Browsing by Subject "Cardiovascular risk"

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Comparative study of prognostic value for coronary disease risk between the U.K. prospective diabetes study and Framingham models: Response to Protopsaltis et al. [9] (multiple letters)

Stevens, R. J.; Holman, R.; Protopsaltis, I. D.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Melidonis, Andreas (2004)

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The diagnosis and management of gastric cancer: Expert discussion and recommendations from the 12th ESMO/World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, Barcelona, 2010

Cutsem, E. van; Dicato, M.; Geva, R.; Arber, N.; Bang, Y.; Benson, A.; Cervantes, A.; Diaz-Rubio, E.; Ducreux, M.; Glynne-Jones, R.; Grothey, Axel; Haller, D.; Haustermans, K.; Kerr, D.; Nordlinger, B.; Marshall, J.; Minsky, B. D.; Kang, Y. K.; Labianca, R.; Lordick, F.; Ohtsu, A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Roth, A.; Rougier, P.; Schmoll, H. J.; Sobrero, A.; Tabernero, Josep; Velde, C. van de; Zalcberg, J. (2011)

Well-recognized experts in the field of gastric cancer discussed during the 12th European Society Medical Oncology (ESMO)/World Congress Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGIC) in Barcelona many important and controversial topics ...

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The effect of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism on the thrombotic risk

Tsantes, Argirio E.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Kopterides, Petros; Vaiopoulos, G. (2008)

Plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), is the central component of the fibrinolytic system. A deletion/insertion (4G/5G) polymorphism in the promoter region of the PAI-1 gene has been correlated with levels of plasma ...

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Effects of hormonal treatment on lipids in patients with cancer

Filippatos, T. D.; Liberopoulos, E. N.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Elisaf, Moses S.; Mikhailidis, Dimitri P. (2009)

Patients with malignant disease may need hormonal therapy as primary or adjuvant treatment or for palliation. Oestrogens usually decrease serum levels of total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol ...

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Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol [1]

Bonovas, Stefanos; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Sitaras, N. M. (2011)

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Integrin, alpha 2 gene C807T polymorphism and risk of ischemic stroke: A meta-analysis

Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsantes, Argirio E.; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Travlou, Anthi S.; Vaiopoulos, G. (2007)

Introduction: Platelet adhesion to fibrillar collagen via the membrane glycoprotein (GP) Ia/IIa (α2β1), is a crucial event in the pathogenesis of arterial occlusive disorders. The C807T single nucleotide polymorphism of ...

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Lack of association between the platelet glycoprotein Ia C807T gene polymorphism and coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis

Tsantes, Argirio E.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Vaiopoulos, G.; Travlou, Anthi S. (2007)

Background: The platelet-collagen receptor, glycoprotein (GP) la/lla plays a crucial role in the adhesion of platelets to fibrillar collagen, an event contributing to the pathogenesis of thrombosis. The C807T polymorphism ...

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Manual and automated media and intima thickness measurements of the common carotid artery

Loizou, Christos P.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Pantzaris, Marios C. (2009)

The intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA) is widely used as an early indicator of the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It was proposed but not thoroughly investigated that the media ...

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Metabolic syndrome and its components as predictors of all-cause mortality and coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients

Protopsaltis, I. D.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Dimou, Eftihia; Brestas, Paris; Kokkoris, Stelios; Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis; Melidonis, Andreas (2007)

Background: There is no consistent evidence regarding the prognostic value of metabolic syndrome (MS) in predicting all-cause mortality and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk among type 2 diabetic patients. We sought to ...

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Multiscale amplitude-modulation frequency-modulation (AM-FM) texture analysis of ultrasound images of the intima and media layers of the carotid artery

Loizou, Christos P.; Murray, V.; Pattichis, Marios S.; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Pattichis, Constantinos S. (2011)

The intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA) is widely used as an early indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Clinically, there is strong interest in identifying how the composition and texture ...

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Serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) against atherosclerosis

Wozniak, Greta; Toska, Aikaterini; Saridi, Maria; Mouzas, Odysseas (2011)

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of drug widely used for treatment of mood disorders, including depression and cardiovascular disease. A search for related articles in the PubMed database was ...