Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2012, Volume 53, Issue 1 January - February

HJC 2012, Volume 53, Issue 1 January - February

Real-Time 3-Dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography: An Indispensable Resident in the Catheter Laboratory [PDF]
C. AGGELI1, M. BELLAMY1, N. SUTARIA1, C. STEFANADIS2, P. NIHOYANNOPOULOS1
1Department of Cardiology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK; 2First Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

William Harvey (1578-1657): Discoverer of Blood Circulation [PDF]
G. ANDROUTSOS1, M. KARAMANOU1, C. STEFANADIS2
1History of Medicine Department, 2First Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

Integration of Intracardiac Echocardiographic Imaging of the Left Atrium with Electroanatomic Mapping Data for Pulmonary Vein Isolation: First-in-Greece Experience with the CartoSound™ System and Brief Literature Review [PDF]
S. DEFTEREOS1, G. GIANNOPOULOS1, C. KOSSYVAKIS1, V. PANAGOPOULOU1, K. RAISAKIS1, A. KAOUKIS1, K. DOUDOUMIS1, V. PYRGAKIS1, A.S. MANOLIS2, C. STEFANADIS3
1Department of Cardiology, Athens General Hospital "G. Gennimatas", 2First Department of Cardiology, Evaggelismos General Hospital, 3First Department of Cardiology, Hippokrateion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

Smoking and Physical Activity Interrelations in Health Science Students. Is Smoking Associated with Physical Inactivity in Young Adults? [PDF]
G. PAPATHANASIOU1, M. PAPANDREOU1, A. GALANOS2, E. KORTIANOU3, E. TSEPIS4, V. KALFAKAKOU5, A. EVANGELOU6
1Physical Therapy Department, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens, 2Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System, Medical School, University of Athens, 3Physical Therapy Department, TEI of Lamia, 4Physical Therapy Department, TEI of Patras, 5Environmental Physiology Unit, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 6Physiology Laboratory, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece

Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Control of Hypertension Among Elderly Greeks. The Nemea Primary Care Study [PDF]
E.A. SKLIROS1, S.A. PAPADODIMA2, A. SOTIROPOULOS1, C. XIPNITOS1, A. KOLLIAS1, C.A. SPILIOPOULOU2
1Nemea Medical Centre, Nemea, 2Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece

Epidemiological Characteristics and In-Hospital Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Greece: Results from the TARGET Study [PDF]
G. ANDRIKOPOULOS1, S. TZEIS1, I. MANTAS2, C. OLYMPIOS3, A. KITSIOU4, A. KARTALIS5, A. KRANIDIS6, T. TSAKNAKIS7, D. RICHTER8, A. PRAS9, A. PIPILIS10, S. LAMPROPOULOS11, K. OIKONOMOU12, A. GOTSIS13, M. ANASTASIOU-NANA14, F. TRIPOSKIADIS15, J. GOUDEVENOS16, G. THEODORAKIS1, P. VARDAS17
1Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, 2General Hospital of Halkida, Halkida, Evia, 3Thriassio General Hospital, Athens, 4Sismanoglio General Hospital, Athens, 5Chios General Hospital, Chios, 6General Hospital Agia Varvara, Athens, 7Achilopouleio General Hospital of Volos, Volos, 8Euroclinic Hospital of Athens, Athens, 9General Hospital of Chania, Chania, Crete, 10Hygeia Hospital Athens, Athens, 11Bodosakeio General Hospital of Ptolemaida, Ptolemaida, 12General Hospital of Edessa, Edessa, 13General Hospital of Komotini, Komotini, 14Attikon University Hospital, Athens, 15University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, 16University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, 17University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete

Blood Pressure and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Children and Adolescents: The Role of Obesity [PDF]
S. STABOULI1,2, V. KOTSIS2, C. KARAGIANNI3, N. ZAKOPOULOS4, A. KONSTANTOPOULOS5
1Children's Intensive Care Unit, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, 2Hypertension & 24-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring Laboratory, Third Internal Medicine Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, 3Second Paediatric Department, University of Athens, "Aglaia Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, 4Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, 5Iaso Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece

Atrial Fibrillation and Thromboembolic Risk in Greece [PDF]
P. KORANTZOPOULOS1, G. ANDRIKOPOULOS2, K. VEMMOS3, J.A. GOUDEVENOS1, P.E. VARDAS4
1Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, 2Department of Cardiology, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, 3Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, 4Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Myocardial Ischemia and Viability by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: The International Experience and the Greek Reality [PDF]
S. MAVROGENI, K. BRATIS, G. KOLOVOU
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

Current Therapy of Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes [PDF]
G. PAXINOS1, D.G. KATRITSIS2
1Ithaca Medical Center, Ithaca, 2Department of Cardiology, Athens Euroclinic, Athens, Greece

Isolation of a Pulmonary Vein Originating from the Roof of the Left Atrium [PDF]
M. EFREMIDIS, K. LETSAS, G. KOLLIAS, P. SKOUFOGIANNI, A. SIDERIS
Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital Athens, Greece

Unusual Site of Origin of a Non-Automatic Focal Right Ventricular Tachycardia [PDF]
T.N. SHALGANOV, M.K. STOYANOV, M.M. PROTICH
Department of Cardiology, National Heart Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

Delayed Diagnosis of Fabry Disease Presenting as Myocardial Ischaemia [PDF]
M. MARCÌ1, G. DURO2, A. TUTTOLOMONDO3, A. PINTO3, V. CIRRINCIONE1, N. SANFILIPPO1
1Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia & Cervello, 2CNR-IBIM, "A. Monroy" Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, 3Department of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Renal Artery Aneurysms: An Uncommon Entity of Severe Hypertension [PDF]
H. TRIANTAFYLLIDI1, J. PAPADAKIS1, E. BROUNTZOS2, C. ARVANITI3, K. THEODOROPOULOS4, I. PANAYIOTIDES5, A. GEORGAKOPOULOS6, M. TZANELA7, E. VASS ILATOU8, J. LEKAKIS1, M. ANASTASIOU-NANA1
1Second Department of Cardiology, 2Second Department of Radiology, 3Second Department of Neurology, 4Second Department of Dermatology and Venereology, 5Department of Pathology, 6Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital; 7Department of Endocrinology, Evangelismos Hospital; 8Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece

A National Adult Congenital Heart Disease Registry in Greece: A Big Challenge [PDF]
G. PARCHARIDIS
Professor of Cardiology

Stents for Coronary Artery Disease: From Covered to Drug-Eluting to Bioabsorbable … [PDF]
C.I. STEFANADIS
1st Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

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