Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2015, Volume 56, Issue 2 March - April

HJC 2015, Volume 56, Issue 2 March - April

Cardiovascular Examination in Children: The Risk of Overdiagnosis [PDF]
C. NTELLOS
Department of Cardiology, "Tzaneio" General Hospital of Pireus, Greece

Heart Rate and B-Blockade in Stable Coronary Artery Disease in Greece [PDF]
E. SBAROUNI1, V. VOUDRIS1, P. GEORGIADOU1, M. HAMILOS2, G. STEG3,4,5, K.M. FOX5, N. GREENLAW6, P.E. VARDAS2; on behalf of the Greek CLARIFY investigators
1Second Division of Interventional Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, 2Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece; 3Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 4Département Hospitalo-Universitaire FIRE, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; 5NHLI Imperial College, ICMS, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, 6University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Bilateral Symmetry of Local Inflammatory Activation in Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques [PDF]
G. BENETOS1, K. TOUTOUZAS1, M. DRAKOPOULOU1, E. TOLIS1, C. MASOURA1, C. NIKOLAOU1, D. TSEKOURA1, E. TSIAMIS1, H. GRASSOS1, E. SIORES2, C. STEFANADIS1, D. TOUSOULIS1
1First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece; 2Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, University of Bolton, Bolton, UK

Early and Late Optical Coherence Tomography Findings Following Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Implantation in Myocardial Infarction: A Preliminary Report [PDF]
A. KARANASOS, T. MURAMATSU, R. DILETTI, S. NAUTA, Y. ONUMA, M. LENZEN, S. NAKATANI, N.M. VAN MIEGHEM, C. SCHULTZ, P.P. DE JAEGERE, P.W. SERRUYS, F. ZIJLSTRA, E. REGAR, R.J. VAN GEUNS
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Clinical and Angiographic Characteristics of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Associated with Sudden Cardiac Death [PDF]
S. CARRIZO, R. PEINADO PEINADO, A. SANCHEZ-RECALDE, J. RUIZ-GARCIA, S. JIMENEZ-VALERO, G. GALEOTE, S. GARCIA-BLAS, G. TRUCCO, L. CALVO ORBE, E. LOPEZ-DE-SA, R. MORENO, J.L. LOPEZ-SENDON
Cardiology Department, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Adding Fentanyl to Etomidate Fails to Reduce Painful Recall of External Direct Current Cardioversion in Adults: A Randomised Trial [PDF]
X. SOUVATZIS1, M. KALOGRIDAKI1, H.E. MAVRAKIS2, E.M. KANOUPAKIS2, D. MAROULI3, P. VARDAS2, H. ASKITOPOULOU4
1Department of Anaesthesiology, 2Department of Cardiology, 3Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 4Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Assessment of Nursing Staff's Theoretical Knowledge of Cardiovascular Resuscitation in an NHS Public Hospital [PDF]
L. PLAGISOU1, M. TSIRONI2, S. ZYGA2, I. MOISOGLOU3, N. MANIADAKIS4, P. PREZERAKOS2
1General Hospital Asklepieio Voulas, 2Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, 3General Hospital of Lamia, 4National School of Public Health, Athens

High Furosemide Dose has Detrimental Effects on Survival of Patients with Stable Heart Failure [PDF]
C.J. KAPELIOS, E. KALDARA, A. NTALIANIS, V. SOUSONIS, E. REPASOS, T. SFAKIANAKI, S. VAKROU, C. PANTSIOS, J.N. NANAS, J.V. TERROVITIS
Third Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Urine NGAL as a Biomarker of Kidney Damage After On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Prospective Pilot Study [PDF]
G. KARAOLANIS1, A. KATSAROS1, V.-VARVARA PALLA1, S. LIONAKI2, D. MORIS2, E. KARANIKOLA1, M. KRAVARITOU3, V. DROSSOS1, T. PSARROS1, K. TRIANTAFILLOU1, N. ALEKSANDROPOULOS3, G. ZOGRAFOS4
1First Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, 2Nephrology and Transplantation Center, Laiko Hospital, 3Department of Biochemistry, Hippokration General Hospital, 4First Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, Athens, Greece

Imaging of Acute Aortic Syndrome: Advantages, Disadvantages and Pitfalls [PDF]
E. APOSTOLAKIS1, N.A. PAPAKONSTANTINOU2, N.G. BAIKOUSSIS3, A. PETROU4, J. GOUDEVENOS5
1Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina, 2General Surgery Department, General Oncology Hospital of Kifissia "Agioi Anargyroi" Kifissia, Athens, Greece; 3Cardiac Surgery Department, L’Institut Mutualiste Montsuris, Paris, France; 4Department of Anesthesia and Postoperative Intensive Care, 5Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Giant Right Atrium Late After Left-Sided Heart-Valve Replacement: Re-Do Cardiac Surgery for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation [PDF]
G. LAZOPOULOS, E. KAMPITAKIS, D. PAVLOPOULOS, G. CHALKIADAKIS
Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Calcified Apical Intramyocardial Hematoma in an Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Man: A Multimodality Imaging Approach [PDF]
S. VAINA, I. FELEKOS, C. AGGELI, C. STEFANADIS
First Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Can Univentricular Heart Be Associated with "Rigid Body Rotation"? A Case from the Three-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiographic MAGYAR-Path Study [PDF]
A. NEMES, K. HAVASI, P. DOMSIK, A. KALAPOS, T. FORSTER
Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Centre, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Broad Goals of the HCS for the Reduction of Mortality and Morbidity [PDF]
S. FOUSSAS
Cardiology Department, Tzaneio State Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

Cardiology in the Next Two Decades: Just Imagine [PDF]
P.E. VARDAS 
Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece
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