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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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Long-Term Prognostic Role of Flow-Mediated Dilatation of the Brachial Artery After Acute Coronary Syndromes Without ST Elevation by Karatzis, Emmanouil N., Ikonomidis, Ignatios, Vamvakou, Georgia D., Papaioannou, Theodore G., Protogerou, Athanassios D., Andreadou, Ioanna, Voidonikola, Paraskevi T., Karatzi, Kalliopi N., Papamichael, Christos M., Lekakis, John P.

“…Coronary endothelial vasodilator dysfunction is associated with increased cardiac events; the close relation between coronary vasomotor dysfunction and…”
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Azilsartan as a Potent Antihypertensive Drug with Possible Pleiotropic Cardiometabolic Effects: A Review Study by Georgiopoulos, Georgios, Katsi, Vasiliki, Oikonomou, Dimitrios, Vamvakou, Georgia, Koutli, Evangelia, Laina, Aggeliki, Tsioufis, Constantinos, Nihoyannopoulos, Petros, Tousoulis, Dimitrios

“…Hypertension related cardiovascular (CV) complications could be amplified by the presence of metabolic co-morbidities. Azilsartan medoxomil (AZL-M) is the…”
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Effect of coffee on endothelial function in healthy subjects: the role of caffeine by Papamichael, Chris M, Aznaouridis, Konstantinos A, Karatzis, Emmanouil N, Karatzi, Kalliopi N, Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S, Vamvakou, Georgia, Lekakis, John P, Mavrikakis, Myron E

“…Coffee is one of the most widely used pharmacologically active beverages. The present study was designed to evaluate the acute effect of coffee ingestion on…”
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Testosterone therapy for functional hypogonadism in middle-aged and elderly males: current evidence and future perspectives by Theodorakis, Nikolaos, Feretzakis, Georgios, Vamvakou, Georgia, Verykios, Vassilios S., Polymeris, Antonis, Nikolaou, Maria

“…Population aging is a global phenomenon driving research focus toward preventing and managing age-related disorders. Functional hypogonadism (FH) has been…”
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Integrating Machine Learning with Multi-Omics Technologies in Geroscience: Towards Personalized Medicine by Theodorakis, Nikolaos, Feretzakis, Georgios, Tzelves, Lazaros, Paxinou, Evgenia, Hitas, Christos, Vamvakou, Georgia, Verykios, Vassilios S, Nikolaou, Maria

“…Aging is a fundamental biological process characterized by a progressive decline in physiological functions and an increased susceptibility to diseases…”
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Nationwide mortality trends from 2001 to 2020 in Greece: health policy implications under the scope of aging societies by Nikolaou, Maria, Theodorakis, Nikolaos, Feretzakis, Georgios, Vamvakou, Georgia, Hitas, Christos, Kalantzi, Sofia, Spyridaki, Aikaterini, Apostolos, Anastasios, Verykios, Vassilios S., Toutouzas, Konstantinos

“…This nationwide study aims to analyze mortality trends for all individual causes in Greece from 2001 to 2020, with a specific focus on 2020, a year influenced…”
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Close adherence to a Mediterranean diet improves endothelial function in subjects with abdominal obesity by Rallidis, Loukianos S, Lekakis, John, Kolomvotsou, Anastasia, Zampelas, Antonios, Vamvakou, Georgia, Efstathiou, Stamatis, Dimitriadis, George, Raptis, Sotirios A, Kremastinos, Dimitrios T

“…BACKGROUND: Abdominal obesity (AO) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, whereas the Mediterranean diet exerts a…”
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A single-center, prospective, observational study on maternal smoking during pregnancy in Greece: The HELENA study by Skalis, George, Archontakis, Stefanos, Thomopoulos, Costas, Andrianopoulou, Iliana, Papazachou, Ourania, Vamvakou, Georgia, Aznaouridis, Konstantinos, Katsi, Vasiliki, Makris, Thomas

“…The unequivocal association between exposure to smoke and numerous complications of pregnancy, demonstrated in the last decades, has led to a significant…”
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Omentin, Fat and Heart: Classical Music with New Instruments by Katsi, Vasiliki, Vamvakou, Georgia, Lekakis, John, Tousoulis, Dimitris, Stefanadis, Christodoulos, Makris, Thomas, Kallikazaros, Ioannis

