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  1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mild airflow limitation: current knowledge and proposal for future research – a consensus document from six scientific societies [Corrigendum]

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, January 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Professor ANDREA ROSSI, Nickolaos Koulouris, neven miculinic, Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, Andrea Vukic Dugac, Dr Marc Miravitlles

  2. Lymphocyte changes after resistive breathing and whole body exercise before and after antioxidants.

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, February 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, Andreas Asimakos

  3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mild airflow limitation: current knowledge and proposal for future research – a consensus document from six scientific societies

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, August 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Professor ANDREA ROSSI, Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, Dr Marc Miravitlles, neven miculinic, Andrea Vukic Dugac, Nickolaos Koulouris

  4. Tiotropium bromide exerts anti-inflammatory effects during resistive breathing, an experimental model of severe airway obstruction

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, July 2017, Dove Medical Press

    CHRISTINA MAGKOU, Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  5. The direct and indirect costs of managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Greece

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, May 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Kyriakos Souliotis, Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  6. The disease burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Greece

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, September 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, Professor Nikolaos Maniadakis

  7. Can resistive breathing injure the lung? Implications for COPD exacerbations

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, September 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  8. The differential effects of inspiratory, expiratory, and combined resistive breathing on healthy lung

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, July 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, CHRISTINA MAGKOU

  9. Respiratory muscle wasting in the ICU: is it time to protect the diaphragm?

    Article • Thorax, April 2016, BMJ

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  10. Respiratory muscle function in the critically ill

    Article • April 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  11. Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Attenuates the Systemic Inflammation of Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, March 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  12. Ultrasonographic Monitoring of the Diaphragm during Mechanical Ventilation: The Vital Pump Is Vivid, Plastic, and Vulnerable

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, November 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  13. Hydrogen sulphide attenuates lung inflammation caused by resistive breathing

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  14. Glucose transport in the strenuously contracting diaphragm

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  15. The differential effect of inspiratory, expiratory and combined resistive loading on healthy rat lung

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  16. Guanylyl Cyclase Activation Reverses Resistive Breathing–Induced Lung Injury and Inflammation

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, June 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  17. Hydrogen sulphide attenuates lung inflammation caused by resistive breathing

    Article • Nitric Oxide, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  18. Inspiratory resistive breathing induces MMP-9 and MMP-12 expression in the lung

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, January 2015, American Physiological Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  19. The Role of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, October 2013, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, Prof. Dr. Ken R Bracke

  20. Antioxidants and Mucolytics in COPD Management: When (if ever) and in Whom?

    Article • Current Drug Targets, January 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  21. Soluble guanylyl cyclase as a therapeutic target in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

    Article • BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  22. Respiratory critical care HERMES syllabus: defining competencies for respiratory doctors

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2012, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  23. Control of Ventilation and Respiratory Muscles

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  24. Understanding wasted/ineffective efforts in mechanically ventilated COPD patients using the Campbell diagram

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  25. Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction: the clinical relevance of animal models

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  26. Smoking Cessation Using Varenicline Alters Basic Metabolism, Body Weight, and Insulin Resistance and Secretion

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  27. Targeted temperature management in critical care: A report and recommendations from five professional societies*

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, May 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  28. Mechanical Ventilation–induced Diaphragm Disuse in Humans Triggers Autophagy

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, December 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  29. Inspiratory Resistive Breathing Induces Acute Lung Injury

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, November 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  30. Pathophysiology of weaning failure

    Article • September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  31. Interleukin 10 Affects The Control Of Breathing

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  32. Activation Of Macroautophagy In The Human Diaphragm During Mechanical Ventilation

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  33. Smoking Cessation and Changes In Basic Metabolism And Body Weight

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  34. Nitric Oxide Regulates Cytokine Induction In The Diaphragm In Response To Strenuous Contraction

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  35. Nitric Oxide Stimulates Interleukin-6 Production in Skeletal Myotubes

    Article • Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, May 2010, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  36. Expression and Functional Significance of Nicotinamide N-methyl Transferase in Skeletal Muscles of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, April 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  37. Antioxidant Supplementation Alters Cytokine Production From Monocytes

    Article • Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, November 2009, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  38. The Patient-Ventilator Interaction Has a Third Player

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  39. Alterations of MMPs and TIMPs expression levels in an experimental rat model of resistive breathing

    Article • Toxicology Letters, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  40. Alterations of liver FAK and Src levels in the animal model of thioacetamide-induced fulminant hepatic failure and encephalopathy

