[Tumour in left atrium diagnosed 6 years after ablation of pulmonary vein ostia and inferior right atrial isthmus: thrombus or myxoma?].

abstract：:Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is an important diagnostic tool in contemporary clinical practice. This document presents an expert opinion from the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology of the Polish Cardiac Society concerning the indications, performance technique, and interpretatio...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Smarż K,Jaxa-Chamiec T,Chwyczko T,Główczyńska R,Jegier A,Niedoszytko P,Piotrowicz E,Rybicki J,Straburzyńska-Migaj E,Szalewska D,Szmit S,Wolszakiewicz J

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficacy of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in prevention of stroke in patients with carotid artery stenosis has been confirmed in randomised trials. Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a routine clinical practice and recent results of CAS are not worse than CEA. Moreover, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PT...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Buszman P,Debiński M,Gruszka A,Janas P,Król M,Kondys M,Iwiński J,Kazibutowska-Zarańska Z,Cierpka L,Tendera M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between menopause and hypertension has been a topic of investigation for several years. In the pathogenesis of hypertension after menopause, metabolic disturbances play an important role. AIM:To assess the relationship between adipocytokines and blood pressure, lipid and glucose metabolism ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Olszanecka A,Pośnik-Urbańska A,Kawecka-Jaszcz K,Czarnecka D,Fedak D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a temporary left ventricular dysfunction characterised by acute retrosternal rest pain, ST - segment elevation, slight elevation of cardiac necrosis markers, preferential apical akinesia or hypokinesia with basal hypercontractility in echocardi...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Masiarek K,Grabowicz W,Makowski M,Frynas K,Szyłło N,Jończyk J,Lubiński A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension, due to its prevalence, is a common and independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). High blood pressure causes structural and functional changes in the myocardium, leading to an increased risk of arrhythmia. This risk is higher when hypertension is accompanied by concomitant diseases t...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Gorczyca-Michta I,Wożakowska-Kapłon B,Tomasik E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impedance cardiography (ICG) enables the non-invasive, reproducible, beat-to-beat estimation of stroke volume (SV) changes, and the measurement of the absolute values of the ejection time (ET) and pre-ejection period (PEP), which allows the indirect evaluation of cardiac contractility. The miniaturised, Holter-type im...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Cybulski G,Koźluk E,Michalak E,Niewiadomski W,Piatkowska A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) using biventricular pacing (BVP) has been shown to improve survival in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). However, BVP cannot be achieved in all patients because of technical problems. In such patients, bifocal right ventricular pacing (BFP) may be an alternati...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Małecka B,Ząbek A,Lelakowski J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are numerous data indicating a significant role of the sympathoadrenal system and the reninangiotensin- aldosterone system in the regulation of blood pressure and the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. However, the genetic background of essential hypertension remains unclear. AIM:To determine the...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Jedrusik P,Januszewicz A,Busjahn A,Wocial B,Ignatowska-Switalska H,Strelau J,C Luft F,Januszewicz W

