2021
Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis.
Feher A, Boutagy NE, Oikonomou EK, Thorn S, Liu YH, Miller EJ, Sinusas AJ, Hinchcliff M. Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2021, 48: 1574-1582. PMID: 34266986, PMCID: PMC10275580, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced Myocardial Flow ReserveMyocardial flow reserveRaynaud's phenomenonPrimary Raynaud's phenomenonSecondary Raynaud's phenomenonPatient controlsHealthy participantsFlow reservePositron Emission Tomography/Computed TomographyEmission Tomography/Computed TomographyTomography/Computed TomographyPositron emission tomography/Impaired Myocardial Flow ReserveCoronary microvascular dysfunctionLarge prospective studiesMultivariable logistic regressionEmission tomography/PET/CTSSc-RPMicrovascular dysfunctionClinical predictorsIndependent predictorsSystemic sclerosisPrognostic valueProspective study
2017
Vascular inflammation and metabolic activity in hematopoietic organs and liver in familial combined hyperlipidemia and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Toutouzas K, Skoumas J, Koutagiar I, Benetos G, Pianou N, Georgakopoulos A, Galanakos S, Antonopoulos A, Drakopoulou M, Oikonomou EK, Kafouris P, Athanasiadis E, Metaxas M, Spyrou G, Pallantza Z, Galiatsatos N, Aggeli C, Antoniades C, Keramida G, Peters AM, Anagnostopoulos CD, Tousoulis D. Vascular inflammation and metabolic activity in hematopoietic organs and liver in familial combined hyperlipidemia and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Journal Of Clinical Lipidology 2017, 12: 33-43. PMID: 29174439, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2017.10.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiomarkersBone MarrowC-Reactive ProteinCase-Control StudiesFemaleHeterozygoteHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHyperlipidemia, Familial CombinedHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIInflammationLipoproteins, LDLLiverMaleMiddle AgedPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographySpleenConceptsHeFH patientsFDG uptakeAortic TBRVascular inflammationBone marrowFamilial dyslipidemiaHigher low-density lipoprotein levelsF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/High-sensitivity C-reactive proteinBone marrow FDG uptakeLow-density lipoprotein levelsPositron emission tomography/C-reactive proteinHigh FDG uptakeHeterozygous familial hypercholesterolemiaLow-density lipoproteinHepatic metabolic activityHematopoietic organsHigh liver uptakeDyslipidemic groupAdult patientsCardiovascular riskInflammatory biomarkersSerum lipidsAccelerated atherogenesis