Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2014, Volume 55, Issue 2 March - April

HJC 2014, Volume 55, Issue 2 March - April

Coumarins, a Class of Drugs with a Unique Contribution to Medicine: The Tale of Their Discovery [PDF]
N.B. KARATZAS
Second Department of Cardiology, "Hygeia" Hospital, Athens, Greece

Risk Factors Clustering Within the Metabolic Syndrome: A Pattern or by Chance? [PDF]
B. PARAPID1,2, M.C. OSTOJIC1,3, N.M. LALIC1,4, D. MICIC1,4, S. DAMJANOVIC1,4, D. BUBANJA5, D. SIMIC1,2, K. LALIC1,4, S. POLOVINA4, J. MARINKOVIC1,6, N.M. MILIC1,6
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; 2Division of Cardiology - Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; 3Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia; 4Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders - Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; 5Department of Endocrinology, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia; 6Institute for Medical Statistics and Informatics

H2O2 Evokes Injury of Cardiomyocytes Through Upregulating HMGB1 [PDF]
J. XIE, X. ZHOU, X. HU, H. JIANG
Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

How to Measure the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Head-to-Head Comparison of Methods [PDF]
C. DOESCH1,3, H. MICHAELY2,3, D. HAGHI1,3, S.O. SCHOENBERG2,3, M. BORGGREFE1,3, T. PAPAVASSILIU1,3
1First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 2Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 3DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) partner site Mannheim, Germany

Early Cardiac Gene Transcript Levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Reflect Severity in Stable Coronary Artery Disease [PDF]
J.E. KONTARAKI1,2, G.E. KOCHIADAKIS1, M.E. MARKETOU1, G. CHLOUVERAKIS3, N.E. IGOUMENIDIS1, I.G. SALOUSTROS1, P.E. VARDAS1
1Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, 2Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 3Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Genetic Variant in the CYP17 Gene and Risk of Premature Coronary Artery Disease [PDF]
K. AGIANNITOPOULOS1, A. KYPARISSI1, A. MANGINAS2, S. PAPAMENZELOPOULOS2, K. LAMNISSOU1
1Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, 2First Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

Surgical Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Greece: A Single-Center Initial Experience [PDF]
G.K. EFTHIMIADIS1, A. PITSIS2, E.D. PAGOURELIAS1, V. KAMPERIDIS1, T. KELPIS2, S. MEDITSKOU3, S. HADJIMILTIADES1, V. NINIOS2, N. MEZILIS2, B.J. MARON4, I.H. STYLIADIS1
1Cardiomyopathies Center, First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2St. Luke's Cardiac Surgery Institute, 3Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; 4Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis, Minessota, USA

Epidemiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus (CYPACS Study, Cyprus Study of Acute Coronary Syndromes) [PDF]
L. ANTONIADES1,2, T. CHRISTODOULIDES2, P. GEORGIOU2, C. HADJILOUCA2, E. CHRISTODOULOU2, E. PAPASAVAS2, E. NICOLAIDES2, D. PANAGIOTAKOS3, C. PITSAVOS4
1Department of Cardiology, Larnaca General Hospital, 2Department of Cardiology, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus; 3Department of Nutrition-Dietetics, Harokopio University, 4First Cardiology Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Long-Term Prognostic Value of Longitudinal Strain of Right Ventricle in Patients with Moderate Heart Failure [PDF]
E. VIZZARDI, A. D'ALOIA, G. CARETTA, T. BORDONALI, I. BONADEI, R. ROVETTA, F. QUINZANI, S. BUGATTI, A. CURNIS, M. METRA
Department of Applied and Experimental Medicine, Chair of Cardiology, University of Brescia, Italy

Genetics and Coronary Artery Disease: Present and Future [PDF]
K. BAMPALI1, A. MOUZAROU2, K. LAMNISOU1, D. BABALIS2
1Genetic Biotechnology Division, Department of Biology, University of Athens, 2Department of Cardiology, "KAT" General Hospital of Attica, Greece

Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Paravalvular Leak Closure [PDF]
J. PALIOS, V. BABALIAROS, S. LERAKIS
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Left Atrial Thrombus Mimicking a Myxoma in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [PDF]
U. KHALID, P. HIRUDAYARAJ, N. LAKKIS, R. TABBAA
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Echocardiographic Demonstration of Coronary Artery to Left Ventricle Fistulas: Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
S. MARAGKOUDAKIS, A. PATRIANAKOS, E. KALLERGIS, F. PARTHENAKIS, P. VARDAS
Cardiology Department, Heraklion University hospital, Crete, Greece

Transapical Approach for Closure of Mitral Periprosthetic Leak [PDF]
O.A. GARCIA-VILLARREAL
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of Cardiology UMAE 34, IMSS, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Stable Coronary Artery Disease [PDF]
I.E. KALLIKAZAROS
Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Education and Growth: A Continuing Priority [PDF]
P.E. VARDAS
Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece

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