Usefulness of NT-proBNP in assessment of right ventricular function in children after tetralogy of Fallot correction - a preliminary study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immediate initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases chances of restoring spontaneous circulation and survival after out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). For some refractory cases, extended cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) may be a promising option. AIMS:The aim of the study was to es...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Sip M,Puślecki M,Kłosiewicz T,Zalewski R,Dąbrowski M,Ligowski M,Goszczyńska E,Paprocki C,Grygier M,Lesiak M,Jemielity M,Perek B

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery of the pulmonary valve, right ventricular outflow tract, and pulmonary artery falls under the domain of paediatric cardiac surgery. However, 97 adult patients underwent such operations in our institution from 1993 to 2016. AIM:This study aims to analyse preoperative risk factors, intraoperative data...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Szczechowicz M,Mkalaluh S,Farag M,Mashhour A,Loukanov T,Kolcz J,Karck M,Weymann A

更新日期：2018-01-01 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:Data from clinical trials suggested that biodegradable-polymer-based drug-eluting stents (DES) might improve long-term clinical outcomes. PROLIM (Balton, Warsaw, Poland) DES is based on a stainless steel platform with a closed cell design releasing sirolimus from biodegradable copolymer (lactic and glycolic ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Roleder T,Smolka G,Podolecka E,Chudek J,Dworowy S,Żelazowska K,Wojakowski W,Ochała A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome (MVP) various electrophysiological abnormalities occur. There are convergent opinions concerning QT distance variability and the influence of autonomic nervous system on ventricular repolarization in this syndrome. In 38 MVP patients (group I) and 24 subjects without thi...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Gil R,Kaźmierczak J,Kornacewicz-Jach Z,Zinka E

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Desmin plays one of the key roles in cardiomyocytes. The protein protects the integration of the cell and has the following actions: mechanical, structural and regulatory. Observed abnormalities of its activity have been associated with worsening of heart failure (HF). AIM:Evaluation of desmin activity dete...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Pawlak A,Gil RJ,Walczak E,Fidziańska A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite advances in cardiovascular medicine, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXUS™ and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score is used to determine the extent and complexity of coronary artery disease (...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Quisi A,Kurt IH,Şahin DY,Kaypaklı O,Söker G,Kaya Ö,Allahverdiyev S,Genç Ö,Alıcı G,Koç M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aetiology of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is not well understood. We hypothesised that the pathophysiology of CI-AKI and impaired coronary reperfusion (IR), observed after invasive treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), could be similar and might be related to platelet count (PC...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Francuz P,Kowalczyk J,Swoboda R,Przybylska-Siedlecka K,Kozieł M,Podolecki T,Świątkowski A,Lenarczyk R,Średniawa B,Kalarus Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old girl without any cardiac symptoms and with no previous history of cardiovascular disease was diagnosed to have an intracardiac tumour. The diagnosis was made by chance during two-dimensional echocardiography which showed a mobile, peduncular tumour, 2 cm in diameter, arising from the apex of the left ven...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Gajewski M,Skura M,Malec E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin is a family of potent vasoconstrictor peptides of vascular endothelial origin. Although it has been proposed that the vasoconstrictor effects of endothelin are produced at the local vascular level, the current study was performed to test the hypothesis that plasma endothelin concentrations are elevated in p...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Halawa B

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients hospitalized due to heart failure (HF) exacerbation tend to have a poor prognosis. Most previous studies were performed in large clinical centers and detailed analyses of HF patients hospitalized in district general hospitals are lacking. AIMS:The aim of this study was to assess the outcomes of pat...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Dobrowolska M,Miękus P,Świątczak M,Raczak G,Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz L

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has become an alternative for carotid endarterectomy in the treatment of carotid artery atherosclerosis, due to limited injury and comparable periprocedural risk. The impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) on long-term follow-up after CAS needs to be reconsidered due to the int...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Arif S,Bartuś S,Dziewierz A,Chyrchel M,Brzeziński M,Rakowski T,Bartuś K,Dudek D,Dubiel J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of an 85-year-old woman admitted to hospital because of syncope with palpitations. The patient had mistakenly taken sotalol 120 mg/d together with carvedilol 6.25 mg/d. On hospital admission, ECG showed sinus bradycardia 52 bpm with marked QT prolongation: QTc presented variability from beat to beat...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Kukla P,Baranchuk A,Jastrzębski M,Bryniarski L,Baranowski R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Normally the N-terminal domain of the LDL receptor (LDLR) binds to low-density lipoprotein through apolipoprotein B100. Mutations within the LDL receptor and/or apolipoprotein B-100 genes compromising this process may lead to congenital monogenic hypercholesterolaemias known as familial hypercholesterolaem...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Plewa R,Łuczak M,Burchardt P,Bolewski A,Wierzchowiecki J,Siminiak T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 70 year-old male with B-cell lymphoma of which the first clinical presentation was cardiac infiltration. The patient underwent full chemotherapy with complete tumour regression. Kardiol Pol 2011; 69, 10: 1063-1065. ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Mizia-Stec K,Haberka M,Grzywocz P,Januszewski K,Mizia-Malarz A,Adamczyk T,Gieszczyk K,Poborski W,Gąsior Z

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The present study aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of fragmented QRS complex (fQRS) on 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) for myocardial scar detection, and presented the results in a systematic review and meta-analysis format. METHODS:Medline, SCOPUS, and ISI Web of Knowledge were searched el...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Sadeghi R,Dabbagh VR,Tayyebi M,Zakavi SR,Ayati N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of triple antithrombotic therapy (TAT) consisting of an oral anticoagulant (OAC), aspirin, and a P2Y12 inhibitor in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and / or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with a high risk of bleeding. Recently, several...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Mihajlovic M,Marinkovic M,Kozieł M,Mujovic N,Lip GYH,Potpara TS

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous intervention in saphenous vein grafts is associated with a high risk of distal embolisation by plaque material, 'no flow' phenomenon and clinical complications such as myocardial infarction or death. According to randomised trial evidence, intervention in a degenerated vein graft should be performed using...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Pieniążek P,Dzierwa K,Musiałek P,Hlawaty M,Tekieli Ł,Paluszek P,Laskowicz B,Zmudka K,Podolec P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected indices of left and right ventricular function and pulmonary circulation have been compared in two groups of patients with constrictive pericarditis: i.e. in 10 patients classified as NYHA functional class II and 13 patients as NYHA class III. The patients with NYHA class III showed higher average values of l...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Dubiel JP,Kolasińska-Kloch W

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, having a strong impact on long-term stroke and heart failure prevalence and mortality. Nowadays, rapid development in the field of minimising the invasiveness of surgical ablation of AF can be observed. AIM:To report on the feasibility and early result...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Suwalski P,Suwalski G,Wilimski R,Kochanowski J,Scisło P,Gaca H,Popiel Z,Sledź M,Smolarska-Switaj J,Suwalski K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between hypertension and oxidative stress remains unexplained. Nevertheless, it is well established that reactive oxygen species have an influence on the arterial wall, endothelial function and therefore determine blood pressure. AIM:The evaluation of selected oxidative stress markers in hy...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Klima Ł,Kawecka-Jaszcz K,Stolarz-Skrzypek K,Menne J,Fijorek K,Olszanecka A,Wojciechowska W,Bilo G,Czarnecka D

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:In 75 patients 24-hour ecg monitoring value was compared with exercise test in diagnostics of postinfarction silent ischemia. Results compatibility of both comparing examinations was 79% with regard to only painless ischemia (p less than 0.001) and 91% to both estimated painless or painful episodes (p less than 0.001)...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Dabrowski A,Piotrowicz R,Ostrowska B,Janczak J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polish heart failure surveys from 1999 and 2005 indicated that non-invasive and invasive diagnostic procedures in heart failure patients are underused, mostly due to limited availability. AIM:To assess the access to procedures used for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in randomly selected outpat...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Wizner B,Dubiel JS,Opolski G,Fedyk-Łukasik M,Zdrojewski T,Marchel M,Stompór M,Turek P,Czech M,Wyrzykowski B,Mogilnaya I,Jendrzejewski J,Grodzicki T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:he internal mammary artery (IMA) is routinely used as an arterial graft for coronary artery bypass grafting with an excellent long‑term patency rate, but its protective mechanism is unclear. AIMS:We evaluated the differences between the expression of several gene in perivascular adipose tissue from the IMA ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Kowalówka A,Machnik G,Deja M,Okopień B,Gąsior Z,Haberka M

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple health and economic consequences related to obesity cause it to be regarded as a problem of social significance; body mass control has become a crucial element in the process of diabetes treatment. AIM:This paper shows factors differentiating body mass values in diabetes patients. METHODS:The rese...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Abramczyk A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the introduction of primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) improved the outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), diabetes remains a significant factor which worsens prognosis. AIM:To compare the immediate and in-hospital results of PCI in patients with acute MI with or ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Gasior M,Wasilewski J,Gierlotka M,Zebik T,Lekston A,Wojnar R,Kondys M,Szkodziński J,Wilczek K,Wnek A,Piegza J,Dyrbuś K,Hawranek M,Szyguła-Jurkiewicz B,Honisz G,Kalarus Z,Poloński L

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hereditary ventricular hypertrophy (HCM) is classified as a genetically determined disease (autosomal dominant trait) characterized by generalized ventricular hypertrophy, specific heart sounds and echocardiography images, characteristic ECG changes. Sudden death occurs in some cases. Clinical data and labora...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Krzymińska E,Szczerkowska Z,Linom J,Swiatecka G,Pawlak T,Maniszewska B,Luberda Z

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 46-year-old male patient with complete atrio-ventricular block. A inflammatory etiology was suspected and finally lyme carditis was diagnosed. The conduction abnormalities disappeared with antibiotic treatment and a pacemaker implantation was not needed. Further follow-up of two years was uneventful. ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Kaczmarek K,Deroń Z,Janiszewski T,Supeł K,Ptaszyński P,Ruta J,Cygankiewicz I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ACC/AHA guidelines for management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have recommended primary PCI (pPCI) as the preferred reperfusion therapy, when it can be performed in a timely fashion, within 90-110 min from the first contact with medical personnel. The impact of treatment de...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Trzos E,Kurpesa M,Bednarkiewicz Z,Peruga J,Kasprzak J,Plewka M,Uznańska B,Krzemińska-Pakuła M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00