List of works by Athanase D. Protogerou

A HEALth Promotion and STRESS Management Program (HEAL-STRESS study) for prehypertensive and hypertensive patients: a quasi-experimental study in Greece

scientific article published on October 2015

A comparison study of brachial blood pressure recorded with Spacelabs 90217A and Mobil-O-Graph NG devices under static and ambulatory conditions

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

A pilot study of endothelial dysfunction and aortic stiffness after interleukin-6 receptor inhibition in rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

Abnormal endothelial function in female patients with hypothyroidism and borderline thyroid function.

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

Accuracy of commercial devices and methods for noninvasive estimation of aortic systolic blood pressure a systematic review and meta-analysis of invasive validation studies.

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Acute effects of beer on endothelial function and hemodynamics: a single-blind, crossover study in healthy volunteers.

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Acute effects of renin-angiotensin system blockade on arterial function in hypertensive patients

scientific article published on 26 April 2007

Advanced statistical methodologies to address inherent study limitations. Author Response to Ayubi and Saeid

scientific article published on 30 May 2017

Ambulatory Aortic Stiffness Is Associated With Narrow Retinal Arteriolar Caliber in Hypertensives: The SAFAR Study

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

Ambulatory aortic blood pressure, wave reflections and pulse wave velocity are elevated during the third in comparison to the second interdialytic day of the long interval in chronic haemodialysis patients

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Ambulatory recording of wave reflections and arterial stiffness during intra- and interdialytic periods in patients treated with dialysis

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Angiotensin System Blockade Combined With Calcium Channel Blockers Is Superior to Other Combinations in Cardiovascular Protection With Similar Blood Pressure Reduction: A Meta-Analysis in 20,451 Hypertensive Patients.

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Antihypertensive treatment-induced changes in arterial stiffness

scientific article published on 01 April 2017

Aortic stiffness and incident hypertension

scientific article published in January 2013

Aortic stiffness, inflammation, denutrition and prognosis in the oldest people

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Aortic stiffness, inflammation, denutrition and type 2 diabetes in the elderly

scientific article published on 24 October 2011

Aortic wave reflection in women and men

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Are there really differences between home and daytime ambulatory blood pressure? Comparison using a novel dual-mode ambulatory and home monitor.

scientific article published on 16 July 2009

Arterial Stiffness and Incidence of Systolic Hypertension: The End to the "Chicken-Egg" Question?

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Arterial Wave Reflections Are Associated With Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Adamantiades-Behçet's Disease

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Arterial hypertension assessed "out-of-office" in a contemporary cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients free of cardiovascular disease is characterized by high prevalence, low awareness, poor control and increased vascular damage-associated "white c

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Arterial stiffness and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in coronary artery disease. Is there a link?

scientific article published on October 2006

Arterial stiffness and central hemodynamics in treated hypertensive subjects according to brachial blood pressure classification

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Arterial stiffness and orthostatic blood pressure changes in untreated and treated hypertensive subjects

scientific article published on 11 June 2008

Arterial stiffness assessed by pulse wave analysis in essential hypertension: relation to 24-h blood pressure profile.

scientific article published in July 2005

Arterial stiffness mapping: a better navigation to Ithaca?

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Arterial wave reflection is associated with severity of extracoronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease.

scientific article published in April 2006

Assessment of differences between repeated pulse wave velocity measurements in terms of 'bias' in the extrapolated cardiovascular risk and the classification of aortic stiffness: is a single PWV measurement enough?

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Association Between Arterial Stiffness and Skin Microvascular Function: The SUVIMAX2 Study and The Maastricht Study

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Association between arterial stiffness, cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 28 March 2015

Association of consumption of dairy products and meat with retinal vessel calibers in subjects at increased cardiovascular risk

scientific article published on 19 March 2016

Association of dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate with endothelial function in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Association of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction with 24-h aortic ambulatory blood pressure: the SAFAR study.

