Curriculum Vitae – Associate Professor Serafim Nanas
Dr Serafim Nanas is Associate Professor of Intensive Care in the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He has completed four years of postdoctoral studies at Northwestern University in Chicago, USA, and at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has over 20 years of experience in clinical practice in intensive care medicine. He is the author of more than 70 original articles published in peer-review journals, with a total impact factor of 314,764 and 3042 total citations. He is the author of five medical books in Greek. During the last ten years he has supervised 14 doctoral theses. Among various greek and international societies, he is a member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, European Society of Epidemiology and Preventive Cardiology, Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Council – American Heart Association, International Society for Education & Research on Exercise Intolerance (EISEREI), National Council of Transplantation (National Transplant Organization, EOM). He is also a member of the National Committee on Bioethics and Deontology of the Orthodox Church of Greece. His main research interests are: the mechanical support of the circulatory system, heart failure, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and rehabilitation in CHF patients sepsis and microcirculation, infections (VAP, acalculous cholecystitis, etc.), sedation in ICU, and polyneuromyopathy of critically ill patients (pathophysiology, prevention and treatment).
Curriculum Vitae Home Address 11 Soufliou Str., Peristeri, 121 37 Tel: +302105739874, +302105744744 Mob. +30 6973036448, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Year of Birth 5 February 1953 Place of Birth Agnanteri Larissas, Greece Marital Status Married to Dr. Marina Mandilara, MD, five daughters
Education 1977 MD, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens 1977 Medical practice license 1982 Clinical Epidemiology Northwestern University, Chicago, USA 1984 Specialty of Internal Medicine 1988 Ph.D. thesis 1990 Clinical Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine, ΜcGill University, Montreal, Canada
Main publications
1. Circulation 66 No 6 1982:1308-1314 2. JAMA 246 1983:1030-1034 3. Am.J.Epidemiol. 124 1986:612-623 4. Medical Educ 20 1986:133-135 5. Am. Heart J 119 1990:1147-1152 6. Am.Rev.Resp.Dis.146 1992:688-693 7. Chest 103 1993:248-252 8. J Am Coll Cardiol 23 1994:253-258 9. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996:55-61 10. Ann. Thorac. Surg 61 1996:629-34 11. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1997:37 12. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1997:38 13. World J. Surg. 1997:318-322 14 Scand. J Infect Dis 1998:43-47 15. Circulation 1999:100 203-508 16. J Hypertension 1999:17 1387-93 17. J Cardiovascular surg 2001:42: 27-35
18. Chest 2001:119: 1073-8 19. Eur Respir J 2002:20: 12-9 20. Chest 2005 Publications in peer-review journals: 93
(1st author: 17, 2nd author: 16, last (senior) author: 15). Publications in Greek Journals: 36 Aggregate impact factor: 423,839 Citations by other authors: 3737
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (SCI)
1. K. Liu, L. Cedres, J. Stamler, S. Nanas, D. Berckson, et al.
Relationship of education to major risk factors and death from CHD, CDV and all
causes.
Circulation 1982;66(6): 1308-314.
2. R. Cooper, D. LeGrady, S. Nanas, M. Trevisan, M. Mansour, J. Stamler.
Increased sodium-lithium countertransport in college students with elevated blood
pressure.
JAMA 1983;249: 1030-1034.
3. M. Trevisan, R. Cooper, D. Ostrow, C. Sempos, S. Sparks, S. Nanas, W. Miller,
J. Stamler.
Red cell cation transport: Difference between black and white school children.
J Hypertens 1983;1:245-49.
4. R. Cooper, M. Trevisan, L. V. Horn, E. Labri, K. Liu, S. Nanas, H. Ueshima, C.
Sembos, D. Ostrow, J. Stamler.
Effect of dietary sodium reduction on red blood cell sodium concentration and
sodium-lithium countertransport.
Hypertension 1984;6:731-35.
5. R.Cooper , L. Van Horn L, K Liu, M. Trevisan, S. Nanas, H. Ueshima, C,
Sempos C Yu, D. LeGrady et al
A randomized trial on the effect of decreased dietary sodium intake on blood pressure in
adolescents.
