Endothelial progenitor cells mobilization after maximal exercise in patients with chronic heart failure

• Christos Kourek,
• Eleftherios Karatzanos,
• Katherina Psarra,
• Argyrios Ntalianis,
• Georgios Mitsiou,
• Dimitrios Delis,
• Vasiliki Linardatou,
• Theodoros Pittaras,
• Ioannis Vasileiadis,
• Stavros Dimopoulos,
• Serafim Nanas

Affiliations

Christos Kourek

Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Eleftherios Karatzanos

Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Katherina Psarra

Immunology and Histocompatibility Department, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Argyrios Ntalianis

Heart Failure Unit, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Georgios Mitsiou

Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Delis

Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Vasiliki Linardatou

Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Theodoros Pittaras

Hematology Laboratory-Blood Bank, Aretaieion Hospital, School of Medicine, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Ioannis Vasileiadis

Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece

Stavros Dimopoulos

Corresponding author. Stavros Dimopoulos, Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, “Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, NKUA, Address: 45-47 Ypsilantou str., 10676, Athens, Greece. Tel: +30 2132043385.; Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece; Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Serafim Nanas

Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Evaggelismos Hospital, NKUA, Athens, Greece