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A hypertensive response to exercise is prominent in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension: a controlled study

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ADMA, C-reactive protein, and albuminuria in untreated essential hypertension: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 26 February 2010

Abdominal obesity and arterial stiffness: the differential role of adipokines

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Antihypertensive treatment in diabetic patients. Review of current data

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Assessment of the effects of the A3872G polymorphism on the C-reactive protein gene in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.

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Association of nighttime hypertension with central arterial stiffness and urinary albumin excretion in dipper hypertensive subjects

scientific article published on 21 October 2010

Association of obstructive sleep apnea with urinary albumin excretion in essential hypertension: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Association of passive smoking with masked hypertension in clinically normotensive nonsmokers.

scientific article published on 28 May 2009

Association of resistin with urinary albumin excretion in nondiabetic patients with essential hypertension

scientific article published on 4 March 2010

Associations of hemodynamic load and ventricular repolarization in patients with newly diagnosed essential hypertension: a long-term follow-up study

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease in hypertension: a common and dangerous triad

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

Atrioventricular block 9 days after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

scientific article published on 2 July 2011

Barodenervation of the sympathetic nervous system of the renal artery. A new concept

scientific article published on 23 July 2013

Baroreflex Activation Therapy and Resistant Hypertension

scientific article published in January 2012

Biomarkers associated with stroke risk in atrial fibrillation

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Brain natriuretic peptide as an integrator of cardiovascular stiffening in hypertension

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Cardiologist as a cardiometabolic specialist

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Cardiovascular morbidity of severe resistant hypertension among treated uncontrolled hypertensives: a 4-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Carotid sinus stimulation responses are related with arterial elastic properties in hypertensive subjects

scientific article published in November 2003

Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation exerts acute and chronic effects on renal hemodynamics in swine

scientific article published on 17 November 2012

Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation for the treatment of resistant hypertension: first experience in Greece with significant ambulatory blood pressure reduction

scientific article published on 01 May 2012

Chemical Renal Denervation Revisited

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Chemical denervation of the renal artery by vincristine in swine. A new catheter based technique

scientific article published on 21 January 2012

Chemical denervation of the renal artery with vincristine for the treatment of resistant arterial hypertension: first-in-man application

Chemical renal denervation by vincristine: the role of the flow rate of delivery

scientific article published on 12 August 2014

Choice of antihypertensive treatment in subjects with pre-diabetes. Is there a dream after the navigator

scientific article published in November 2011

Communication between left main stem trunk and proximal segment of left anterior descending coronary artery rescues left ventricular ejection fraction of a patient with three-vessel disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Comparative prognostic role of nighttime blood pressure and nondipping profile on renal outcomes

scientific article published on 04 March 2011

Conjugated estrogen administration improves common carotid artery elastic properties in normotensive postmenopausal women.

scientific article published in April 2002

Correction to: The mystery of "missing" visits in an emergency cardiology department, in the era of COVID-19.; a time-series analysis in a tertiary Greek General Hospital

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Correlation of systemic inflammation with local inflammatory activity in non-culprit lesions: beneficial effect of statins

scientific article published on 26 January 2007

Diverse associations of microalbuminuria with C-reactive protein, interleukin-18 and soluble CD 40 ligand in male essential hypertensive subjects

scientific article published on May 2006

Dynamic resistant hypertension patterns as predictors of cardiovascular morbidity

scientific article published in February 2014

Early initiation of low-dose atorvastatin treatment after an acute ST-elevated myocardial infarction, decreases inflammatory process and prevents endothelial injury and activation

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Effects of antioxidant vitamins C and E on endothelial function and thrombosis/fibrinolysis system in smokers.

scientific article published in June 2003

Effects of combined administration of vitamins C and E on reactive hyperemia and inflammatory process in chronic smokers

scientific article published in October 2003

Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on blood pressure in hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a 3-year follow-up

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Effects of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity and other factors on kidney haemodynamics

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Effects of insulin dependence on inflammatory process, thrombotic mechanisms and endothelial function, in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary atherosclerosis.

scientific article published in June 2007

Effects of multielectrode renal denervation on cardiac and neurohumoral adaptations in resistant hypertension with cardiac hypertrophy: an EnligHTN I substudy

scientific article published in February 2015

Effects of smoking on nitric oxide synthesis in epicardial normal and atheromatous coronary arteries

scientific article published in May 2004

Electrical stimulation of the renal arterial nerves does not unmask the blindness of renal denervation procedure in swine

scientific article published on 2 August 2014

Erectile dysfunction and target organ damage in the early stages of hypertension

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Essential hypertension: is there a role for inflammatory mechanisms?