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Association of left ventricular structural and functional abnormalities with aortic and brachial blood pressure variability in hypertensive patients: the SAFAR study

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Associations between dietary patterns and skin microcirculation in healthy subjects

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Versus Diabetes

scientific article published on 16 July 2009

Atherosclerosis is not accelerated in rheumatoid arthritis of low activity or remission, regardless of antirheumatic treatment modalities

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Atherosclerotic risk factors and carotid stiffness in elderly asymptomatic HD patients

scientific article published on 07 November 2006

Automated determination of the ankle-brachial index using an oscillometric blood pressure monitor: validation vs. Doppler measurement and cardiovascular risk factor profile

scientific article published on 19 May 2011

Automated device that complies with current guidelines for office blood pressure measurement: design and pilot application study of the Microlife WatchBP Office device

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Blood Pressure and All-Cause Mortality by Level of Cognitive Function in the Elderly: Results From a Population-Based Study in Rural Greece.

scientific article published on 19 July 2016

Blood pressure response under chronic antihypertensive drug therapy: the role of aortic stiffness in the REASON (Preterax in Regression of Arterial Stiffness in a Controlled Double-Blind) study.

scientific article published in February 2009

Blood pressure variability: a confounder and a cardiovascular risk factor

scientific article published on 25 November 2010

Can an electronic device with a single cuff be accurate in a wide range of arm size? Validation of the Visomat Comfort 20/40 device for home blood pressure monitoring

scientific article published on 3 July 2008

Cardiac and arterial calcifications and all-cause mortality in the elderly: the PROTEGER Study

scientific article published on 25 September 2010

Cardiac hypertrophy in hypertension: relation to 24-h blood pressure profile and arterial stiffness

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Cardiovascular prevention: relationships between arterial aging and chronic drug treatment

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using carotid ultrasound B-mode imaging

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors in adult patients with multisystem Langerhans-cell histiocytosis: evidence of glucose metabolism abnormalities.

scientific article published on 26 December 2007

Central blood pressure under angiotensin and calcium channel blockade

scientific article published on 10 August 2009

Central blood pressures: do we need them in the management of cardiovascular disease? Is it a feasible therapeutic target?

scientific article published on February 2007

Central hemodynamic modifications in diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 09 August 2013

Characteristics of pulse wave velocity in elastic and muscular arteries: a mismatch beyond age.

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Circulating levels of TNF-like cytokine 1A correlate with the progression of atheromatous lesions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Clinical interaction between diabetes duration and aortic stiffness in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

Closer to Noninvasive Out-of-Office Aortic Blood Pressure Assessment

Comorbidity of Cognitive Impairment and Late-Life Depression Increase Mortality: Results From a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals in Rural Greece.

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Comparison between Mobil-O-Graph and the SphygmoCor device for central systolic blood pressure estimation

scientific article published on 01 December 2012

Comparison study of central blood pressure and wave reflection obtained from tonometry-based devices

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Cost estimation of hypertension management based on home blood pressure monitoring alone or combined office and ambulatory blood pressure measurements

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Diagnostic accuracy of a home blood pressure monitor to detect atrial fibrillation

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Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mortality in the Elderly With Cardiovascular Disease

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

Dissociation Between Central Augmentation Index and Carotid–Femoral Pulse-Wave Velocity: When and Why?

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Effect of ascorbic acid on forearm reactive hyperaemia in patients with hypercholesterolaemia

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Effect of nebivolol and atenolol on brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published in August 2005

Effect of supine versus sitting position on noninvasive assessment of aortic pressure waveform: a randomized cross-over study.

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Endothelial dysfunction and type of cigarette smoked: the impact of 'light' versus regular cigarette smoking

scientific article published in May 2004

Evaluation of a Novel Brachial Cuff-Based Oscillometric Method for Estimating Central Systolic Pressure in Hemodialysis Patients

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Evidence on Blood Pressure Measurement Methodology and Clinical Implementation

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Experimental and clinical study of the combined effect of arterial stiffness and heart rate on pulse pressure: differences between central and peripheral arteries.

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Expert consensus document on the measurement of aortic stiffness in daily practice using carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity

scientific article published in March 2012

Feasibility and reproducibility of noninvasive 24-h ambulatory aortic blood pressure monitoring with a brachial cuff-based oscillometric device.

scientific article published on 7 June 2012

First in vivo application and evaluation of a novel method for non-invasive estimation of cardiac output

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

From ‘optimal’ to ‘borderline’ blood pressure in subjects under chronic antihypertensive therapy

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Gender difference in cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly with cardiovascular disease in the last stage of lifespan: the PROTEGER study

scientific article published on 15 October 2011

Gender influence on metabolic syndrome's effects on arterial stiffness and pressure wave reflections in treated hypertensive subjects.

scientific article published on 27 June 2006

Heat therapy: an ancient concept re-examined in the era of advanced biomedical technologies

scientific article published in December 2016

Home and office blood pressure in children and adolescents: the role of obesity. The Arsakeion School Study

scientific article published on 8 January 2009

Hour-to-hour and week-to-week variability and reproducibility of wave reflection indices derived by aortic pulse wave analysis: implications for studies with repeated measurements

scientific article published in August 2007

Impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on cardiovascular risk: Is it the same in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis?