“…Obesity is a new pandemic and its cardiovascular and metabolic complications will be more evident in the near future. The need to elucidate the structure and…”
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Cigarette smoking is associated with increased circulating proinflammatory and procoagulant markers in patients with chronic coronary artery disease : Effects of aspirin treatment by IKONOMIDIS, Ignatios, LEKAKIS, John, VAMVAKOU, Georgia, ANDREOTTI, Felicita, NIHOYANNOPOULOS, Petros

“…Smoking is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Cytokines released by injured endothelium promote vascular interactions with leukocytes and platelets. We…”
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Short-term effects of Mediterranean-type diet intervention on soluble cellular adhesion molecules in subjects with abdominal obesity by Rallidis, Loukianos S, Kolomvotsou, Anastasia, Lekakis, John, Farajian, Paul, Vamvakou, Georgia, Dagres, Nikolaos, Zolindaki, Maria, Efstathiou, Stamatis, Anastasiou-Nana, Maria, Zampelas, Antonis

“…Summary Background & aims Abdominal obesity (AO) is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease and with increased production of adhesion…”
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Chronic administration of an angiotensin II receptor antagonist resets the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and improves the affect of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2: preliminary results by Pavlatou, Maria G, Mastorakos, George, Lekakis, Ioannis, Liatis, Stavros, Vamvakou, Georgia, Zoumakis, Emmanuel, Papassotiriou, Ioannis, Rabavilas, Andreas D, Katsilambros, Nikolaos, Chrousos, George P

“…Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM type 2) is associated with depressive symptomatology and intermittent hyperfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)…”
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Close adherence to a Mediterranean diet improves endothelial function in subjects with abdominal obesity1 by Rallidis, Loukianos S, Lekakis, John, Kolomvotsou, Anastasia, Zampelas, Antonios, Vamvakou, Georgia, Efstathiou, Stamatis, Dimitriadis, George, Raptis, Sotirios A, Kremastinos, Dimitrios T

“…Abdominal obesity (AO) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, whereas the Mediterranean diet exerts a…”
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The relative impact of different measures of adiposity on markers of early atherosclerosis by Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S, Lekakis, John P, Vamvakou, Georgia, Katsichti, Paraskevi, Protogerou, Athanasios, Revela, Ioanna, Karatzi, Kalliopi, Alevizaki, Maria, Zakopoulos, Nikolaos, Papamichael, Christos M

“…Abstract Background Although there are several methods available to assess adiposity, there is still controversy on the relative clinical utility of each of…”
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Effect of nebivolol and atenolol on brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in patients with coronary artery disease by LEKAKIS, John P, PROTOGEROU, Athanassios, PAPAMICHAEL, Christos, VAMVAKOU, Georgia, ICONOMIDIS, Ignatios, FICI, Francesco, MAVRIKAKIS, Myron

“…Endothelial dysfunction is considered to be the first step in atherogenesis as well as a predictor of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary…”
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Cigarette smoking is associated with increased circulating proinflammatory and procoagulant markers in patients with chronic coronary artery disease by Ikonomidis, Ignatios, Lekakis, John, Vamvakou, Georgia, Andreotti, Felicita, Nihoyannopoulos, Petros

“…Smoking is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Cytokines released by injured endothelium promote vascular interactions with leukocytes and platelets. We…”
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Advancing Cardiovascular Mortality Trend Analysis: A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Future Health Policy Needs by Feretzakis, Georgios, Theodorakis, Nikolaos, Vamvakou, Georgia, Hitas, Christos, Anagnostou, Dimitrios, Kalantzi, Sofia, Spyridaki, Aikaterini, Kollia, Zoi, Christodoulou, Michalitsa, Kalles, Dimitris, Gkontzis, Andreas F, Verykios, Vassilios S, Nikolaou, Maria

“…This study investigates the forecasting of cardiovascular mortality trends in Greece's elderly population. Utilizing mortality data from 2001 to 2020, we…”
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Effect of Nebivolol and Atenolol on Brachial Artery Flow-Mediated Vasodilation in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Lekakis, John P., Protogerou, Athanassios, Papamichael, Christos, Vamvakou, Georgia, Ikonomidis, Ignatios, Fici, Francesco, Mavrikakis, Myron

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Treatment with granulocyte colony stimulating factor is associated with improvement in endothelial function by Ikonomidis, Ignatios, Papadimitriou, Christos, Vamvakou, Georgia, Katsichti, Paraskevi, Venetsanou, Kiriaki, Stamatelopoulos, Kimon, Papamichael, Christos, Dimopoulos, Athanasios-Meletios, Lekakis, John

“…Primary objective: Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is used for the mobilization of bone marrow and endothelial progenitor cells, though…”
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