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  1. Sex differences in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Time to tailor risk stratification and therapy?

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Dr Andrew Harry Constantine

  2. Congenital heart disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension and the UK’s Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Agency: controversial new guidance

    Article • October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Andrew Harry Constantine, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  3. Modifiable risk factors in congenital heart disease: Education, transition, digital health and choice architecture

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Dr Andrew Harry Constantine

  4. Tricuspid regurgitation severity after atrial septal defect closure or pulmonic valve replacement

    Article • Heart, August 2019, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  5. The effects of parenteral prostacyclin therapy as add-on treatment to oral compounds in Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Dr Andrew Harry Constantine

  6. Eisenmenger syndrome and other types of pulmonary arterial hypertension related to adult congenital heart disease

    Article • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Dr Andrew Harry Constantine

  7. EmPHasis-10 score for the assessment of quality of life in various types of pulmonary hypertension and its relation to outcome

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, December 2018, SAGE Publications

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  8. Strength training in congenital heart disease: A way to boost respiratory function?

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, November 2018, SAGE Publications

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  9. Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the UK: Survey of Current Practice, Unmet Needs and Expert Commentary

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, August 2018, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  10. Definition and Management of Segmental Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, July 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Gruschen Veldtman, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  11. Acute Effect of Inhaled Iloprost in Children with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Simple Congenital Heart Defects

    Article • Pediatric Cardiology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  12. Heart Failure, Exercise Intolerance, and Physical Training

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  13. Infective endocarditis in patients with congenital heart disease: When, where and how

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  14. A crown of thorns—right ventricular outflow tract obstruction caused by calcific pericardial ring

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  15. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Complicating Congenital Heart Disease: Advances in Therapy

    Article • Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, October 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  16. The CRASH report: emergency management dilemmas facing acute physicians in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Article • Thorax, September 2017, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  17. Response by Kempny et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Predictors of Death in Contemporary Adult Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Multicenter Study”

    Article • Circulation, September 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  18. Pacing in congenital heart disease – A four-decade experience in a single tertiary centre

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, August 2017, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  19. Infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease remains a lethal disease

    Article • Heart, July 2017, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  20. The spectrum of pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: management from a physician and nurse specialist perspective

    Article • Journal of Congenital Cardiology, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  21. Survival in portopulmonary hypertension: Outcomes of the United Kingdom National Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Registry

    Article • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, July 2017, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  22. Platelet count and mean platelet volume predict outcome in adults with Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • Heart, June 2017, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  23. Outcome of cardiac surgery in patients with congenital heart disease in England between 1997 and 2015

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2017, PLOS

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  24. Declining incidence and prevalence of Eisenmenger syndrome in the developed world: a triumph of modern medicine

    Article • Heart, May 2017, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  25. Past and current cause-specific mortality in Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • European Heart Journal, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  26. Predictors of Death in Contemporary Adult Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome

    Article • Circulation, April 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  27. Body mass index in adult congenital heart disease

    Article • Heart, February 2017, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  28. Eisenmenger syndrome: current perspectives

    Article • Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology, February 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Colm McCabe

  29. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  30. Cardiac remodelling amongst adults with various aetiologies of pulmonary arterial hypertension including Eisenmenger syndrome—implications on survival and the role of right ventricular transverse strain

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, December 2016, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Pamela Moceri, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  31. Dyssynchrony and electromechanical delay are associated with focal fibrosis in the systemic right ventricle — Insights from echocardiography

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  32. Patients with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease: survival is improving, but challenges remain: Table 1

    Article • Heart, June 2016, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  33. Dynamic Risk Stratification of Patient Long-Term Outcome After Pulmonary Endarterectomy

    Article • Circulation, May 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  34. Clinical course and potential complications of small ventricular septal defects in adulthood: Late development of left ventricular dysfunction justifies lifelong care

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  35. On the question of adjustment for multiple testing

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  36. Multimodality imaging in congenital heart disease-related pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Article • Heart, March 2016, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  37. Chronic Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • Circulation, February 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  38. Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • Circulation, February 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  39. Physiologic determinants of exercise capacity in patients with different types of right-sided regurgitant lesions: Ebstein's malformation with tricuspid regurgitation and repaired tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary regurgitation

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  40. Common long-term complications of adult congenital heart disease: avoid falling in a H.E.A.P.

