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High Bone Turnover Is Present in Patients with Primary Systemic (AL) Amyloidosis and Increased Osteoprotegerin Identifies Patients with Poor Survival within Mayo Stage 1 Disease by Kastritis, Efstathios, Gavriatopoulou, Maria, Eleutherakis-Papaiakovou, Evangelos, Kanellias, Nikolaos, Roussou, Maria, Pamboucas, Constantinos, Toumanidis, Savvas Th, Terpos, Evangelos, Dimopoulos, Meletios A.

“…Lytic bone involvement in primary systemic (AL) amyloidosis is uncommon. To-date, there is no systematic study of bone metabolism in patients with AL…”
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Growth Differentiation Factor-15 in Patients with Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis Has Independent Prognostic Significance and Adds Prognostic Information Related to Risk of Early Death and Renal Outcomes by Kastritis, Efstathios, Papassotiriou, Ioannis, Terpos, Evangelos, Akalestos, Athanassios, Psimenou, Erasmia, Apostolakou, Filia, Roussou, Maria, Gavriatopoulou, Maria, Kaldara, Elisavet, Eleutherakis-Papaiakovou, Evangelos, Kalapanida, Despoina, Pamboucas, Constantinos, Kostis, Evangelos, Kontogiannis, Sofoklis, Toumanidis, Savvas Th, Boletis, Ioannis, Dimopoulos, Meletios A.

“…▪ Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a member of the TGF-beta family, which is involved in several pathological conditions, including inflammation,…”
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Renal Outcomes in Patients with AL Amyloidosis: Evaluation of Prognostic Factors and Impact of Therapy with Novel Agents by Kastritis, Efstathios, Roussou, Maria, Terpos, Evangelos, Gavriatopoulou, Maria, Eleutherakis-Papaiakovou, Evangelos, Kalapanida, Despoina, Kontogiannis, Sofoklis, Apostolou, Theofanis, Boletis, Ioannis, Pamboukas, Constantinos, Toumanidis, Savvas Th, Papadopoulou, Elektra, Psimenou, Erasmia, Dimopoulos, Meletios A.

“…Kidney is involved in about 70% of patients with AL amyloidosis. End stage renal disease requiring dialysis has deleterious impact on the life of the patients…”
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Elevated Serum Levels Of Von Willebrand Factor (vWF) Predict For Early Death and Shorter Survival In Patients With Primary Systemic Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis Independently Of Cardiac Biomarkers by Kastritis, Efstathios, Papassotiriou, Ioannis, Terpos, Evangelos, Gougoutsi, Alexandra, Simos, Nikolaos, Kanellias, Nikolaos, Eleutherakis-Papaiakovou, Evangelos, Chiotis, Dimitrios, Amentas, Georgios, Kavasi, Maria, Pamboucas, Constantinos, Psimenou, Erasmia, Toumanidis, Savvas Th, Roussou, Maria, Dimopoulos, Meletios A.

“…Organ dysfunction in systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis is caused by the deposition of amyloid fibrils composed of immunoglobulin light chains in tissue…”
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Pacing within the Ischemic Area Significantly Decreases the Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction during Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction by TOUMANIDIS, SAVVAS Th, TAKOS, DEMETRIOS J., TSIRIKOS, NIKOLAOS, BRAMOS, DEMETRIOS, KOTTIS, GEORGE, ANTONIOU, ANNA, SKALTSIOTIS, ELIAS, KALADARIDOU, ANNA, MOULOPOULOS, SPYRIDON D.

“…Background:  The aim of this study was to examine the effects on left ventricular (LV) function of LV apical or/and lateral wall pacing during an experimental…”
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Apical rotation as an early indicator of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in acute anterior myocardial infarction: experimental study by Toumanidis, Savvas T, Kaladaridou, Anna, Bramos, Dimitrios, Skaltsiotes, Elias, Agrios, John N, Vasiladiotis, Nikolaos, Pamboucas, Constantinos, Kottis, George, Moulopoulos, Spyridon D

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether left ventricular (LV) apical rotation assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) can predict global LV…”
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Effect of early changes in functional geometry of left ventricular contraction on the development of ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial ischaemia. An experimental study by Toumanidis, Savvas Th, Plastiras, Sotiris, Tsirikos, Nikolaos, Kottis, George, Kaladaridou, Anna, Trikka, Chrysanthi O, Pamboucas, Constantinos, Stamatelopoulos, Stamatios F, Moulopoulos, Spyridon D

“…Abstract Objective The early appearance of ventricular fibrillation (VF) following acute myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with adrenergic effects and…”
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Effect of Dobutamine Combined With Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation on Left Ventricular Function Early After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Experimental Study by Toumanidis, Savvas Th, Tsirikos Karapanos, Nikolaos, Kottis, George, Kaladaridou, Anna, Bramos, Dimitrios, Trikka, Chrysanthi O., Vasiladiotis, Nikolaos, Zakopoulos, Nikolaos, Moulopoulos, Spyridon D.

“…Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) causes left ventricular (LV) remodeling, which forms the substrate for its early and late complications. The purpose of this…”
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Is left ventricular dysfunction reversed after treatment of active acromegaly? by Toumanidis, Savvas T. H., Evangelopoulos, Maria Eleftheria, Ilias, Ioannis, Pamboucas, Constantinos, Trikka, Chrysanthi, Alevizaki, Maria

“…It has been suggested that control of GH and IGF excess can arrest the progression of cardiovascular abnormalities and normalize cardiac performance. The aim…”
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Myocardial performance index or Tei index: valuable in research but doubtful in clinical practice by Toumanidis, Savvas Th

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Preservation of coronary sinus flow after complete ligation of all coronary arteries by Toumanidis, Savvas Th, Papadopoulou, Electra S, Tsirikos, Nikolaos, Demestiha, Thomai D, Trika, Chrysanthi O, Kottis, George, Moulopoulos, Spyridon D

“…The contribution of the collateral network to myocardial oxygenation under normal circumstances is not clear. However, it is possible that in diseased…”
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