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pro vyhledávání: '"Spyros Lambrou"'
Autor:
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christodoulos Stefanadis, John Barbetseas, Spyros Lambrou, Christos Pitsavos, Constadina Aggeli, Alexandra Frogoudaki
Publikováno v:
Atherosclerosis. 197:232-236
Aims The severity of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis (TAA) is associated with the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study is to quantitative this relationship by developing a novel atherosclerotic index. Methods and results Two
Autor:
Pavlos Soubassis, Dimitris Chaniotis, Charalambos Antoniades, Lygeri P. Soubassi, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Sofia Soubassi, Constantina Aggeli, Spyros Lambrou, Dimitris Tousoulis, Christos Pitsavos, M D Pavlos Toutouzas
Publikováno v:
Clinical Cardiology. 29:506-510
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that distensibility of the aorta is decreased in patients with end-stage renal failure, while the underlying mechanisms are unclear. HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the distensibility of the aorta in
Autor:
Christodoulos Stefanadis, Yannis Barbetseas, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christina Chrysohoou, Stella Brilli, Markissia Karagiorga, Spyros Lambrou, Vassilis A. Ladis, Christos Pitsavos
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Hematology. 80:336-340
Despite intense iron-chelation therapy, the life expectancy of patients with s-thalassemia major (s-TM) is still limited by the occurrence of heart failure. In the present study, we sought to evaluate the prognostic significance of several clinical f
Autor:
John Barbetseas, Spyros Lambrou, Demetrios Metzikof, Spilios M. Karas, John Parissis, Pavlos Toutouzas
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. 31:170-173
We report the case of a rare congenital anomaly, a double-orifice mitral valve, in a 23-year-old woman who was asymptomatic and had no history of heart disease. Transthoracic and multiplane transesophageal echocardiography revealed 2 functionally nor
Publikováno v:
Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 13:269-280
Retrograde nontransseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty (RNBMV) is a transarterial technique of mitral valvuloplasty, developed with the aim to avoid complications associated with transseptal catheterization. Between April 1988 and December 1999, RNBM
Publikováno v:
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 51:101-106
Retrograde nontransseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a purely transarterial technique for percutaneous treatment of mitral stenosis. We report the first use of this technique via the brachial artery for a patient with aortoiliac atherosclerosis,
Autor:
Christodoulos Stefanadis, Konstantina Aggeli, John Barbetseas, Ioannis Skoumas, Alexandra Frogoudaki, Christos Pitsavos, Spyros Lambrou, Pavlos Toutouzas
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Cardiology. 82:1484-1488
Data regarding the effects of plasma lipid lowering on the evolution of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis (TAA) are scarce. In this study, we performed transesophageal echocardiography to characterize TAA in 16 newly diagnosed patients with heterozygou
Autor:
Christodoulos Stefanadis, Eleftherios Tsiamis, Alexandra Frogoudaki, Spyros Lambrou, Constantina Aggeli, John Barbetseas, Gregory P. Vyssoulis
Publikováno v:
Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU. 33(4)
Cardiac hydatid disease is rare. Many patients are asymptomatic, hence cardiac involvement is often discovered incidentally. Diagnosis is also difficult because of a long period between parasitic infection and the manifestation of disease. Rupture of
Autor:
Christina, Chrysohoou, Demosthenes B, Panagiotakos, Yannis, Barbetseas, Stella, Brilli, Spyros, Lambrou, Markissia, Karagiorga, Vassilis A, Ladis, Christos, Pitsavos, Christodoulos, Stefanadis
Publikováno v:
International journal of hematology. 80(4)
Despite intense iron-chelation therapy, the life expectancy of patients with beta-thalassemia major (beta-TM) is still limited by the occurrence of heart failure. In the present study, we sought to evaluate the prognostic significance of several clin
Autor:
Spyros Lambrou, John Barbetseas, Michael Vitalis, Pavlos Toutouzas, Gregory P. Vyssoulis, Nicholas Marinakis, Constantina Aggeli
Publikováno v:
Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU. 32(1)
We describe the case of a woman who presented with dyspnea of abrupt onset and who had recently undergone replacement of the mitral valve with a bileaflet mechanical prosthesis. Transthoracic echocardiographic examination with spectral Doppler record