• Association of specific HLA phenotypes with left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensives 

      Diamantopoulos, E. J.; Andreadis, E. A.; Vassilopoulos, C. V.; Vlachonikolis, I. G.; Tarassi, K. E.; Chatzis, N. A.; Giannakopoulos, N. S.; Papasteriades, C. A. (2001)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that the expression of certain HLA antigens may constitute a risk marker for cardiovascular hypertrophy in subjects with arterial hypertension. We examined 158 subjects ...
    • Dancers’ heart: Cardiac screening in elite dancers 

      Metsios G.S., Wyon M., Patel K., Allen N., Koutedakis Y. (2020)
      Using electrocardiography and echocardiography, we screened elite men and women ballet dancers for abnormal cardiovascular conditions using an observation design with blinded clinical analysis of cardiac function tests. ...
    • Left ventricular hypertrophy and sudden cardiac death 

      Giamouzis G., Dimos A., Xanthopoulos A., Skoularigis J., Triposkiadis F. (2022)
      Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is among the leading causes of death worldwide, and it remains a public health problem, as it involves young subjects. Current guideline-directed risk stratification for primary prevention is ...