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. Total surgical correction of this defect during infancyallows for long-term survival in most of the patients. The long-term prognosis for untreated tetralogy of Fallot is poor and patients who have not undergone total surgical repair rarely live...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Ludwikowska K,Konieczna K,Szarek A,Kustrzycka-Kratochwil D,Sukiennik-Kujawa M,Kalicińska E,Banasiak W,Ponikowski P,Jankowska EA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical evaluation of patients with diabetes or after myocardial infarction (MI) with preserved left ventricular (LV) systolic function is not very precise in isolating patients at particularly high risk of developing manifest cardiac failure and associated cardiovascular incident. Early diagnosis of LV dia...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Stępień-Wałek A,Wożakowska-Kapłon B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apelin is a recently discovered biologically active peptide present in several isoforms that are agonists for orphan receptor APJ. Apelin and APJ receptor were found in the central nervous system and in different peripheral tissues. In the cardiovascular system the peptide is present both in the heart and in the endot...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Cudnoch Jędrzejewska A,Czarzasta K,Gomółka R,Szczepańska Sadowska E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare systemic disease characterized by necrotising vasculitis and peripheral eosinophilia. Cardiac involvement is found in up to 64% of patients and is given a high rank among the causes of morbidity and mortality. We presented a case of 26 year-old male with Churg-Strauss syndrome and left...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Lipczyńska M,Klisiewicz A,Szymański P,Rywik T,Hoffman P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary embolism not preceded by clinical thromboembolic event(s) in a 50 year-old male with a history of three-year dyspnea on exertion was detected. Proximal chronic pulmonary embolism, mean pulmonary artery pressure 32 mm Hg, and pulmonary vascular resistance of 444 dyn x s(-1) x cm(-5) wer...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Romaszkiewicz R,Lewczuk J,Piszko P,Lenartowska L,Jagas J,Mazij M,Cisowska M,Nowak M,Błaszczyk D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown an association between paraoxonase (PON) activity and the presence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis. AIM:To demonstrate any association between serum PON activity and the presence and severity of coronary artery calcification (CAC). METHODS:A total of 156 consecutive pat...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Durmaz T,Keles T,Ayhan H,Cay N,Bayram NA,Bilen E,Akcay M,Erdogan KE,Erel O,Bozkurt E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 51-year old female with persistent atrial fibrillation, decompensated heart failure and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia due to acquired long QT syndrome is presented. Difficulties in monitoring QT interval and factors associated with torsades de points are discussed. ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Stec S,Zaborska B,Makowska E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful delivery of progenitor cells to the injury zone is a prerequisite for any effect of myocardial regeneration therapy. This key issue, however, has received far less attention than, for instance, a potential need for cell type selection or ex-vivo expansion, the optimal timing of cell application or multimoda...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Musiałek P,Tracz W,Kostkiewicz M,Tekieli Ł,Szot W,Klimeczek P,Banyś P,Zebzda A,Majka M,Walter Z,Olszowska M,Pieniazek P,Pasowicz M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 48 year old female admitted to the hospital for further evaluation and treatment of an intracardiac tumour, is presented. The patient underwent surgical excision of the tumour localised in the right ventricular outflow tract with bioprosthetic tricuspid valve implantation and pacemaker insertion due to the...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Larysz B,Jedrzychowska-Baraniak J,Nikodemska I,Sell M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data from "real world" registries and some randomised trials concerning the safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are equivocal. AIM:We sought to compare DES with bare-metal stents (BMS) in STEMI patients treated with primar...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Kübler P,Jankowska EA,Ferenc M,Ponikowski P,Banasiak W,Reczuch K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 42-year old man with aortic valve endocarditis with peri-anular multi-chamber abscess formation and fistulous communication between right sinus of Valsalva and right ventricle, is presented. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed abnormal flow through the fistula confirmed at surgery. Intraoperatively the...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Tomaszuk-Kazberuk A,Sobkowicz B,Hirnle T,Adamczuk A,Sawicki R,Krynicki R,Knapp M,Musiał WJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to current guidelines surgical revascularisation is a gold standard of treatment in patients with multivessel and left main coronary disease. Hybrid revascularisation, in two stages: first - minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting procedure with left internal mammary artery conduit to left ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Tajstra M,Gąsior M,Filipiak K,Zembala M,Hrapkowicz T,Hawranek M,Kazik A,Poloński L,Zembala M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences between men and women in the prevalence and clinical course of coronary artery disease (CAD) have been well documented. There are no data in literature on the differences between males and females in the incidence of post-infarction left ventricular (LV) wall motion abnormalities of akinesia/dysk...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Hirnle T,Sobkowicz B,Stachurski A,Namieta K,Kustrzycki W,Stupiński W,Pelczar M,Tomaszewski P,Krupacz R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kawasaki disease is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. The incidence of Kawasaki disease varies from 180 in Japan through 20 in United States to 5-8 in the European countries per 100,000 children younger than 5 years of age. AIM:To evaluate cardiac complicati...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Gowin E,Małecka I,Stryczyńska-Kazubska J,Michalak M,Wysocki J,Górzna-Kamińska H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient with stable ischaemic heart disease and essential thrombocythemia in Invasive Cardiology Laboratory -- role of the automated systems for estimation of platelet aggregation. A case of a 63-year-old male patient with essential thrombocythemia and coronary artery disease is presented. The patient underwent electi...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Huczek Z,Filipiak KJ,Kochman J,Horszczaruk GJ,Piatkowski R,Grabowski M,Karpiński G,Wilczyńska J,Opolski G

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following an abbreviated historical review of literature related to angina pectoris spanning the period from olden days to the beginning of the XIX th century, this paper analyses Jan Cenner's doctoral dissertation entitled "Dissertation inauguralis medica de angor pectoris", written in Cracow, Poland in 1820. A conci...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Skalski JH,Skalska A,Turczyński B,Kmieć K

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is a common disorder which has adverse cardiovascular effects. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), a novel marker of cardiovascular risk, is increased in SCH. AIM:We aimed to investigate whether L-thyroxine treatment can reverse the thickening of EAT in SCH. METHODS:Forty-four...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Sayin I,Erkan AF,Ekici B,Kutuk U,Corakci A,Tore HF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 56-year-old man with constrictive pericarditis which was diagnosed and operated for the first time in 1996, is described. After that, the patient has been hospitalised for several times because of heart failure. On admission to the hospital, he complained of dyspnea on exertion and peripheral edema. Comput...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Gołabek K,Wierzbowska-Drabik K,Pawłowski W,Kasprzak JD

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 16 patients which underwent PTCA of a right or left coronary artery, analysis of coronarographic image using the stecometer (a precise instrument measuring background coordinates) was performed. Segment of a coronary artery in which PTCA was performed, was estimated in projections: RAO 30 degrees and LAO 60 degrees...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Dabrowski M,Rychlewski G,Górecka B,Ruzyłło W

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affects anticoagulation not only in those infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) but also in most patients who require daily anticoagulant therapy and are facing substantial limitations in medical care these days. Concomitant venous t...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Kosior DA,Undas A,Kopeć G,Hryniewiecki T,Torbicki A,Mularek-Kubzdela T,Windyga J,Pruszczyk P

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a woman who had acute coronary syndrome caused by myocardial bridge. She was treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and stent implantation. Two months after the procedure the patient had myocardial infarction because of subacute thrombosis and during the second intervention another stent ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Derkacz A,Nowicki P,Protasiewicz M,Reczuch K,Szczepanik-Osadnik H,Witkowska M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the recent rapid increase in the number of patients implanted with pacemakers, cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), and cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices (CRT), conventional monitoring at specialist clinics is becoming increasingly difficult. The development of technology has enabled remote devi...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Liberska A,Kowalski O,Mazurek M,Lenarczyk R,Jędrzejczyk-Patej E,Przybylska-Siedlecka K,Kozieł M,Morawski S,Podolecki T,Kowalczyk J,Pruszkowska P,Pluta S,Sokal A,Kalarus Z

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00