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      Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and circulating ACE levels are not associated with outcome in critically ill septic patients 

      Tsantes, Argirio E.; Tsangaris, I.; Kopterides, Petros; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kalamara, Eleni; Antonakos, Georgios; Kapsimali, Violetta; Gialeraki, Argiri; Dimopoulou, Ioanna; Orfanos, S.; Dima, Kleanthi; Travlou, Anthi S.; Armaganidis, Apostolos (2012)
      Background: In critically ill patients independent studies have shown contradictory findings regarding the prognostic significance of the D/D genotype of the I/D angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) polymorphism. The study ...
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      Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism and its expression on clinical outcome in acute respiratory distress syndrome 

      Tsantes, Argirio E.; Kopterides, Petros; Bonovas, Stefanos; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Antonakos, Georgios; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Gialeraki, Argiri; Kapsimali, Violetta; Kyriakou, Elias; Kokoris, Styliani; Dima, Kleanthi; Armaganidis, Apostolos; Tsangaris, I. (2013)
      Background. The role of the D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene I/D polymorphism in the clinical outcomes of patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) remains ...
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      Laboratory Assessment of the Anticoagulant Activity of Apixaban in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kyriakou, Elias; Katogiannis, Konstantinos; Ikonomidis, Ignatios; Giallouros, George; Rapti, Evdoxia; Taichert, Maria; Pantavou, Katerina; Gialeraki, Argiri; Kousathana, Foteini; Poulis, Aristarchos; Tsantes, Andreas G.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Kapsimali, Violetta; Tsivgoulis, Georgios; Tsantes, Argirios E. (2018)
      Our aim is to determine the most appropriate laboratory tests, besides anti-factor Xa (anti-FXa) chromogenic assays, to estimate the degree of anticoagulation with apixaban and compare it with that of rivaroxaban in ...
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      Reference ranges of thromboelastometry in healthy full-term and pre-term neonates 

      Sokou, R.; Foudoulaki-Paparizos, Leontini; Lytras, Theodoros; Konstantinidi, Aikaterini; Theodoraki, M.; Lambadaridis, Ioannis; Gounaris, Antonis; Valsami, S.; Politou, M.; Gialeraki, Argiri; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Iacovidou, Nicoletta; Bonovas, Stefanos; Tsantes, Argirio E. (2017)
      Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) is an attractive method for rapid evaluation of hemostasis in neonates. Currently, no reference values exist for ROTEM assays in full-term and pre-term neonates. Our aim was to establish ...