Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2009, Volume 50, Issue 4 July - August

HJC 2009, Volume 50, Issue 4 July - August

Percutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation: Present and Future. Controlled Clinical Application Before the Results of Randomised Trials [PDF]
K. SPARGIAS
1st. Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

Imaging of Atherosclerosis: Invasive and Noninvasive Techniques [PDF]
J.E. VAN VELZEN1,2, J.D. SCHUIJF1, F.R. DE GRAAF1, J. WOUTER JUKEMA1,2, A. DE ROOS3, L.J. KROFT3, M.J. SCHALIJ1, J.H.C. REIBER3, E.E. VAN DERWALL1,2, J.J. BAX1
1Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, 2Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Utrecht, 3Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Nicosia General Hospital Cardiac Arrest Team: First Year's Practice and Outcomes of In-Hospital Resuscitation [PDF]
C. EFTYCHIOU1, M. GEORGIOU2, A. ANDREOU1, A. MICHAELIDES1, K. YIANGOU1, A. DELIGEORGIS1, P. PETROU1, P. GEORGIOU1, T. CHRISTODOULIDES1, L. MAKRI3, E. GEORGIOU4, T. PATSIA4, E. NICOLAIDES4, M. MINAS1
1Cardiology Department, 2Resuscitation Officer, Nicosia General Hospital, 3Statistical Service of Cyprus, 4Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus

Assessment of Quality of Life Using Three Activity Questionnaires in Heart Failure Patients After Monthly, Intermittent Administration of Levosimendan During a Six-Month Period [PDF]
E.F. PAPADOPOULOU, S.I. MAVROGENI, A. DRITSAS, D.V. COKKINOS
1st Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

Myocardial Deformation Imaging of the Systemic Right Ventricle by Two-Dimensional Strain Echocardiography in Patients with D-Transposition of the Great Arteries [PDF]
A.P. KALOGEROPOULOS, V.V. GEORGIOPOULOU, G. GIAMOUZIS, M.-A. PERNETZ, A. ANADIOTIS, M. MCCONNELL, S. LERAKIS, J. BUTLER, W.M. BOOK, R.P. MARTIN
Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

Reliability Measures of the Short International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) in Greek Young Adults [PDF]
G. PAPATHANASIOU1, G. GEORGOUDIS1, M. PAPANDREOU1, P. SPYROPOULOS1, D. GEORGAKOPOULOS2, V. KALFAKAKOU3, A. EVANGELOU3
1Physical Therapy Department, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, 2Cardiology Department, "P & Aglaia Kyriakou" Children's Hospital of Athens, 3Physiology Laboratory, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece

Strategies in the Management of Extensive Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms [PDF]
P.G. HOUNTIS, K.A. PLESTIS
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA

Menopause and Hormone Therapy: From Vascular Endothelial Function to Cardiovascular Disease [PDF]
A. BECHLIOULIS1, K.K. NAKA1,2, O. PAPANIKOLAOU3, E. KONTOSTOLIS3, S.N. KALANTARIDOU1,3, L.K. MICHALIS1,2
1Michaelidion Cardiac Centre, 2Department of Cardiology, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Thrombosis of a Mitral Mechanical Prosthesis [PDF]
D. BELDEKOS, G. TSIAOUSIS, K. VOGIATZIDIS, S. HANDANIS
Echocardiography Laboratory, Cardiology Department, Tzaneio Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis Complicated with Annular Abscess, Sub-aortic Obstruction and Valve Dehiscence [PDF]
J.A. HASSOULAS1, A.P. PATRIANAKOS2, F.I. PARTHENAKIS2, P.E. VARDAS2
1Cardiac Surgery and 2Cardiology Departments, Heraklion University Hospital Crete, Greece

Small Loop Re-entry Tachycardia Between Left Atrium and Left Superior Pulmonary Vein: A Late Arrhythmogenic Complication After Pulmonary Vein Ablation Isolation. How Useful Is P-Wave Morphology? [PDF]
S. NEDIOS1, M. TANG1, G. YI1, J.-HONG GERDS-LI1, E. FLECK1, I. KARABINOS2, C. KRIATSELIS1
1German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany; 2Cardiology Department, Euroclinic, Athens, Greece

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Presenting with Intra-Operative Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death and Takotsubo-Like Left Ventricular Functional Abnormalities [PDF]
S. ZAMAN1, N. RAMESH2, P. KOVOOR1
1Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW, Australia

Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Documentation of Pacemaker Lead Perforation Presenting as Acute Pericarditis [PDF]
A.S. STEFANIDIS, P.N. MARGOS, A.A. KOTSAKIS, E.G. PAPASTERIADIS
1st Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Nicea, Piraeus, Greece

Brugada-Type ECG Pattern in Patients Treated with Oral Flecainide for Lone Atrial Fibrillation: Is There Any Clinical Implication? [PDF]
K.P. LETSAS, R. WEBER, T. ARENTZ, D. KALUSCHE
Arrhythmia Service, Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany

The Treatment of Stable Coronary Artery Disease in Diabetics: The Battle Between "Conservative" and "Invasive" Continues [PDF]
V.N. Pyrgakis
Department of Cardiology, "G. Gennimatas" Hospital, Athens, Greece

Academic Medicine Today: Passion is Needed [PDF]
P.E. Vardas
Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece