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Nikolaos Melas
Researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Publications - 47
Citations - 1096
Nikolaos Melas is an academic researcher from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Abdominal aortic aneurysm & Aneurysm. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 45 publications receiving 995 citations. Previous affiliations of Nikolaos Melas include Hellenic Air Force.
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Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) after Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) and Impact on Outcome
TL;DR: The incidence of AKI after EVAR is significant and is independently associated with medium-term mortality and morbidity and the impact ofAKI on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity using the current universally accepted definitions is examined.
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Anaconda Aortic Stent-Graft: Single-Center Experience of a New Commercially Available Device for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms:
Nikolaos Saratzis,Nikolaos Melas,Athanasios Saratzis,John Lazarides,Kyriakos Ktenidis,Sotirios Tsakiliotis,Dimitrios Kiskinis +6 more
TL;DR: The Anaconda stent-graft appears both safe and effective in terms of midterm clinical outcome and compares favorably with previously reported EVAR results.
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Aortoduodenal fistulas after endovascular stent-graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: single-center experience and review of the literature.
TL;DR: ADF is a rare but dangerous complication of EVAR that may be primarily attributed to graft infection, as seen in this series, however, the exact pathogenesis of the pathology remains largely unknown.
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Helical EndoStaples enhance endograft fixation in an experimental model using human cadaveric aortas
Nikolaos Melas,Nikolaos Melas,Theodosios Perdikides,Athanasios Saratzis,Nikolaos Saratzis,Dimitrios Kiskinis,David H. Deaton +6 more
TL;DR: The contribution of Aptus EndoStaples in the proximal fixation of eight endografts used in the endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) is evaluated, demonstrating fixation strength that exceeds inherent aortIC integrity in these cadavers.
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Aortic and Iliac Fixation of Seven Endografts for Abdominal-aortic Aneurysm Repair in an Experimental Model Using Human Cadaveric Aortas
Nikolaos Melas,Athanasios Saratzis,Athanasios Saratzis,Nikolaos Saratzis,John Lazaridis,D. Psaroulis,K. Trygonis,Dimitrios Kiskinis +7 more
TL;DR: Evaluating the proximal and distal fixation of seven self-expanding endografts, used in the endovascular treatment of abdominal-aortic aneurysm (AAA), by measuring the displacement force (DF) necessary to dislocate the devices from their fixation sites found devices with fixation hooks displayed higher proximal fixation.