Konstantinos Toutouzas, MD

The Cooling Effect of Coronary Blood Flow on Heart:
A New Approach

08/01/2008

Pavlos Toutouzas , MD;

Sophia Vaina , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Toutouzas , MD;

Eleftherios Tsiamis , MD;

Costas Tsioufis , MD;

Christodoulos Stefanadis , MD;

Elli Stefanadis , MD;

Coronary stenosis produces ischemia to the cardiac muscle by reducing blood flow. The anatomical and functional significance of coronary artery stenosis has been extensively studied.1,2 It is known that heat release is released from...

Coronary stenosis produces...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Pitfalls of Angiography in the Assessment of Atherosclerosis: The Role of Optical Coherence Tomography

04/27/2012

Antonios Karanasos , MD;

Christodoulos Stefanadis , MD;

Konstantinos Toutouzas , MD;

Abstract: We report the case of a patient presenting with unstable angina, in whom information obtained by coronary angiography was inconclusive for the existence of a culprit lesion in the ostium of the right coronary artery. The use of...

Abstract: We report the case of...

04/27/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

The Radi PressureWire¬Æ Thermistor for
Intracoronary Thermography
Re: J Invasive Cardiol 2006;18:528‚Äì531 (November)

08/01/2008

Eleftherios Tsiamis , MD;

Christodoulos Stefanadis , MD;

Konstantinos Toutouzas , MD;

Dear Editor, We read with great interest the article recently published in the Journal by Worthley et al regarding the use of the Radi PressureWire® high-sensitivity thermistor (Radi Medical Systems, Inc., Uppsala, Sweden) for the detection...

Dear Editor, We read with great...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Impact of Valve Over-Sizing After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With a Self-Expanding Valve: A Multislice Computed Tomography Study

04/24/2019

Konstantinos E. Stathogiannis , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Toutouzas , MD;

Lucas Sideris ;

George Latsios , MD;

Andreas Synetos , MD;

Manolis Vavuranakis , MD, PhD;

Constantina Aggeli , MD, PhD;

Maria Drakopoulou , MD;

Maria Xanthopoulou , MD;

Vicky Penesopoulou , MD;

George Trantalis , MD;

Angelos Papanikolaou , MD;

Dimitrios Tousoulis , MD, PhD;

Our study aim was to define the optimal value of valve sizing for reducing paravalvular regurgitation after TAVI.

Our study aim was to define the...

04/24/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Left Distal Radial Artery Access for Coronary Angiography and Interventions: A 12-Month All-Comers Study

06/17/2022

Ioannis Lazaridis , MD;

Konstantinos Toutouzas , MD;

Ioannis Styliadis , MD;

Dimitrios Tziakas , MD;

Spyridon G. Deftereos , MD;

Georgios C. Bompotis , MD;

Georgios Giannopoulos , MD, PhD;

Asterios I. Karakanas , MD;

Magdalini Meletidou , MD;

Dimitrios Vrachatis , MD;

Interventional cardiologists prefer the right radial artery (RA) approach for coronary angiography and interventions, mainly for ergonomic reasons. However, the use of the left RA presents certain advantages, and the snuffbox approach has...

Interventional cardiologists...

06/17/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology