Publications

2023

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    Cardiac output estimated from an uncalibrated radial blood pressure waveform: validation in an in-silico-generated population
    Vasiliki Bikia, Georgios Rovas , and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, May 2023
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    On the similarity between aortic and carotid pressure diastolic decay: a mathematical modelling study
    Vasiliki Bikia, Georgios Rovas , Sokratis Anagnostopoulos , and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    Scientific Reports, Jul 2023
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    Utility of smart watches for identifying arrhythmias in children
    Aydin Zahedivash , Henry Chubb , Heather Giacone , Nicole K Boramanand , Anne M Dubin , and 6 more authors
    Communications Medicine, Jul 2023
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    Arterial pulse wave modeling and analysis for vascular-age studies: a review from VascAgeNet
    Jordi Alastruey , Peter H Charlton , Vasiliki Bikia, Birute Paliakaite , Bernhard Hametner , and 6 more authors
    American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Jul 2023
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    Design and computational optimization of compliance-matching aortic grafts
    Georgios Rovas , Vasiliki Bikia, and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Jul 2023
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    Quantification of the phenomena affecting reflective arterial photoplethysmography
    Georgios Rovas , Vasiliki Bikia, and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    Bioengineering, Jul 2023
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    In vivo evaluation of a novel compliance-matching vascular graft
    Georgios Rovas , Philippe Reymond , Mathieu Van Steenberghe , John Diaper , Vasiliki Bikia, and 4 more authors
    bioRxiv, Jul 2023

2022

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    Validation of a non-invasive inverse problem-solving method for stroke volume
    Vasiliki Bikia, Carmel M. McEniery , Emma Marie Roussel , Georgios Rovas , Stamatia Pagoulatou , and 2 more authors
    Frontiers in Physiology, Jan 2022
  2. Prognostic implications of the novel pulmonary hypertension dfinition in patients with aortic stenosis after transcatheter valve replacement
    Dionysios Adamopoulos , Stamatia Pagoulatou , Georgios Rovas , Vasiliki Bikia, Hajo Müller , and 6 more authors
    Journal of Clinical Medicine, Jan 2022
  3. Arterial wave reflection and aortic valve stenosis: Diagnostic challenges and prognostic significance
    Stamatia Pagoulatou , Dionysios Adamopoulos , Georgios Rovas , Vasiliki Bikia, Hajo Müller , and 5 more authors
    Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Jan 2022
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    Assessment of large and small arteries stiffness in end-stage renal disease patients: a numerical study
    Hasan Obeid , Vasiliki Bikia, Catherine Fortier , Mathilde Pare , Patrick Segers , and 2 more authors
    Frontiers in Physiology, Feb 2022

2021

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    AI-based estimation of end-systolic elastance from arm-pressure and systolic time intervals
    Vasiliki Bikia, Dionysios Adamopoulos , Stamatia Pagoulatou , Georgios Rovas , and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, Feb 2021
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    Determination of Aortic Characteristic Impedance and Total Arterial Compliance From Regional Pulse Wave Velocities Using Machine Learning: An in-silico Study
    Vasiliki Bikia, Georgios Rovas , Stamatia Pagoulatou , and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, May 2021
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    On the assessment of arterial compliance from carotid pressure waveform
    Vasiliki Bikia, Patrick Segers , Georgios Rovas , Stamatia Pagoulatou , and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Aug 2021
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    Estimation of left ventricular end-systolic elastance from brachial pressure waveform via deeplearning
    Vasiliki Bikia, Marija Lazaroska , Deborah Scherrer Ma , Méline Zhao , Georgios Rovas , and 2 more authors
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Oct 2021
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    Leveraging the potential of machine learning for assessing vascular ageing: state-of-the-art and future research
    Vasiliki Bikia, Terence Fong , Rachel E Climie , Rosa-Maria Bruno , Bernhard Hametner , and 3 more authors
    European Heart Journal - Digital Health, Dec 2021
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    Non-invasive monitoring of key hemodynamical and cardiac parameters using physics-based modelling and artificial intelligence
    Vasiliki Bikia
    Dec 2021
    Publisher: Lausanne, EPFL
  7. The effect of the elongation of the proximal aorta on the estimation of the aortic wall distensibility
    Stamatia Pagoulatou , Mauro Ferraro , Bram Trachet , Vasiliki Bikia, Georgios Rovas , and 4 more authors
    Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Feb 2021
  8. In vivo application and validation of a novel noninvasive method to estimate the end-systolic elastance
    Stamatia Pagoulatou , Karl-Philipp Rommel , Karl-Patrik Kresoja , Maximilian Roeder , Philipp Lurz , and 5 more authors
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Apr 2021
  9. The effect of left ventricular contractility on arterial hemodynamics: A model-based investigation
    Stamatia Pagoulatou , Dionysios Adamopoulos , Georgios Rovas , Vasiliki Bikia, and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    PLOS ONE, Aug 2021
  10. Acute and long-term effects of aortic compliance decrease on central hemodynamics: a modeling analysis
    Stamatia Pagoulatou , Dionysios Adamopoulos , Georgios Rovas , Vasiliki Bikia, and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
    Frontiers in Physiology, Jul 2021

2020

  1. ml_for_aortic_hemo_and_elastance.pdf
    Noninvasive estimation of aortic hemodynamics and cardiac contractility using machine learning
    Vasiliki Bikia, Theodore G. Papaioannou , Stamatia Pagoulatou , Georgios Rovas , Evangelos Oikonomou , and 3 more authors
    Scientific Reports, Dec 2020
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    Noninvasive cardiac output and central systolic pressure from cuff-pressure and pulse wave velocity
    Vasiliki Bikia, Stamatia Pagoulatou , Bram Trachet , Dimitrios Soulis , Athanase D. Protogerou , and 2 more authors
    IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Jul 2020
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    The impact of heart rate on pulse wave velocity: an in-silico evaluation
    Vasiliki Bikia, Nikolaos Stergiopulos , Georgios Rovas , Stamatia Pagoulatou , and Theodore G. Papaioannou
    Journal of Hypertension, Dec 2020
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    Biomechanics of diastolic dysfunction: A one-dimensional computational modeling approach
    Karim Kadry , Stamatia Pagoulatou , Quentin Mercier , Georgios Rovas , Vasiliki Bikia, and 3 more authors
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Oct 2020
  5. Acute effects of transcatheter aortic valve replacement on the ventricular-aortic interaction
    Stamatia Pagoulatou , Nikolaos Stergiopulos , Vasiliki Bikia, Georgios Rovas , Marc-Joseph Licker , and 3 more authors
    American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Dec 2020

2019

  1. On the importance of the nonuniform aortic stiffening in the hemodynamics of physiological aging
    Stamatia Z. Pagoulatou , Vasiliki Bikia, Bram Trachet , Theodore G. Papaioannou , Athanase D. Protogerou , and 1 more author
    American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Nov 2019