Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2013, Volume 54, Issue 6 November - December

HJC 2013, Volume 54, Issue 6 November - December

The Right Ventricle Revisited [PDF]
S. KONSTANTINIDES
Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Effect of Statin Pretreatment on the Outcome of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients Without Prior History of Coronary Artery Disease [PDF]
D. MYTAS1, M. ZAIRIS2, A. KARANASOS3, L. KOSMA1, P. ARSENOS1, C. TENTOLOURIS3, C. PITSAVOS3, S. FOUSSAS2, C. STEFANADIS3, D. COKKINOS4
1Cardiology Department, Sismanoglion Hospital, Athens, 2Cardiology Department, Tzanio Hospital, Piraeus, 3First Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, 4Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

The Usefulness of T-wave Peak to T-wave End Interval in Identifying Malignant Arrhythmias in Patients with Chagas Disease [PDF]
L. ARMAGANIJAN1, D.A. MOREIRA1, R.R. NOLASCO DE ARAúJO1, M.A. PUZZI1, F.P. MUNHOZ1, M.J. CARVALHO1, L.N. GALLO1, J.Í.D. FRANçA1 RENATO D. LOPES2
1Division of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, São Paulo, Brazil; 2Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA

Influence of Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab on Systemic Blood Pressure Changes in Patients with Exudative Form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration [PDF]
D. RISIMIC1,2, S. MILENKOVIC1,2, D. NIKOLIC3, D. SIMEUNOVIC1,4, V. JAKSIC1,5, M. STOJKOVIC1,2, I. STEFANOVIC1,2, N. JAKOVIC1,2, M. PROSTRAN1
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2Clinic for Eye Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, 3Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Children's Hospital, 4Clinic for Cardiology, Clinical Center of Serbia, 5University Eye Clinic Zvezdara, Belgrade, Serbia

High-Risk Profile in a Region with Extremely Elevated Cardiovascular Mortality [PDF]
A. LAUCEVIČIUS1,2, E. RINKŪNIENĖ1,3, V. SKORNIAKOV3, Ž. PETRULIONIENĖ1, V. KASIULEVIČIUS1, D. JATUŽIS1,3, L. RYLIŠKYTĖ3, J. BADARIENĖ3, J. KLUMBIENĖ4, R. ŠLAPIKAS4, R. KIZLAITIS3; On behalf of the Steering Committee of the LitHiR programme
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vilnius University, 2State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 3Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos, 4Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

3D Vena Contracta Area to Quantify Severity of Mitral Regurgitation: A Practical New Tool? [PDF]
D. MARAGIANNIS, S.H. LITTLE
The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Percutaneous Transcatheter Therapy of Non-Coronary Structural Cardiac Disease [PDF]
M. VAVURANAKIS, K. AZNAOURIDIS, C. STEFANADIS
First Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Multiple Aortic Pseudoaneurysms Due to Detachment of the Composite Graft After Bentall Operation [PDF]
L.S. RALLIDIS1, N.L. KELEKIS2, P. PSAROYANNAKOPOULOS1, A. ANTONIADIS1, M. ANASTASIOU-NANA1
1Second Department of Cardiology, 2Second Department of Radiology, Attikon Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece

Epistenocardiac Pericarditis [PDF]
C. DOULAPTSIS, A. CAZACU, S. DYMARKOWSKI, K. GOETSCHALCKX, J. BOGAERT
Medical Imaging Research Center, Leuven University Hospital, Belgium

A Tachycardia with Varying QRS Morphology and RP Intervals: Differential Diagnosis and Therapy [PDF]
S. KOROVESIS, E. GIAZITZOGLOU, D.G. KATRITSIS
Department of Cardiology, Athens Euroclinic, Athens, Greece

Radiofrequency Ablation of Post-Incisional Atrial Flutter and High-Output Heart Failure in a Patient with Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia [PDF]
S. SEETHALA1, H. SHAH2, F. KNOLLMANN3, R. RAMANI4, J. NěMEC4
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers-Mercy Hospital; currently at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; 2Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; currently at TriHealth Heart Institute, Cincinnati, OH; 3Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh; currently at University of California Davis medical center, Sacramento, CA; 4Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Intrathoracic Impedance Monitor Alarm in a Patient with Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy and Advanced Lung Carcinoma [PDF]
M. CVIJIĆ, D. ŽIŽEK, B. ANTOLIĆ, I. ZUPAN
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Coronary Vasospasm Induced by Cytostatic Drugs: Kounis Syndrome Seems to Be the Most Likely Culprit [PDF]
A. MAZARAKIS1, J. GOUDEVENOS2, N.G. KOUNIS1
1Department of Cardiology, Patras State General Hospital, Patras, 2Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece

Renal Denervation: The Irish Experience [PDF]
S-M. KYVELOU1,2, F. SHARIF1, S. TUOHY1, N-A. JATOI1, C. VLACHOPOULOS2, C. STEFANADIS2
1Cardiology Department, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland; 2First Cardiology Clinic, Athens University, Hippokrateion Hospital, Athens, Greece

A New Concept of Cardiology Textbook? [PDF]
P.E. VARDAS
President, European Society of Cardiology

Smoking [PDF]
I.E. KALLIKAZAROS
Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Cardiovascular Medicine: At the Crossroads [PDF]
P.E. VARDAS
Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece; President, ESC