Clinical predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing liver transplant evaluation

ND Pilatis, LE Jacobs, P Rerkpattanapipat… - Liver Transplantation, 2000 - Elsevier
Clinical prediction of portopulmonary hypertension(PPHTN) is critical in the preoperative
evaluation of candidates for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) because of its association …

Postprandial lipemia in hypertension

…, EN Adamopoulou, ND Pilatis… - Journal of the …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Many studies have shown that patients with coronary artery disease have an
exaggerated rise and a delayed fall of plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration postprandially. We …

[HTML][HTML] The role of BNP and CRP in predicting the development of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass surgery

ND Pilatis, ZA Anyfantakis, K Spiliopoulos… - International Scholarly …, 2013 - hindawi.com
Objective. To evaluate the association of BNP and CRP with the development of postoperative
atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Methods. The series …

The epsilon 2 and 4 alleles of apolipoprotein E and ischemic vascular events in the Greek population—implications for the interpretation of similar studies

…, M Hatzivassiliou, N Yiannakouris, ND Pilatis… - …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors investigated whether apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphism has an allelic and/or
genotypic impact on the risk of an ischemic vascular event (IVE) in Greek patients with …

The influence of natural menopause on postprandial lipemia in heterozygotes for familial hypercholesterolemia

…, KK Anagnostopoulou, ND Pilatis… - Journal of Women's …, 2004 - liebertpub.com
Background: Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hFH) is a genetic disease that
leads to premature atherosclerosis. Natural menopause leads to an adverse lipid profile and …

[HTML][HTML] Low fasting low high-density lipoprotein and postprandial lipemia

GD Kolovou, KK Anagnostopoulou, N Pilatis… - Lipids in Health and …, 2004 - Springer
Background Low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and disturbed postprandial
lipemia are associated with coronary heart disease. In the present study, we evaluated …

Association of apolipoprotein E genotype with early onset of coronary heart disease in Greek men

…, DP Mikhailidis, DB Panagiotakos, ND Pilatis… - …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphism has been associated with coronary heart disease (CHD)
although its relation to the age of CHD onset is still not defined. The age of onset of …

The effect of co-administration of simvastatin and alcohol in rats.

…, HG Bilianou, SE Theocharis, ND Pilatis… - In Vivo (Athens …, 2003 - europepmc.org
Materials and methods Male Wistar rats (8 weeks old) were randomized and divided into 4
groups of 10 each. They were fed (once a day) via a stomach tube with: 1) 2 ml of olive oil; …

Postprandial lipemia in postmenopausal women with high fasting high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

…, KK Anagnostopoulou, KD Salpea, ND Pilatis… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Background Several groups of patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease have been
found to show an exaggerated postprandial hypertriglyceridemia. Postprandial lipemia (PPL) …

Fasting serum triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in patients intended to be treated for dyslipidemia

…, K Anagnostopoulou, ND Pilatis… - Vascular Health and …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the influence of serum
triglycerides (TG) on other plasma lipids in patients to be treated for dyslipidemia. Methodology …