Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

HJC 2009, Volume 50, Issue 5 September - October

HJC 2009, Volume 50, Issue 5 September - October

Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis: Searching for Ariadne's Thread [PDF]
G. LAZAROS, C. VLACHOPOULOS, C. STEFANADIS
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Brugada Syndrome: Update 2009 [PDF]
P. BRUGADA, B. BENITO, R. BRUGADA, J. BRUGADA
The Ramon Brugada Sr. Foundation, the Universities of Barcelona (Fundacio Clinic), Girona (Spain) and Brussels, Belgium (UZ Brussel-VUB)

Michael Servetus (1511-1553) and the Discovery of Pulmonary Circulation [PDF]
C. STEFANADIS1, M. KARAMANOU2, G. ANDROUTSOS2
11st Cardiology Department, 2Department of History of Medicine, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

The Decline in PCI Complication Rate: 2003-2006 Versus 1999-2002 [PDF]
I. STATHOPOULOS, M. JIMENEZ, G. PANAGOPOULOS, E. JUNG KWAK, M. LOSQUADRO, H. COHEN, S. IYER, C. RUIZ, G. ROUBIN, K. GARRATT
Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, NY, USA

Prevalence and Five-Year Incidence (2001-2006) of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in a Greek Sample: The ATTICA Study [PDF]
D.B. PANAGIOTAKOS1, C. PITSAVOS2, C. CHRYSOHOOU2, I. SKOUMAS2, C. STEFANADIS2
1Department of Dietetics - Nutrition, Harokopio University, Athens, 2First Cardiology Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece

The Role of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in the Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty [PDF]
A. FARD-ESFAHANI1, M. ASSADI2, M. SAGHARI1, A. MOHAGHEGHIE3, B. FALLAHI1, M. EFTEKHARI1, D. BEIKI1, A. TAKAVAR1, I. NABIPOUR2, A. EBRAHIMI2, S. IZADYAR1, K. ANSARI-GILANI1
1Research Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 2Department of Nuclear Medicine,The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, 3Department of Cardiology, Shariati Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

The Role of Oxidative Stress in Atherosclerosis [PDF]
G. VOGIATZI, D. TOUSOULIS, C. STEFANADIS
1st Cardiology Department, Athens University Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

Depression and Heart Failure [PDF]
A.K. DIMOS, P.N. STOUGIANNOS, A.T. KAKKAVAS, A.G. TRIKAS
Cardiology Department, "Elpis" General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Pulmmonary Stenosis with Extremely High Pressure Gradient in a Young Adult [PDF]
O. UZ, O. YIGINER, M. APARCI, Z. ISILAK
Department of Cardiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Management of Behet Disease with Multiple Complications [PDF]
T. EL HOUARI1, L. OUKERRAJ1, L. GHZAIEL1, I. FELLAT1, M. AZEROUAL2, K. SERRAJ2, Z. TAZI MEZALEK2, M. CHERTI1, J. ZARZUR1, M. ARHARBI1
1Division of Cardiology, 2Division of Internal Medicine, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco

Stent Thrombosis Four and a Half Years After Implantation of A Sirolimus-Eluting Stent [PDF]
S. KOROVESIS, D.G. KATRITSIS
Department of Cardiology, Athens Euroclinic, Athens, Greece

Bradycardia and Severe Hypotension Caused by Wild Honey Poisoning [PDF]
L. DUBEY, A. MASKEY, S. REGMI
Department of Cardiology, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal

PCI in Severely Degenerated Saphenous Vein Graft Using a Novel Mesh-Covered Stent Together with a Conventional Embolic Protection System [PDF]
A.K. DIMOPOULOS, A. MANGINAS, G. PAVLIDES, D.V. COKKINOS
Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece

Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Echocardiographic Monitoring in the ICU [PDF]
J. PAPANIKOLAOU, M. TSIRANTONAKI, G. KOUKOULITSIOS, D. PAPAGEORGIOU, C. MANDILA, D. KARAKITSOS, A. KARABINIS
Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas", Athens, Greece

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Greece: The Future Is in Our Hands [PDF]
T.D. KARAMITSOS
University of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Aspirin in Primary Prevention [PDF]
V.N. PYRGAKIS
Department of Cardiology, "G. Gennimatas" Hospital, Athens, Greece

The Future of Echocardiography [PDF]
C.I. STEFANADIS
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece

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