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Importance of standardized methodology to comparisons between studies of rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease: Comment on the article by Giles et al

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

In vivo evaluation of a novel 'diastole-patching' algorithm for the estimation of pulse transit time: advancing the precision in pulse wave velocity measurement

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Increased pulse pressure amplification in treated hypertensive subjects with metabolic syndrome.

scientific article published in February 2007

Incremental value of arterial wave reflections in the determination of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in untreated patients with essential hypertension

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Inflammatory and endothelial markers in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Intact calibers of retinal vessels in patients with systemic sclerosis

scientific article published on February 2015

Interrelated modulation of endothelial function in Behcet's disease by clinical activity and corticosteroid treatment

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Intima-media thickness score from carotid and femoral arteries predicts the extent of coronary artery disease: intima-media thickness and CAD.

scientific article published in October 2005

Is Increased Brachial Pulse Pressure a Reliable Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk in Old Hypertensive Subjects With Metabolic Syndrome?

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Isolated systolic hypertension: 'to treat or not to treat' and the role of central haemodynamics

scientific article published in April 2013

Left-ventricular hypertrophy is associated better with 24-h aortic pressure than 24-h brachial pressure in hypertensive patients: the SAFAR study.

scientific article published in September 2014

Letter by Protogerou et al Regarding Article, “Mortality and Vascular Morbidity in Older Adults With Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease”

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Long-Term Prognostic Role of Flow-Mediated Dilatation of the Brachial Artery After Acute Coronary Syndromes Without ST Elevation

scientific article published on 02 October 2006

Mean Arterial Pressure Estimation by a Non-Traditional Formula and Fractional Pulse Pressure.

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Mean arterial pressure values calculated using seven different methods and their associations with target organ deterioration in a single-center study of 1878 individuals

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Metformin administration improves endothelial function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published in May 2005

Methodology and technology for peripheral and central blood pressure and blood pressure variability measurement: current status and future directions - Position statement of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on blood pressure monito

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Miliary tuberculous peritonitis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer

scientific article published on 13 August 2003

Myocardial ischaemia without obstructive coronary artery disease in rheumatoid arthritis: hypothesis-generating insights from a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 26 November 2012

Non-invasive 24 hour ambulatory monitoring of aortic wave reflection and arterial stiffness by a novel oscillometric device: the first feasibility and reproducibility study.

scientific article published on 8 September 2013

Oral L-arginine improves endothelial dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension

scientific article published in December 2002

Paclitaxel chemotherapy and vascular toxicity as assessed by flow-mediated and nitrate-mediated vasodilatation

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Patient Management of Hypertensive Subjects without and with Diabetes Mellitus Type II.

scientific article published on January 2017

Phenotypes of office systolic blood pressure according to both brachial and aortic measurements: frequencies and associations with carotid hypertrophy in 1861 adults.

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Predictive factors for all-cause mortality in the hospitalized elderly subject: The importance of arrhythmia

scientific article published on 04 May 2009

Pressure Wave Reflections, Central Blood Pressure, and Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Adamantiades-Behcet’s DiseaseA Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study Underlining the Role of Chronic Corticosteroid Treatment

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Prevalence and prognosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the elderly: The PROTEGER Study.

scientific article published in September 2010

Prevalence of childhood hypertension and hypertension phenotypes by weight status and waist circumference: the Healthy Growth Study.

