4 results match your criteria: "National and Kapodistrean University of Athens Medical School[Affiliation]"
Long-term (11 + years) efficacy of sleeve gastrectomy as a stand-alone bariatric procedure: a single-center retrospective observational study.
Langenbecks Arch Surg
December 2022
Department of Intensive Care Unit, Saint Andrew's General Hospital, 26335, Patras, Greece.
Article Synopsis
- Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is the most popular bariatric surgery globally, and this study assesses its long-term effectiveness as a standalone option.
- Researchers analyzed data from 104 patients who underwent SG from 2005 to 2009, focusing on weight loss and changes in related health conditions over an average of 13.4 years.
- Results show significant long-term weight loss in many patients, with 67.3% achieving over 50% excess weight loss; however, there are concerns about weight regain and the emergence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in some patients.
Coincidental ganglionated plexus modification during radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation and post-ablation arrhythmia recurrence.
Europace
December 2017
2nd Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrean University of Athens Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Aims: Vagal responses (VR) during left atrial ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment have been reported to be associated with less recurrences, presumably because they are a sign of ganglionated plexi modification. Our objective was to evaluate whether coincidentally elicited VR during left atrial ablation are associated with lower AF recurrence rates.
Methods And Results: This is a post hoc analysis of a prospective study of 291 patients with paroxysmal AF undergoing radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation (PVI).
Permanent pacemaker implantation in octogenarians with unexplained syncope and positive electrophysiologic testing.
Heart Rhythm
May 2017
2nd Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrean University of Athens Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Background: Syncope is a common problem in the elderly, and a permanent pacemaker is a therapeutic option when a bradycardic etiology is revealed. However, the benefit of pacing when no association of symptoms to bradycardia has been shown is not clear, especially in the elderly.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pacing on syncope-free mortality in patients aged 80 years or older with unexplained syncope and "positive" invasive electrophysiologic testing (EPT).
Circulating Erythrocyte Microparticles and the Biochemical Extent of Myocardial Injury in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
Cardiology
August 2018
2nd Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrean University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Objectives: Red blood cell microparticles (RBCm) have potential adverse vascular effects and they have been shown to be elevated in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The purpose of this study is to investigate their relationship with biochemical infarct size.
Methods: RBCm were quantified with flow cytometry in blood drawn from 60 STEMI patients after a primary angioplasty.