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:Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is regarded as the treatment of choice for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. It has been emphasised that only experienced centres with round-the-clock cathlab facilities should perform PPCI. Some investigators have doubted whether PPCI perf...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Siudak Z,Rakowski T,Dziewierz A,Skowronek J,Rutka J,Bagieński M,Ranosz P,Dubiel JS,Dudek D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different types of disorders, varying in time, concerning atrio-ventricular (AV) conductivity may occur during myocardial infarction (MI). Similarly, angiography may reveal the dynamics within lesions of thrombosis in arteries. A case of 58 year-old man, who suffered from temporal AV block of all degrees, and what is ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Derkacz A,Bajkacz E,Kotynia A,Protasiewicz M,Jurczyk A,Szełemej R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of a 40 year-old woman with implanted aortic prosthetic valve, who experienced thrombo-embolic complication in a form of ischaemic stroke in 15 week of pregnancy. At the beginning of the event, the patient suffered from mixed aphasia, right-side paresis and depressive syndrome. Thanks to c...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Dobosiewicz M,Sinkiewicz W,Mackiewicz Milewska M,Karasek D,Sinkiewicz A,Lach Inszczak S,Bujak R,Błażejewski J,Bednarska D,Woźniak Wiśniewska A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcome after surgery for cardiac myxoma is very good, although due to relatively low prevalence in general population there are only a few reports with long-term follow-up that involved large number of patients. AIM:To evaluate short- and long-term outcome after myxoma removal in a single cardiac surgical ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Perek B,Misterski M,Stefaniak S,Ligowski M,Puślecki M,Jemielity M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are presenting the case of a 74 year-old female who was hospitalised twice within 6 months with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and on both occasions was treated with coronary stenting. Both ACS were caused by an angiographically single vessel disease which occurred in different arteries (1(st) - left anterior descen...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Orzałkiewicz M,Błażejewska A,Orzałkiewicz Z,Kałka K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead-dependent infective endocarditis (LDIE) has emerged as a serious complication of electrotherapy in the era of advanced medical technology and is a growing problem due to greater patient longevity, limited electrode life-time, an increasing number of abandoned leads, and subclinical symptoms. We present a case of ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Kutarski A,Spikowski J,Tomaszewski A,Mroczek E,Czekajska-Chehab E,Czajkowski M,Oleszczak K,Stodółkiewicz E,Cichoń R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Patency of infarct-related artery (IRA) before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with better outcomes. Little is known of the clinical or angiographic predictors of IRA recanalisation after administration of combined fibrinolytic the...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Rakowski T,Dziewierz A,Siudak Z,Mielecki W,Bierca K,Legutko J,Dubiel JS,Dudek D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The practice guidelines of cardiological and diabetological societies emphasise that cardiovascular (CV) risk control in diabetic patients is especially important and should be stricter than in subjects without diabetes. There are little data on the frequency of meeting treatment goals in patients with newly...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Bała MM,Leśniak W,Płaczkiewicz-Jankowska E,Topór-Mądry R,Jaeschke R,Sieradzki J,Grzeszczak W,Banasiak W,ARETAEUS Study Group.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major vessel stenoses are currently successfully treated with stent implantation. Recently, new cobalt-chromium stents (Andrastents XL and XXL, Andramed, Germany) have been introduced into clinical practice. This alloy combines high biocompatibility with radial strength and flexibility. AIM:To present our e...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Białkowski J,Szkutnik M,Fiszer R,Głowacki J,Zembala M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a popular belief, that marijuana smoking is not harmful to health. Some publications, however, suggest its possible association with mental, respiratory and cardiovascular complications, but not with venous thromboembolism. The authors describe a case of severe pulmonary embolism in a mildly obese, 22 year-old m...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Elikowski W,Małek M,Kurosz J,Podkowińska A,Lukowiak-Głębocka M,Zawilska K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe cardiovascular complications are among the most important causes of mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. AIM:To assess the usefulness of echocardiography, ECG, and coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) in the detection of myocardial ischaemia in SLE patients compared to single p...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Płazak W,Gryga K,Sznajd J,Pasowicz M,Musiał J,Podolec P

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Despite continuous progress in pharmacological management and development of myocardial revascularisation techniques, a significant number of patients with advanced ischemic heart disease and refractory angina pectoris cannot be treated successfully. For the group of patients with chronic refractory angina therapeutic...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Sobczak M,Kasprzak JD