    Article • Toxicology Letters, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  41. Postlaparoscopic Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysms of the Arteries of the Peritoneal and Retroperitoneal Space

    Article • Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, April 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  42. Understanding wasted/ineffective efforts in mechanically ventilated COPD patients using the Campbell diagram

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  43. Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction: the clinical relevance of animal models

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  44. Angiopoietin-1 Protects against Airway Inflammation and Hyperreactivity in Asthma

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, June 2008, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  45. Understanding wasted/ineffective efforts in mechanically ventilated COPD patients using the Campbell diagram

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  46. When mechanical ventilation mimics nature*

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, March 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  47. Muscle Function

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  48. Physiology and Testing of Respiratory Muscles

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  49. Acute heart failure following decompression of tuberculosis induced pericardial tamponade

    Article • Respiratory Medicine CME, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  50. cGMP-dependent and -independent angiogenesis-related properties of nitric oxide

    Article • Life Sciences, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  51. Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction: the clinical relevance of animal models

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  52. End-inspiratory occlusion maneuver during transesophageal echocardiography for patent foramen ovale detection in intensive care unit patients

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, Professor Antonis S Manolis

  53. Antioxidants Increase the Ventilatory Response to Hyperoxic Hypercapnia

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, January 2007, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  54. The combination of the load/force balance and the frequency/tidal volume can predict weaning outcome

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  55. Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  56. Differential cardiovascular responses during weaning failure: effects on tissue oxygenation and lactate

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, October 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  57. Is loaded breathing an inflammatory stimulus?

    Article • Current Opinion in Critical Care, February 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  58. When are Antioxidants Effective in Blunting the Cytokine Response to Exercise?

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, February 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  59. The immune response to resistive breathing: Implications for respiratory failure

    Article • Clinical Intensive Care, December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  60. The immune response to resistive breathing: Implications for respiratory failure

    Article • Clinical Intensive Care, December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  61. Differential Cytokine Gene Expression in the Diaphragm in Response to Strenuous Resistive Breathing

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 2004, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  62. Ventilator-induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, February 2004, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  63. Strenuous Resistive Breathing Induces Plasma Cytokines

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, December 2002, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  64. Antioxidants attenuate the plasma cytokine response to exercise in humans

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2002, American Physiological Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  65. Ventilator-induced Cachexia

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, November 2002, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  66. Early- and Late-Onset Atrioventricular Valve Rupture after Blunt Chest Trauma: The Usefulness of Transesophageal Echocardiography

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, May 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  67. Production of Interleukin-6 by Skeletal Myotubes

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, May 2002, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  68. Uremic pericarditis with tamponade following prolonged continuous hemofiltration

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  69. Combined Expression of p53, Bcl-2, and p21WAF-1 Proteins in Lung Cancer and Premalignant Lesions: Association with Clinical Characteristics

    Article • Lung, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  70. Diagnostic and prognostic significance of squamous cell carcinoma antigen in non-small cell lung cancer

    Article • Lung Cancer, May 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  71. CONTRIBUTION OF EXPIRATORY MUSCLE PRESSURE TO DYNAMIC INTRINSIC POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, April 2001, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  72. Contribution of Expiratory Muscle Pressure to Dynamic Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, November 2000, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  73. Right ventricular outflow obstruction caused by non-small cell lung carcinoma

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  74. Expiratory Flow Limitation and Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure at Zero Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Patients with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2000, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  75. Contribution of Pain to Inspiratory Muscle Dysfunction after Upper Abdominal Surgery

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, April 2000, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  76. The Analgesic Efficacy of Intravenous Tenoxicam as an Adjunct to Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Total Abdominal Hysterectomy

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, March 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  77. Influence of oxygen supply on activation of group IV muscle afferents after low-frequency muscle stimulation

    Article • Muscle & Nerve, January 2000, Wiley

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  78. Correcting Static Intrinsic Positive End-expiratory Pressure for Expiratory Muscle Contraction

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, September 1999, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  79. Weaning from mechanical ventilation

    Article • Journal of Critical Care, March 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  80. Effects of Different Expiratory Maneuvers on Inspiratory Muscle Force Output

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, March 1999, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  81. The Tension–Time Index and the Frequency/ Tidal Volume Ratio Are the Major Pathophysiologic Determinants of Weaning Failure and Success

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, August 1998, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos

  82. Pressure support ventilation in adult respiratory distress syndrome: Short-term effects of a servocontrolled mode

    Article • Journal of Critical Care, December 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos