2019
Cardiac Computed Tomography
Oikonomou EK, West HW, Antoniades C. Cardiac Computed Tomography. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2019, 39: 2207-2219. PMID: 31510795, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.119.312899.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCardiac computed tomographyComputed tomographyCoronary atherosclerosisCoronary plaque burdenAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseFirst-line diagnostic testUnstable coronary plaquesMorphological plaque featuresCoronary syndromeInflammatory burdenArterial inflammationArtery diseaseCoronary lesionsPlaque burdenPlaque featuresPrognostic implicationsCoronary plaquesPerivascular fatHemodynamic significanceVulnerable plaquesDiagnostic testsMajor causeTomographyCurrent role
2017
Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A as a prognostic biomarker of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in patients presenting with chest pain: a systematic review
Papanastasiou CA, Kokkinidis DG, Oikonomou EK, Mantziaris VG, Foley TR, Karamitsos TD, Waldo SW, Armstrong EJ. Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A as a prognostic biomarker of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in patients presenting with chest pain: a systematic review. Biomarkers 2017, 23: 1-9. PMID: 29144175, DOI: 10.1080/1354750x.2017.1397194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic chest painChest painCardiovascular eventsAdverse eventsShort-term adverse eventsShort-term risk stratificationAdverse cardiovascular eventsAcute coronary syndromeGroup of patientsIdentification of patientsStandardized clinical studiesElectronic databases MEDLINEFuture adverse eventsPlasma proteinsCause mortalityCoronary syndromeIschemic originRisk stratificationPrognostic valueCochrane LibraryPatient populationClinical studiesInclusion criteriaPrognostic biomarkerPainDetecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat
Antonopoulos AS, Sanna F, Sabharwal N, Thomas S, Oikonomou EK, Herdman L, Margaritis M, Shirodaria C, Kampoli AM, Akoumianakis I, Petrou M, Sayeed R, Krasopoulos G, Psarros C, Ciccone P, Brophy CM, Digby J, Kelion A, Uberoi R, Anthony S, Alexopoulos N, Tousoulis D, Achenbach S, Neubauer S, Channon KM, Antoniades C. Detecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat. Science Translational Medicine 2017, 9 PMID: 28701474, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal2658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerivascular adipose tissueFat attenuation indexVascular inflammationSubclinical coronary artery diseaseHuman adipose tissue explantsHuman vesselsLipid accumulationHuman coronary vasculatureAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseVulnerable atherosclerotic plaquesIntracellular lipid accumulationHuman coronary arteriesAdipocyte lipid contentAdipose tissue explantsPositron emission tomographyCT scan informationCoronary inflammationCoronary syndromeArtery diseaseCardiac surgeryValidation cohortCoronary arteryMultiple disease statesTissue inflammation
2016
The effect of in-hospital acquired thrombocytopenia on the outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Oikonomou EK, Repanas TI, Papanastasiou C, Kokkinidis DG, Miligkos M, Feher A, Gupta D, Kampaktsis PN. The effect of in-hospital acquired thrombocytopenia on the outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Thrombosis Research 2016, 147: 64-71. PMID: 27689317, PMCID: PMC5515466, DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.09.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary syndromeNew onset thrombocytopeniaACS patientsCoronary syndromePlatelet countHigh riskSystematic reviewLong-term adverse eventsHospital heart failureSecondary cardiovascular endpointsMajor bleeding eventsOutcomes of patientsRecurrent myocardial infarctionAbnormal platelet countDevelopment of thrombocytopeniaShort-term mortalityLong-term outcomesNormal platelet countBleeding eventsHospital thrombocytopeniaLate deathsUnplanned revascularizationHospital stayAdverse eventsCardiovascular endpoints