Athanassios Zissimopoulos

Position statement on the non-invasive diagnosis of patients with ATTR pardiac amyloidosis, endorsed by the Hellenic Society of Nuclear Cardiology, for the Nuclear Medicine practitioners.

Maria Koutelou, Vasilios Prassopoulos, Loukas Lamprakos, Athanassios Zissimopoulos et autres

Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare condition characterized by the accumulation of abnormal proteins called amyloids in the heart tissue. These amyloids can disrupt the normal functioning of the heart and lead to a variety of symptoms and complications.

ASSUMER on PYP Scan for Cardiac Amyloid Typing and Origin: Case-Specific Corroborating Clinical Background and Genetic Analysis

Pipitsa N. Valsamaki, Konstantinos I. Liapis, Vasileios Tsalkanis, Georgios K. Chalikias et autres

Suspicion for Cardiac Amyloidosis (CA) led a 75-year-old male patient with fatigue, dyspnea, and palpitations to be subjected to scintigraphic myocardial investigation with technetium-99m-pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP, or PYP scan) in order to distinguish transthyretin-related CA (ATTR) from the light-chain Amyloidosis (AL) form. A …

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THERAGNOSTICS OF SAMARIUM-153-EDTMP IN PATIENTS BEARING PROSTATE CANCER AND OSSEOUS SECONDARIES: PALLIATIVE BUT ALSO TUMOURICIDAL

Pipitsa N. Valsamaki, Vasiliki Papadatou, Stylianos Tologkos, Triantafyllos Alexiadis et autres

BACKGROUND: 153 The radionuclide samarium-153 ( Sm) in a chelated compound with ethylene-diamine-tetramethylene phosphonate (EDTMP) is mainly used as an alternative to palliative therapy of multifocal painful osseous metastases due to various primaries, especially 153 prostate, breast, lung cancer, and osteosarcoma. Considering …

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A personal monitoring study of occupational RF exposure to the medical equipment used in physiotherapy centers: Diathermy is the top emission device

Maria Basiouka, Efthymios Karabetsos, George A. Gourzoulidis, heodoros C. Constantinidis et autres

Purpose: In physiotherapy centers, equipment emitting electromagnetic fields (EMF) is used daily and diathermy is reported as the top emitting device used. The purpose of this work is the evaluation of the levels of radio frequency (RF) electric fields that can be …

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Cardiac amyloidosis. Two main subtypes and diagnosis by Nuclear Medicine: SPET tracer revival.

Pipitsa N. Valsamaki, Athanassios Zissimopoulos

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(99m)Tc-DMSA scintigraphy diagnosing crossed renal ectopia with fusion in a three years old boy.

Aggelos Tsalkidis, Stefanos Gardikis, Katerina Kambouri, Athanassios Zissimopoulos et autres

A 3 years old boy with a history of surgery for orchidopexy was admitted to our hospital with fever and abdominal pain. Clinical examination and laboratory investigations revealed urinary tract infection with renal involvement. Ultrasonography demonstrated a solitary left kidney and raised …

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Intravenous Heroin Abuse and Acute Myocardial Infarction

Pavlos Pavlidis, Theodora-Eleftheria Deftereou, Maria‐Valeria Karakasi, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos et autres

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate chronic intravenous heroin abuse and its potential to induce acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It also aims to examine the causative factors and the incidence of heroin-induced myocardial infarction. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The hearts …

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Serum levels of fetuin-A in patients with coronary artery disease. Corellation with SPET myocardium scintigraphy.

Athanassios Zissimopoulos, Lukia Baloka, Eleni A Nagorni, Evangelos Karathanos et autres

OBJECTIVE: Fetuin-A is an acidic glycoprotein produced in the liver, as an inhibitor for cysteine protease. Its gene is founded in chromosome 3 (3q27). It is involved in various physiological and pathological conditions. These include vascular decalcification, bone metabolism, insulin resistance, protease …

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The role of copeptin in patients with subarachnoid haemorrage.

Athanassios Zissimopoulos, Theodosia D. Vogiatzaki, Fotini Babatsikou, Marion Velissaratou et autres

OBJECTIVE: Subarachnoid haemorrhage is responsible to a great extend for the death rate of patients who are hospitalised in intensive care units (ICU) with haemorrhage. The early detection of its severity plays an important role for the resulting health of the patients. …

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Coexistence of squamous cell tracheal papilloma and carcinoma treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy: a case report

Paul Zarogoulidis, Dimitrios Paliouras, Apostolos S. Gogakos, Fotios G. Chatzinikolaou et autres

BACKGROUND: Papillomatosis presents, most frequently, as multiple lesions of the respiratory tract, which are usually considered benign. Malignant degeneration into squamous cell carcinoma is quite common, although curative approaches vary a lot in modern literature. CASE REPORT: We report a case of …

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Parathyroid adenoma detected with 99mTc-tetrofosmin dual-phase scintigraphy: a case report

Κonstantinos Romanidis, Evangelos Karathanos, Eleni-Aikaterini Nagorni, Alexandra Giatromanolaki et autres

BACKGROUND: Tc-sestamibi is the most frequently used radionuclide agent for the detection of parathyroid adenomas in the clinical setting. However, Tc-tetrofosmin is another such agent that may be used for this purpose. This case report presents the significance and practicality of 99mTc-tetrofosmin …

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P366 Relevance of chromogranin A according to disease activity and medical treatment in IBD patients

Stergios Vradelis, Athanassios Zissimopoulos, Manolis Konialis, D Chadolias et autres

S. Vradelis, A. Zissimopoulos, M. Konialis, D. Chadolias, A. Bampali, T. Konstantinidis, E. Efremidou, G. Kouklakis; P366 Relevance of chromogranin A accor

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