    Article • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  41. Unable to Access the Pulmonary Artery

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  42. Determinants of outpatient clinic attendance amongst adults with congenital heart disease and outcome

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  43. Guía ESC 2015 sobre el tratamiento de la endocarditis infecciosa

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, January 2016, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Prof HECTOR BUENO

  44. Impaired Right, Left, or Biventricular Function and Resting Oxygen Saturation Are Associated With Mortality in Eisenmenger Syndrome

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, December 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  45. Survival Prospects and Circumstances of Death in Contemporary Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients Under Follow-Up at a Large Tertiary Centre

    Article • Circulation, December 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  46. 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Prof HECTOR BUENO, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Dr Julie De Backer

  47. Prognostic importance of depression in congenital heart disease

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Gerhard-Paul Diller, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  48. Pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy: unclassifiable pulmonary hypertension?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, July 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  49. Percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Challenges and future directions

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2015, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  50. Exclusion of a giant aneurysm post-Kawasaki disease with novel polyurethane covered stents

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  51. Hypoalbuminaemia predicts outcome in adult patients with congenital heart disease

    Article • Heart, March 2015, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  52. Acceptance and psychological impact of implantable defibrillators amongst adults with congenital heart disease

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2015, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  53. 0418: Survival advantage of Eisenmenger syndrome patients: the role of right ventricular transverse strain

    Article • Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pamela Moceri, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  54. Physiological differences between various types of Eisenmenger syndrome and relation to outcome

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  55. Right Heart and Pulmonary Vessels Structure and Function

    Article • Echocardiography, September 2014, Wiley

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  56. Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy and the Risk of Cardiac Defects

    Article • The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, September 2014, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  57. Single-ventricle physiology in the UK: an ongoing challenge of growing numbers and of growing complexity of congenital heart disease

    Article • Heart, August 2014, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  58. Survival prospects of treatment naïve patients with Eisenmenger: a systematic review of the literature and report of own experience

    Article • Heart, August 2014, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  59. CASE 10—2014Eisenmenger Syndrome: Close the Hole?

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, August 2014, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  60. Bosentan in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Fibrotic Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 2014, American Thoracic Society

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  61. Long-term natural history and postoperative outcome of double-chambered right ventricle—Experience from two tertiary adult congenital heart centres and review of the literature

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  62. Repair of tetralogy of Fallot—how much can we achieve with a single operation?

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  63. C-reactive protein in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease and its prognostic value

    Article • Heart, May 2014, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  64. Prevalence and prognostic implication of restenosis or dilatation at the aortic coarctation repair site assessed by cardiovascular MRI in adult patients late after coarctation repair

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  65. Choice and Competition Between Adult Congenital Heart Disease Centers

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, March 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  66. Lung function and gas exchange in Eisenmenger syndrome and their impact on exercise capacity and survival

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  67. Myocardial fibrosis in Eisenmenger syndrome: a descriptive cohort study exploring associations of late gadolinium enhancement with clinical status and survival

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  68. Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus

    Article • European Respiratory Review, November 2013, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  69. Pulmonary hypertension related to congenital heart disease: a call for action

    Article • European Heart Journal, October 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  70. Nuclear Factor κ-B Is Activated in the Pulmonary Vessels of Patients with End-Stage Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2013, PLOS

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  71. Histopathology of the great vessels in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in association with congenital heart disease: Large pulmonary arteries matter too

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  72. Six-minute walk test distance and resting oxygen saturations but not functional class predict outcome in adult patients with Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  73. Meeting the challenge: The evolving global landscape of adult congenital heart disease

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  74. Eisenmenger Syndrome and Other Types of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  75. Outcome in adult patients after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  76. Prognostic value of C-reactive protein in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  77. Surgically treated subaortic stenosis: aspects beyond the recurrence

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Vasileios Kamperidis, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  78. Echocardiographic insights into pulmonary arterial hypertension: the "advantage" of congenital heart disease patients

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  79. Qrs duration predicts life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia and death in adults with a systemic right ventricle

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  80. Prognostic value of ECG parameters in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  81. Impact of socioeconomic status and gender on access to healthcare and outcome in adults with congenital heart disease

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  82. Infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease: still a potentially lethal disease

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  83. Six minute walk test but not functional class predicts outcome in adult patients with Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  84. Disease targeting therapies in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome: Response to treatment and long-term efficiency

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  85. Congenital heart disease beyond the age of 60: emergence of a new population with high resource utilization, high morbidity, and high mortality

    Article • European Heart Journal, July 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  86. Biomarkers in congenital heart disease: do natriuretic peptides hold the key?

    Article • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  87. Cardiothoracic ratio from postero-anterior chest radiographs: A simple, reproducible and independent marker of disease severity and outcome in adults with congenital heart disease

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  88. Relationship of Cardiac Output to Respiratory Pattern and Pressures in Patients With Fontan Circulation

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  89. From Other Journals

    Article • Pediatric Cardiology, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  90. Detrimental impact of socioeconomic status on exercise capacity in adults with congenital heart disease

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  91. Paracardiac mass on chest X-ray in a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  92. Peak oxygen uptake correlates with disease severity and predicts outcome in adult patients with Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  93. Adult Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • February 2013, Wiley

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  94. Abnormal Lung Function in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Prevalence, Relation to Cardiac Anatomy, and Association With Survival

    Article • Circulation, February 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  95. Giant Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm Compressing Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and Main Pulmonary Artery

    Article • Circulation, February 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  96. Magnetic navigation in adults with atrial isomerism (heterotaxy syndrome) and supraventricular arrhythmias

    Article • EP Europace, January 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  97. 270: Effects of advanced therapies on echocardiographic and Doppler measures, compared with clinical evaluation and BNP in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pamela Moceri, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  98. Improved cardiac survival, freedom from mace and angina-related quality of life after successful percutaneous recanalization of coronary artery chronic total occlusions

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  99. Echocardiographic Predictors of Outcome in Eisenmenger Syndrome

    Article • Circulation, September 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  100. Arterial switch repair to transposition of great arteries: So far so good

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2012, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  101. Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Comprehensive Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Identifies Adults With Congenital Heart Disease at Increased Mortality Risk in the Medium Term”

    Article • Circulation, August 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  102. B-type natriuretic peptide at the early stage of univentricular circulation reflects inadequate adaptation to volume overload

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  103. Left Ventricular Longitudinal Function Predicts Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmia and Death in Adults With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

    Article • Circulation, May 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  104. Systemic right ventricular longitudinal strain is reduced in adults with transposition of the great arteries, relates to subpulmonary ventricular function, and predicts adverse clinical outcome

    Article • American Heart Journal, May 2012, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  105. Atrial tachyarrhythmias late after Fontan operation are related to increase in mortality and hospitalization

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  106. A bleeding conundrum

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  107. B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations in contemporary Eisenmenger syndrome patients: predictive value and response to disease targeting therapy

    Article • Heart, March 2012, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  108. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME IN EISENMENGER SYNDROME

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pamela Moceri, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  109. Timing of events in STEMI patients treated with immediate PCI or standard medical therapy: Implications on optimisation of timing of treatment from the CARESS-in-AMI trial

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Philippe Gabriel STEG, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  110. Randomised trial of ramipril in repaired tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary regurgitation

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  111. Comprehensive Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Identifies Adults With Congenital Heart Disease at Increased Mortality Risk in the Medium Term

    Article • Circulation, January 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  112. The relation between significant stenosis or dilatation at the repair site and outcome in a contemporary cohort of patients with repaired aortic coarctation as assessed using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  113. Reference values for exercise limitations among adults with congenital heart disease. Relation to activities of daily life--single centre experience and review of published data

    Article • European Heart Journal, December 2011, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  114. Chapter 9 Eisenmenger complex

    Article • December 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  115. Total isovolumic time relates to exercise capacity in patients with transposition of the great arteries late after atrial switch procedures

    Article • Cardiology in the Young, November 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  116. Replacement therapy for iron deficiency improves exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease and/or the Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  117. Cardiovascular changes after transcatheter endovascular stenting of adult aortic coarctation

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  118. Quality of life and functional capacity can be improved in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome with oral sildenafil therapy

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  119. GLOBAL SYSTEMIC VENTRICULAR LONGITUDINAL STRAIN IS REDUCED IN ADULTS WITH TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES AND A SYSTEMIC RIGHT VENTRICLE AND RELATES TO SUBPULMONARY VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND ADVERSE CLINICAL OUTCOME

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2011, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  120. Exercise intolerance in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries relates to right ventricular filling pressures

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  121. Heart Failure, Exercise Intolerance, and Physical Training

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  122. Atrial septal defect closure is associated with a reduced prevalence of atrial tachyarrhythmia in the short to medium term: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Heart, October 2010, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  123. Predictors of morbidity and mortality in contemporary Fontan patients: results from a multicenter study including cardiopulmonary exercise testing in 321 patients

    Article • European Heart Journal, October 2010, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  124. Ventrículo derecho y cardiopatías congénitas en el adulto

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, September 2010, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  125. Cerebrovascular accidents in adult patients with congenital heart disease

