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  1. Nocturnal Pulse Oximetry: The Next Vital Sign for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification

    Article • Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, August 2026, Elsevier

    Andreas Asimakos

  2. A Machine Learning Framework for Efficient Triage of Long-COVID Patients to Specialists

    Article • July 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Andreas Asimakos

  3. Rehabilitation Is Associated With Improvements in Post–COVID-19 Sequelae

    Article • Respiratory Care, October 2024, SAGE Publications

    Andreas Asimakos

  4. The Effect of Physiotherapy on Dyspnea, Muscle Strength and Functional Status in Patients with Long COVID Syndrome

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  5. Pulmonary artery sarcoma masking as pulmonary embolism: A case report

    Article • Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports, May 2024, Open Source Publications

    Andreas Asimakos

  6. A Prospective Study on Neural Biomarkers in Patients with Long-COVID Symptoms

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  7. Remote administration of the short physical performance battery, the 1-minute sit to stand, and the Chester step test in post-COVID-19 patients after hospitalization: establishing inter-reliability and agreement with the face-to-face assessment

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, December 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Andreas Asimakos

  8. CPET in Long COVID (LC) patients (pts) with dyspnea and fatigue

    Article • September 2023, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  9. Persistent Endothelial Lung Damage and Impaired Diffusion Capacity in Long COVID

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  10. Protocol of the Long-COVID Patients Causal Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Randomized Feasibility Controlled Trial in Patients with Dysautonomia: The LoCoDiRe-Dys Study

    Article • BioMed, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  11. Additive benefit of rehabilitation on physical status, symptoms and mental health after hospitalisation for severe COVID-19 pneumonia

    Article • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, June 2023, BMJ

    Andreas Asimakos

  12. A severe COVID-19 Case Study: Psychological Intervention as a Part of Rehabilitation Programme in a Greek Teaching Hospital in Athens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Case Studies Reviews & Reports, November 2022, Scientific Research and Community Ltd

    Andreas Asimakos

  13. Additive effects of rehabilitation on natural recovery of functional capacity post COVID-19.

    Article • September 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  14. Rehabilitation facilitates the natural recovery of symptoms, mental health and quality of life outcomes post COVID-19.

    Article • September 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  15. Reliability of three functional tests via remote assessment for Post–Covid-19 patients

    Article • September 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  16. The Greek Collaborative Long COVID Study: Non-Hospitalized and Hospitalized Patients Share Similar Symptom Patterns

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  17. Physiologic effects of stress dose corticosteroids in in-hospital cardiac arrest (CORTICA): A randomized clinical trial

    Article • Resuscitation Plus, June 2022, Elsevier

    Andreas Asimakos

  18. Collaborative Research for Long COVID Haulers in Greece (Characteristics, Clinical Assessment and Rehabilitation). Non-hospitalized and Hospitalized Long COVID Patients Share Similar Symptom Patterns

    Article • March 2022, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  19. Non intubated surgery in empyema thoracis

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  20. Effect of quarantine ?n hospital admissions for lung cancer

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  21. Effect of quarantine ?n hospital admissions for asthma/COPD exacerbations: association with air pollution

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  22. Effect of COVID-19-Related Lockdown οn Hospital Admissions for Asthma and COPD Exacerbations: Associations with Air Pollution and Patient Characteristics

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  23. Long COVID-19 Pulmonary Sequelae and Management Considerations

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  24. Effect of COVID-19-related Lockdown οn Hospital Admissions for Asthma and COPD Exacerbations: Associations with Air Pollution and Patient Characteristics

    Article • June 2021, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  25. Hospital Resources May Be an Important Aspect of Mortality Rate among Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: The Paradigm of Greece

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Andreas Asimakos

  26. Prehabilitation can turn inoperable patients with NSLC to operable ones?

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  27. Disease-specific knowledge in patients with COPD. A qualitative study before entering in an education program

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  28. An educational program can improve specific to medication knowledge in patients with COPD