scientific article published on September 2009

Estrogen-induced improvement in coronary flow responses during atrial pacing in relation to endothelin-1 levels in postmenopausal women without coronary disease

scientific article published on January 2008

Evening versus morning dosing of antihypertensive drugs in hypertensive patients with sleep apnoea: a cross-over study

scientific article published in February 2015

Everolimus- and zotarolimus-eluting stents for bare metal stent in-stent restenosis treatment: a prospective study

scientific article published on 13 August 2008

Evidence for no global effect of metabolic syndrome per se on early hypertensive sequelae

scientific article published in April 2008

Exaggerated exercise blood pressure response is related to tissue Doppler imaging estimated diastolic dysfunction in the early stages of hypertension

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Exercise blood pressure response is related to asymmetric dimethylarginine and osteoprotegerin in hypertension

scientific article published on 04 October 2011

Exercise blood pressure response, albuminuria, and arterial stiffness in hypertension

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Fifteen years of LIFE (Losartan Intervention for Endpoint Reduction in Hypertension)-Lessons learned for losartan: An “old dog playing good tricks”

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

Free leptin predicts incident (clinic) hypertension in a Danish cohort

scientific article published in August 2010

Gene therapy for dysfunctional endothelium: is dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase-2 a therapeutic target?

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

Hypertension and patients with acute coronary syndrome: Putting blood pressure levels into perspective

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Impact of multi-electrode renal sympathetic denervation on short-term blood pressure variability in patients with drug-resistant hypertension. Insights from the EnligHTN I study.

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Impaired exercise tolerance is associated with increased urine albumin excretion in the early stages of essential hypertension

scientific article published on 07 March 2011

Impressive blood pressure and heart rate response after percutaneous renal denervation in a woman with morbid obesity and severe drug-resistant hypertension

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

In-hospital worsening renal function is an independent predictor of one-year mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 13 November 2010

Inflammation in hypertension: current therapeutic approaches.

scientific article published on December 2011

Inflammatory markers in essential hypertension: potential clinical implications

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Inter-relationships of microalbuminuria with the other surrogates of the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in hypertensive subjects

scientific article published on May 2004

Lack of correlation between coronary flow reserve and vascular remodelling in hypertensive patients without left ventricular hypertrophy: an optical coherence tomography study

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Left coronary artery receiving collateral circulation from an anomalous originating right coronary artery. Clinical and procedural implications of a rare case report

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is accompanied by increased aortic stiffness in the early stages of essential hypertension: a TDI approach

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Left ventricular hypertrophy as a determinant of renal outcome in patients with high cardiovascular risk

scientific article published on November 2010

Left ventricular hypertrophy versus chronic kidney disease as predictors of cardiovascular events in hypertension: a Greek 6-year-follow-up study

scientific article published in April 2009

Left ventricular hypertrophy: not so much determinant of renal outcome?

scientific article published in March 2011

Left ventricular mass index as a predictor of new-onset microalbuminuria in hypertensive subjects: a prospective study

scientific article published on 30 August 2012

Leontio Lyceum ALbuminuria (3L Study) epidemiological study: aims, design and preliminary findings.

scientific article published in November 2009

Low-grade inflammation and hypoadiponectinaemia have an additive detrimental effect on aortic stiffness in essential hypertensive patients

scientific article published on 19 April 2007

Managing hypertension in obstructive sleep apnea: the interplay of continuous positive airway pressure, medication and chronotherapy

scientific article published on May 2010

Medical error in clinical practice: "errare humanum est".

scientific article published on March 2013

Metabolic syndrome and exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

Methionine-induced homocysteinemia impairs endothelial function in hypertensives: the role of asymmetrical dimethylarginine and antioxidant vitamins

scientific article published on 14 April 2011

Microalbuminuria in the paediatric age: current knowledge and emerging questions

scientific article published on 12 April 2011

Microalbuminuria is closely related to impaired arterial elasticity in untreated patients with essential hypertension

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Morphological characteristics of culprit atheromatic plaque are associated with coronary flow after thrombolytic therapy: new implications of optical coherence tomography from a multicenter study

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Myocardial and aortic stiffening in the early course of primary aldosteronism

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

New double balloon delivery catheter for chemical denervation of the renal artery with vincristine

scientific article published on 02 June 2013

New insights by optical coherence tomography into the differences and similarities of culprit ruptured plaque morphology in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and ST-elevation myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

New-onset diabetes and cardiovascular events in essential hypertensives: A 6-year follow-up study

scientific article published in December 2011

Nighttime blood pressure in diabetes: better treat it than leave it.

