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John Barbetseas
Researcher at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Publications - 135
Citations - 1677
John Barbetseas is an academic researcher from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coronary artery disease & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 123 publications receiving 1440 citations. Previous affiliations of John Barbetseas include Athens State University.
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Greece: Clinical Course and Outcome
Michael Kyriakidis,Filippos Triposkiadis,Aris Anastasakis,Artemis Theopistou,Rea Tocta,John Barbetseas,John Gialafos +6 more
TL;DR: Sudden cardiac death was infrequent and syncope, functional class, and ventricular arrhythmias were the only predictors of a poor outcome, in this representative Greek patient cohort with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Development, repeatability and validity regarding energy and macronutrient intake of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire: methodological considerations.
Vassiliki Bountziouka,Eirini Bathrellou,A. Giotopoulou,Christina N. Katsagoni,Maria Bonou,Natalia G. Vallianou,John Barbetseas,Petros C. Avgerinos,Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos +8 more
TL;DR: The proposed FFQ has proven repeatable and relatively valid for foods' intake, and could therefore be used for nutritional assessment purposes.
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Chronic systemic inflammation accompanies impaired ventricular diastolic function, detected by Doppler imaging, in patients with newly diagnosed systolic heart failure (Hellenic Heart Failure Study)
Christina Chrysohoou,Christos Pitsavos,John Barbetseas,Iason Kotroyiannis,Stella Brili,Karmen Vasiliadou,L. Papadimitriou,Christodoulos Stefanadis +7 more
TL;DR: It is revealed that increased plasma levels of CD14, IL-6 and TNF-α are associated with impaired left atrial function and more advanced left ventricular diastolic and systolic dysfunction, in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure.
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Neck circumference is correlated with triglycerides and inversely related with HDL cholesterol beyond BMI and waist circumference.
Natalia G. Vallianou,Angelos Evangelopoulos,Vassiliki Bountziouka,Evangelos D. Vogiatzakis,Maria Bonou,John Barbetseas,Petros C. Avgerinos,Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos +7 more
TL;DR: This study aimed to investigate the association between neck circumference and biomarkers, indicators of cardiovascular risk, and found that neck circumference is a unique fat depot with increasing significance.
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Effects of pravastatin on thoracic aortic atherosclerosis in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Christos Pitsavos,Konstantina Aggeli,John Barbetseas,Ioannis Skoumas,Spyros Lambrou,Alexandra Frogoudaki,Christodoulos Stefanadis,Pavlos Toutouzas +7 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that hypolipidemic treatment may favorably affect the course of TAA in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is supported.