• Adenotonsillectomy to treat obstructive sleep apnea: Is it enough? 

      Boudewyns A., Abel F., Alexopoulos E., Evangelisti M., Kaditis A., Miano S., Villa M.P., Verhulst S.L. (2017)
      Although adenotonsillectomy is the first line treatment for children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (0SAS),1 improvement in objectively documented outcomes is often inadequate and a substantial number of children ...
    • Ascending aortic intramural hematoma: current concepts 

      Nana P., Kouvelos G., Spanos K. (2022)
      Purpose of review Type A intramural hematoma (TAIMH) is an acute aortic disease characterized by the presence of hematoma in the aortic media and involving the ascending aorta. Open repair seems to be the first treatment ...
    • Benign intracranial lesions-radiotherapy: An overview of treatment options, indications and therapeutic results 

      Tzikoulis V., Gkantaifi A., Alongi F., Tsoukalas N., Saraireh H.H., Charalampakis N., Tzikoulis G., Andreou E., Tsapakidis K., Kardamakis D., Tsanadis K., Kyrgias G., Tolia M. (2020)
      Background: Radiation Therapy (RT) is an established treatment option for benign intracranial lesions. The aim of this study is to display an update on the role of RT concerning the most frequent benign brain lesions and ...
    • Clinical practice recommendations on the management of perioperative cardiac arrest: A report from the PERIOPCA Consortium 

      Chalkias A., Mongardon N., Boboshko V., Cerny V., Constant A.-L., De Roux Q., Finco G., Fumagalli F., Gkamprela E., Legriel S., Lomivorotov V., Magliocca A., Makaronis P., Mamais I., Mani I., Mavridis T., Mura P., Ristagno G., Sardo S., Papagiannakis N., Xanthos T., Mongardon N., Boboshko V., Cerny V., Constant A.-L., De Roux Q., Finco G., Fumagalli F., Gkamprela E., Legriel S., Magliocca A., Makaronis P., Mamais I., Mani I., Mavridis T., Mura P., for the PERIOPCA Consortium (2021)
      Background: Perioperative cardiac arrest is a rare complication with an incidence of around 1 in 1400 cases, but it carries a high burden of mortality reaching up to 70% at 30 days. Despite its specificities, guidelines ...
    • Consensus statement from the international consensus meeting on post-traumatic cranioplasty 

      Iaccarino C., Kolias A., Adelson P.D., Rubiano A.M., Viaroli E., Buki A., Cinalli G., Fountas K., Khan T., Signoretti S., Waran V., Adeleye A.O., Amorim R., Bertuccio A., Cama A., Chesnut R.M., De Bonis P., Estraneo A., Figaji A., Florian S.I., Formisano R., Frassanito P., Gatos C., Germanò A., Giussani C., Hossain I., Kasprzak P., La Porta F., Lindner D., Maas A.I.R., Paiva W., Palma P., Park K.B., Peretta P., Pompucci A., Posti J., Sengupta S.K., Sinha A., Sinha V., Stefini R., Talamonti G., Tasiou A., Zona G., Zucchelli M., Hutchinson P.J., Servadei F. (2021)
      Background: Due to the lack of high-quality evidence which has hindered the development of evidence-based guidelines, there is a need to provide general guidance on cranioplasty (CP) following traumatic brain injury (TBI), ...
    • Conservative treatment of a cervical chylous fistula of the minor thoracic duct after thoracic trauma 

      Apostolakis, E. I.; Kouerinis, I. A.; Zografos, G. C.; Tsilimingas, N.; Dougenis, D. (2009)
    • Current status of endovascular treatment of aortoenteric fistula 

      Spanos K., Kouvelos G., Karathanos C., Matsagkas M., Giannoukas A.D. (2017)
      Aortoenteric fistula (AEF) is one of the most challenging diagnostic and therapeutic entities in vascular surgery. AEF can occur either primarily involving the aorta and the gastrointestinal tract or, more commonly, secondary ...
    • Current status of mechanical circulatory support: A systematic review 

      Spiliopoulos, K.; Giamouzis, G.; Karayannis, G.; Karangelis, D.; Koutsias, S.; Kalogeropoulos, A.; Georgiopoulou, V.; Skoularigis, J.; Butler, J.; Triposkiadis, F. (2012)
      Heart failure is a major public health problem and its management requires a significant amount of health care resources. Even with administration of the best available medical treatment, the mortality associated with the ...
    • Double fixation for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using AFX body and Endurant proximal aortic cuff: Mid-term results 

      Matsagkas M.I., Kouvelos G., Spanos K., Athanasoulas A., Giannoukas A. (2017)
      Our goal was to evaluate the use of an AFX main body combined with an Endurant proximal aortic cuff to treat selected patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) associated with anatomical challenges, such as a small ...
    • EANM procedural guidelines for PET/CT quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging 

      Sciagrà R., Lubberink M., Hyafil F., Saraste A., Slart R.H.J.A., Agostini D., Nappi C., Georgoulias P., Bucerius J., Rischpler C., Verberne H.J., Cardiovascular Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) (2021)
      The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and because several studies have convincingly ...
    • Editorial: Current Challenges in Cardioembolic Stroke 

