Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2002, Volume 43, Issue 6 November - December

HJC 2002, Volume 43, Issue 6 November - December

Preconditioning - A Paradigm of Yin and Yang [PDF]
DENNIS V. COKKINOS
First Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Etiology of Valvular Heart Disease in the 21st Century [PDF]
HARISIOS BOUDOULAS
Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Unstable Angina. Angiographic Morphology of the Atherosclerotic Lesion and Clinical Outcome [PDF]
STYLIANOS A. PARASKEVAIDIS, STAVROS M. XATZIMILTIADIS, GEORGE O. DAKOS, DIMITRIOS N. ADAMIDIS, JOHN H. STYLIADIS, GEORGE E. PARHARIDIS,GEORGE E. LOURIDAS
First Cardiology Clinic, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

The Role of Carotid Atherosclerosis in the Distinction Between Ischaemic and non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
ARISTIDES E. ANDROULAKIS, GEORGIOS K. ANDRIKOPOULOS, ATHANASIOS N. KARTALIS, PAVLOS N. STOUGIANNOS, ANASTASIOS E. MARKOPOULOS, DIMITRIS J. RICHTER, GEORGIOS S. GOUMAS, CATHERINE K. AVGEROPOULOU, DIMITRIS N. CHRISSOS, KONSTANTINOS A. TENTOLOURIS, IOANNIS E. GIALAFOS
Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, State Cardiology Department, Greece

The Predictive Accuracy of the RR Interval Distribution Pattern in the Detection of Dual AV Node Physiology in Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
CONSTANTINE PAMBOUCAS, SOFIA CHATZIDOU, STAVROS VOYATZIS, SOTIRIA STAMBOLA, IOANNIS ANTONELLI, STELIOS ROKAS
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Athens University School of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Greece

Dispersion of QT and QRS in Patients with Severe Congestive Heart Failure: Relation to Cardiac and Sudden Death Mortality [PDF]
ELEFTHERIA P. TSAGALOU, MARIA I. ANASTASIOU-NANA, LABROS A. KARAGOUNIS, GEORGE P. ALEXOPOULOS, CHRISTINA BATZIOU, SAVAS TOUMANIDIS, EMANOUELLA PAPADAKI, JOHN N. NANAS, STAMATIOS F. STAMATELOPOULOS
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, "Alexandra" Hospital, Athens, Greece

Brachytherapy for Treatment of Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Proven therapy or premature application of technology with unknown long-term effects? [PDF]
GREGORY S. PAVLIDES
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

How Safe is the Hypolipidaemic Drug Treatment? [PDF]
LOUKIANOS S. RALLIDIS, THOMAS S. APOSTOLOU
Second Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Nikea, Piraeus, Greece

Gene Therapy and Coronary Artery Disease [PDF]
CHARALAMBOS A. ANTONIADIS, DIMITRIS TOUSOULIS
University Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Surgical Revascularization of the Left Anterior Descending Artery with the MIDCAB Technique [PDF]
APOSTOLOS D. BISBOS, NIKOS SKUBAS, GEORGE N. MINADAKIS, DIMITRIS SMIRLIS, GEORGE KARKANIS, PANAGIOTIS K. SPANOS
Interbalkan European Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece

Ruptured Aneurysm of the Right Sinus of Valsalva Into the Right Ventricle [PDF]
JOHN A. LAKOUMENTAS1, MARIA S. BONOU1, STELLA BRILI2, CONSTANTINOS S. THEOCHARIS1, ALEXANDROS D. BENROUBIS1,ANASTASIA S. PERPINIA1, PANAGIOTIS K. HARBIS1
1Cardiology Department, Athens Peripheral General Hospital "Polykliniki", 2Athens University Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital

Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture During Acute Myocardial Infarction. Early Diagnosis and Treatment [PDF]
NIKOLAOS I. EXADAKTYLOS1, ATHANASSIOS I. KRANIDIS1, MICHALIS O. ARGYRIOU2, CHRISTOS G. CHARITOS2, GEORGIOS K. ANDRIKOPOULOS1
1First Cardiology and 2Second Heart Surgery Clinic, "Evangelismos" Regional General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Double Thrombolysis with rt-PA in a Patient with Massive Pulmonary Embolism and Antiphospholipid Syndrome [PDF]
STAVROS G. SPANODIMOS, DIONYSIOS G. ANTONATOS, KONSTANTINOS TH. SOTIRELLOS, SOCRATES P. PATSILINAKOS, ANASTASIOS I. ANDRIKOU, EFROSINI CH. PARASKEVOPOULOU, DIMITRIOS L. TSIGAS
Cardiology Department, Konstantopoulio General Hospital - Agia Olga, Athens, Greece

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