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Complications of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in a High-Volume Center in 1,000 Procedures: Still Cause for Concern? by DAGRES, NIKOLAOS, HINDRICKS, GERHARD, KOTTKAMP, HANS, SOMMER, PHILIPP, GASPAR, THOMAS, BODE, KERSTIN, ARYA, ARASH, HUSSER, DANIELA, RALLIDIS, LOUKIANOS S., KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH, PIORKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER

“…Introduction: Catheter ablation is potentially curative treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, complications are more frequent and more severe…”
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Association of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction with elevated NT-pro-BNP in general intensive care unit patients with preserved ejection fraction: a complementary role of tissue Doppler imaging parameters and NT-pro-BNP levels for adverse outcome by Ikonomidis, Ignatios, Nikolaou, Maria, Dimopoulou, Ioanna, Paraskevaidis, Ioannis, Lekakis, John, Mavrou, Irini, Tzanela, Marinella, Kopterides, Petros, Tsangaris, Iraklis, Armaganidis, Apostolos, Kremastinos, Dimitrios T H

“…The mechanisms of the N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) release in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with preserved ejection fraction (EF)…”
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Rapid Detection and Successful Treatment of Esophageal Perforation After Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Lessons from Five Cases by DAGRES, NIKOLAOS, KOTTKAMP, HANS, PIORKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER, DOLL, NICOLAS, MOHR, FRIEDRICH, HORLITZ, MARC, KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH, HINDRICKS, GERHARD

“…Introduction: The aim of the study was to identify criteria for rapid recognition and successful treatment of esophageal perforation after radiofrequency…”
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Novel association patterns of cardiac remodeling markers in patients with essential hypertension and atrial fibrillation by Kalogeropoulos, Andreas S, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Rigopoulos, Angelos G, Sakadakis, Eleftherios A, Triantafyllis, Andreas, Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th, Rizos, Ioannis

“…Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) are essential for the cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. We investigated…”
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Heart Rate Turbulence After Short Runs of Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Chronic Heart Failure by FLEVARI, PANAYOTA, GEORGIADOU, PANAGIOTA, LEFTHERIOTIS, DIONYSSIOS, LIVANIS, EFTHIMIOS, THEODORAKIS, GEORGE, TH KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS

“…Background: Heart rate turbulence (HRT) following isolated premature complexes is a baroreceptor‐mediated prognostic marker. Short runs of spontaneous,…”
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Inflammatory and non-invasive vascular markers: The multimarker approach for risk stratification in coronary artery disease by Ikonomidis, Ignatios, Stamatelopoulos, Kimon, Lekakis, John, Vamvakou, Georgia D, Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th

“…Abstract Current thinking supports the notion that several inflammatory proteins intervene with endothelium and haemostatic factors leading to plaque formation…”
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Situational Syncope by LIVANIS, EFTHIMIOS G., LEFTHERIOTIS, DIONYSSIOS, THEODORAKIS, GEORGE N., FLEVARI, PANAGIOTA, ZARVALIS, ELIAS, KOLOKATHIS, FOTIS, KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…Among sequential patients with neurally‐mediated syncope, we studied the response to head‐up tilt test (HUTT) in patients with situational syncope (SS) and…”
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Vasovagal syncope: a prospective, randomized, crossover evaluation of the effect of propranolol, nadolol and placebo on syncope recurrence and patients’ well-being by Flevari, Panagiota, Livanis, Efthimios G, Theodorakis, George N, Zarvalis, Elias, Mesiskli, Theoni, Kremastinos, Dimitrios T.h

“…We sought to assess the relative therapeutic efficacy of propranolol, nadolol and placebo in recurrent vasovagal syncope (VVS). Central and peripheral…”
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Pharmacological pre- and post- conditioning agents: reperfusion-injury of the heart revisited by Andreadou, Ioanna, Iliodromitis, Efstathios K, Koufaki, Maria, Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th

“…Ischemic preconditioning (PC) and postconditioning (PostC) are endogenous mechanisms of protection of the ischemic heart. In brief, short cycles of sublethal…”
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Design and synthesis of nitrate esters of aromatic heterocyclic compounds as pharmacological preconditioning agents by Fotopoulou, Theano, Iliodromitis, Efstathios K., Koufaki, Maria, Tsotinis, Andrew, Zoga, Anastasia, Gizas, Vassilis, Pyriochou, Anastasia, Papapetropoulos, Andreas, Andreadou, Ioanna, Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th