J Hypertens 1984: 361-6
6. P. Antonatos, L. Anthopoulos, D. Kandyla, S. Foussas, S. Nanas, C. Karvounis,
S. Moulopoulos.
Intraventricular pumping at the mitral ring regurgitation.
Life Support System 1985;167-71.
7. H. Pan, S. Nanas, A. Dyer, K. Liu, A. McDonald, R. Stamler, J. Stamler.
The role of weight in the positive association between age and blood pressure.
Am J Epidem 1986;24:612-23.
8. S. Moulopoulos, S. Stamatelopoulos, S. Nanas, K. Economides.
Medical education and experience affecting intraobserver variability.
Med Educ 1986;20:133-35.
9. E. Diamantopoulos, L. Anthopoulos, S. Nanas, C. Maliaras, D. Chrisos, S.
Moulopoulos.
Detection of arrhythmias in a representative sample of the Athenian population.
Eur Heart J 1987;8(D): 17-19.
S. Nanas, W. Pan, J. Stamler, K. Liu, A. Dyer, R. Stamler, J. Schoenberger, R. Shekelle.
The role of relative weight in the positive association between age and serum
cholesterol in men and women.
J Chron Dis 1987;40:887-92.
10. S. Moulopoulos, P. Adamopoulos, E. Diamantopoulos, S. Nanas, L.
Anthopoulos, F. Alexandrou.
Coronary heart disease risk factors in a random sample of Athenian adults.
Am J Epidem 1987;126:882-892.
11. J. Nanas, S. Nanas, C. Charitos, A. Poyiagis, D. Kontoyiannis, A. Melkaoui, G.
Kokolis, S. Moulopoulos.
Effectiveness of a counterpulsation device implanted on the ascending aorta.
ASAIO 1987;33(3): 203-206.
12. J. Nanas, S. Nanas, C. Charitos, D. Kontoyiannis, A. Poyiagis, G. Kokolis, G.
Stamatelopoulos, A. Melkaoui, S. Moulopoulos.
Hemodynamic effects of counterpulsation device implanted on the ascending aorta in
severe cardiogenic shock.
ASAIO 1988;34:229-34.
13. P. Adamopoulos, S. Nanas, V. Pyrgakis, F. Fotopoulos, S. Moulopoulos.
Technology and coronary heart disease and its risk factors.
Inter Angiol 1989; 8:125-128.
14. S. Moulopoulos, S. Stamatelopoulos, N. Zakopoulos, S. Toumanidis, S. Nanas,
J. Papadakis, J. Kanakakis, D. Moulopoulou, H. Psihoyios.
Effect of 24-hour blood pressure and heart rate variations on the left ventricular
hypertrophy and dilatation in essential hypertension.
Am. Heart J 1990; 119:1147-1152.
15. J Nanas, A. Poyiatzis, C. Charitos, S. Nanas, D. Kontoyiannis, Anastasiou-Nana
M., N. Alevizakos,B. Voudris, D. Moulopoulos
Additional salutary hemodynamic effects of the combined use of the paraaortic
counterpulsation device and IABP vs paraaortic counterpulsation device alone.
ASAIO Trans. 1990; 36(3): 505-509
16. P. Antonatos, S. Foussas, S. Nanas, D. Karamousalis, A. Theocharis, S.
Moulopoulos.
Effect of acute changes in aortic pressure on coronary reserve.
Cardiovasc Res.1991;25:995-1001
17. ISIS Collaborative Group.
Fourth International Study of Ιnfarct Survival: Protocol for a large simple study of the
effect of oral mononitrate, of oral captopril and of intravenous magnesium.
Am. J. Cardiol 1991; 68: 87-100.
18. ISIS Collaborative Group
A randomised comparison of streptokinase vs tissue plasminogen activator vs
antistreplase of aspirin plus heparin vs aspirin alone among 41299 cases of suspected
acute myocardial infarction.
Lancet 1992; 339: 1-18.
