• Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibition in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: an expert consensus position paper 

      Ntalianis A., Chrysohoou C., Giannakoulas G., Giamouzis G., Karavidas A., Naka A., Papadopoulos C.H., Patsilinakos S., Parissis J., Tziakas D., Kanakakis J. (2022)
      The short-term mortality and rehospitalization rates after admission for acute heart failure (AHF) remain high, despite the high level of adherence to contemporary practice guidelines. Observational data from non-randomized ...
    • Bioavailability, Efficacy and Safety of Generic Immunosuppressive Drugs for Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Tsipotis E., Gupta N.R., Raman G., Zintzaras E., Jaber B.L. (2016)
      Background: Concerns exist over the extrapolation of bioavailability studies of generic immunosuppressive drugs in healthy volunteers, regarding their efficacy and safety in kidney transplant recipients. We conducted a ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Report 3: Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis and Management of Tubercular Uveitis: Global Trends 

      Agarwal A., Agrawal R., Gunasekaran D.V., Raje D., Gupta B., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.L., Westcott M., Chee S.P., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Cunningham E., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2019)
      Purpose: To analyze the role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of ocular fluids in management of tubercular (TB) anterior, intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis. Methods: In Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study ...
    • Continuing versus Stopping Prestroke Antihypertensive Therapy in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Subgroup Analysis of the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke Trial 

      Krishnan K., Scutt P., Woodhouse L., Adami A., Becker J.L., Cala L.A., Casado A.M., Chen C., Dineen R.A., Gommans J., Koumellis P., Christensen H., Collins R., Czlonkowska A., Lees K.R., Ntaios G., Ozturk S., Phillips S.J., Sprigg N., Szatmari S., Wardlaw J.M., Bath P.M., ENOS Investigators (2016)
      Background and purpose More than 50% of patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are taking antihypertensive drugs before ictus. Although antihypertensive therapy should be given long term for secondary prevention, ...
    • Early bacterial identification among intubated patients with COVID-19 or influenza pneumonia: A european multicenter comparative clinical trial 

      Rouzé A., Martin-Loeches I., Povoa P., Metzelard M., Cheyron D.D., Lambiotte F., Tamion F., Labruyere M., Geronimi C.B., Nieszkowska A., Nyunga M., Pouly O., Thille A.W., Megarbane B., Saade A., Diaz E., Magira E., Llitjos J.-F., Cilloniz C., Ioannidou I., Pierre A., Reignier J., Garot D., Kreitmann L., Baudel J.-L., Fartoukh M., Plantefeve G., Beurton A., Asfar P., Boyer A., Mekontso-Dessap A., Makris D., Vinsonneau C., Floch P.-E., Weiss N., Ceccato A., Artigas A., Bouchereau M., Duhamel A., Labreuche J., Nseir S., Poissy J., Favory R., Preau S., Jourdain M., Boyd S., Coelho L., Maizel J., Cuchet P., Zarrougui W., Boyer D., Quenot J.-P., Imouloudene M., Luyt C.-E., van der Linden T., Bardin J., Voicu S., Azoulay E., Goma G., Pene F., Torres A., Thevenin D., Ehrmann S., Argaud L., Guidet B., Voiriot G., Contou D., Le Marec J., Demiselle J., Meguerditchian D., Razazi K., Tsolaki V., Sejourne C., Brunin G., LeGuennec L., Morales L., the coVAPid Study Group (2021)
      Rationale: Early empirical antimicrobial treatment is frequently prescribed to critically ill patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Objectives: We aimed to determine ...
    • The efficacy of immunomodulators in the prevention and suppression of anti-drug antibodies to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in inflammatory bowel disease 

      Fousekis F.S., Papamichael K., Kourtis G., Albani E.N., Orfanidou A., Saridi M., Katsanos K.H., Christodoulou D.K. (2022)
      The development of biological agents against tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has revolutionized the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), frequently achieving induction and maintenance of remission in both ulcerative ...
    • Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke 

      Papanagiotou P., Ntaios G. (2018)
      Despite several effective strategies of stroke prevention, the stroke epidemic still constitutes the leading cause of permanent disability. The recent series of well-designed, convincingly-positive randomized controlled ...
    • EPIdemiology of Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury (EPIS-AKI): Study protocol for a multicentre, observational trial 

      Weiss R., Saadat-Gilani K., Kerschke L., Wempe C., Meersch M., Zarbock A., Makhloufi H., Cherak A., Ghanem L.L., Gouaglia Z., Guadouri D.N., Hama F.N., Kara M., Saadi O., Sakhraoui R., Bourou F., Cherifi A., Sadaoui R.G., Ouyahia A., Ouahab I., Bouaoud S., Abdoun M., Tidjane A., Tabeti B., Boudjenan-Serradj N., Rivera C.J.P., Cabrer P., Corso J., García J.P., Idarraga S., Montoya C., Figueroa R., Aldana E., Torrado M.A., Peng K., Ma Z.-M., Yang Y.-F., Zhu Y.-J., Sklienka P., Frelich M., Jarkulis V., Sevcik P., Vodicka V., Elbahnasawy M.G., Elsalhawy S., Motawea S., Othman Z., Sahma M., Nafea A.M., Ahmed N., Attia D.A., Emara M.M., Bonna M.M., Gabr M.A., Tarbay A.I., Abdehaleem I.A., Mohamed E.E., Eldeeb A.M., Abbas A.M., Magdy J.A., Hamed Z.H., Osman H.M.E., Abbas M.S., Joannes-Boyau O., Barraud N., Berthelot C., Camus T., Dahmi A., Defaye M., Derville S., El-Boustani Y., Deloge E., Jacob H., Monziols S., Priem F., Robin J.-J., Legros V., Floch T., Muccio S., Geneve C., Legouge M.L., Mauny S.T., Mfam W., Pascot L., Aveline C., Chartier M., Duteurtre B., Gautier J.F., Cousin A.L., Vautier P., Nadaud J., Begel N., Chekirine C.-A., Derlon V., Grein E., Lehair M.-A., Magazzeni L., Magazzeni P., Potter C., Roth C., Voivret F., Rimmelé T., Cerro V., Suria S., Elmawieh J., Stoclin A., Cirenei C., Andrieu G., Couloumy S., Falcone J., Fajardy M., Gagneuil A., Girardet E., Mazereeuw A., Ponsonnard S., Egreteau P.-Y., Bertel M., Bocher S., Carn V., Guen L.L., Loup G.L., Lefevre M., Ichai C., Diop A., Jean-Michel V., Devlieger S., Duthoit J., El Kadiri M., Léger M., Cassisa V., Lasocki S., Masson C., Rineau E., Verrier P., Coquerel A., Montravers P., Atchade E., Rochon C.-E., Delerue C., Quentin V., Latry V., Queixalos N., Cottenceau V., Braun T., Bouzoubaa S., Christ B., Geiger A., Gomille J., Kieffer V., Mangeant S., Prochilo C., Schmitt C., Skwirba S., Grand H., Boury F., Mayeur N., Pasquie M., Garçon P., Bruckert V., Arnould V., Bonciu M., Chapelle T., Facchino L., Fagot-Gandet F., Iachim A., Mannu E., Perus O., Plattier R., Rozier R., Pradel G., Boudinaud M., Hausermann M.-H., Nguyen M.H., Ramorasata A., Barreau A., Boivin A.-H., Ravry C., Mottard N., Beuvelot J., Bossion F.P., Desebbe O., Zarbock A., Dörr C., von Groote T.C., Küllmar M., Massoth C., Meersch M., Saadat-Gilani K., Weiss R., Wempe C., Ziemann S., Grüßer L., Kowark A., Wittig P., Brandenburger T., Dimski T., Döhmen N., Huthmann L., Kaierle D., Pelletier C., Schleß M., Hohn A., Cleophas S., Haunhorst S., Jansen M., Schmitt A., Soisch J., Sturm K., Rosenberger P., Bendig A., Flohr L., Häberle H., Hofmann P., Kuhle J., Leser N.M., Pfister K., Prohaska S., Sennholz F., Stetz L., Weber K., Stehr S., Klaus S., Sadlo M., Boschin M., Sengelhoff C., Göbel U.M., Haaker J.G., Göttker C.-K., Gründel M., Heringlake M., Baumgärtel R., Berggren A., Gülzow M., Muras L., Paarmann H., Thal S., Bentley A., El-Masri D., Sebastiani A., Arnaoutoglou E., Ntalouka M., Stratigopoulou P., Analytis A., Mavrommatis E., Tzimas P., Karakosta A., Pantazi D., Dimakopoulou A., Dimitropoulou K., Ioannidis O., Jalaawiy H., Anwar A., Hashim H.T., Aldawoody H.I.R., Cortegiani A., Catalisano G., Ingoglia G., Ippolito M., De Rosa S., Cattin L., Bianchin A., Barone M., Paternoster G., Cutuli S.L., Russo A., Sollazzi L., Cascarano L., Antonelli M., Aceto P., Romanò B., Spadaro S., Tripodi V.F., Rossi M., Scappatura R., Vadalà M.C., Fiume D., Strano M.T., Oddo G., Santorsola C., Hussain B.A., Alnaser A.R., Ghassan A.H., Hasanein K., Theab M., Shin S., Jung S., Lee K., Jung S.M., Baek J., Elhadi M.K., Aldressi W.W.O., Abuzeid I., Albaraesi M., Aldressi S., Khalel W., Abdulwahed E., Abujrad A.A.A., Almaghrabi A., Alteleeb M., Alshareea E.A.A., Biala M.I., Deeknah A., Gheddim D.A., Ghmagh R., Ikhrays