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George D. Kitas is affiliated with the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom. Their primary research contributions are situated within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Rheumatology supported by 92 of their publications. Other significant subfields include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The researcher's work spans a broad range of topics related to autoimmune, inflammatory, and cardiovascular disorders. Main topics include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI

Frequent publication venues where George D. Kitas has disseminated research findings include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Rheumatology International
  • Diagnostics
  • Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology
  • Clinical Rheumatology

Recent noteworthy publications showcasing the range and focus of their research include:

  • Economics of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Diagnosis vs. Treatment, 2022, Healthcare
  • Exercise and inflammation, 2020, Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
  • COVID-19 pathways for brain and heart injury in comorbidity patients: A role of medical imaging and artificial intelligence-based COVID severity classification: A review, 2020, Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • Global perspective on carotid intima-media thickness and plaque: should the current measurement guidelines be revisited?, 2020, International Angiology
  • Effects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycaemia in large-scale randomised blinded statin trials: an individual participant data meta-analysis, 2024, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Petros P. Sfikakis, Sophie Mavrogeni, Narendra N. Khanna, John R. Laird, and Jasjit S. Suri, with collaborations reaching counts from 40 to 65 joint publications.

Best Publications

  • EULAR evidence-based recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammatory arthritis

    M J Peters;D P M Symmons;D McCarey;B A Dijkmans

  • Mean Platelet Volume: A Link Between Thrombosis and Inflammation?

    Armen Yuri Gasparyan;Lilit Ayvazyan;Dimitri P. Mikhailidis;George D. Kitas

  • EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular disease risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammatory joint disorders: 2015/2016 update

    R. Agca;S. C. Heslinga;S. Rollefstad;M. Heslinga

  • The Endothelium and Its Role in Regulating Vascular Tone

    Aamer Sandoo;Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten;George S Metsios;Douglas Carroll

  • Development and initial validation of the vasculitis damage index for the standardized clinical assessment of damage in the systemic vasculitides

    A. R. Exley;P. A. Bacon;R. A. Luqmani;G. D. Kitas

  • Writing a narrative biomedical review: considerations for authors, peer reviewers, and editors

    Armen Yuri Gasparyan;Lilit Ayvazyan;Heather Blackmore;George D. Kitas;George D. Kitas

  • The Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as an Inflammatory Marker in Rheumatic Diseases

    Armen Yuri Gasparyan;Lilit Ayvazyan;Ulzhan Mukanova;Marlen Yessirkepov

  • Cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: state of the art and future perspectives.

    George D Kitas;Sherine E Gabriel

  • Prevalence and associations of hypertension and its control in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    V. F. Panoulas;K. M. J. Douglas;H. J. Milionis;A. Stavropoulos-Kalinglou

  • A randomized placebo-controlled trial of methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis

    Gabrielle H. Kingsley;Anna Kowalczyk;Helen Taylor;Fowzia Ibrahim

  • Hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Vasileios F. Panoulas;Giorgos S. Metsios;A.V. Pace;H. John

  • Cardiovascular comorbidity in rheumatic diseases

    Michael T. Nurmohamed;Maaike Heslinga;George D. Kitas

  • The present and future of deep learning in radiology.

    Luca Saba;Mainak Biswas;Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili;Elisa Cuadrado Godia

  • The Common-Sense Model of self-regulation of health and illness: how can we use it to understand and respond to our patients’ needs?

    E. D. Hale;G. J. Treharne;G. D. Kitas

  • Rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease and physical exercise: a systematic review

    Giorgos S. Metsios;Antonios Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou;J.J.C.S. Veldhuijzen van Zanten;G.J. Treharne

  • Tackling ischaemic heart disease in rheumatoid arthritis

    G D Kitas;N Erb

  • Performance of four current risk algorithms in predicting cardiovascular events in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

    E.E.A. Arts;C. Popa;A.A. den Broeder;A.G. Semb

  • Individualised aerobic and resistance exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness and reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Antonios Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou;Giorgos S Metsios;Giorgos S Metsios;Jet J J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten;Jet J J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten;Peter Nightingale

  • Perceived Barriers, Facilitators and Benefits for Regular Physical Activity and Exercise in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Review of the Literature

    Jet J. C. S. Veldhuijzen van Zanten;Jet J. C. S. Veldhuijzen van Zanten;Peter C. Rouse;Peter C. Rouse;Elizabeth D. Hale;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • Accelerated atherogenesis in autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

    Paul Bacon;Robert Stevens;David Carruthers;Stephen Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Petros P. Sfikakis
Petros P. Sfikakis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Yiannis Koutedakis
Yiannis Koutedakis University Of Thessaly
Joan L. Duda
Joan L. Duda University of Birmingham
Jasjit S. Suri
Jasjit S. Suri University of Idaho
Andrew N. Nicolaides
Andrew N. Nicolaides Imperial College London
Antonia C. Lyons
Antonia C. Lyons University of Auckland
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Douglas Carroll
Douglas Carroll University of Birmingham
Deborah P. M. Symmons
Deborah P. M. Symmons University of Manchester

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