19. S. Nanas, S. Magder.
Adaptations of the peripheral circulation to PEEP.
Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1992;146:688-693
20. SD Moulopoulos, S. Stamatelopoulos, D. Kontoyiannis, J. Nanas, S. Nanas.
Effect of protracted dobutamine infusion on survival of patients in cardiogenic shock
with intraaortic balloon pumping.
Chest 1993; 103: 248-252,
21. P. Athanassiadou, P. Athanssiades, K. Kyrkoυ, E. Giahnaki, E. Giannioti, S.
Nanas.
Expression of vimentin and epidermal growth factor receptor in effusions from
patients with breast cancer: correlation with estrogen and progesterone receptor status.
Cytopathology 1993;4(2):91-8.
22. M. Anastasiou, J. Nanas, S. Nanas, A. Rapti, A. Poyiatjis, N. Alevizakos, K.
Siganou, S. Moulopoulos.
Effects of amiodarone on refractory ventricular fibrillation in acute myocardial
infarction: experimental study.
J Am Coll Cardiol 1994;23(1):253-8.
23. S. Toumanidis, A. Danopoulos, N. Vassilopoulos, S. Nanas, P Kostamis, D.
Sideris, S. Moulopoulos
Acute effects of external and internal pacing on ejection fraction in patients with
severe cardiac failure.
Acta Cardiol. 1994; 49: 25-41
24. ISSIS-4 Collaborative Group:
A randomised factorial trial assessing early oral captopril, oral mononitrate, and
intravenous magnesium sulphate in 58050 patients with suspected acute myocardial
infarction.
Lancet 1995;345:669-685.
25. J. Nanas, C. Lolas, C. Charitos, S, Nanas, Z, Margari, S. Moulopoulos.
A valveless high stroke volume counterpulsation device restores hemodynamics in
patients with congestive heart failure and intractable cardiogenic shock awaiting heart
transplantation.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 111: 55-61
26. J. Nanas, S.Nanas, D. Kontoyiannis, K. Moussoutzani, J. Hatzigeorgiou, P.
Heras, K. Makaritsis, E. Agapitos, S. Moulopoulos.
Myocardial salvage by the use of reperfusion and intraaortic balloon pump:
Experimental study.
Ann.Thorac Surg 1996; 61: 629-34
27. E. Agapitos, J. Nanas, N. Kavatzas, S. Nanas, D. Yova, A. Trikoupis, P.
Davaris
The application of image analysis in the measurement of the myocardial infarct area in
an experimental model
Gen Diagn Pathol 1997; 143:215-8
28. N. Sphiris, S. Nanas, H. Paraskevopoulou, A. Lymberis, T. Kyprianou, E.
Liakopoulou, Ch. Roussos
A decision support software package for medical treatment of ICU patients
Stud Health Technol Inform 1997; 43: 911-4
29. S. Nanas, J. Nanas, C. Charitos, A. Gougoulakis, K. Makaritsis, J.
Hatjigeorgiou, K. Moussoutzani, S. Moulopoulos.
High stroke volume para-aortic counterpulsation device versus centrifugal pump in
cardiogenic shock (Experimental Study).
World J. Surg. 1997;21: 318-322.
30. A. Precates, S. Nanas, G. Nakos, J. Floros, A. Argyropoulou, O. Paniara, Ch.
Roussos,
Conditional evaluation of BAL in mechanically ventilated patients with suspected
unilateral lobar Pneumonia.
S. Afr. Med. J (critical care) 1997; 87: 643-648.
31. Ch. Charitos, J. Nanas, D. Kontoyiannis, S. Nanas, G. Stamatopoulos, A.
Rapti, S. Stamatelopoulos, S. Moulopoulos.
The efficacy of the high volume counterpulsation technique at very low levels of
aortic pressure
32. Ch. Charitos, J. Nanas, S. Nanas, I Chatzigeorgiou, N. Alevizatos, K. Kosmas,
S. Moulopoulos.
Right and left ventricular interaction in ventricular fibrillation with mechanical
maintenance of the circulation
J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1998;39:363-6
33. A. Prekates, S. Nanas, A. Argyropoulou,G. Margariti, T. Kyprianou, E.
Papagalos, O. Paniara, Ch. Roussos.
