Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2012, Volume 53, Issue 6 November - December

HJC 2012, Volume 53, Issue 6 November - December

Comments on the 2012 Update of the ESC Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: What Is New and What Is Important for the Clinician? [PDF]
G. ANDRIKOPOULOS
Cardiology Department, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece

Almanac 2012: Cardiovascular Risk Scores. The National Society Journals Present Selected Research That has Driven Recent Advances in Clinical Cardiology [PDF]
J.P. PELL
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, UK

A Case-Matched Comparative Study of Surgical Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation for Patients with Persistent or Long-Standing Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Concomitant Heart Surgery [PDF]
K. PERREAS1, A. KOSTOPOULOU2, E. LIVANIS2, A. MICHALIS1
1Second Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2Second Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Lack of Correlation Between Coronary Flow Reserve and Vascular Remodelling in Hypertensive Patients Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study [PDF]
C. TSIOUFIS, G. LATSIOS, D. TSIACHRIS, K. DIMITRIADIS, D. ROUSSOS, I. KALLIKAZAROS, C. STEFANADIS
First Cardiology Clinic, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Circadian Variation of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Normotensives, White-Coat, Masked, Treated and Untreated Hypertensives [PDF]
E. KOROBOKI1, E. MANIOS1, T. PSALTOPOULOU2, K. VEMMOS1, F. MICHAS1, E. ALEXAKI1, N. ZAKOPOULOS1
1Hypertensive Center, Clinical Therapeutics, "Alexandra" Hospital, 2Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece

Effects of Mutations and Genetic Overlap in Inherited Long-QT and Brugada Arrhythmia Syndromes [PDF]
C-M. KOTTA, A. ANASTASAKIS, C. STEFANADIS
First Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Cardiovascular Adverse Effects of Doping in Sports [PDF]
A.P. DELIGIANNIS, E.I. KOUIDI
Laboratory of Sports Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Diastolic Filling Vortex Forces and Cardiac Adaptations: Probing the Epigenetic Nexus [PDF]
A. PASIPOULARIDES
Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham NC, USA

An Octopus-Like Myxoma Depicted by Real-Time 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography [PDF]
C. AGGELI, E. POULIDAKIS, I. FELEKOS, A. AGGELI, C. STEFANADIS
First Cardiology Department, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Postpartum Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Two Cases Covering a Wide Spectrum of Presentations [PDF]
E. DEMEROUTI1, A. MANGINAS1, S. RAMMOS2, G. ATHANASSOPOULOS1, G. KARATASAKIS1, G. PAVLIDES1
1First Cardiology Department, 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

Bartonella Quintana Endocarditis as a Cause of Severe Aortic Insufficiency and Heart Failure [PDF]
S. DIMOPOULOS1, E. ELEFTHERAKIS1, C. CHARITOS2, T. SAKELLARIDIS2, D. SINAPIDIS1, E. KOSTIS1, S. TOUMANIDIS1, E. EFSTATHIOU1
1Department of Clinical Therapeutics, "Alexandra" Hospital, University of Athens, 2Second Department of Cardiac Surgery, "Evaggelismos" Hospital, Athens, Greece

Unprotected Left Main Distal Bifurcation Lesion [PDF]
G. KARAVOLIAS, P. KARYOFILLIS, P. GEORGIADOU, V. VOUDRIS
Second Department of Interventional Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

Delayed Diagnosis of Fabry Disease Presenting as Myocardial Ischaemia [PDF]
M. MARCì1, G. DURO2, A. TUTTOLOMONDO3, A. PINTO3, V. CIRRINCIONE1, N. SANFILIPPO1
1Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia & Cervello, 2CNR-IBIM, "A. Monroy" Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, 3Department of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

The Role of Cardiac Surgery in Modern Greece [PDF]
G. PARCHARIDIS
Professor of Cardiology

The European Society of Cardiology: Priorities, Projects, Plans [PDF]
P.E. VARDAS
Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece