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Seasonal variation of Bell's palsy in Athens, Greece - a hospital-based retrospective evaluation over fifteen yearsKonstantinos Spengos
University of Athens School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, Greece
Eur Neurol 55:84-8. 2006..Since a similar pathogenetic mechanism is regarded as the main cause of BP, the chronobiological aspects and the influence of meteorological factors on the reactivation of latent infections deserves further prospective evaluation...
Etiology and outcome of cardioembolic stroke in young adults in GreeceKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Hellenic J Cardiol 51:127-32. 2010..Cardioembolism is the most frequent cause of ischemic stroke in Greece. However, data regarding this stroke subtype in young adults from Greece and the East Mediterranean area are scarce...
Ischemic stroke as an uncommon complication of Cor triatriatumKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 17:436-8. 2008..Because exact diagnosis and surgical treatment is feasible, we suggest CT as a rare, but potentially treatable source of cerebral embolism in adult patients with stroke and dilatated left atrium...
An uncommon variant of fibromuscular dysplasiaKonstantinos Spengos
University of Athens School of Medicine, Department of Neurology Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
J Neuroimaging 18:90-2. 2008....
Dropped head syndrome as prominent clinical feature in MuSK-positive Myasthenia Gravis with thymus hyperplasiaKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Vas Sofias 74, 11528 Athens, Greece
Neuromuscul Disord 18:175-7. 2008....
Bilateral paramedian midbrain infarct: an uncommon variant of the "top of the basilar" syndromeK Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens, Vas Sofias 82, 11528 Athens, Greece
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:742-3. 2005....
Superficial siderosis due to a lumbar ependymoma mimicking adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxiaKonstantinos Spengos
University of Athens, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 109:705-7. 2007..Our report underlines that clinicians should be aware of the clinical features and diagnostic pitfalls of SS. Time of diagnosis and neurosurgical intervention can essentially influence the patients' prognosis...
Motor and sensory polyneuritis with distal conduction failure as uncommon complication of an acute Rickettsia conorii infectionKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
J Neurol Sci 234:113-6. 2005..conorii infection and the described clinical syndrome...
[Reversible pathological gambling under treatment with pramipexole]K Spengos
Neurologische Klinik der Universität Athen, Eginition Krankenhaus, Athen, Greece
Nervenarzt 77:958-60. 2006..Pathological gambling seems to be a rare and serious but reversible adverse reaction to treatment with dopamine agonists of which clinicians should be aware in patients with Parkinson's disease...
Blood pressure management in acute stroke: a long-standing debateKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Greece
Eur Neurol 55:123-35. 2006....
Stroke etiology is associated with symptom onset during sleepKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Sleep 28:233-8. 2005..Data about characteristics and etiology of stroke during sleep are conflicting. We investigated the association of the activity at stroke onset (onset during night sleep vs. onset while awake) with stroke subtypes of different etiology...
Neurological picture. Hemifacial spasm, neuralgia, and syncope due to cranial nerve compression in a patient with vertebral artery ectasiaK Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:1500. 2005
Spinal cord stroke in a ballet dancerKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens, Vas Sofias 82 11528 Athens, Greece
J Neurol Sci 244:159-61. 2006....
[Superficial siderosis of the CNS. Case report and literature review]K Spengos
Eginition Krankenhaus, Neurologische Universitätsklinik Athen, Greece
Nervenarzt 75:492-5. 2004..Early recognition of this rare entity may be of relevance for the further course and prognosis...
Diurnal and seasonal variation of stroke incidence in patients with cardioembolic stroke due to atrial fibrillationKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Neuroepidemiology 22:204-10. 2003....
Superficial siderosis of the brain as a late complication of subarachnoid haemorrhageKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Cerebrovasc Dis 17:87. 2004
Two-peak temporal distribution of stroke onset in Greek patients. a hospital-based studyKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Cerebrovasc Dis 15:70-7. 2003..A relation between the second, however lower, frequency peak and the traditional Greek habit of afternoon sleep (siesta) could be assumed and deserves further investigation...