The diagnostic value of gram stain of bronchoalveolar lavage samples in patients with
suspected ventilator- associated pneumonia.
Scand. J. Infect Dis 1998; 30: 43-47
34. I. Terrovitis, S. Nanas, A. Rombos, J. Nanas.
Reversible symmetric polyneuropathy with paraplegia after heart transplantation.
Transplantation 1998: 65;1394-1395
35. ISIS-3 Collaborative Group.
A comparison of the early outcome of acute myocardial infarction in women and men.
N Eng J Med 1998 Jan 1; 338(1) 8-14
36. S. Nanas, J. Nanas, Ch. Kassiotis, G. Alexopoulos, A. Samakovli, J. Kanakakis, E.
Tsolakis, Ch. Roussos.
Respiratory muscles performance is related to oxygen kinetics during maximal exercise
and early recovery in patients with congestive failure.
Circulation 1999;100:503-508
37. N. Zakopoulos, S. Toymanidis, G. Barlas, S. Nanas, J. Lekakis, St.
Stamatelopoulos, S. Moulopoulos.
A ‘pressure time index’ for assessing the severity of essential hypertension.
J. Hypertens 1999;17:1387-1393
38. High Enalapril Dose Study Group.
Outcome of Patients With Congestive Heart Failure Treated With Standard Versus
High Doses of Enalapril: A Multicenter Study.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;36(7): 2090-2095
39. Zakopoulos NA, Nanas SN, Lekakis JP, Vemmos KN, Kotsis VT, Pitiriga VC,
Stamatelopoulos SF, Moulopoulos SD.
Reproducibility of ambulatory blood pressure measurements in essential
hypertension.
Blood Press Monit. 2001 Feb;6(1):41-5.
40. Nanas JN, Nanas SN, Kontoyannis DA, Moussoutzani KS, Rapti AC, Charitos
CE, Terrovitis JV, Stamatelopoulos SF, Moulopoulos SD.
Limitation of infarct size by fixed coronary arterial stenosis maintained during
reperfusion.
J Cardiovasc Surg 2001 Feb;42(1):27-35
41. Pouliou E, Nanas S, Papamichalopoulos A, Kyprianou T, Perpati G, Mavrou I,
Roussos C.
Prolonged oxygen kinetics during early recovery from maximal exercise in adult
patients with cystic fibrosis.
Chest 2001;119(4):1073-8.
42. Nanas S, Nanas J, Kassiotis C, Nikolaou C, Tsagalou E, Sakellariou D, Terovitis
I, Papazachou O, Drakos S, Papamichalopoulos A, Roussos C.
Early recovery of oxygen kinetics after submaximal exercise test redicts functional
capacity in patients with chronic heart failure.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2001;3(6):685-92
43. Vogiatzis I, Nanas S, Roussos C.
Interval training as an alternative modality to continuous exercise in patients with
COPD.
Eur Respir J. 2002;20(1):12-9.
Editorial, Respiratory rehabilitation of short – and long term outcome.
Eur Respir J 2002; 20: 4-5
44. Zakopoulos NA, Kotsis VT, Pitiriga VCh, Toumanidis ST, Lekakis JP, Nanas
SN, Vemmos KN, Stamatelopoulos SF, Moulopoulos SD.
White-coat effect in normotension and hypertension.
Blood Press Monit. 2002;7(5):271-6.
45. Nanas S, Nanas J, Papazachou O, Kanakakis J, Kassiotis C, Sakellariou D,
Papamichalopoulos A, Milic-Emili J, Roussos C.
Resting lung function and hemodynamic parameters as predictors of exercise capacity
in CHF patients.
Chest 2003; 123: 1386 - 1393
46. Nanas J, Tsagalou E, Kanakakis J, Nanas S, Terrovitis J, Moon T,
Anastasiou-Nana M
Long-term intermittent dobutamine infusion, combined with oral amiodarone for end-
stage heart failure. A randomized double-blind study.
