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Forty-years (1961-2001) of all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality and its determinants: the Corfu cohort from the Seven Countries Study.

This study examined risk factors in relation to 40-year all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality in the Corfu cohort of the Seven Countries Study.METHODS: The population studied in this analysis consisted of 529 rural middle-aged men enrolled in 1961. Multivariate

Forty-year coronary mortality trends and changes in major risk factors in the first 10 years of follow-up in the seven countries study.

Τime trends in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality during a 40-year follow-up were studied in the Seven Countries Study. Thirteen cohorts of men aged 40-59 at entry were enrolled in seven countries (USA, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy, Serbia, Greece and

EUROASPIRE IV: A European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients from 24 European countries

EUROASPIRE IV was a cross-sectional study undertaken at 78 centres from 24 European countries. Patients 80 years with coronary disease who had coronary artery bypass graft, percutaneous coronary intervention or an acute coronary syndrome were identified from hospital records and

Aerobic, resistance and combined training and detraining on body composition, muscle strength, lipid profile and inflammation in coronary artery disease patients.

Fifty-six elderly individuals diagnosed with coronary artery disease participated in the study and were divided into four groups: an aerobic exercise group, a resistance exercise group, a combined (aerobic + resistance) exercise group and a control group. The three exercise

The effectiveness and safety of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: the experience in Greece

The effectiveness and safety of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in treating patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has been well established. However the total number of patients treated with IVT in Greece is limited. SITS-ISTR (Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-

A classification and regression tree analysis for the evaluation of the role of nutritional services on the cardiovascular disease risk status of older people living in Greek islands and Cyprus.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate, with classification–regression tree analysis, the structure of the associations between nutritional and health care services and the cumulative prevalence of the classical cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors of older individuals living in