Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2004, Volume 45, Issue 3 May - June

HJC 2004, Volume 45, Issue 3 May - June

Pulmonary Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Where Do We Stand, What More Can We Expect? [PDF]
SHIH-ANN CHEN
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

An Update on the Treatment of Vasovagal Syncope [PDF]
MICHELE BRIGNOLE
Department of Cardiology and Arrhymologic Centre, Ospedali del Tigullio, Lavagna, Italy

How Low Should We Go with Cholesterol Lowering? [PDF]
STELLA S. DASKALOPOULOU, DIMITRI P. MIKHAILIDIS
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK

Drug-Eluting Stents in Coronary Interventions [PDF]
VASSILIS VOUDRIS
1st Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Alternate Sites of Permanent Cardiac Pacing: A Randomized Study of Novel Technology [PDF]
ANTONIS S. MANOLIS, EFTIHIA SIMEONIDOU, ELENI SOUSANI, JOHN CHILADAKIS
Cardiology Department, Patras University, Rio, Patras, Greece

Alternate Pacing Sites in the Atria and the Right Ventricle [PDF]
GEORGE N. THEODORAKIS
2nd Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Prognostic Value of ST-Segment Elevation in Posterior Precordial Leads (V7, V8, V9) on the Initial ECG of Patients with Inferior Acute Myocardial Infarction who Received Thrombolysis [PDF]
IOANNIS VOGIATZIS, PRODROMOS PRODROMIDIS, THEODOROS KARAMITSOS, EFTERPI KAMBITSI, VASILIKI XINOGALOU, STAVROULA PAPAHATZI
Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Veria, Veria, Greece

The Contribution of Additional Electrocardiographic Leads in Acute Myocardial Infraction. Aims and Benefits in Patients with Acute Inferior Wall Infarction [PDF]
ANDREAS P. MICHAELIDES
Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Association of Myocardial Inotropic Reserve and Adrenergic Nerve Alterations in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Dobutamine Stress Echocardiographic and 123-I-MIBG Scintigraphic Study [PDF]
FRANGISKOS I. PARTHENAKIS1, ALEXANDER P. PATRIANAKOS1, VASSILIOS K. PRASSOPOULOS2, GEORGE F. DIAKAKIS1, IOANNIS K. KARALIS1, HERCULES E. MAVRAKIS1, NIKOS S. KARKAVITSAS2, PANOS E. VARDAS1.
1Department of Cardiology, 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Myocarditis [PDF]
ATHANASIOS G. PIPILIS1, PETER G. DANIAS1,2
1Hygeia Hospital, Maroussi, Athens, Greece, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia [PDF]
ALEX P. BETROSIAN, PANAGIOTIS P. ZAMPARAS
Intensive Care Unit, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Electroanatomical Mapping of a Right Atrial Tachycardia Originating within the Inferior Vena Cava [PDF]
APOSTOLOS G. KATSIVAS, ATHANASIOS G. MANOLIS, CHARALAMBOS VASSILOPOULOS, PANAGIOTIS IOANNIDIS, ATHINA GIOTOPOULOU, ZENON KYRIAKIDES
2nd Department of Cardiology, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

Modified T-Stenting Technique with Crushing Using Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents [PDF]
VASSILIS SPANOS, PAVLOS TOUTOUZAS, EFTYHIOS VORIDIS
Catheterization Laboratory, Euroclinic Hospital, Athens, Greece

Cholesterol Emboli Syndrome [PDF]
CHRISTODOULOS E. PAPADOPOULOS, STAVROS M. HATZIMILTIADIS, IOANNIS T. GOURASSAS, HARALAMPOS I. KARVOUNIS, TRIANTAFYLLIA D. KOLETSA1, GEORGIA K. KARAGIANNOPOULOU1, GEORGIOS E. LOURIDAS
1st Cardiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA General Hospital, 1Pathology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Isolated Ventricular Noncompaction: A Rare Type of Hereditary Cardiomyopathy with Poor Prognosis [PDF]
ANGELIKI A. KARATZA1, PERICLES A. DAVLOUROS2, LAMBRINI P. PSIOURI1,STEFANOS P. MANTAGOS1, ANTONIS S. MANOLIS2
1Paediatric Clinic and 2Cardiology Department, University of Patras, Greece

HJC: Targets, Aims and Plans [PDF]
PANOS E. VARDAS
Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece