• The annual direct costs of stable COPD in Greece 

      Stafyla E., Geitona M., Kerenidi T., Economou A., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2018)
      Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) places a major burden on health care systems and has substantial economic effects; however, the cost of stable disease in Greece has never been thoroughly explored. ...
    • Commentary: Toward an EVAR Prevention Strategy for Type II Endoleak 

      Kouvelos G.N., Matsagkas M., Spanos K., Giannoukas A. (2017)
      [No abstract available]
    • Comparison of 3D ultrasound, 2D ultrasound and 3D Doppler in the diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma in patients with uterine bleeding: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Xydias E.M., Kalantzi S., Tsakos E., Ntanika A., Beis N., Prior M., Daponte A., Ziogas A.C. (2022)
      Endometrial cancer is a common malignancy affecting women worldwide. Usually, it clinically manifests with uterine bleeding, although identical clinical manifestations occur in benign conditions as well, with several ...
    • Comparison of Risk Scores for the Prediction of the Overall Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: The Athens Stroke Registry 

      Georgiopoulos G., Ntaios G., Stamatelopoulos K., Manios E., Korompoki E., Vemmou E., Milionis H., Masi S., Lip G.Y.H., Vemmos K. (2019)
      Background: Stratification of overall vascular risk in patients with ischemic stroke is important as it may guide management decisions. Currently available schemes have only modest prognostic accuracy. The TRA2°P score ...
    • Editor's Choice – Endovascular Aneurysm Repair in High Risk Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Kontopodis N., Galanakis N., Charalambous S., Matsagkas M., Giannoukas A.D., Tsetis D., Ioannou C.V., Antoniou G.A. (2022)
      Objective: To investigate outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in high risk patients. Methods: Bibliographic sources (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and CENTRAL) were searched using combinations of thesaurus and free ...
    • Identification of Very Low-Risk Subgroups of Patients with Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated with R-CHOP 

      Vassilakopoulos T.P., Michail M., Papageorgiou S., Kourti G., Angelopoulou M.K., Panitsas F., Sachanas S., Kalpadakis C., Katodritou E., Leonidopoulou T., Kotsianidis I., Hatzimichael E., Kotsopoulou M., Dimou M., Variamis E., Boutsis D., Terpos E., Dimopoulou M.N., Karakatsanis S., Michalis E., Karianakis G., Tsirkinidis P., Vadikolia C., Poziopoulos C., Pigaditou A., Vrakidou E., Economopoulos T., Kyriazopoulou L., Siakantaris M.P., Kyrtsonis M.-C., Symeonidis A., Anargyrou K., Papaioannou M., Hatjiharissi E., Vervessou E., Tsirogianni M., Palassopoulou M., Gainaru G., Stefanoudaki E., Zikos P., Tsirigotis P., Tsourouflis G., Assimakopoulou T., Konstantinidou P., A. Papadaki H., Megalakaki K., Dimopoulos M.-A., Pappa V., Karmiris T., Roussou P., Panayiotidis P., Konstantopoulos K., Pangalis G.A. (2021)
      Background: R-CHOP can cure approximately 75% of patients with primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL), but prognostic factors have not been sufficiently evaluated yet. R-da- EPOCH is potentially more effective ...
    • Interrupted versus uninterrupted anticoagulation therapy for catheter ablation in adults with arrhythmias 

      Bawazeer G.A., Alkofide H.A., Alsharafi A.A., Babakr N.O., Altorkistani A.M., Kashour T.S., Miligkos M., AlFaleh K.M., Al-Ansary L.A. (2021)
      Background: The management of anticoagulation therapy around the time of catheter ablation (CA) procedure for adults with arrhythmia is critical and yet is variable in clinical practice. The ideal approach for safe and ...
    • Late results of a randomized trial on the role of mild hypofractionated radiotherapy for the treatment of localized prostate cancer 

      Alexidis P., Karatzoglou S., Dragoumis D., Drevelegas K., Tzitzikas I., Hatzimouratidis K., Chrisogonidis I., Ioannidis A., Katsios I.N., Zarogoulidis P., Sapalidis K., Koulouris C., Michalopoulos N., Giannakidis D., Aidoni Z., Fyntanidou V., Amaniti A., Boniou K., Kesisoglou I., Vagionas A., Romanidis K., Oikonomou P., Goganau A.M., Petanidis S., Maragouli E., Kosmidis C. (2020)
      Background: Prostate cancer is considered to be highly sensitive to changes in radiation therapy dose per fraction, specifically to hypofractionation. An increase in the fractionation dose could cause a higher increase to ...
    • Patient Age, Sex, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotype Associate With Course of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 

      Weismüller T.J., Strassburg C.P., Trivedi P.J., Hirschfield G.M., Trivedi P.J., Bergquist A., Said K., Imam M., Lazaridis K.N., Juran B.D., Cheung A., Lindor K.D., Weismüller T.J., Lenzen H., Manns M.P., Ponsioen C.Y., Beuers U., Holm K., Naess S., Karlsen T.H., Schrumpf E., Boberg K.M., Gotthardt D., Rupp C., Färkkilä M.A., Jokelainen K., Marschall H.-U., Benito de Valle M., Thorburn D., Saffioti F., Weersma R.K., Fevery J., Mueller T., Chazouillères O., Schulze K., Schramm C., Almer S., Pereira S.P., Levy C., Mason A., Bowlus C.L., Floreani A., Halilbasic E., Trauner M., Yimam K.K., Milkiewicz P., Milkiewicz P., Huynh D.K., Pares A., Manser C.N., Dalekos G.N., Eksteen B., Invernizzi P., Berg C.P., Kirchner G.I., Sarrazin C., Zimmer V., Fabris L., Braun F., Marzioni M., Schramm C., Chapman R.W., Chapman R.W., Lindor K.D., Imam M., Lindor K.D., Naess S., Karlsen T.H., Schrumpf E., Boberg K.M., Hansen B.E., Hansen B.E., Hansen B.E., on behalf of the, International PSC Study Group (2017)
      Background & Aims Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an orphan hepatobiliary disorder associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to estimate the risk of disease progression based on distinct clinical ...
    • Perioperative management of DOACs in vascular surgery: A practical approach 

      Kouvelos G., Matsagkas M., Rousas N., Nana P., Mpatzalexis K., Stamoulis K., Giannoukas A., Arnaoutoglou E. (2018)
      Background: Approximately 10–15% of patients on DOACs have to interrupt their anticoagulant before an invasive procedure every year. The perioperative management and monitoring of DOACs have proved to be challenging, as ...
    • Pregnancy and thrombosis risk for women without a history of thrombotic events: a retrospective study of the real risks 

      Grouzi E., Pouliakis A., Aktypi Α., Christoforidou A., Kotsi P., Αnagnostou G., Foifa A., Papadakis E. (2022)
      Background: During pregnancy and puerperium women are at high VTE risk. Current guidelines recommend dynamic VTE-risk assessment during pregnancy. Based on related RCOG-guidelines we constructed a digital VTE-risk assessment ...