“…Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) constitutes an endogenous protective mechanism in which one or more brief periods of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion render…”
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The Role of the Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitor Sertraline in Nondepressive Patients with Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure: A Preliminary Study by LEFTHERIOTIS, DIONYSSIOS, FLEVARI, PANAYOTA, IKONOMIDIS, IGNATIOS, DOUZENIS, ATHANASIOS, LIAPIS, CHRISOVALANDIS, PARASKEVAIDIS, IOANNIS, ILIODROMITIS, EFSTATHIOS, LYKOURAS, LEFTERIS, KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…Background:  Selective serotonin re‐uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been associated with better psychiatric status, functional capacity, and fewer arrhythmias…”
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The Ischemia-Modified Albumin in Relation to Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation by SBAROUNI, EFTIHIA, GEORGIADOU, PANAGIOTA, PANAGIOTAKOS, DEMOSTHENES, LIVANIS, EFTHIMIOS, THEODORAKIS, GEORGE N., KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…Background: Ischemia‐modified albumin (IMA) is considered a marker of myocardial ischemia whereas cardiac enzymes are released when cardiac necrosis occurs. It…”
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The Role of the Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitor Sertraline in Nondepressive Patients with Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure: A Preliminary Study: SERTRALINE IN HEART FAILURE by LEFTHERIOTIS, DIONYSSIOS, FLEVARI, PANAYOTA, IKONOMIDIS, IGNATIOS, DOUZENIS, ATHANASIOS, LIAPIS, CHRISOVALANDIS, PARASKEVAIDIS, IOANNIS, ILIODROMITIS, EFSTATHIOS, LYKOURAS, LEFTERIS, KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

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Usefulness of endothelin A receptor antagonists for the prevention of in-stent restenosis in patients with stable angina pectoris or silent myocardial ischemia by Kyriakides, Zenon S., Psychari, Stavroula N., Kolettis, Theofilos M., Georgiadis, Michael, Antoniadis, Aias, Kremastinos, Dimitrios T.h.

“…To examine the efficacy of endothelinA receptor antagonism in reducing in-stent restenosis, 52 patients with stable angina who underwent elective angioplasty…”
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Antiinflammatory Effects of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure by THEODORAKIS, GEORGE N., FLEVARI, PANAGIOTA, KROUPIS, CHRISTOS, ADAMOPOULOS, STAMATIS, LIVANIS, EFTHIMIOS G., KOSTOPOULOU, ANNA, KOLOKATHIS, FOTIS, PARASKEVAIDIS, IOANNIS A., LEFTHERIOTIS, DIONYSSIOS, KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacing has been proposed as an additional treatment to medical therapy to improve heart failure patients…”
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Tissue Doppler Imaging Analysis at Pre-Cardioversion Time Predicts Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation: A 12-Month Follow-Up Study by PARASKEVAIDIS, IOANNIS A., VARTELA, VASSILIKI, TSIAPRAS, DIMITRIOS, ILIODROMITIS, EFSTATHIOS K., PARISSIS, JOHN, FARMAKIS, DIMITRIOS, KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…Introduction: Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) has been extensively used in several clinical settings. We aimed to investigate whether TDI can predict recurrent…”
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Angiotensin II fails to induce preconditioning in vivo--the protective role of myocardial stretch due to pressure overload by Iliodromitis, Efstathios K, Vlahakos, Demetrios V, Bofilis, Elias, Karavolias, George K, Tasouli, Androniki, Kremastinos, Dimitrios T H

“…Angiotensin II (Ang) has been successfully used as a preconditioning analogue in isolated rabbit hearts. It is also known that local concentrations of Ang…”
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Baroreflexes in Vasovagal Syncope: Two Types of Abnormal Response by FLEVARI, PANAGIOTA P., LIVANIS, EFTHIMIOS G., THEODORAKIS, GEORGE N., MESISKLI, THEONI, ZARVALIS, ELIAS, KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…FLEVARI, P.P., et al.: Baroreflexes in Vasovagal Syncope: Two Types of Abnormal Response. Heart rate changes to hypotensive stimuli (baroreceptor sensitivity…”
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Absence of Effects of Short-Term Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Resting and Exertional QT and QTc Dispersion in Postmenopausal Women with Coronary Artery Disease by SBAROUNI, EFTIHIA, ZARVALIS, ELIAS, KYRIAKIDES, ZENON S., KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…Women, on average, have a longer QT interval on the electrocardiogram and are at higher risk of developing torsade de pointes from antiarrhythmic therapy than…”
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Absence of Effects of Short‐Term Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Resting and Exertional QT and QT c Dispersion in Postmenopausal Women with Coronary Artery Disease by SBAROUNI, EFTIHIA, ZARVALIS, ELIAS, KYRIAKIDES, ZENON S., KREMASTINOS, DIMITRIOS TH

“…Women, on average, have a longer QT interval on the electrocardiogram and are at higher risk of developing torsade de pointes from antiarrhythmic therapy than…”
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