    Article • Heart, July 2010, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  126. Early routine percutaneous coronary intervention after fibrinolysis vs. standard therapy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis

    Article • European Heart Journal, July 2010, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  127. Recurrence of cerebrovascular events in young adults with a secundum atrial septal defect

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Bjorn Winkens, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  128. Accuracy of OCT in Evaluating Neointimal Thickness After Stent Implantation

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rocco Antonio Montone , Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  129. Optimised rate-responsive pacing does not improve either right ventricular haemodynamics or exercise capacity in adults with a systemic right ventricle

    Article • Cardiology in the Young, May 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  130. Quantitative analysis of intracoronary optical coherence tomography measurements of stent strut apposition and tissue coverage

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  131. Diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis: A review of the basic principles of interpretation and application

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  132. Non-invasive assessment of pulmonary blood flow using an inert gas rebreathing device in fibrotic lung disease

    Article • Thorax, April 2010, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  133. EARLY PCI AFTER THROMBOLYSIS VERSUS STANDARD THERAPY IN STEMI PATIENTS: A CUMULATIVE META-ANALYSIS

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michel Robert Le May, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  134. Usefulness of Natriuretic Peptide Levels to Predict Mortality in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Constantinos H Davos, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  135. The Impact of Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure in the Older Population

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2010, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  136. A modelling study of atrial septostomy for pulmonary arterial hypertension, and its effect on the state of tissue oxygenation and systemic blood flow

    Article • Cardiology in the Young, February 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  137. Improved Survival Among Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome Receiving Advanced Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Article • Circulation, January 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  138. Ebstein Anomaly and Sudden Cardiac Death

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  139. Heart Failure in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  140. Exercise training in congenital heart disease: Should we follow the heart failure paradigm?

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  141. Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  142. Hyponatraemia: a strong predictor of mortality in adults with congenital heart disease

    Article • European Heart Journal, November 2009, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  143. An optical coherence tomography study of a biodegradable vs. durable polymer-coated limus-eluting stent: a LEADERS trial sub-study

    Article • European Heart Journal, November 2009, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr E Regar, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  144. Anemia in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Relates to Adverse Outcome

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2009, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  145. Structural Abnormalities of the Pulmonary Trunk in Tetralogy of Fallot and Potential Clinical Implications

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2009, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  146. Burden of Coronary Artery Disease in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease and Its Relation to Congenital and Traditional Heart Risk Factors

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  147. Impaired heart rate response to exercise in adult patients with a systemic right ventricle or univentricular circulation: Prevalence, relation to exercise, and potential therapeutic implications

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  148. The influence of strut thickness and cell design on immediate apposition of drug-eluting stents assessed by optical coherence tomography

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  149. Modelling in congenital heart disease. Art or science?

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  150. Ventilatory Efficiency and Aerobic Capacity Predict Event-Free Survival in Adults With Atrial Repair for Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  151. Bosentan in mild pulmonary hypertension

    Article • The Lancet, November 2008, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  152. Near miss sudden cardiac death on a young patient with repaired atrioventricular septal defect

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  153. Pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: distinct differences from other causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension and management implications

    Article • Current Opinion in Cardiology, November 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  154. Letter by Barlis et al Regarding Article, “Two-Year Clinical Outcomes With Drug-Eluting Stents for Diabetic Patients With De Novo Coronary Lesions: Results From a Real-World Multicenter Registry

    Article • Circulation, October 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  155. Cardiovascular and ventilatory control during exercise in chronic heart failure: Role of muscle reflexes

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  156. Complete versus incomplete revascularization in patients with multivessel disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, October 2008, Wiley

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  157. Has there been any progress made on pregnancy outcomes among women with pulmonary arterial hypertension?

    Article • European Heart Journal, September 2008, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  158. Evaluating operability in adults with congenital heart disease and the role of pretreatment with targeted pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  159. Trials and tribulations in adult congenital heart disease

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  160. Prevalence, Predictors, and Prognostic Value of Renal Dysfunction in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • Circulation, May 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  161. Haemodynamic significance of an anomalous right coronary with inter-arterial course assessed with intracoronary pressure measurements during dobutamine challenge

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  162. Bronchial Artery Embolization for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Recurrent Hemoptysis?