Crescendo transient ischemic attacks due to middle cerebral artery stenosisKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Greece
Cerebrovasc Dis 17:266-8. 2004
Hyperventilation-enhanced chorea as a transient ischaemic phenomenon in a patient with moyamoya diseaseKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Eur Neurol 51:172-5. 2004
Risk factors, etiology, and outcome of first-ever ischemic stroke in young adults aged 15 to 45 - the Athens young stroke registryK Spengos
First Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Eur J Neurol 17:1358-64. 2010..Data regarding stroke in young adults from Greece is scarce. We aimed to evaluate risk factors, etiology, and outcome in a hospital-based prospective observational study...
[Factors influencing secondary preventive blood pressure control in hypertensive stroke patients]K Spengos
Neurologische Klinik, Eginition Krankenhaus, Universität Athen, Athen, Griechenland
Nervenarzt 76:438-42. 2005..Data on the possible reasons for poor BP control in stroke survivors are limited...
Factors influencing acute blood pressure values in stroke subtypesK N Vemmos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
J Hum Hypertens 18:253-9. 2004..If the clinical significance of these observations is verified, a differentiated approach in acute BP management based on stroke aetiology may be considered...
Common carotid arterial stiffness and the risk of ischaemic strokeG Tsivgoulis
Department of Neurology, University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Eur J Neurol 13:475-81. 2006..The causal interrelationship between the elastic properties of the CCA and the risk of stroke deserves further investigation by longitudinal studies...
Twenty four hour pulse pressure predicts long term recurrence in acute stroke patientsG Tsivgoulis
Acute Stroke Unit of the Department of Clinical Therapeutics and Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:1360-5. 2005..Further research is required to investigate whether the risk of recurrent stroke can be reduced to a greater extent by decreasing the pulsatile component of BP in patients with acute stroke...
Incidence of rotational vertigo in supratentorial stroke: a prospective analysis of 112 consecutive patientsE Anagnostou
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
J Neurol Sci 290:33-6. 2010..The aim of this study was to investigate whether acute hemispheric cerebrovascular lesions cause vertiginous sensations with particular emphasis on RV...
Adult Pompe disease: clinical manifestations and outcome of the first Greek patients receiving enzyme replacement therapyG K Papadimas
Department of Neurology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 113:303-7. 2011..The aim of the present study is to describe the clinical manifestations and the effect of treatment in the first Greek patients with the adult form of the disease...
Common carotid artery intima-media thickness for the risk assessment of lacunar infarction versus intracerebral haemorrhageG Tsivgoulis
Dept of Neurology, University of Athens Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
J Neurol 252:1093-100. 2005..We aimed to evaluate the relationship between vascular risk factors including common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) with LI versus ICH...
U-shaped relationship between mortality and admission blood pressure in patients with acute strokeK N Vemmos
Acute Stroke Unit, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
J Intern Med 255:257-65. 2004..To evaluate the relationship between systolic blood pressure (SBP) or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) on admission and early or late mortality in patients with acute stroke...
Blood pressure course in acute ischaemic stroke in relation to stroke subtypeKonstantinos N Vemmos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Acute Stroke Unit, University of Athens Medical School, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Blood Press Monit 9:107-14. 2004..Data on BP changes during the first hours of ictus are lacking. We aimed to evaluate the early spontaneous time course of BP in different ischaemic stroke (IS) subtypes...
Long-term outcome in posterior cerebral artery strokeG Ntaios
Acute Stroke Unit and Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
Eur J Neurol 18:1074-80. 2011..Previous studies on posterior cerebral artery (PCA) strokes focused mainly on topography and underlying pathophysiology. However, there are no data on long-term prognosis and its association with the localization of the infarct...
Etiology and treatment of ischaemic stroke in patients with β-thalassemia majorS Vassilopoulou
First Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Greece
Eur J Neurol 18:1426-8. 2011..Although hypercoagulability-induced thromboembolism is generally accepted as cause of cerebral ischaemia in thalassemic patients, cardiogenic embolism has been recently suggested as another possible stroke etiology...
Assessment of blood pressure control in hypertensive stroke survivors: an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring studyNikolaos Zakopoulos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Blood Press Monit 11:235-41. 2006..Diabetes mellitus and poststroke functional independency are the main factors contributing to inadequate blood pressure control...
Late onset glycogen storage disease type II: pitfalls in the diagnosisG K Papadimas
Department of Neurology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Eur Neurol 67:65-8. 2012..The aim of this study is to highlight frequent diagnostic errors in adult GSD-II patients...
