Anastasios Giakoumis
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Fragodimitri C, Schiza V, Giakoumis A, Drakaki K, Salichou A, Karampatsos F, et al.
Medicine (Baltimore)
. 2023 Oct;
102(41):e35455.
PMID: 37832083
This century has seen a revolution the management of beta-thalassemia major. Over a 12-year period to 2016, we aimed to analyze the benefits of such advances. In 209 patients, independent...
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Smyrnakis E, Symintiridou D, Andreou M, Dandoulakis M, Theodoropoulos E, Kokkali S, et al.
BMC Fam Pract
. 2021 Sep;
22(1):174.
PMID: 34474684
Background: The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) tested health care systems worldwide. This qualitative study aimed to explore and understand the experiences, beliefs and concerns of Primary Care Professionals (PCPs) regarding the...
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Farmakis D, Giakoumis A, Cannon L, Angastiniotis M, Eleftheriou A
Eur J Haematol
. 2020 Jun;
105(4):378-386.
PMID: 32573838
Objectives: Many patients with haemoglobinopathies, including thalassaemia and sickle cell disease, are at increased risk of developing severe complications from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although epidemiologic evidence concerning the...
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Farmakis D, Giakoumis A, Angastiniotis M, Eleftheriou A
Eur J Haematol
. 2020 Mar;
105(1):16-23.
PMID: 32198891
Therapeutic advances in β-thalassaemia have gradually lead to a significant improvement in prognosis over the past few decades. As a result, patients living in areas where disease-specific programmes offering access...
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Asimakopoulos J, Terpos E, Papageorgiou L, Kampouropoulou O, Christoulas D, Giakoumis A, et al.
Med Sci Monit
. 2014 Jan;
20:123-39.
PMID: 24463881
Background: Complement has the potential to provoke severe impairment to host tissues, as shown in autoimmune diseases where complement activation has been associated with diminished CD55 and/or CD59 expression on...
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Giakoumis A, Berdoukas V, Gotsis E, Aessopos A
Cardiovasc Ultrasound
. 2007 Jul;
5:24.
PMID: 17629926
Background: Despite advances in survival in patients with thalassemia major (TM) the most common cause of death is cardiac disease. Regular cardiac follow-up is imperative in order to identify and...
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Aessopos A, Fragodimitri C, Karabatsos F, Hatziliami A, Yousef J, Giakoumis A, et al.
Haematologica
. 2007 Jan;
92(1):131-2.
PMID: 17229649
Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques allow the assessment of iron overload in tissues 1 especially the heart, 2 in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients. The R2* value (1/T2*) recorded...
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Aessopos A, Giakoumis A, Fragodimitri C, Karabatsos F, Hatziliami A, Yousef J, et al.
Eur J Haematol
. 2006 Oct;
78(1):58-65.
PMID: 17038018
Background And Objective: Heart iron load (cardiac Fe) can be indirectly quantified by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) T2*. CMR accessibility is limited, whereas echocardiography (Echo) is relatively inexpensive and readily...
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Farmakis D, Deftereos S, Giakoumis A, Polymeropoulos E, Aessopos A
Eur J Haematol
. 2004 Apr;
72(4):296-8.
PMID: 15089770
Cardiac disease is the primary cause of mortality in beta-thalassemia patients. Except for ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension that represent the main forms of heart disease in these patients, valvular...
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Farmakis D, Moyssakis I, Perakis A, Rombos Y, Deftereos S, Giakoumis A, et al.
Eur J Haematol
. 2003 Mar;
70(1):64-6.
PMID: 12631261
The coexistence of a pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)-like syndrome in beta-thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies is a recently established clinical entity that has been observed with a significant frequency and related to...