      Fuentes B., Ntaios G., Putaala J. (2021)
      [No abstract available]
    • The effects of old, new and emerging medicines on metabolic aberrations in PCOS 

      Bargiota, A.; Diamanti-Kandarakis, E. (2012)
      Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age that is associated with significant adverse short- and long-term health consequences. Multiple metabolic aberrations, such as ...
    • Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programs in the era of COVID-19: a critical review 

      Stefanakis M., Batalik L., Papathanasiou J., Dipla L., Antoniou V., Pepera G. (2021)
      Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Increased rates of morbidity and mortality have led to the increased need for the implementation of secondary prevention interventions. ...
    • Fenestrated stent grafts for the treatment of complex aortic aneurysm disease: A mature treatment paradigm 

      Georgiadis G.S., Van Herwaarden J.A., Antoniou G.A., Giannoukas A.D., Lazarides M.K., Moll F.L. (2016)
      The introduction of fenestrated stent grafts (SGs) to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) with short proximal necks began in 1999. Nowadays, the whole visceral aorta can be treated totally by endovascular means. The ...
    • How peritoneal dialysis transforms the peritoneum and vasculature in children with chronic kidney disease—what can we learn for future treatment? 

      Bartosova M., Zarogiannis S.G., Schmitt C.P., Arbeiter K., Ariceta G., Bayazit A.K., Büscher R., Caliskan S., Cerkauskiene R., Drozdz D., Fathallah-Shaykh S., Klaus G., Krmar R.T., Oh J., Peters V., Querfeld U., Ranchin B., Sallay P., Schaefer B., Taylan C., Testa S., VandeWalle J., Verrina E., Vondrak K., Warady B.A., Yap Y.C., Zaloszyc A., for the Members of the International Pediatric Peritoneal Biobank (2022)
      Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) suffer from inflammation and reactive metabolite-induced stress, which massively accelerates tissue and vascular aging. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the preferred dialysis mode in ...
    • Integrated care for optimizing the management of stroke and associated heart disease: a position paper of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Stroke 

      Lip G.Y.H., Lane D.A., Lenarczyk R., Boriani G., Doehner W., Benjamin L.A., Fisher M., Lowe D., Sacco R.L., Schnabel R., Watkins C., Ntaios G., Potpara T. (2022)
      The management of patients with stroke is often multidisciplinary, involving various specialties and healthcare professionals. Given the common shared risk factors for stroke and cardiovascular disease, input may also be ...
    • International Consensus on the Use of Genetics in the Management of Hereditary Angioedema 

      Germenis A.E., Margaglione M., Pesquero J.B., Farkas H., Cichon S., Csuka D., Lera A.L., Rijavec M., Jolles S., Szilagyi A., Trascasa M.L., Veronez C.L., Drouet C., Zamanakou M., Andrejevic S., Aygören-Pürsün E., Bara N.-A., Bernstein J., Bork K., Bouillet L., Bova M., Boysen H.H., Bygum A., Caballero T., Castaldo A., Christiansen S., Cicardi M., Fabiani J., Katelaris C., Dewald G., Gökmen N.M., Gonzalez-Quevedo M.T., Gooi J., Grivcheva-Panovska V., Grumach A., Hakl R., Hardy G., Jesenak M., Kaplan A., Kirschfink M., Köhalmi K.V., Leibovich I., Longhurst H.J., Lumry W., Magerl M., Saguer I.M., Nagy I.B., Nieto S., Nordenfelt P., Porębski G., Psarros F., Reshef A., Riedl M.A., Sheikh F., Peter S., Speletas M., Staevska M., Stobiecki M., Triggiani M., Veszeli N., Waserman S., Weber C., Wuillemin W., Zuraw B. (2020)
      Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is becoming much more genetically complex than was initially considered. Thus, the role of HAE genetics is expanding beyond research laboratories, and the genotyping of subjects suffering from ...
    • MGMT immunohistochemistry in pituitary tumors: controversies with clinical implications 

      Kontogeorgos G., Thodou E., Koutourousiou M., Kaltsas G., Seretis A. (2019)
      Introduction: Temozolomide (TMZ) is currently considered as a rational therapeutic option for patients with progressively aggressive pituitary adenomas and carcinomas not responding to conventional therapies. Administration ...
    • Monoclonal Antibody Biosimilars in Oncology: Critical Appraisal of Available Data on Switching 

      Declerck P., Bakalos G., Zintzaras E., Barton B., Schreitmüller T. (2018)
      Purpose: With the introduction of biosimilars of anticancer monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in oncology, physicians are potentially confronted with the question whether it is clinically adequate to switch patients who are ...
    • Myomectomy during pregnancy: A systematic review 

      Spyropoulou K., Kosmas I., Tsakiridis I., Mamopoulos A., Kalogiannidis I., Athanasiadis A., Daponte A., Dagklis T. (2020)
      Objective: Uterine fibroids affect 2–10 % of pregnant women. Although usually asymptomatic, they may be associated with pregnancy complications. Myomectomy is preferably avoided antenatally, however, it has been reported ...