Common carotid artery intima-media thickness in patients with brain infarction and intracerebral haemorrhageKonstantinos N Vemmos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Cerebrovasc Dis 17:280-6. 2004..1 mm CCA-IMT increase was 1.29 (95% CI: 1.03-1.61). The present results demonstrate the possible predictive power of non-invasive measurement of the CCA-IMT with respect to BI versus ICH and deserve further investigation...
Common carotid artery intima-media thickness and the risk of stroke recurrenceGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Department of Neurology, University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Stroke 37:1913-6. 2006..We investigated the relationship between CCA-IMT and recurrent stroke in a cohort of ischemic stroke patients...
Association of blunted nocturnal blood pressure dip with intracerebral hemorrhageGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Blood Press Monit 10:189-95. 2005..In this case-control study, we aimed to evaluate the association of diurnal blood pressure variation with the occurrence of intracerebral hemorrhage...
Sarcoidosis in a case of MuSK-positive myasthenia gravisKonstantinos Spengos
Neuromuscular Unit of the Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Vas Sofias 72, 11528 Athens, Greece
Neuromuscul Disord 18:890-1. 2008..We present probably the first case of MuSK-positive myasthenia gravis with concurrent, asymptomatic pulmonary sarcoidosis...
Efficacy of anticoagulation for secondary stroke prevention in older people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a prospective case series studyGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
Age Ageing 34:35-40. 2005..Prospective randomised clinical trials are needed to verify the potential benefit of anticoagulation in such patients...
Twenty-four-hour heart rate and blood pressure are additive markers of left ventricular mass in hypertensive subjectsNikolaos A Zakopoulos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodestrial University, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Am J Hypertens 19:170-7. 2006....
Anticoagulation influences long-term outcome in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and severe ischemic strokeKonstantinos N Vemmos
Acute Stroke Unit, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens Medical School, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2:265-73. 2004..Limited data exist regarding long-term prognosis in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who have survived a severe, disabling stroke...
Body composition analysis in late-onset Pompe diseaseG K Papadimas
Department of Neurology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Mol Genet Metab 102:41-3. 2011..Conclusively, the greater femoral neck BMD involvement may be attributed to the lower mechanical load applied by the selectively weakened muscles, whereas the increased fat mass may be the result of metabolic and nutritional derangement...
[Macrophagic myofascitis vs atypical Whipple's disease]K Spengos
Eginition Krankenhaus, Neurologische Universitätsklinik Athen, Vas Sofias 72, 11528, Athen, Greece
Nervenarzt 79:1436, 1438-9. 2008..However, the histological detection of aluminium-containing macrophages by means of Morin stain immunofluorescence established the diagnosis of macrophagic myofascitis in an obviously asymptomatic T. whippelii carrier...
Churg-Strauss syndrome complicated by neuropathy: a clinicopathological study of nine casesE Kararizou
Section of Neuropathology, Neurological Clinic of University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Clin Neuropathol 30:11-7. 2011..The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical, electrophysiological and pathological features of Churg Strauss syndrome (CSS) neuropathy...
Time rate of blood pressure variation is associated with increased common carotid artery intima-media thicknessNikos A Zakopoulos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
Hypertension 45:505-12. 2005..This finding indicates that steeper BP variations may produce a greater stress on the vessel wall and consequently result in medial hypertrophy of the large arteries...
Vertical and horizontal integrator failure in a ponto-medullary infarction: A possible role for paramedian tract neuronsE Anagnostou
Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens, Vas Sophias Avenue 74, 11528 Athens, Greece
J Neurol Sci 280:118-9. 2009..The most probable explanation is a damage of paramedian tract neurons, which have been recently recognized as a site of neural integration...
Urinary frequency in a case of Neuro-Behcet disease involving the brainstem - clinical, electrophysiological and urodynamic featuresNikos Karandreas
EMG Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 109:806-10. 2007..We assume that the present case of urinary frequency is the result of vasculitic lesion affecting the pontine micturition inhibitory area on the ground of Neuro-Behcet disease...
Comparison of noninvasive oscillometric and intra-arterial blood pressure measurements in hyperacute strokeEfstathios Manios
Department of Clinical Therapeutics Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Blood Press Monit 12:149-56. 2007..This study aims to compare automatic oscillometric blood pressure recordings with simultaneous direct intra-arterial blood pressure measurements in hyperacute stroke patients to test the accuracy of oscillometric readings...
