Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2013, Volume 54, Issue 4 July - August

HJC 2013, Volume 54, Issue 4 July - August

Can We Modify the Course Towards Aortic Stenosis? [PDF]
A. KAPELOUZOU, D. COKKINOS
Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece

Almanac 2012: Interventional Cardiology [PDF]
P. MEIER1, A. TIMMIS2
1The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals UCLH, 2London Chest Hospital, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Current Management and Quality of Life of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Greece: 12-Month Results from Antiplatelet Therapy Observational Study II (APTOR II) [PDF]
G. PAVLIDES1, V. DROSSINOS2, C. DAFNI2, P. ALTSITZOGLOU3, A. ANTONIADIS4, A.S. MANOLIS5, C. TSIOUFIS6, I. GOUDEVENOS7, G. KOCHIADAKIS8, D. ALEXOPOULOS9 1Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Kallithea, 2Eli-Lilly Greece, Athens, 3Athens Medical Centre, Athens, 4Attikon
University Hospital, Athens, 5Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, 6Hippokration Hospital, Athens, 7University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, 8University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, 9Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece

Apical Rotation as an Early Indicator of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction: Experimental Study [PDF]
S.Th. TOUMANIDIS, A. KALADARIDOU, D. BRAMOS, E. SKALTSIOTES, J.N. AGRIOS, N. VASILADIOTIS, C. PAMBOUCAS, G. KOTTIS, S.D. MOULOPOULOS
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Alexandra" Hospital, Athens, Greece

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Adaptations During Short Term 15° and 30° Head-Down Posture in Healthy Male Volunteers [PDF]
D.S. GALANIS1,2, K.K. NAKA3, P. VEZIRAKI1, Y.V. SIMOS1, V. KALFAKAKOU1, A.M. EVANGELOU1
1Laboratory of Physiology, 2Department of Chest Medicine, 3Department of Cardiology and Michaelidion Cardiac Center, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Sudden Cardiac Death: Investigation of the Classical Risk Factors in a Community-Based Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Cohort [PDF]
A. ANASTASAKIS, A. THEOPISTOU, A. RIGOPOULOS, C. KOTSIOPOULOU, S. GEORGOPOULOS, K. FRAGAKIS, E. SEVDALIS, C. STEFANADIS
First Cardiology Department, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece

Economic Evaluation of Dabigatran Etexilate in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Greece [PDF]
G.K. ANDRIKOPOULOS2, V. FRAGOULAKIS1, N. MANIADAKIS1
1National School of Public Health, 2Cardiology Department, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece

Arrhythmic Sudden Cardiac Death: Substrate, Mechanisms and Current Risk Stratification Strategies for the Post-Myocardial Infarction Patient [PDF]
P. ARSENOS1, K. GATZOULIS1, P. DILAVERIS1, G. MANIS2, D. TSIACHRIS1, S. ARCHONTAKIS1, A.H. VOULIOTIS1, S. SIDERIS1, C. STEFANADIS1
1Electrophysiology Laboratory & First Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 2Department of Computer Science, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

A Giant Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Presenting with Severe Mitral Regurgitation [PDF]
A. ÇONER1, K. OKYAY1, B. PIRAT1, A. SEZGIN2, H. MüDERRISOĞLU1
1Department of Cardiology, 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Chemical Denervation of the Renal Artery with Vincristine for the Treatment of Resistant Arterial Hypertension: First-in-Man Application [PDF]
C. STEFANADIS, K. TOUTOUZAS, C. VLACHOPOULOS, C. TSIOUFIS, A. SYNETOS, P. PIETRI, D. TOUSOULIS, E. TSIAMIS
First Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

A Blind Spot in the Eye of Imaging Technology: Penetrating Atheromatous Ulcer [PDF]
J. ROMERO, A. SHAH, A. KORNIYENKO
Department of Internal Medicine, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

A Patient with Ventricular Tachycardia Due to a Novel Mutation of the Lamin A/C Gene: Case Presentation and Mini Review [PDF]
G. KOURGIANNIDIS1, A. ANASTASAKIS2, K. LAMPROPOULOS1,3, T. ILIOPOULOS1
1Department of Cardiology, 251 Air Force General Hospital, 2Unit of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Center of the Young and Athletes, 1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, 3Department of Cardiology, Polyclinic General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Multi-Genetic Origins of Phenotypic Markers of the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease [PDF]
O. GUCLU, C. YAVUZ, O. KARAHAN
Medical School of Dicle University, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Obesity: «Οὐκ ἐν τῷ Πολλῷ τὸ Εύ» (Less is More) [PDF]
I.E. KALLIKAZAROS
Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Medicine and a Country in Decline [PDF]
P.E. VARDAS
Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece