Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the evaluation of patients with cardiovascular disease: An overview of current indications, limitations, and procedures.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of morbidity/mortality worldwide. Early diagnosis is the key to improve CVD prognosis, and cardiovascular imaging plays a crucial role in this direction. Echocardiography is the most commonly used imaging modality.

[The implementation of the law 4509/2017 in the Forensic Department of the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki].

According to the Explanatory Memorandum of the law 4509/2017, a significant change is being made to the current institutional framework of Articles 69 and 70 of the ECHR concerning the penal treatment of mentally ill offenders, in order to ensure a high level of treatment for perpetrators with mental or intellectual disorder. In application of the law, it was examined in court the abolishment, maintenance or replacement of the treatment measure of 47 patients from the Department of Forensic Psychiatry in Thessaloniki. The results were compared with the previous status quo.

The effect of chronically increased intra-abdominal pressure on rectus abdominis muscle histology an experimental study on rabbits.

Background: The aim of this study was to specify the histologic response of the rectus abdominis muscle of the rabbit, to the chronically increased intra-abdominal pressure.

Materials And Methods: Forty-five New Zealand white rabbits were divided into three groups. In all groups, a rubber bag was implanted into the peritoneal cavity.

[Biological factors associated with depression in patients with type ΙΙ diabetes mellitus].

This study was undertaken in order to identify the prevalence and factors associated with depression in a group of patients with type II diabetes mellitus. 200 patients (127 women/73 men) with type II diabetes mellitus, from Diabetic Clinic of 1st Propedeutic Medical Department of Aristotle's University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, were enrolled in our study. Patients, sex, age, duration of diabetes, antidiabetic treatment, diabetic complications, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, blood pressure, smoking, physical exercise and alcohol intake were assessed.

Neuropeptide Y and alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone: interaction in obesity and possible role in the development of hypertension.

Aim: Obesity and hypertension frequently coexist and both represent important risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms implicated in the regulation of food intake have not been completely elucidated. Recent data suggests that peripheral and central neuropeptides play an important role in the maintenance of energy balance.

[Renal failure: Biological and Psychosocial consequences].

One of the most challenging patient groups that the psychiatrist of consultation-liaison psychiatry is called to work with, are the patients with Renal Failure, since this disease is related to complicated and multidimensional physical and psychosocial problems. In this review, a holistic approach is attempted, considering the biological, psychological and psychosocial factors related to the disease and to specific therapeutical programs as well. The interaction of these factors and their impact not only on the course of the disease, but also on the quality of life are discussed.

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in northern Greece.

A total of 638 new cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) (365 females, 273 males) were found from 1970-1984 in northern Greece (Macedonia and Thrace); the average annual incidence rate was 1.79 per 100,000 inhabitants with increasing incidence from 1980-1984. A total of 729 people living in northern Greece suffered from MS on December 31, 1984 (prevalence rate 29.