Pulse pressure in acute stroke is an independent predictor of long-term mortalityKonstantinos N Vemmos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Cerebrovasc Dis 18:30-6. 2004..This may have implications in acute stroke BP management and warrants further investigation...
Validation of the ABCD score in identifying individuals at high early risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack: a hospital-based case series studyGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Departments of Neurology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
Stroke 37:2892-7. 2006..We aimed to further validate the former score in a cohort of hospitalized TIA patients...
Association between 24-h blood pressure monitoring variables and brain oedema in patients with hyperacute strokeKonstantinos N Vemmos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Acute Stroke Unit, University of Athens Medical School, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
J Hypertens 21:2167-73. 2003..To assess the effects of blood pressure (BP) values on oedema formation following hyperacute stroke...
Pituitary haemorrhage after leuprolide therapy for prostatic cancer, clinically imitating acute subarachnoidal haemorrhageKonstantinos Spengos
Department of Neurology, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece
Cerebrovasc Dis 14:272. 2002
Acute painful sensory neuropathy with subclinical autonomic dysfunction as a presenting feature of Hodgkin's diseaseGeorgios Koutsis
University of Athens Medical School, Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Eur Neurol 53:157-9. 2005
Aetiopathogenesis and long-term outcome of isolated pontine infarctsKonstantinos N Vemmos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
J Neurol 252:212-7. 2005..Initial differences regarding short-term outcome in infarctions of different aetiology resolve with time. Effective secondary prevention among SAD patients may limit stroke recurrence and positively influence long-term prognosis...
Presymptomatic neuromuscular disorders disclosed following statin treatmentGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Arch Intern Med 166:1519-24. 2006....
Fiber type composition and capillary density in relation to submaximal number of repetitions in resistance exerciseGerasimos Terzis
Track and Field Division, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aiginition Hospital, Division of Public Health, Psychiatry, and Neurology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
J Strength Cond Res 22:845-50. 2008..Rather, it seems that submaximal strength performance depends on muscle capillary density, which is linked with the endurance capacity of the muscle tissue...
Electrophysiological findings in a case of congenital lower limb hypoplasiaThomas Zambelis
University of Athens, Department of Neurology, EMG Laboratory Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Neurol Sci 29:177-9. 2008..Extensive electrophysiological investigation in cases of limb hypoplasia has not been previously performed. In this patient congentital hypoplasia of the muscles also involved the peripheral large diameter sensory nerve fibers...
Diurnal blood pressure changes in stroke subtypesGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Hypertension 47:e26; author reply e27. 2006
Impact of the time rate of blood pressure variation on left ventricular massNikolaos A Zakopoulos
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, Greece
J Hypertens 24:2071-7. 2006..We evaluated the association between the rate of BP variation derived from ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) data analysis and left ventricular mass (LVM)...
Could high blood pressure be the cause of acute spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma?Konstantinos Spengos
Eur J Emerg Med 14:59. 2007
Impact of stroke subtype on blood pressure course during the acute stage of cerebral ischemiaGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Stroke 38:860; author reply 861. 2007
Blood pressure in acute stroke and its prognostic valueGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Stroke 35:1786-7; author reply 1786-7. 2004
Potential applicability of ABCD score in triaging TIA patientsGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Lancet 369:1082. 2007
Acceleration of cerebral blood flow velocity in a patient with sleep apnea and intracranial arterial stenosisStephan Behrens
Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, , Mannheim, Germany
Sleep Breath 6:111-4. 2002..Intracranial artery stenosis can become hemodynamically significant due to episodic hypercapnia in patients with SA. This may cause ischemic infarction in the periphery of the related cerebral vascular territories...
Extensive corpus callosum infarction: an uncommon pattern of watershed ischaemia?Konstantinos Spengos
J Neurol 253:1646-8. 2006
Impact of anticoagulation on poststroke mortality in ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillationGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Stroke 38:e61; author reply e62. 2007
Association between pulse pressure values during the acute stroke stage and stroke outcomeKonstantinos N Vemmos
Stroke 35:2436. 2004
Isolated dorsal midbrain infarct: an uncommon cause of pure sensory strokeGeorgios Tsivgoulis
Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
Cerebrovasc Dis 21:139-40. 2006
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 presenting as Stargardt's diseaseGeorgios Tsivgoulis
J Neurol 255:456-8. 2008
