A5046540727- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Vascular Procedures and Complications
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Ureteral procedures and complications
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
General University Hospital of Patras
2016-2025
University of Patras
2014-2024
Charleston Area Medical Center
2011-2015
Technological Educational Institute of Athens
2011-2012
University Radiology
2009-2012
PurposeTo report the 6-month results of a prospective randomized trial investigating angioplasty with paclitaxel-coated balloons (PCB) vs. plain balloon (BA) for treatment failing native arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) or prosthetic grafts (AVG). MethodsThe enrollment criteria this non-inferiority hypothesis included clinical signs dialysis access angiographic documentation significant venous stenotic lesion in patients AVF AVG circuits. From March to December 2010, 40 (29 men; mean age...
Purpose: To report the 1-year angiographic and clinical outcome from a prospective single-center study investigating infrapopliteal application of sirolimus-eluting versus bare metal stents in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) who underwent below-the-knee endovascular revascularization. Methods: Stenting was performed as bailout procedure for suboptimal angioplasty results (flow-limiting dissection, elastic recoil, or postangioplasty residual stenosis >30%). In first 29 patients,...
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a catheter-based imaging method that employs near-infrared light to produce high-resolution cross-sectional intravascular images. The authors propose segmentation technique for automatic lumen area extraction and stent strut detection in OCT images the purpose of quantitative analysis neointimal hyperplasia (NIH).A clinical dataset frequency-domain scans human femoral artery was analyzed. First, based on Markov random field (MRF) model employed...
Ureteral stents represent a minimally invasive alternative to preserve urinary drainage whenever ureteral patency is deteriorated or under significant risk be occluded due extrinsic intrinsic etiologies. The ideal stent that would combine perfect long-term efficacy with no stent-related morbidity still lacking and usage associated several adverse effects limit its value as tool for drainage. Several new ideas on design, composition material coating currently evaluation, foreseen eliminate...
The IN.PACT Global Study is the largest prospective, multicenter, independently adjudicated trial to evaluate a paclitaxel drug-coated balloon in patients with lifestyle-limiting claudication and/or ischemic rest pain due atherosclerotic disease of femoropopliteal artery and includes complex lesions beyond what are typically included randomized controlled trials. Randomized trials have demonstrated safety efficacy balloons for treatment Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus Document II A B...