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by Kolovou GD, Anagnostopoulou KK, Salpea KD, Damaskos DS, Hoursalas IS, Petropoulos I, Bilianou HI, Cokkinos DV. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Death rates from coronary heart disease continue to rise in women despite a marked decrease in men for the past two decades. Our study aimed to evaluate essential risk factors in high-risk adult women. METHODS: Lipid […]

by Sophie I Mavrogeni, George Markousis-Mavrogenis, Genovefa Kolovou, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674 Athens, Greece Abstract Cardiovascular involvement in rheumatic diseases (RD) is the result of various pathophysiologic mechanisms including inflammation, accelerated atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia, due to micro- or macro-vascular lesions and fibrosis. Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging, including echocardiography, nuclear techniques, cardiovascular computed tomography and cardiovascular