[PDF][PDF] Attainment of cholesterol target values in Greece: results from the Dyslipidemia International Study II

E Liberopoulos, L Rallidis, F Spanoudi, E Xixi… - Archives of Medical …, 2019 - termedia.pl
Study design DYSIS II was a multicountry, multicenter observational study of patients with
stable CHD and patients surviving any ACS event. Greece was one of 7 European countries …

Prevalence and risk distribution of residual dyslipidemia in statin-treated patients in Greece

E Liberopoulos, F Vlasserou, Z Mitrogianni… - …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Many statin-treated patients are not achieving treatment goals and are at risk of
cardiovascular (CV) disease. We report the results of patients enrolled in an observational …

Dietary effects on oxidation of low-density lipoprotein and atherogenesis

P Galassetti, A Pontello - Current atherosclerosis reports, 2006 - Springer
Oxidization of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles leads to formation of atherosclerotic
lesions and increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) via a complex cascade of …

Economic evaluation of statins in high-risk patients treated for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Greece

V Fragoulakis, G Kourlaba… - … and Outcomes Research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background An economic evaluation was undertaken in order to assess several therapeutic
alternatives (rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, simvastatin, and pravastatin) for the prevention of …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of serum lipid profiles, metal ions and thyroid hormones levels abnormalities in β-thalassaemic children of Bangladesh

MZ Ferdaus, A Hasan, HU Shekhar - JPMA. The Journal of the …, 2010 - academia.edu
Objective: To assess the serum lipid profile of cardiovascular disease free male and female
children with βthalassaemia. Levels of zinc, copper and magnesium in the serum were also …

Dietary modulators of statin efficacy in cardiovascular disease and cognition

H Wang, JB Blumberg, CYO Chen, SW Choi… - Molecular aspects of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United
States and other developed countries, and is fast growing in developing countries …

Self-reported prevalence of atherothrombosis in a general population sample of adults in Greece; A telephone survey

N Maniadakis, G Kourlaba, V Fragoulakis - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2011 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of selected
atherothrombotic risk factors and several clinical manifestations of atherothrombosis, as well …

Smoking induces lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 in cardiovascular disease free adults: the ATTICA Study

AD Tselepis, DB Panagiotakos, C Pitsavos, CC Tellis… - Atherosclerosis, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: We studied the association of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-
PLA2) mass and activity with various lifestyle, clinical and biochemical characteristics in …

Circulating oxidized low-density lipoproteins are associated with overweight, obesity, and low serum carotenoids in older community-dwelling women

J Beck, L Ferrucci, K Sun, LP Fried, R Varadhan… - Nutrition, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine whether total serum carotenoids, α-
tocopherol, selenium, and obesity were independently associated with oxidized low-density …

Cardiovascular risk factors and estimated 10-year risk of fatal cardiovascular events using various equations in Greeks with metabolic syndrome

T Chimonas, VG Athyros, E Ganotakis… - …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
We investigated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 1501 Greeks (613 men and
888 women, aged 40-65 years) referred to outpatients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and …