Publications by authors named "A Balaska"
Ferric carboxymaltose reduces the burden of arrhythmic events in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: the role of the non-invasive arrhythmic biomarkers.
Hellenic J Cardiol
November 2024
Objective: Treating iron deficiency (ID) with ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) enhances morbidity, quality of life (QoL), and exercise capacity.
Methods: In the presented single-center, prospective follow-up study, symptomatic patients with HFrEF with ID and CIEDs scheduled for IV FCM were followed up for 12-months. Arrhythmic activity was evaluated from CIEDs and non-invasive markers from Holter recordings before and after FCM.
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- * A study with 75 individuals highlighted that the duration of diabetes affected presepsin levels, with type 1 diabetes patients showing higher levels compared to type 2 diabetes patients, especially in well-controlled groups.
- * After considering other factors like age and body mass index, the difference in presepsin levels remained significant, indicating its possible role as a marker for inflammation in diabetes management.
This study explores the relationship between psychological factors and children's BMI, using clustering methods like Gaussian Mixture Models and Spectral Clustering. Affinity Propagation was particularly effective, suggesting that tailored interventions based on psychological assessments could improve obesity management in children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Our aim was to study patients with diabetes mellitus and SARS-CoV-2-infection diagnosed during the first pandemic wave in Greece.
Methods: Cases were retrieved from the national database of SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Results: We studied 2624 SARS-CoV-2 infected cases, including 157 with diabetes.
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- KPC sequence-type 258 (ST258) is a global human pathogen linked to high morbidity and mortality, despite lacking known virulence factors.
- Research involved evaluating its interaction with innate immunity components, using human serum and a murine macrophage cell-line.
- The study found that the KPC ST258 strain L-78 was susceptible to serum, rapidly phagocytosed, and stimulated higher IL-1β production compared to a virulent K2 strain, indicating a strong innate immune response.