Although left ventricular end-systolic elastance (E-es) serves as a major index of cardiac contractility, a widely-accepted noninvasive estimation of E-es does not exist. To overcome this limitation, we developed a two-step inverse method that allows for i ...

SPRINGER2018

Apparatus and methods for treating excess intraocular fluid

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Stéphane Bigler

An ocular drainage system is provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the system includes an implantable device and an external control unit, the implantable device includes a non-invasively adju ...

2017

Central aortic pressure calibration: "a bridge too far''? Reply

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Thomas Alois Weber

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins2017

Role of ERK1/2 activation and nNOS uncoupling on endothelial dysfunction induced by lysophosphatidylcholine

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Luciano Dos Santos Aggum Capettini

Background and aims: Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) - a main component of oxidized LDL -is involved in endothelial dysfunction that precedes atherosclerosis, with an increased superoxide anions and a reduced NO production via endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) ...

Elsevier2017

Angiotensin II infusion into ApoE(-/-) mice: a model for aortic dissection rather than abdominal aortic aneurysm?

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Patrick Segers, Jessica Sordet, Alessandra Piersigilli, Bram Trachet, Lydia Aslanidou

Aims Angiotensin II-infused ApoE(-/-) mice are a popular mouse model for preclinical aneurysm research. Here, we provide insight in the often-reported but seldom-explained variability in shape of dissecting aneurysms in these mice. Methods and results N=45 ...

2017

Alamandine abrogates neutrophil degranulation in atherosclerotic mice

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

Background Neutrophil-mediated inflammation was recently identified as an active contributor to athero-progression. Therapeutic strategies inhibiting neutrophil degranulation or recruitment were hypothesized to positively impact on plaque vulnerability. In ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Apparatus for treating excess intraocular fluid

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Constantinos Stergiopulos

Apparatus and methods are provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the device operates on the principles of a Starling resistor, and includes a housing, a deformable structure and a spring mounte ...

2017

Ace-Ang Ii-At1 Axis Of Renin-Angiotensin System Is Associated With Aging-Related Penile Fibrosis

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Fabiana Pereira Da Costa Fraga, Maiia Bragina

Wiley2017

Cardiovascular morphometry with high-resolution 3D magnetic resonance: First application to left ventricle diastolic dysfunction

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Orestis Vardoulis, Davide Piccini

In this study, an image-based morphometry toolset quantifying geometric descriptors of the left ventricle, aorta and their coupling is applied to investigate whether morphological information can differentiate between subjects affected by diastolic dysfunc ...

Elsevier2017

Total arterial compliance, estimated by a novel method, is better related to left ventricular mass compared to aortic pulse wave velocity: The SAFAR study

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos

Aim: The investigation of the association between total arterial compliance (C-T)-estimated by a novel technique-with left ventricular mass (LVM) and hypertrophy (LVH). Our hypothesis was that C-T may be better related to LVM compared to the gold-standard ...

Taylor & Francis Inc2017

Non-invasive adjustable drainage equipment

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos

The equipment disclosed by the invention comprises at least one inlet tube (1) which serves as a drainage fluid passage, and the tube (1) is connected to a cavity (2), and the cavity (2) comprises rotating devices (4, 5) for regulating a flow velocity in t ...

2016

A 1D model of the arterial circulation in mice

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Philippe Reymond, Patrick Segers, Bram Trachet, Lydia Aslanidou

At a time of growing concern over the ethics of animal experimentation, mouse models are still an indispensable source of insight into the cardiovascular system and its most frequent pathologies. Nevertheless, reference data on the murine cardiovascular an ...

2016

Inter-operator Reliability of Magnetic Resonance Image-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics Prediction of Cerebrospinal Fluid Motion in the Cervical Spine

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Bryn Andrew Martin

For the first time, inter-operator dependence of MRI based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the cervical spinal subarachnoid space (SSS) is evaluated. In vivo MRI flow measurements and anatomy MRI images were obta ...

Springer2016

Contribution of the Arterial System and the Heart to Blood Pressure during Normal Aging - A Simulation Study

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Nico Westerhof, Elira Maksuti

During aging, systolic blood pressure continuously increases over time, whereas diastolic pressure first increases and then slightly decreases after middle age. These pressure changes are usually explained by changes of the arterial system alone (increase ...

Public Library of Science2016

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