Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "pathophysiology"

The 6-minute walk test and anthropometric characteristics as assessment tools in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. A preliminary report during the pandemic

Stavrou V.T., Vavougios G.D., Astara K., Siachpazidou D.I., Papayianni E., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2021)

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) exhibit low cardio-fitness impact, attributed to fragmented sleep architecture and associated pathophysiological sequelae. The purpose of our study was to investigate ...

Acoustic and Perceived Measurements Certifying Tango as Voice Treatment Method

Tafiadis D., Kosma E.I., Chronopoulos S.K., Papadopoulos A., Toki E.I., Vassiliki S., Ziavra N. (2018)

Voice disorders are affecting everyday life in many levels, and their prevalence has been studied extensively in certain and general populations. Notably, several factors have a cohesive influence on voice disorders and ...

Acute Liver Failure

Doulberis M., Kotronis G., Gialamprinou D., Özgüler O., Exadaktylos A.K., Oikonomou V., Katsinelos P., Romiopoulos I., Polyzos S.A., Tzivras D., Deretzi G., Dardiotis E., Kountouras J. (2019)

Acute liver failure is a rare hepatic emergent situation that affects primarily young people and has often a catastrophic or even fatal outcome. Definition of acute liver failure has not reached a universal consensus and ...

Aerobic, resistance and combined training and detraining on body composition, muscle strength, lipid profile and inflammation in coronary artery disease patients

Theodorou A.A., Panayiotou G., Volaklis K.A., Douda H.T., Paschalis V., Nikolaidis M.G., Smilios I., Toubekis A., Kyprianou D., Papadopoulos I., Tokmakidis S.P. (2016)

Fifty-six elderly individuals diagnosed with coronary artery disease participated in the study and were divided into four groups: an aerobic exercise group, a resistance exercise group, a combined (aerobic + resistance) ...

Alterations in hearing function of patients with glucose disorders

Vergou Z., Paschou S.A., Bargiota A., Koukoulis G.N. (2019)

Objective: To study the prevalence of hearing impairment in patients with various glucose disorders. Patients and methods: A total of 499 individuals were studied, 51 patients with type 1 (TIDM), 188 patients with type 2 ...

Amiodarone plus Ranolazine for Conversion of Post-Cardiac Surgery Atrial Fibrillation: Enhanced Effectiveness in Reduced Versus Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients

Simopoulos V., Hevas A., Hatziefthimiou A., Dipla K., Skoularigis I., Tsilimingas N., Aidonidis I. (2018)

Purpose: Ranolazine (RAN) added to amiodarone (AMIO) has been shown to accelerate termination of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) following coronary artery bypass surgery in patients without heart failure (HF). ...

Anti-GP2 antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease patients with ileal pouch

Pavlidis, P.; Forbes, A.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2013)

Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism and Left Ventricular Failure in Beta-Thalassemia: A Multivariate Meta-Analysis

Dimou N.L., Pantavou K.G., Bagos P.G. (2017)

Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is potentially a genetic risk factor for the development of left ventricular failure (LVF), the main cause of death in beta-thalassemia homozygotes. In the present study, we synthesize the results ...

The ARDSnet protocol may be detrimental in COVID-19

Tsolaki V., Zakynthinos G.E., Makris D. (2020)

[No abstract available]

Artificial oocyte activation: physiological, pathophysiological and ethical aspects

Anifandis G., Michopoulos A., Daponte A., Chatzimeletiou K., Simopoulou M., Messini C.I., Polyzos N.P., Vassiou K., Dafopoulos K., Goulis D.G. (2019)

Infertile couples with low oocyte yield in combination with abnormal semen parameters may experience intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) failure. An established factor associated with ICSI failure is oocyte activation ...

The association between retinopathy of prematurity and ocular growth

Kardaras D., Papageorgiou E., Gaitana K., Grivea I., Dimitriou V.A., Androudi S., Gounaris A., Tsironi E.E. (2019)

PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate the association between retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and ocular growth in premature infants during the earliest weeks of life. METHODS. Premature ...

The Association of Sedentary Behaviour and Cognitive Function in People Without Dementia: A Coordinated Analysis Across Five Cohort Studies from COSMIC

Maasakkers C.M., Claassen J.A.H.R., Gardiner P.A., Olde Rikkert M.G.M., Lipnicki D.M., Scarmeas N., Dardiotis E., Yannakoulia M., Anstey K.J., Cherbuin N., Haan M.N., Kumagai S., Narazaki K., Chen T., Ng T.P., Gao Q., Nyunt M.S.Z., Crawford J.D., Kochan N.A., Makkar S.R., Sachdev P.S., Thijssen D.H.J., Melis R.J.F., COSMIC Collaborators (2020)

Background: Besides physical activity as a target for dementia prevention, sedentary behaviour is hypothesized to be a potential target in its own right. The rising number of persons with dementia and lack of any effective ...

Associations between change in blood pressure and functional outcome, early events and death: Results from the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke trial

Sandset E.C., Appleton J.P., Berge E., Christensen H., Gommans J., Krishnan K., Ntaios G., Phillips S., Pocock S., Sprigg N., Woodhouse L.J., Bath P.M. (2019)

Objectives:High blood pressure (BP) is associated with a poor outcome after acute stroke. Early reduction in BP may be associated with fewer early adverse events and deaths, and improved functional outcome.Methods:Analyses ...

Atrial cardiopathy and nonstenosing large artery plaque in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source

Kamel H., Pearce L.A., Ntaios G., Gladstone D.J., Perera K., Roine R.O., Meseguer E., Shoamanesh A., Berkowitz S.D., Mundl H., Sharma M., Connolly S.J., Hart R.G., Healey J.S. (2020)

Background and Purpose—Atrial cardiopathy and atherosclerotic plaque are two potential mechanisms underlying embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS). The relationship between these two mechanisms among ESUS patients ...

Atrial fibrillation and cognitive decline: it takes more than an irregular heart beat, to beat the brain

Sagris D., Lip G.Y.H. (2021)

[No abstract available]

Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: A Report From the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration

Rivard L., Friberg L., Conen D., Healey J.S., Berge T., Boriani G., Brandes A., Calkins H., Camm A.J., Yee Chen L., Lluis Clua Espuny J., Collins R., Connolly S., Dagres N., Elkind M.S.V., Engdahl J., Field T.S., Gersh B.J., Glotzer T.V., Hankey G.J., Harbison J.A., Georg Haeusler K., Hills M.T., Johnson L.S.B., Joung B., Khairy P., Kirchhof P., Krieger D., Lip G.Y.H., Løchen M.-L., Madhavan M., Mairesse G.H., Montaner J., Ntaios G., Quinn T.J., Rienstra M., Rosenqvist M., Sandhu R.K., Smyth B., Schnabel R.B., Stavrakis S., Themistoclakis S., Van Gelder I.C., Wang J.-G., Freedman B. (2022)

Growing evidence suggests a consistent association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and cognitive impairment and dementia that is independent of clinical stroke. This report from the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration ...

Autoantibodies and autoantigens associated with autoimmune hepatitis and viruses-induced autoimmune response: Significant tools in clinical practice and in the study of pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatic diseases

Dalekos, G. N. (2004)

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic necroinflammatory disease of the liver characterized by hypergamma-globulinemia, characteristic autoantibodies, association with HLA DR3 or DR4 and a favorable response to immunosuppressive ...