A5077028755- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Circular RNAs in diseases
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Congenital heart defects research
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
University Hospital of Heraklion
2016-2025
Sapienza University of Rome
2023
General Hospital of Nikea
2020-2021
University of Crete
2004-2020
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2014
Helsinki University Hospital
2014
Abstract Introduction Central venous cannulation is crucial in the management of critical care patient. This study was designed to evaluate whether real-time ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein superior standard landmark method. Methods In this randomised study, 450 patients who underwent were prospectively compared with whom technique used. Randomisation performed by means a computer-generated random-numbers table, and stratified regard age, gender, body mass index. Results There no...
Background: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a progressive disorder characterized by amyloid fibril deposition in the heart, leading to heart failure and arrhythmias. Arterial stiffness, assessed pulse wave velocity (PWV), recognized as an adverse consequence of amyloidosis, yet its progression relationship with myocardial dysfunction remain inadequately explored. This study examines PWV potential association deterioration global longitudinal strain (GLS) CA patients over 6-month follow-up...
Abstract Cardiac remodeling is recognized as an important aspect of cardiovascular disease (CVD) progression. Machine learning (ML) techniques were applied to basic clinical parameters and electrocardiographic features, in order detect abnormal left ventricular geometry (LVG) even before the onset hypertrophy (LVH), a population without established CVD. The authors enrolled 528 patients with essential hypertension, but no other indications All underwent full echocardiographic evaluation...
Two thirds of men with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have serum testosterone levels in the hypogonadal range. We examined if low were correlated measures endothelial dysfunction ESKD. Bilateral common carotid artery (CCA) intima-media thickness (IMT) and atherosclerotic plaque occurrence, left ventricular mass index, flow- (FMD) nitrate-mediated vasodilatation (NMD) brachial determined by ultrasound imaging 100 nondiabetic ESKD (50 exhibited androgen deficiency; concentrations <300...
Micro RNA s (mi s) play a crucial role in myocardial and vascular remodeling have emerged as potential diagnostic prognostic biomarkers or therapeutic targets. The authors aimed to investigate the expression profile of selected mi peripheral blood patients with well‐controlled essential hypertension relation arterial stiffness. Expression levels ‐1, ‐133a, ‐26b, ‐208b, ‐499, ‐21 mononuclear cells were quantified by real‐time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Carotid‐femoral...
To compare the peak global longitudinal myocardial strain (PGLS) and segmental (PSLS) values by speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) obtained using two different devices. STE is an emerging quantitative ultrasound technique that allows accurate evaluation of function. However, there a lack standardization acquired data among manufacturers. Sixty-three subjects, mean age 56.2±10.4 years, underwent complete echocardiographic studies with devices (Philips IE33 General Electric VIVID E9)...
Patients with heart failure (HF) show abnormal arterial stiffening.We examined 60 patients (52.1 +/- 12, 8 years) non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDC), New York Heart Association II-III, in sinus rhythm, left ventricular ejection fraction 30.1 8.6%, and 44 normals. All subjects underwent an echocardiographic study a cardiopulmonary exercise test. We evaluated the segmental proximal aorta (AO) pulse wave velocity (PWV) region of aortic arch new echo-method: from suprasternal view,...
Background: microRNAs (miRs) have emerged as important modulators of cardiovascular development and disease. Our aim was to determine whether cardiac-related miRs such miR-21-5p miR-1-3p were differentially expressed in acute viral myocarditis any them related with the extent myocardial damage left ventricular dysfunction. Methods: We enrolled 40 patients myocarditis. Blood samples taken on admission expression levels peripheral blood mononuclear cells quantified by real-time reverse...
A patient with a persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) was incidentally diagnosed after positioning of dual lumen catheter for hemodialysis into the internal jugular vein. Although PLSVC is relatively rare condition, it most common congenital anomaly thoracic venous circulation. It represents persistence horn embryonic sinus venosus, which normally involutes during embryogenesis to become coronary sinus. The existence can cause significant diagnostic dilemma catheterization vein,...
Abstract Echocardiography represents an invaluable diagnostic tool for the detection of intracardiac masses while simultaneously provides information about their size, location, mobility and attachment site as well presence extent any consequent hemodynamic derangement. A 29-year-old asymptomatic young woman with incidental transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) discovery aortic valve mass is presented. The 2-dimensional TTE showed a mobile, pedunculated mass, attached by thin stalk to...
Noncompaction myocardium of the left ventricle (LV) is a genetically heterogeneous congenital cardiomyopathy, that has only been described during last two decades. Echocardiography plays pivotal role as first line diagnostic tool this rare abnormality. The present case describes imaging noncompacted using varying echocardiographic modalities.