• Carotid Bifurcation Geometry and Atherosclerosis 

      Spanos K., Petrocheilou G., Karathanos C., Labropoulos N., Mikhailidis D., Giannoukas A. (2017)
      Hemodynamic changes occurring at the initial segments of the arterial bifurcations appear to play an important role in the development of atherosclerotic plaque. Therefore, arterial geometry might be a potential marker for ...
    • Carotid Bifurcation Geometry as Assessed by Ultrasound is Associated with Early Carotid Atherosclerosis 

      Spanos K., Petrocheilou G., Livieratos L., Labropoulos N., Mikhailidis D.P., Giannoukas A.D. (2018)
      Background: Atherosclerosis usually develops at geometrically susceptible areas, despite the impact of systemic risk factors on the entire vascular system. The aim of our study was to investigate whether carotid bifurcation ...
    • Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Circulation Markers of Inflammation in Patients With Depression 

      Saleptsis V., Papaliaga M., Spanos K., Kouvelos G., Labropoulos N., Halaris A., Giannoukas A. (2020)
      Objective: Growing evidence indicates that depressive disorders (DDs) are an important risk factor for atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of common carotid artery (CCA) intima-media thickness ...
    • Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression as Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Risk: Meta-Analysis of 119 Clinical Trials Involving 100 667 Patients 

      Willeit P., Tschiderer L., Allara E., Reuber K., Seekircher L., Gao L., Liao X., Lonn E., Gerstein H.C., Yusuf S., Brouwers F.P., Asselbergs F.W., Van Gilst W., Anderssen S.A., Grobbee D.E., Kastelein J.J.P., Visseren F.L.J., Ntaios G., Hatzitolios A.I., Savopoulos C., Nieuwkerk P.T., Stroes E., Walters M., Higgins P., Dawson J., Gresele P., Guglielmini G., Migliacci R., Ezhov M., Safarova M., Balakhonova T., Sato E., Amaha M., Nakamura T., Kapellas K., Jamieson L.M., Skilton M., Blumenthal J.A., Hinderliter A., Sherwood A., Smith P.J., Van Agtmael M.A., Reiss P., Van Vonderen M.G.A., Kiechl S., Klingenschmid G., Sitzer M., Stehouwer C.D.A., Uthoff H., Zou Z.-Y., Cunha A.R., Neves M.F., Witham M.D., Park H.-W., Lee M.-S., Bae J.-H., Bernal E., Wachtell K., Kjeldsen S.E., Olsen M.H., Preiss D., Sattar N., Beishuizen E., Huisman M.V., Espeland M.A., Schmidt C., Agewall S., Ok E., Aşçi G., De Groot E., Grooteman M.P.C., Blankestijn P.J., Bots M.L., Sweeting M.J., Thompson S.G., Lorenz M.W. (2020)
      Background: To quantify the association between effects of interventions on carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) progression and their effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Methods: We systematically collated data ...
    • Erosive hand osteoarthritis is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction 

      Koutroumpas, A.; Giannoukas, A.; Zintzaras, E.; Exarchou, E.; Baliakos, A.; Makaritsis, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2013)
      Chronic inflammatory disorders have been associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Recent evidence suggests that erosive hand osteoarthritis (EOA) has considerable inflammation; ...
    • Histology and immunohistochemistry of radial arteries are suggestive of an interaction between calcification and early atherosclerotic lesions in chronic kidney disease 

      Lysitska A., Galanis N., Skandalos I., Nikolaidou C., Briza S., Fylaktou A., Lioulios G., Mitsoglou Z., Papadopoulou D., Antoniadis N., Papagianni A., Stangou M. (2021)
      Background and Objectives: recent studies suggest an implication of immune mechanisms in atherosclerotic disease. In this paper, the interaction between inflammation, calcification, and atherosclerosis on the vessel walls ...
    • 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 ...
    • Suture Line Response of End-to-Side Anastomosis: A Stress Concentration Methodology 

      Roussis, P. C.; Giannakopoulos, A. E.; Charalambous, H. P. (2015)
      End-to-side vascular anastomosis has a considerable complexity regarding the suturing of the juncture line between the artery and the graft. The present study proposes a stress–concentration methodology for the prediction ...