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Nighttime vs. daytime blood pressure as a predictor of changes in left ventricular mass in hypertensive subjects

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Nocturnal hypertension: poor correlation with office blood pressure but strong prognostic factor for target organ damage.

scientific article published in July 2012

Nondipping status does not attenuate the conjugated estrogen-induced improvement in aortic stiffness in postmenopausal women with untreated hypertension

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension: a growing clinical challenge.

scientific article published in September 2008

Optical coherence tomography assessment of the spatial distribution of culprit ruptured plaques and thin-cap fibroatheromas in acute coronary syndrome

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Oxidative stress and endothelial function: therapeutic interventions

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Oxidative stress and inflammatory process in patients with atrial fibrillation: the role of left atrium distension

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

Parallel deterioration of albuminuria, arterial stiffness and left ventricular mass in essential hypertension: integrating target organ damage

scientific article published on 08 June 2011

Pathophysiology of resistant hypertension: the role of sympathetic nervous system

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Peri-procedural care of renal nerve ablation candidates

scientific article published on August 2013

Periodontal disease severity and urinary albumin excretion in middle-aged hypertensive patients

scientific article published in January 2011

Periodontitis and blood pressure: the concept of dental hypertension

scientific article published on 06 May 2011

Pharmacological therapy for hypertensive children: an "additional bypass" of lifestyle interventions

scientific article published on 7 June 2010

Preclinical cardiorenal interrelationships in essential hypertension

scientific article published on April 2013

Prognostic models for cardiovascular events after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 09 May 2012

Regression of organ damage following renal denervation in resistant hypertension: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Relation between local temperature and C-reactive protein levels in patients with coronary artery disease: effects of atorvastatin treatment

scientific article published on 03 July 2006

Relation between physical activity and blood pressure levels in young Greek adolescents: the Leontio Lyceum Study

scientific article published on 8 February 2010

Relation of impaired coronary microcirculation to increased urine albumin excretion in patients with systemic hypertension and no epicardial coronary arterial narrowing

scientific article published on 3 January 2012

Relation of left ventricular concentric remodeling to levels of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A in patients with essential hypertension.

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Relation of microalbuminuria to adiponectin and augmented C-reactive protein levels in men with essential hypertension

scientific article published in October 2005

Relationship of ambulatory arterial stiffness index with blood pressure response to exercise in the early stages of hypertension

scientific article published in June 2010

Relationships between new risk factors and circadian blood pressure variation in untreated subjects with essential hypertension

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Relationships of CRP and P wave dispersion with atrial fibrillation in hypertensive subjects

scientific article published on 26 November 2009

Relationships of osteoprotegerin with albuminuria and asymmetric dimethylarginine in essential hypertension: integrating vascular dysfunction

scientific article published in December 2011

Renal and cardiac effects of renal sympathetic denervation and carotid baroreceptor stimulation

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Renal denervation for sleep apnea and resistant hypertension: alternative or complementary to effective continuous positive airway pressure treatment?

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Renal resistive index in hypertensive patients

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

Rosuvastatin but not ezetimibe improves endothelial function in patients with heart failure, by mechanisms independent of lipid lowering.

scientific article published on 6 February 2009

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors modify the effect of beta-blockers on long-term survival of patients with end-stage heart failure and major depression

scientific article published on 27 May 2008

Similar levels of low-grade inflammation and arterial stiffness in masked and white-coat hypertension: comparisons with sustained hypertension and normotension

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Successful right coronary artery drug-eluting stent implantation in a male patient with situs inversus

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

The activation of endothelin-1 pathway during methionine-induced homocysteinemia mediates endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive individuals

scientific article published in May 2010

The burden of obstructive sleep apnea along with masked hypertension on elastic properties

scientific article published in March 2010

The conjoint detrimental effect of chronic periodontal disease and systemic inflammation on asymmetric dimethyl-arginine in untreated hypertensive subjects.

scientific article published on 8 July 2009

The dominant role of the systolic component of nondipping status on target-organ damage in never-treated hypertensives

scientific article published on 02 December 2010

The emerging role of subclinical inflammation in hypertension-associated early renal dysfunction: focus on microalbuminuria.

scientific article published on November 2006

The impact of early administration of low-dose atorvastatin treatment on inflammatory process, in patients with unstable angina and low cholesterol level

scientific article published on 6 July 2005

The incremental effect of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome on arterial stiffness in newly diagnosed essential hypertensive subjects

scientific article published in January 2007

The interplay between haemodynamic load, brain natriuretic peptide and left atrial size in the early stages of essential hypertension

scientific article published on May 2006

The mystery of "missing" visits in an emergency cardiology department, in the era of COVID-19.; a time-series analysis in a tertiary Greek General Hospital

scientific article published on 06 June 2020

The role of matrix metalloproteinases in diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on January 2012

The role of sympathetic nervous system in the progression of chronic kidney disease in the era of catheter based sympathetic renal denervation

scientific article published on August 2013

Thermal heterogeneity in stable human coronary atherosclerotic plaques is underestimated in vivo: the "cooling effect" of blood flow

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Unveiling the mystery of "missing" emergencies in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: a generalized phenomenon with unclarified implications

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Uric acid as an independent predictor of coronary artery disease in essential hypertension: Data from an 8-year-follow-up study.

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

Winding without twiddling of a pacemaker wire

scientific article published on 3 July 2012