2017
Role of deferred stenting in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
De Maria GL, Alkhalil M, Oikonomou EK, Wolfrum M, Choudhury RP, Banning AP. Role of deferred stenting in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2017, 30: 264-273. PMID: 28370496, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionHard clinical endpointsImmediate stentingAngiographic endpointsClinical endpointsST-elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionRandomized clinical trialsCoronary interventionMyocardial infarctionClinical trialsImproved outcomesElectronic databasesFlow restorationPatientsEndpointStentingSTEMIInfarctionRecent publicationsTrials
2016
Prognostic implications of epicardial fat volume quantification in acute pericarditis
Lazaros G, Antonopoulos AS, Oikonomou EK, Vasileiou P, Oikonomou E, Stroumpouli E, Karavidas A, Antoniades C, Tousoulis D. Prognostic implications of epicardial fat volume quantification in acute pericarditis. European Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2016, 47: 129-136. PMID: 27931089, DOI: 10.1111/eci.12711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpicardial fat volumeCardiac computerized tomographyComposite clinical endpointAcute pericarditisIncessant pericarditisChest painPrognostic implicationsClinical endpointsPoor responsePericardial effusion sizeOutcomes of patientsAtrial fibrillation developmentImportant prognostic implicationsCardiovascular disease pathogenesisAnti-inflammatory drugsLower odds ratioFifty patientsClinical featuresEffusion sizeFirst diagnosisPrognostic informationOdds ratioPericarditisFat volumePatients