• Cardiovascular risk factors in HIV infected individuals: Comparison with general adult control population in Greece 

      Touloumi G., Kalpourtzi N., Papastamopoulos V., Paparizos V., Adamis G., Antoniadou A., Chini M., Karakosta A., Makrilakis K., Gavana M., Vantarakis A., Psichogiou M., Metallidis S., Sipsas N.V., Sambatakou H., Hadjichristodoulou C., Voulgari P.V., Chrysos G., Gogos C.A., Chlouverakis G., Tripsianis G., Alamanos Y., Stergiou G., Alexis B., Anna K., Nikos P., Georgia V., Klea K., Maria K., Xenia C., Alexis B., Magda G., Bettina H., Christos H., George R., Ilias N., Koustenis P., Stavros L., Ioannis I., Athanasios R., Stella I., Alexios S., Gikas A., Gogos H.A., Katsarou O., Lazanas M., Panagopoulos P., Paraskevis D., Psychogiou M., Papadopoulos A., Nitsotolis T., Xylomenos G., Marangos M.N., Kouramba A., Kontos A., Lioni A., Tsachouridou O., Kourkounti S., Ganitis A., Barbounakis E., AMACS and EMENO (2020)
      Background Although combined antiretroviral therapy has substantially improved the prognosis of people living with HIV (PLHIV), mortality remains higher compared to the general population, mainly due to higher prevalence ...
    • Progression of conventional cardiovascular risk factors and vascular disease risk in individuals: insights from the PROG-IMT consortium 

      Bahls M., Lorenz M.W., Dörr M., Gao L., Kitagawa K., Tuomainen T.-P., Agewall S., Berenson G., Catapano A.L., Norata G.D., Bots M.L., van Gilst W., Asselbergs F.W., Brouwers F.P., Uthoff H., Sander D., Poppert H., Hecht Olsen M., Empana J.P., Schminke U., Baldassarre D., Veglia F., Franco O.H., Kavousi M., de Groot E., Mathiesen E.B., Grigore L., Polak J.F., Rundek T., Stehouwer C.D.A., Skilton M.R., Hatzitolios A.I., Savopoulos C., Ntaios G., Plichart M., McLachlan S., Lind L., Willeit P., Steinmetz H., Desvarieux M., Ikram M.A., Johnsen S.H., Schmidt C., Willeit J., Ducimetiere P., Price J.F., Bergström G., Kauhanen J., Kiechl S., Sitzer M., Bickel H., Sacco R.L., Hofman A., Völzke H., Thompson S.G., on behalf of the PROG-IMT Study Group (2020)
      Aims: Averaged measurements, but not the progression based on multiple assessments of carotid intima-media thickness, (cIMT) are predictive of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in individuals. Whether this is true for ...