Chest 2004; 125: 1198-1204
Editorial. To infuse or not? Habet KJ , CHEST 2004; 125: 1182-1183
47. Vogiatzis I, Nanas S, Kastanakis E, Georgiadou O, Papazachou O, Roussos
Ch.
Dynamic hyperinflation and tolerance to interval exercise in patients with advanced
COPD.
Eur Respir J 2004; 24: 385-390
48. Nanas S, Terrovitis J, Charitos C, Papazachou O, Margari Z, Tsagalou E,
Kassiotis C, Tsolakis E, Toumanidis S, Nanas J.
Ventilatory response to exercise and kinetics of oxygen recovery are similar in cardiac
transplant recipients and patients with mild chronic heart failure.
J Heart Lung Transplant 2004; 23: 1154-1159
49. Nanas JN, Papazoglou P, Tsagalou EP, Ntalianis A, Tsolakis E, Terrovitis JV,
Kanakakis J, Nanas SN, Alexopoulos GP, Anastasiou-Nana MI.
Efficacy and safety of intermittent, long-term, concomitant dobutamine and
levosimendan infusions in severe heart failure refractory to dobutamine alone.
Am J Cardiol. 2005;95(6):768-71.
50. Vogiatzis I, Georgiadou O, Golemati S, Aliverti A, Kosmas E, Kastanakis E,
Geladas N, Koutsoukou A, Nanas S, Zakynthinos S, Roussos C.
Patterns of dynamic hyperinflation during execrise and recovery in patients with
severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Thorax 2005 Sep;60(9):723-9.
51. Vogiatzis I, Terzis G, Nanas S, Stratakos G, Simoes DC, Georgiadou O,
Zakynthinos S, Roussos C.
Skeletal muscle adaptations to interval training in patients with advanced COPD.
Chest 2005;128(6):3838-45.
52. Nanas S, Anastasiou-Nana M, Dimopoulos S, Sakellariou D, Alexopoulos G,
Kapsimalakou S, Papazoglou P, Tsolakis E, Papazachou O, Roussos C, Nanas J.
Early heart rate recovery after exercise predicts mortality in patients with chronic
heart failure.
Int J Cardiol. 2006 Jun 28;110(3):393-400.Epub 2005 Dec 20
53. Routsi C, Stamataki E, Nanas S, Psachoulia C, Stathopoulos A, Koroneos A,
Zervou M, Jullien G, Roussos C.
Increased levels of serum S100B protein in critically ill patients without brain injury.
Shock. 2006;26(1):20-4.
54. Dimopoulos S, Anastasiou-Nana M, Sakellariou D, Drakos S, Kapsimalakou S,
Maroulidis G, Roditis P, Papazachou O, Vogiatzis I, Roussos C, Nanas S.
Effects of exercise rehabilitation program on heart rate recovery in patients with
chronic heart failure.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2006;13(1):67-73.
55. Nanas SN, Nanas JN, Sakellariou DCh, Dimopoulos SK, Drakos SG
Kapsimalakou SG, Mpatziou CA, Papazachou OG, Dalianis AS, Anastasiou-Nana
MI, Roussos C.
VE/VCO2 slope is associated with abnormal resting haemodynamics and is a predictor
of long-term survival in chronic heart failure.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2006;8(4):420-7
56. Nanas JN, Tsagalou EP, Nanas SN , Terrovitis JV, Tsolakis EJ, Toumanidis S,
Papazoglou PD, Alexopoulos GP, Kanakakis J, Anastasiou-Nana MI.
Reverse left ventricular remodeling by intermittent dobutamine infusions and
amiodarone in end-stage heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Int J Cardiol. 2006;108(2):237-43.
57. Tsagalou EP, Anastasiou-Nana MI, Terrovitis JV, Nanas SN, Alexopoulos GP,
Kanakakis J, Nanas JN.
The long-term survival benefit conferred by intermittent dobutamine infusions and
oral amiodarone is greater in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy than
with ischemic heart disease.