N.S.A.A., Sinan M., Soula E., Bahroun S.G., Derwish K., Mohamed A.M., Younes E.S., Al Islam Benjouira R., Aliwa M., Altashani N.A., Alteb M.O., Msherghi A., Alagelli F., Albarouni S., Albishti A., Aljamal S., Alsori M., Ekhuja T., Elzwai S., Ghula M., Mustafa T., Tuwaib A., Zriba H., Agilla H.M., Rafanomezantsoa T.A., Podesta A.M.C., Bonnici D.M., Pirotta T., López G.A.G., Mijovska M.M., Davitkovska T., Gavrilovska A., Lukikj S., Vesova M., Zafirova D., Amro S., Hajjaj B.N.F., Alkhazendar M., Barakat Y., Elejla S.A., Elhissi A., Khader A., Salem A., de Freitas Regufe R., de Oliveira Eloy A.F., Perdigão L.M.N.C., Grigoriev E., Ivkin A., Kornelyuk R., Yaroustovsky M., Abramyan M., Komardina E., Lesteva N., Aybazova M., Kumykova E., Lesina S., Rybakov G., Shestov A., Barmou A.A.A., Ahmed B.L.A., Eliyas A.M., Emadeldin Y., Kaserer A., Castellucci C., Rössler J., Akbas S., Petrun A.M., Gregorcic I., Sok V., Cicak R., Bárcena E., Guisado A., Wi I., Melchor J.R., Becerra-Bolaños Á., Cabrera-Doreste S., Domínguez-Arbelo A., Delgado-Alonso M.C., Muiño-Palomar V., Rodríguez-Pérez A., Estévez J.M., Munoz M.B.C., Matas J.M., Palao S.P., Quirós M.D.M., Teslev A.C., Argilaga M., Campos M., Bainac A., Batalla A., Alvarez M.G., Giné M., Herránz G., Hinojal I., Ejea M.L., de la Rosa Ruiz N., Abasolo M.G., Acuna C.R.H., Zaranton I.I., Mendigurenmurua A., Sanz M.J.M., de la Fuente E.O., Vaquero M.P.P., Iglesias A.S., Mieres A.U., Urrestizala A.U., Ferreira L., Lobato F., Sevilla M.A., Erazo A., Miró P., Sabaté S., Vernetta D., Perez A.A., Pagola M.A., Paulis B.C., del Val Peciña E., Odriozola A.G., Aizpurua A.L., Piquer O.P., Garcia P.P., Rezola P.O., Lopez A.O., de la Calle Gil I., Casado R.N., Adamove P., Domenge R.B., Blasco F.M.B., Villamizar A.A.R., Llaneras M.A.P., García-Sánchez J.I., Téllez L.F., Zamorano S.G., Herreros N.G., Esteve A.R., Rodríguez P.M., Trigo I.G., Alcaraz A., Jiménez A.L., Rubio I., García N., Callejas R., Toha A.M.C., Claros E., Cobeta P., Crespo P., Dorado T., Elías E., Felices J., Gil D., Gómez M., Mané N., Martín M., Martínez A., Pereira L., Samaranch A.B.N., Serrano A., Tiscar C., VillaHoz J., Menéndez P.G., Cardona E., Conesa A., Estepa V., Galán P., Espí L.L., Aldeán Y.L., Manrique S., Ariza V.M., Villa L.V., Suliman E.S.M.A., Hamid H., Ibrahim A.M., Saeed M.M., Mukadder O.S., Altun D., Canbolat N., Dinçer M.B., Seyhan T.Ö., Yildirim S.A., Iyigün M., Yapici D., Özdemir L., Sagun A., Boztug N., Cetintas Y., Dinc B., Gündüz E., Ünlügenç H., Tunay D.L., Karakaya D., Dost B., Komurcu O., Akcil E.F., Dilmen Ö.K., Tunali Y., Ok G., Alsina E.T., Hakli Ö., Polat C., Turgut N., Kizilcik N., Köner Ö., Sen Ö., Aydin N., Basaran B., Bingul E.S., Gürkan Y., Darcin K., Ugur S., Saracoglu K.T., Demir A., Aysegül Ö., Balci E., Girgin B., Guler A., Karadeniz Ü., Özaslan N., Hülya Y.Ö., Ozcan N., Postaci A., Sahap M., Salman N., Sagir Ö., Atik B., Bicakcioglu M., Demir H.F., Fatih U., Kocaoglu N., Toprak H.I., Aslan D.D., Colak Y.Z., Ozcan M.S., Yilmaz M., Karaca U., Sahin S.H., Karka Ö.E., Senoglu G.D., Karadag S.E., Alkis N., Baytas V., Akdogan A., Besir A., Erturk E., Kutanis D., Saylan S., Tugcugil E., Ayvat P., Günaydin B., Büyükgebiz B.M., Boran O.F., Calisir F., Orak Y., Balkan B.K., Büyükcoban S., Gökel E., Günenc S.F., Özbilgin S., Göre S., Akesen S., Cansabuncu S., Momot N., Panchenko A., Pittet J.-F., Rutledge K., the EPIS-AKI Investigators (2021)
      Introduction More than 300 million surgical procedures are performed each year. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication after major surgery and is associated with adverse short-term and long-term outcomes. ...
    • Evaluation of the interaction between LRRK2 and PARK16 loci in determining risk of Parkinson's disease: analysis of a large multicenter study 

      Wang L., Heckman M.G., Aasly J.O., Annesi G., Bozi M., Chung S.J., Clarke C., Crosiers D., Eckstein G., Garraux G., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Hattori N., Jeon B., Kim Y.J., Kubo M., Lesage S., Lin J.J., Lynch T., Lichtner P., Mellick G.D., Mok V., Morrison K.E., Quattrone A., Satake W., Silburn P.A., Stefanis L., Stockton J.D., Tan E.K., Toda T., Brice A., Van Broeckhoven C., Uitti R.J., Wirdefeldt K., Wszolek Z., Xiromerisiou G., Maraganore D.M., Gasser T., Krüger R., Farrer M.J., Ross O.A., Sharma M. (2017)
      A recent study MacLeod et al. has shown that an interaction between variants at the LRRK2 and PARK16 loci influences risk of development of Parkinson's disease (PD). Our study examines the proposed interaction between LRRK2 ...
    • Factors associated with elimination of type II endoleak during the first year after endovascular aneurysm repair 

      Spanos K., Nana P., Kouvelos G., Koutsias S., Arnaoutoglou E., Giannoukas A.D., Matsagkas M. (2020)
      Objective: The natural history of endoleak type II (ET II) after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is still debatable. The aim of this study was to examine the presence of preoperative and postoperative factors associated ...
    • Fixed-dose combination therapy with dutasteride and tamsulosin in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia 

      Dimitropoulos K., Gravas S. (2016)
      Despite their multifactorial etiology, male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) have been traditionally associated with benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) because of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Several pharmaceutical ...
    • Impact of covid-19 on health services, vascular surgery and medical research 

      SPANOS K., KÖLBEL T., MANSILHA A., GIANNOUKAS A. (2021)
      [No abstract available]
    • New prophylaxis strategies to reduce the risk of thromboembolism in cancer 

      Papadopoulos V., Tsapakidis K., Markou A., Kokkalis A., Aidarinis C., Kotsakis A. (2021)
      Introduction: Patients with cancer are at risk of thrombotic events, mainly deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism. The thrombosis risk is generally 4–6 times higher than in a healthy population and depends on ...
    • New therapeutic strategies for the treatment of male lower urinary tract symptoms 

      Dimitropoulos K., Gravas S. (2016)
      Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are prevalent in the general population, especially in those of advanced age, and are characterized by notable diversity in etiology and presentation, and have been proven to cause ...
    • Obstructive sleep disordered breathing in 2- to 18-year-old children: Diagnosis and management 

      Kaditis A.G., Alvarez M.L.A., Boudewyns A., Alexopoulos E.I., Ersu R., Joosten K., Larramona H., Miano S., Narang I., Trang H., Tsaoussoglou M., Vandenbussche N., Villa M.P., Waardenburg D.V., Weber S., Verhulst S. (2016)
      This document summarises the conclusions of a European Respiratory Society Task Force on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in childhood and refers to children aged 2-18 years. ...
    • P38 MAPK signaling in pemphigus: Implications for skin autoimmunity 

      Mavropoulos, A.; Orfanidou, T.; Liaskos, C.; Smyk, D. S.; Spyrou, V.; Sakkas, L. I.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2013)
      p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signaling plays a major role in the modulation of immune-mediated inflammatory responses and therefore has been linked with several autoimmune diseases. The extent of the ...
    • Platelets in Systemic Sclerosis: the Missing Link Connecting Vasculopathy, Autoimmunity, and Fibrosis? 

      Ntelis K., Bogdanos D., Dimitroulas T., Sakkas L., Daoussis D. (2019)
      Purpose of Review: Platelets are no longer recognized solely as cell fragments regulating hemostasis. They have pleiotropic functions and they are linked directly or indirectly with the three cornerstones of systemic ...
    • Procedural recommendations of cardiac PET/CT imaging: standardization in inflammatory-, infective-, infiltrative-, and innervation (4Is)-related cardiovascular diseases: a joint collaboration of the EACVI and the EANM 

      Slart R.H.J.A., Glaudemans A.W.J.M., Gheysens O., Lubberink M., Kero T., Dweck M.R., Habib G., Gaemperli O., Saraste A., Gimelli A., Georgoulias P., Verberne H.J., Bucerius J., Rischpler C., Hyafil F., Erba P.A., 4Is Cardiovascular Imaging: a joint initiative of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) (2021)
      With this document, we provide a standard for PET/(diagnostic) CT imaging procedures in cardiovascular diseases that are inflammatory, infective, infiltrative, or associated with dysfunctional innervation (4Is). This ...
    • Recommendations for Mechanical Thrombectomy in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Clinical Guide by the Hellenic Stroke Organization 

      Papanagiotou P., Ntaios G., Papavasileiou V., Psychogios K., Psychogios M., Mpotsaris A., Rizos T., Spengos K., Gravanis M., Vassilopoulou S., Gkogkas C., Zampakis P., Zis P., Karantanas A., Karygiannis M., Karydas G., Korompoki E., Makaritsis K., Marmagkiolis K., Milionis H., Mitsikostas D., Nikas D., Plomaritoglou A., Politi M., Ptochis N., Savopoulos C., Takis K., Tsamopoulos N., Tsetis D., Hatzidakis A., Chatziioannou A., Hatzitolios A., Vemmos K. (2018)
      This document presents the consensus recommendations of the Hellenic Stroke Organization which can be of assistance to the treating stroke physicians. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.