Contribution of the Endothelin System to the Genesis and Maintenance of Atrial Fibrillation: Review of the Literature and Clinical Implications [PDF]
G.G. BALTOGIANNIS1, T.M. KOLETTIS2, G. BATTISTA CHIERCHIA1, J. SIEIRA1, G. DI GIOVANNI1, P. BRUGADA1
1Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; 2University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Clinical Assessment in Acute Heart Failure [PDF]
N.S. KAKOUROS1, S.N. KAKOUROS2
1University of Massachusetts, MA, USA; 2Cardiac Department, "Amalia Fleming" General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Validation of the HellenicSCORE (a Calibration of the ESC SCORE Project) Regarding 10-Year Risk of Fatal Cardiovascular Disease in Greece [PDF]
D.B. PANAGIOTAKOS1, E.N. GEORGOUSOPOULOU1, A.P. FITZGERALD2, C. PITSAVOS3, C. STEFANADIS3
1Department of Nutrition – Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece; 2Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Department of Statistics, University College Cork, Ireland; 3First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Are Cardiac Risk Scores Useful in Daily Clinical Practice? [PDF]
C. CHRYSOHOOU
First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Hippokratio Hospital, Athens, Greece
Predictive Value of the No-Reflow Phenomenon and Epicardial Adipose Tissue for Clinical Outcomes After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [PDF]
A.E. ZENCIRCI1, E. ZENCIRCI2, A. DEĞIRMENCIOĞLU3, A. ERDEM1, G. KARAKUŞ2, K. ÖZDEN1, F. KARADENIZ1, A. BUTURAK3, E. BELEN4, F. TIPI4, M. EREN1
1Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 2Department of Cardiology, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, 3Department of Cardiology, Acibadem University School of Medicine, 4Department of Cardiology, Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Epicardial Adipose Tissue and No-Reflow Phenomenon: Adipokines as Regulators of Coronary Microcirculation? [PDF]
A.S. ANTONOPOULOS1,2, C. ANTONIADES2, D. TOUSOULIS1
1First Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens Medical School, Greece; 2RDM Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Acute Exacerbation Impairs Right Ventricular Function in COPD Patients [PDF]
B. OZBEN1, E. ERYUKSEL2, A.M. TANRIKULU1, N. PAPILA1, T. OZYIGIT3, T. CELIKEL2, Y. BASARAN1
1Department of Cardiology, 2Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, 3Department of Cardiology, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Enterovirus Causing Progression of Heart Failure in a Patient with a History of Myocardial Infarction [PDF]
A. PAWLAK1, M. PRZYBYLSKI2, M. FRONTCZAK-BANIEWICZ4, K. GIL1, A.M. NASIEROWSKA-GUTTMEJER3, R.J. GIL4
1Department of Invasive Cardiology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, 2Chair and Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University, 3Electron Microscopy Platform, Institute of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4Institute of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
First in Greece Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation using the CoreValve Evolut-R Retrievable and Repositionable Bioprosthesis with the InLine Sheath and the EnVeo Loading Guiding Catheter: A Major Advantage for Small-Diameter Access Vessels [PDF]
M. VAVURANAKIS1, D.A. VRACHATIS1, G. SIASOS1, S. VAINA1, K. FILIS2, F. SIGALA2, K. KALOGERAS1, A-M. KOLOKATHIS1, C. MOLDOVAN1, T.G. PAPAIOANNOU1, C. AGGELI1, D. TOUSOULIS1
1First Department of Cardiology, 2First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Vascular Surgery Division, Hippokration Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva: Not Always an Aneurysm [PDF]
A. CHATZIS1, M. KANAKIS1, A. TSOUTSINOS2, F. MITROPOULOS1
1Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, 2Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Treatment of a Severely Degenerated Mitral Bioprosthesis with Transcatheter Valve-In-Valve Implantation. [PDF]
M. CHRISSOHERIS, A. HALAPAS, N. BOUMBOULIS, K. SPARGIAS
Department of Transcatheter Heart Valves, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece
Acute Coronary Syndromes and Comorbidities [PDF]
S. FOUSSAS
Cardiology Department, Tzaneio State Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
Letter from the New Editor [PDF]
D. TOUSOULIS
First Cardiology Department, Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece