Leptin serum levels in cachectic heart failure patients: Relationship with tumor necrosis factor-α system

GS Filippatos, K Tsilias, K Venetsanou… - International journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Cachexia is a strong predictor for mortality in patients with congestive heart failure. To
investigate the role of leptin and regulators of apoptosis in cardiac cachexia we compared …

CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS IN A RANDOM SAMPLE OF ATHENIAN ADULTS THE ATHENS STUDY

SD MOULOPOULOS… - American journal of …, 1987 - academic.oup.com
Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases not previously investigated in Greece were studied
in a random sample of 4,097 Athenian adults. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures …

Microalbuminuria: a strong predictor of 3-year adverse prognosis in nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction

S Koulouris, I Lekatsas, I Karabinos, G Ioannidis… - American heart …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to evaluate the significance of microalbuminuria
(MA) as a 3-year prognostic index in nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction …

Prognostic significance of microalbuminuria in non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction

I Lekatsas, S Koulouris, K Triantafyllou… - International journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to examine whether the presence of
microalbuminuria (20–200 μg/min) can predict in-hospital morbidity and mortality in non …

[HTML][HTML] Stress echocardiography in elderly patients with coronary artery disease Applicability, safety and prognostic value of dobutamine and adenosine …

LP Anthopoulos, MS Bonou, FG Kardaras… - Journal of the American …, 1996 - Elsevier
Objectives. Our aim was to determine the applicability, safety and prognostic value of
adenosine and dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients≥ 70 years old …

Detection of coronary artery disease in patients with severe aortic stenosis with noninvasive methods

SP Patsilinakos, IP Antonelis, G Filippatos… - …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
Exercise stress ECG testing is not generally recommended in patients with severe aortic
stenosis. Analysis of the utility of exercise testing, both with and without the use of …

Comparison of the extent and severity of coronary artery disease in patients with acute myocardial infarction with and without microalbuminuria

I Lekatsas, A Kranidis, G Ioannidis, C Kalofoutis… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
The extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis were compared between 43
microalbuminuric and 87 normoalbuminuric nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial …

[PDF][PDF] The concurrence of microalbuminuria and retinopathy with cardiovascular risk factors; reliable predictors of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in type 2 …

G Ioannidis, M Peppa, P Rontogianni… - HORMONES …, 2004 - researchgate.net
People with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) have a greater risk for premature morbidity and
mortality due to cardiovascular disease than the general population: cardiovascular disease …

Coronary microcirculation evaluation with transesophageal echocardiography Doppler in type II diabetics

A Kranidis, N Zamanis, A Mitrakou… - International journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Evaluation of coronary microvascular function can be obtained through coronary flow
reserve measurements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the coronary microvascular …

Detection of myocardial viability in the prediction of improvement in left ventricular function after successful coronary revascularization by using the dobutamine stress …

KG Kostopoulos, AI Kranidis, KP Bouki… - …, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility, safety, and respective diagnostic accuracy
of low-dose dobutamine infusion and rest-redistribution-reinjection thallium 201 single …