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Pantelis Zebekakis
Researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Publications - 150
Citations - 1846
Pantelis Zebekakis is an academic researcher from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood pressure & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 119 publications receiving 1373 citations. Previous affiliations of Pantelis Zebekakis include Katholieke Universiteit Leuven & AHEPA University Hospital.
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Obesity is associated with increased arterial stiffness from adolescence until old age.
Pantelis Zebekakis,Tim S. Nawrot,Lutgarde Thijs,Elisabeth J. Balkestein,Janneke J. van der Heijden-Spek,Luc M. Van Bortel,Harry A.J. Struijker-Boudier,Michel E. Safar,Jan A. Staessen +8 more
TL;DR: Across a wide age range, the diameter and stiffness of muscular arteries increased with higher BMI, and in elastic arteries, the relationship between arterial stiffness and BMI was more complex and varied with sex and age.
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Effects of Low-Dose Atorvastatin on Arterial Stiffness and Central Aortic Pressure Augmentation in Patients With Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia
Aggeliki I. Kanaki,Pantelis Sarafidis,Panagiotis I. Georgianos,Konstantinos Kanavos,I. Tziolas,Pantelis Zebekakis,Anastasios N. Lasaridis +6 more
TL;DR: This study shows that low-dose atorvastatin treatment improves arterial stiffness and exerts a reduction on central aortic pressures, which may represent a potential mechanism of cardiovascular risk reduction observed with statin use.
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Ambulatory blood pressure reduction after rosiglitazone treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension correlates with insulin sensitivity increase.
P. Sarafidis,Anastasios N. Lasaridis,Peter M. Nilsson,Emmanuil M. Pagkalos,Areti Hitoglou-Makedou,Christodoulos Pliakos,Kiriakos A. Kazakos,John G. Yovos,Pantelis Zebekakis,I. Tziolas,Achilleas N Tourkantonis +10 more
TL;DR: Treatment of type 2 diabetic hypertensive patients with rosiglitazone significantly increased insulin sensitivity and lowered ambulatory BP, suggesting that thiazolidinediones may possess a BP-lowering effect beyond their antihyperglycemic properties.
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Oral Magnesium Supplementation Reduces Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients With Mild Hypertension
Lina S. Hatzistavri,Pantelis Sarafidis,Panagiotis I. Georgianos,I. Tziolas,Costas P. Aroditis,Pantelis Zebekakis,Maria Pikilidou,Anastasios N. Lasaridis +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that oral Mg(2+) supplementation is associated with small but consistent ambulatory BP reduction in patients with mild hypertension.
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Evaluation of a Novel Brachial Cuff-Based Oscillometric Method for Estimating Central Systolic Pressure in Hemodialysis Patients
Pantelis Sarafidis,Panagiotis I. Georgianos,Antonios Karpetas,Athanasios Bikos,Linda Korelidou,Maria Tersi,Dimitrios Divanis,Georgios Tzanis,Konstantinos Mavromatidis,Vassilios Liakopoulos,Pantelis Zebekakis,Anastasios N. Lasaridis,Athanase D. Protogerou +12 more
TL;DR: Evaluating in hemodialysis patients the validity of a new ambulatory oscillometric device, which estimates aortic BP, augmentation index (AIx) and pulse wave velocity (PWV), found acceptable agreement between the two devices and no evidence of systemic bias for PWV was evident.