An exploratory study of dietary intake patterns among adults diagnosed with cardiovascular risk factors.

The objective of the present exploratory study was to assess compliance with the nutrient recommendations among a convenience sample of adults diagnosed with cardiovascular risk factors in northern Greece and evaluate their dietary intake patterns. Ninety-two people participated in this cross-sectional study. Dietary assessment was carried out using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire.

Nutritional risk factors for iron-deficiency anaemia in children 12-24 months old in the area of Thessalia in Greece.

Iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a common problem all over the world, which mainly attacks pregnant women, infants and children. The main objectives were to assess the prevalence of IDA in children 12-24 months old in the area of Thessalia located in the central part of Greece and to identify, by means of a simple questionnaire, its nutritional risk factors. The research was applied as a cross-sectional and case-control study.

Detection of myocardial ischemia in the elderly versus the young by stress thallium-201 scintigraphy and its relation to important coronary artery disease.

The prevalence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis increase dramatically with age, so that more than half of all deaths in persons aged over 65 are due to coronary arterial disease (CAD) and about three fourths of all deaths from CAD occur in the elderly. The aims of our study were, first, to detect myocardial ischemia development in elderly versus younger patients undergoing treatment for known CAD through the use of both conventional treadmill testing and 201T1 scintigraphy, and second, to determine the relationship between the above non-invasive tests and angiographically confirmed important coronary artery disease (iCAD). A database of 606 patients (355 men and 251 women) who had undergone coronary angiography, exercise ECG testing (ETT) using the treadmill Bruce protocol, and 201T1 scintigraphy, was reviewed retrospectively.

Heart failure accompanied by sick euthyroid syndrome and exercise training.

Sick euthyroid syndrome is defined as the decrease of serum free triiodothyronine with normal free L-thyroxin and thyrotropin. Its appearance in patients with chronic heart failure is an indicator of severity. Exercise training through a wide variety of mechanisms reverses sick euthyroid syndrome (normalization of free triiodothyronine levels) and improves the ability to exercise.

Risk factors of ischaemic heart disease and long-term outcome after coronary bypass surgery.

Background: To investigate the effect of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) risk factors on the long-term course of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, was the aim of our study.

Methods: We studied a total of 128 people, who were classified into 4 groups. Control Group A consisted of 24 healthy adults, Group B of 23 patients who underwent CABG for 3-vessel disease and had no complications in the first two postoperative years, Group C of 41 patients who were hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during the first or second post-CABG year and Group D of 40 patients who were hospitalized for AMI without previous CABG.