Int J Cardiol. 2006;108(2):244-50
58. Papazachou O, Anastasiou-Nana M, Sakellariou D, Tassiou A, Dimopoulos S,
Venetsanakos J, Maroulidis G, Drakos S, Roussos C, Nanas S.
Pulmonary function at peak exercise in patients with chronic heart failure.
Int J Cardiol. 2007;118(1):28-35
59. Mentzelopoulos SD, Pratikaki M, Platsouka E, Kraniotaki H, Zervakis D,
Koutsoukou A, Nanas S, Paniara O, Roussos C, Giamarellos-Bourboulis E, Routsi
C, Zakynthinos SG.
Prolonged use of carbapenems and colistin predisposes to ventilator-associated
pneumonia by pandrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Intensive Care Med. 2007;33(9):1524-32.
60. Siafaka A., Angelopoulos E., Kritikos K., Poriazi M., Mpasios N., Gerovasili
V., Andreou A, Roussos C, Nanas S.
Acute effects of smoking on skeletal muscle microcirculation monitored by near-
infrared spectroscopy.
Chest. 2007;131(5):1479-85.
61. Drakos SG, Charitos EI, Nanas SN, Nanas JN.
Ventricular devices for the treatment of chronic heart failure.
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2007;5(3):571-84.
62. Magira EE, Zervakis D, Routsi C, Kontogiorgi M, Roussos C, Nanas S,
Mentzelopoulos S.
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-
Valentine leukocidin genes: a lethal cause of pneumonia in an adult
immunocompetent patient.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(5):466-9.
63. Roditis P, Dimopoulos S, Sakellariou D, Sarafoglou S, Kaldara E,
Venetsanakos J, Vogiatzis J, Anastasiou-Nana M, Roussos C, Nanas S.
The effects of exercise training on the kinetics of oxygen uptake in patients with
chronic heart failure.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007;14(2):304-11.
65. Ch. Routsi ,E. Stamataki, S. Nanas, Ch. Roussos
Increased level of serum s100B protein in critical ill patients without brain injury
Letter to the editor , Shock 2007 27(3):338-339
66. S Nanas, E Angelopoulos, S Tsikriki, K Kritikos, E Voutsinas, D Zervakis, D
Kanaloupiti, M Pratikaki, C Roussos
Propofol-induced hyperamylasaemia in a general intensive care unit.
Anaesth Intensive Care 2007;35: 6. 920-923
67. Nanas S, Kritikos K, Angelopoulos E, Siafaka A, Tsikriki S, Poriazi M,
Kanalokoupi, Kontogeorgi M, Pratikaki M, Zervakis D, Routsi C, Roussos C
Predisposing factors for critical illness polyneuromyopathy in a multi dispciplinary
intensive care unit.
Acta Neurol Scand. 2008; 118(3):175-81.
68. Nanas S, Gerovasili V, Dimopoulos S, Pierrakos C, Kourtidou S, Kaldara E,
Sarafoglou S, Venetsanakos J, Roussos C, Nanas J, Anastasiou-Nana M.
Inotropic agents improve the peripheral microcirculation of patients with end-stage
chronic heart failure.
J Card Fail. 2008;14(5):400-6
69. Vasileiadis I, Roditis P, Dimopoulos S, Ladis V, Pagalis G, Aisopos A, Nanas S
Impaired oxygen kinetics in beta- thalassaemia major patients.
Acta Physiol 2009, 196, 357-363
70. Nanas S, Vasiliadis I, Dimopoulos S, Roditis P, Papazachou O, Terzis A,
Pangalis G, Aesopos A
New insights into the exercise intorelance of β thalasaemia major patients.
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2009;19(1):96-102.