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Prognosis in the hospitalized very elderly: the PROTEGER study.

scientific article published on 8 April 2013

Prognostic Significance of Visit-to-Visit Systolic Blood Pressure Variability: A Meta-Analysis of 77,299 Patients

scientific article published on 03 February 2015

Prolactin as a predictor of endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness progression in menopause

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Pulse pressure amplification, adiposity and metabolic syndrome in subjects under chronic antihypertensive therapy: the role of heart rate

scientific article published on 7 November 2007

Pulse wave velocity and cardiac autonomic function in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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Radial late-SBP as a surrogate for central SBP

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Rapid effect of pravastatin on endothelial function and lipid peroxidation in unstable angina

scientific article published in May 2005

Reply from the authors to “Comments on ‘Association of consumption of dairy products and meat with retinal vessel calibers in subjects at increased cardiovascular risk’”

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Reply to: "Considerations about: "Prevalence of hypertension and hypertension phenotypes by age and gender among schoolchildren in Greece: The Healthy Growth Study"".

scientific article published on 8 April 2017

Responses of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index and other measures of arterial function to antihypertensive drugs

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Retinal microcirculation in association with caffeinated and alcoholic drinks in subjects at increased cardiovascular risk

scientific article published on 01 October 2016

Rheumatoid arthritis is sufficient to cause atheromatosis but not arterial stiffness or hypertrophy in the absence of classical cardiovascular risk factors

scientific article published on 11 March 2015

Role of pulse pressure amplification in arterial hypertension: experts' opinion and review of the data

scientific article published on 29 June 2009

Statins, Central Blood Pressure, and Blood Pressure Amplification

scientific article published on 22 December 2008

Stress management and dietary counseling in hypertensive patients: a pilot study of additional effect

scientific article published on 21 February 2013

Structural and functional arterial properties in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and cardiovascular comorbidities

scientific article published on 13 December 2007

Subclinical Atherosclerosis Is Not Accelerated in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis with Low Disease Activity: New Data and Metaanalysis of Published Studies

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Subclinical atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Comparable risk with Diabetes Mellitus and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

scientific article published on 29 January 2017

Subclinical femoral atheromatosis in rheumatoid arthritis: comparable prevalence to diabetes mellitus in a case-control study

scientific article published on 04 July 2012

Tamoxifen improves endothelial function and reduces carotid intima-media thickness in postmenopausal women

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The Additive Value of Femoral Ultrasound for Subclinical Atherosclerosis Assessment in a Single Center Cohort of 962 Adults, Including High Risk Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

The Keith-Wagener-Barker and Mitchell-Wong grading systems for hypertensive retinopathy: association with target organ damage in individuals below 55 years

scientific article published on September 2015

The combined effect of aortic stiffness and pressure wave reflections on mortality in the very old with cardiovascular disease: the PROTEGER Study

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The combined effect of augmentation index and carotid intima-media thickness on cardiovascular risk in young and middle-aged men without cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

The effect of antihypertensive drugs on central blood pressure beyond peripheral blood pressure. Part I: (Patho)-physiology, rationale and perspective on pulse pressure amplification.

scientific article published on January 2009

The effect of heart rate on wave reflections may be determined by the level of aortic stiffness: clinical and technical implications

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

The effect of raisins on biomarkers of endothelial function and oxidant damage; an open-label and randomized controlled intervention

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

The relative impact of different measures of adiposity on markers of early atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 11 October 2006

The role of inflammation, the autonomic nervous system and classical cardiovascular disease risk factors on subendocardial viability ratio in patients with RA: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

scientific article published on 28 November 2012

The second systolic radial blood pressure peak predicts cardiovascular risk only in subjects below 50 years of age

scientific article published on 12 February 2010

Total arterial compliance estimated by a novel method and all-cause mortality in the elderly: the PROTEGER study

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Total arterial compliance, estimated by a novel method, is better related to left ventricular mass compared to aortic pulse wave velocity: The SAFAR study

scientific article published in January 2017

Transmission of calibration errors (input) by generalized transfer functions to the aortic pressures (output) at different hemodynamic states

scientific article published on 17 October 2005

Twenty-Four-Hour Ambulatory Pulse Wave Analysis in Hypertension Management: Current Evidence and Perspectives.

scientific article published on October 2016

Twenty-four-hour aortic ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and target organ damage: more data are needed

scientific article published in November 2017

Validation of non-invasive central blood pressure devices: ARTERY Society task force consensus statement on protocol standardization

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Validation of the Microlife Watch BP Office professional device for office blood pressure measurement according to the International protocol

scientific article published in October 2008

Vitamin K2 supplementation and arterial stiffness among renal transplant recipients-a single-arm, single-center clinical trial.

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

What to anticipate from pulse pressure amplification

scientific article published in March 2010

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