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, April 2008, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  163. Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Right Ventricular Mechanics and QRS Duration in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Implications of Infundibular Disease"

    Article • Circulation, March 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  164. Optical coherence tomography to assess malapposition in overlapping drug-eluting stents

    Article • EuroIntervention, March 2008, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  165. Immediate angioplasty versus standard therapy with rescue angioplasty after thrombolysis in the Combined Abciximab REteplase Stent Study in Acute Myocardial Infarction (CARESS-in-AMI): an open, prospective, randomised, multicentre trial

    Article • The Lancet, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Philippe Gabriel STEG, Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  166. An indeterminate occlusion duration predicts procedural failure in the recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusions

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2008, Wiley

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  167. Instantaneous effects of resynchronisation therapy on exercise performance in heart failure patients: the mechanistic role and predictive power of total isovolumic time

    Article • Heart, January 2008, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  168. Comparison of Bare-Metal and Sirolimus- or Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents for Aorto-Ostial Coronary Disease

    Article • Cardiology, January 2008, Karger Publishers

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  169. Immediate procedural and long-term clinical outcomes following drug-eluting stent implantation to ostial saphenous vein graft lesions

    Article • Acute Cardiac Care, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  170. Model of chronic adaptation: right ventricular function in Eisenmenger syndrome

    Article • European Heart Journal Supplements, December 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  171. Right Ventricular Mechanics and QRS Duration in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

    Article • Circulation, October 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  172. Culotte versus T-stenting in bifurcation lesions: Immediate clinical and angiographic results and midterm clinical follow-up

    Article • American Heart Journal, August 2007, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  173. Long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of bosentan in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease

    Article • Heart, August 2007, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  174. The Effect of Drug-Eluting Stents on Collateral Coronary Flow

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, August 2007, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  175. Deep vein thrombosis in a patient with congenital heart disease and permanent transfemoral pacing

    Article • EP Europace, July 2007, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  176. Approach to intermediate lesions

    Article • February 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  177. A new quantitative analysis system for the evaluation of coronary bifurcation lesions: Comparison with current conventional methods

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2007, Wiley

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  178. 400 Long axis dysfunction and tricuspid regurgitation relate to ventricular fibrosis in adults with systemic right ventricle and complete transposition of the great arteries

    Article • European Journal of Echocardiography, December 2006, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  179. Exercise Intolerance in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • Cardiology Clinics, November 2006, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  180. Analytical Identification of Ideal Pulmonary-Systemic Flow Balance in Patients With Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt and Univentricular Circulation

    Article • Circulation, September 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  181. Heart Rate Response During Exercise Predicts Survival in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 2006, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  182. Abnormal Ventilatory Response to Exercise in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Relates to Cyanosis and Predicts Survival

    Article • Circulation, June 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  183. Presentation, survival prospects, and predictors of death in Eisenmenger syndrome: a combined retrospective and case-control study

    Article • European Heart Journal, January 2006, European Society of Cardiology

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  184. Exercise Intolerance in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

    Article • Circulation, August 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  185. Chronotropic incompetence is prevalent in adult congenital heart disease patients, determines exercise capacity and identifies high risk patients

    Article • Heart Rhythm, May 2005, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  186. Review finds combining angiotensin receptor blockers with ACE inhibitors in heart failure may only benefit people with contraindications to β blockersAbstracted from: Dimopoulos K, Salukhe TV, Coats AJ, et al. Meta-analyses of mortality and morbidity e...

    Article • Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, September 2004, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  187. Review finds combining angiotensin receptor blockers with ACE inhibitors in heart failure may only benefit people with contraindications to β blockers

    Article • Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, September 2004, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  188. Life-Years Gained From Defibrillator Implantation

    Article • Circulation, April 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  189. Cardiac resynchronisation may reduce all-cause mortality: meta-analysis of preliminary COMPANION data with CONTAK-CD, InSync ICD, MIRACLE and MUSTIC

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2004, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  190. Meta-analyses of mortality and morbidity effects of an angiotensin receptor blocker in patients with chronic heart failure already receiving an ACE inhibitor (alone or with a β-blocker)

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2004, Elsevier

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  191. Multiple coronary rupture after blunt chest trauma

    Article • Heart, June 2003, BMJ

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  192. Activity–rest stimulation protocol improves cardiac assistance in dynamic cardiomyoplasty

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Ugo Carraro

  193. Fatal aortoesophageal fistula in two cases of tight vascular ring

    Article • Cardiology in the Young, March 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos

  194. New Advances in Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty: Doppler Flow Wire Shows Improved Cardiac Assistance in Demand Protocol

    Article • ASAIO Journal, January 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Ugo Carraro

  195. Endoluminal Repair of a Dardik Prosthesis Pseudoaneurysm Using the Wallgraft Endoprosthesis

    Article • Cardiovascular Radiology, March 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Konstantinos Dimopoulos