannis AP.

Clin Rehabil 2014; 28(2):128-38.

  1. Eighteen years' experience applying old and current strategies in the pre-participation cardiovascular screening of athletes.

Deligiannis AP, Kouidi EJ, Koutlianos NA, Karagiannis V, Anifanti MA, Tsorbatzoglou K, Farmakis D, Avgerinos C, Mameletzi DN, Samara AP.

Hellenic J Cardiol 2014; 55(1):32-41.

  1. Vascular effects of exercise training in CKD: current evidence and pathophysiological mechanisms.

Van Craenenbroeck AH, Van Craenenbroeck EM, Kouidi E, Vrints CJ, Couttenye MM, Conraads VM.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014;9(7):1305-18.

  1. Effects of exercise training with traditional dancing on functional capacity and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled study

Kaltsatou A, Kouidi E, Fountoulakis K, Sipka C, Theochari V, Kandylis D, Deligiannis A.

Clin Rehabil 2015;29(9):882-91

  1. Effect of Moderate Aerobic Exercise Training on Endothelial Function and Arterial Stiffness in CKD Stages 3-4: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Van Craenenbroeck AH, Van Craenenbroeck EM, Van Ackeren K, Vrints CJ, Conraads VM, Verpooten GA, Kouidi E, Couttenye MM.

Am J Kidney Dis 2015; 66(2):285-96.

  1. A novel strategy for evaluating tilt test in athletes with syncope.

Christou GA, Kouidi EJ, Anifanti MA, Sotiriou PG, Deligiannis AP.

Eur J Prev Cardiol 2015; in press

 

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