Publications by authors named "A I Venetsanopoulou"
Objectives: To assess if isolated mouth or eye dryness constitutes distinct clinical phenotypes in Sjögren's disease (SjD).
Methods: We analysed 1765 patients meeting the 2016 ACR-EULAR SjD criteria, followed up at four centres in Greece and Italy (Universities of Pisa, Italy, and Athens, Harokopion, and Ioannina, Greece). Patients with isolated mouth or eye dryness were identified and matched 1:2 with those experiencing both symptoms, according to age at SjD diagnosis, gender, and disease duration.
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- This study investigates rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) to understand how inflammation and lung injury occur, particularly through the role of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).
- It includes nine RA-ILD patients and nine healthy controls, measuring inflammatory markers and NET formation, as well as testing the effects of the medication nintedanib over 16 weeks.
- Results show that patients with RA-ILD have higher levels of certain inflammatory markers and NETs, and nintedanib treatment appears to reduce these markers, highlighting its potential effectiveness in managing the disease.
Introduction: This study aimed to describe the clinical course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in patients with glomerular diseases (GDs) and its impact on the probability of relapse.
Methods: Patients with biopsy-proven GD and positive PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 from glomerular clinics across Greece were studied retrospectively. Those who received the GD diagnosis after the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or ended in ESKD prior to infection were excluded.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. AF is linked with inflammatory signalling while inflammation and oxidative stress promote atrial remodelling, favouring the development and perpetuation of the arrhythmia. On the other hand, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is considered a chronic inflammatory rheumatic condition with flares and remissions that affects the axial skeleton and mainly young people.
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