71. Ch. Routsi, E. Stamataki, S. Nanas, Ch. Roussos
Increased level of serum s100B protein in critical ill patients without brain injury
letter to the editor , Shock 2008 30(2):222-223
72. M. Kravari; E. Angelopoulos; I. Vasileiadis; V. Gerovasili; S. Nanas,
Monitoring tissue oxygenation during exercise with near infrared spectroscopy in
diseased populations- A Brief Review
Int J Ind Ergon (Epub ahead of print) D01:10.1016/J.ergon.2009.02.002
73. M. Kravari; I. Vasileiadis; V. Gerovasili; E. Karatzanos; A. Tasoulis; K.
Kalligras; S. Drakos; S. Dimopoulos; M. Anastasiou-Nana; S. Nanas
Effects of a 3-month rehabilitation program on muscle oxygenation in Congestive
Heart Failure patients as assessed by NIRS.
Int J Ind Ergon (Epub ahead of print) D01:10.1016/J. ergon:2009.03.006
74. E. Karatzanos; G. Paradisis; E. Zacharogiannis; S Tziortzis; S. Nanas
Assessment of ventilatory threshold using near infrared spectroscopy on the
gastrocnemius muscle during treadmill running
Int J Ind Ergon (Epub ahead of print) D01:10.1016/J. ergon:2009.02.003
75. V. Gerovasili, S. Dimopoulos, G. Tzanis, M.Anastasiou- Nana, S. Nanas
Utilizing vascular occlusion technique with NIRS technology
Int J Ind Ergon (Epub ahead of print) D01:10.1016/J. ergon:2009.02.004
76. V. Gerovasili, S. Drakos, M. Kravari, K. Maliaras, E. Karatzanos, S.
Dimopoulos, A. Tasoulis, M. Anastasiou- Nana, Ch. Roussos, S. Nanas
Physical exercise improves the peripheral microcirculation of patients with chronic
heart failure.
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev (in press)
77. Terrovitis J, Anastasiou-Nana M, Kardara E, Drakos S, Nanas S, Nanas J
Anemia in heart failure: pathophysiologic insights and treatment options.
Future Cardiology 2009 Jan 20(4):71-81
78. M. Pecchiari, Th. Anagnostakos, E. D'Angelo, S. Nanas, C. Roussos, A.
Koutsoukou.
Effect of Heliox Breathing on Flow Limitation in Chronic Heart Failure patients.
Eur Respir J. 2009 Jun;33(6): 1367-73.
79. Drakos S., Kanakakis J., Nanas S., Bonios M., Kaldara E., Katsaros F., Pantsios
C., Nanas J.
Intermittent inotropic infusions combined with prophylactic oral amiodarone for
patients with decompensated end-stage heart failure.
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2009 Feb, 53(2): 157-61
80. Vasileiadis I., El-Ali M., Nanas S., Kolias S., Zacharatos P., Christopoulou-
Cokkinou C., Kotanidou A.
First diagnosis of factor XI deficiency in a patient with subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis, 2009 Jun, 20(4) :309-13
81. Drakos S., Bonios M., Anastasiou – Nana M., Tsagalou E., Terrovitis J.,
Kaldara E., Maroulidis G., Nanas S., Kanakakis L., Nanas J.
Long – term survival and outcomes after hospitalization for acute myocardial
infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock.
Clin Cardiol, 2009, May 19 (Epub ahead of print)
82. V. Gerovasili, E. Tripodaki, E. Karatzanos, T. Pitsolis, V. Markaki, D. Zervakis,
Ch. Routsi, Ch. Roussos, S. Nanas
Acute systemic effect of electrical muscle stimulation in critically ill patients.
Chest (in press)
83. S. Dimopoulos, M. Anastasiou- Nana, F. Katsaros, O. Papazachou, G. Tzanis, V.
Gerovasili, H. Pozios, Ch. Roussos, J. Nanas, S. Nanas
Impairment of autonomic nervous system activity in patients with pulmonary arterial
hypertension- a case control study.
Journal of Cardiac Failure (in press)
84. S. Nanas, V.Gerovasili , P. Renieris, Ep. Angelopoulos , M. Poriazi , K. Kritikos
, A. Siafaka , I, Baraboutis , D, Zervakis , V. Markaki , C. Routsi , C. Roussos
Non invasive assessment of the microcirculation in critically ill patients.
Anaesth Intensive care ( in press)