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  29. Mortality rate among critically ill patients with COVID-19 in a medical system with adequate hospital resources: a prospective observational study

    Article • August 2020, Research Square

    Andreas Asimakos

  30. Greater exercise tolerance in COPD during acute interval, compared to equivalent constant‐load, cycle exercise: physiological mechanisms

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, June 2020, Wiley

    Andreas Asimakos

  31. Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans

    Article • BJS, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Fernando Cordera, Dr Alejandro Suarez de la Rica, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr. Pablo Monedero, Eric Hoste, Oana Antal, Edward Caruana, Professor TONIA Chinyelu ONYEKA, Andreas Asimakos

  32. Prospective observational cohort study on grading the severity of postoperative complications in global surgery research

    Article • BJS, January 2019, Wiley

    Dr Anthony Taiwo Adenekan, Dr Alejandro Suarez de la Rica, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Oana Antal, Andreas Asimakos

  33. Lymphocyte changes after resistive breathing and whole body exercise before and after antioxidants.

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, February 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Theodoros I Vassilakopoulos, Andreas Asimakos

  34. The surgical safety checklist and patient outcomes after surgery: a prospective observational cohort study, systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Anthony Taiwo Adenekan, Dr Alejandro Suarez de la Rica, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Oana Antal, Andreas Asimakos

  35. In-hospital clinical outcomes after upper gastrointestinal surgery: Data from an international observational study

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Anthony Taiwo Adenekan, Professor TONIA Chinyelu ONYEKA, Oana Antal, Andreas Asimakos

  36. Central hemodynamic and local muscle oxygenation responses during interval and continuous exercise in COPD

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  37. Use of failure-to-rescue to identify international variation in postoperative care in low-, middle- and high-income countries: a 7-day cohort study of elective surgery

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Anthony Taiwo Adenekan, Dr Philip I Anderson, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Oana Antal, Andreas Asimakos, Professor TONIA Chinyelu ONYEKA

  38. Critical care admission following elective surgery was not associated with survival benefit: prospective analysis of data from 27 countries

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr Anthony Taiwo Adenekan, Professor Aurelian Udristioiu, Dr Alejandro Suarez de la Rica, Professor TONIA Chinyelu ONYEKA, Andreas Asimakos

  39. Heterogeneity of blood flow and metabolism during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Andreas Asimakos

  40. Prevalence of Pandemic Influenza a (H1N1) Virus and Cytomegalovirus Co- Existence at an Early Stage in Evangelismos Hospital-ICU Patients

    Article • Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy, January 2017, OMICS Publishing Group

    Andreas Asimakos

  41. Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Anthony Taiwo Adenekan, Dr Alejandro Suarez de la Rica, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Oana Antal, Andreas Asimakos, Professor Jose M Martin-Villa

  42. Heterogeneity of blood flow and metabolism in exercising muscle by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in COPD patients

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andreas Asimakos

  43. Reply to Engel and Vemulpad

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, April 2015, American Physiological Society

    Dr ELENI KORTIANOU, Andreas Asimakos

  44. Limitation in tidal volume expansion partially determines the intensity of physical activity in COPD

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2014, American Physiological Society

    Dr ELENI KORTIANOU, Andreas Asimakos

  45. Intensity of daily physical activity is associated with central hemodynamic and leg muscle oxygen availability in COPD

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, July 2013, American Physiological Society

    Dr ELENI KORTIANOU, Andreas Asimakos

  46. COMPARISON OF HORIZONTAL POSITION-INDUCED SPIROMETRIC CHANGES BETWEEN ASTHMATIC AND NORMAL SUBJECTS

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2008, Elsevier

    Andreas Asimakos

  47. COMPARISON OF MAXIMAL RESPIRATORY PRESSURES BETWEEN HEALTHY MALE HEAVY SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2008, Elsevier

    Andreas Asimakos

  48. SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR OF THE PLEURA MASQUERADING POSTERIOR MEDIASTINAL TUMOR

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2008, Elsevier

    Andreas Asimakos