更新日期：2010-12-01 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:atrial fibrillation (AF) is difficult to cure and significantly affects quality of life was well as emotional status of patients. AIM:to evaluate quality of life and depression level in patients with various patterns of AF. METHODS:we studied 150 consecutive patients with AF aged 35-83 years, including 61 ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Dąbrowski R,Smolis-Bąk E,Kowalik I,Kazimierska B,Wójcicka M,Szwed H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:transient left ventricular ballooning syndrome (TLVBS) has been recently recognised as an acute disease mimicking myocardial infarction. AIM:we used greyscale and virtual histology (VH) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to study the presence and characteristics of atherosclerotic plaque in the left anterior d...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Pawłowski T,Mintz GS,Kulawik T,Gil RJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is the independent risk factor for coronary artery disease. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with poor outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The relationship between L...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Pres D,Gasior M,Lekston A,Gierlotka M,Hawranek M,Tajstra M,Buchta P,Słonka G,Poloński L

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 61 year-old woman with tachycardia originating close to the His bundle where radiofrequency (RF) ablation may bear potential risk of atrioventricular (AV) block. In this case report we discuss the possibility of a AV nodal reciprocating tachycardia with tendon of Todaro breakthrough. Patient was...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Orczykowski M,Jaworska-Wilczyńska M,Urbanek P,Bodalski R,Derejko P,Gajek J,Hryniewiecki T,Szumowski L,Walczak F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taussig-Bing syndrome is a rare congenital heart defect consisting of a double outlet right ventricle paired with a subpulmonic ventricular septal defect. The anomaly has first been described by collaborators Hellen Taussig and Richard Bing. In the 62 years since, much has changed in its diagnosis and treatment, but T...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Mazurak M

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:We report a case of a 59 year-old man with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who developed a pathological structure attached to the lead of cardioverter-defibrillator that has been detected by echocardiography. The authors describe a difficult differential diagnostic process aiming at the differentiation between cardiac dev...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Niewiński P,Jankowska EA,Cwynar A,Wojtas K,Kustrzycka-Kratochwil D,Barg Z,Banasiak W,Ponikowski P

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:An individual assessment of global risk of death from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) should guide management, both life style changes and medical therapy, in order to decrease risk factors and improve prognosis. AIM:We assessed global risk in the Polish population and its relation to medical care, including ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Piwońska A,Piotrowski W,Broda G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences in clinical manifestation, therapeutic strategies and prognosis in men and women with acute coronary syndromes became crucial in the last decade. AIM:To present clinical characteristics of Polish women with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS:A total of 26,035 patients w...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Sadowski M,Gasior M,Gierlotka M,Janion M,Poloński L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We presented a very rare case of the fistula to coronary artery during staphylococcal aortic valve endocarditis in a young man. The tranesophageal echocardiography detected vegetation on aortic valve leaflets and large regurgitatin. During transesophageal echocardiography the peri-anular multi-chamber abscess formatio...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Jedliński I,Katinas K,Jamrozek-Jedlińska M,Bugajski P,Poprawski K,Słomczyński M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recurrence of left ventricular apical ballooning (LVAB) or tako-tsubo syndrome seems to be rare. Little data exists regarding the recurrence of the disease, especially over the long-term follow-up. We present a case of relapse of LVAB after ten years. ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Opolski G,Kochanowski J,Torbicki A,Scisło P,Kowalik R,Piotrowska-Kownacka D,Zarebiński M,Pruszczyk P,Kalarus Z

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The assessment of defibrillation energy requirement (DER) is a standard practice during cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. It is recommended to assure that the energy at least 10 J below the maximal energy deliverable by the implanted device successfully converts the induced ventricular fibrillat...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Przybylski A,Oreziak A,Lewandowski Z,Hasiec A,Orczykowski M,Walczak F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic dissection is a sudden event when the intimal tear occurs, blood penetrates the aortic wall through and the dissection propagates. Acute aortic dissection presents with chest pain, hemodynamic instability, absent or unequal peripheral pulses, various neurologic complications and aortic regurgitation. Noninvasiv...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Wozakowska-Kapłon B,Straczyński M,Jaskulska-Niedziela E,Włosowicz M,Pietrzyk E,Sadowski J

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:A case of a 28-year-old women, with acute aortic dissection type B, ten days after childbirth is described. The pregnancy was ended by cesarean section. The patient underwent successful stent grafting. A subsequent one-month follow-up period was uneventful. Diagnosis and treatment of acute aortic dissection are discus...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Sielski J,Cugowska M,Polewczyk A,Trebacz J,Sadowski J,Janion M

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:An 8.5-year-old girl evaluated for central cyanosis, hypoxia and normocarbia was found to have aorticopulmonary window and pulmonary hypertension. The diagnosis of Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) was made and treatment with bosentan was started. Four months later she was diagnosed to have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and n...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Ozdemir O,Agras PI,Hizli S,Guveloglu M,Kabakus N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow ventricular tachycardia (VT), which is below the detection rate of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator may cause haemodynamical instability, when pharmacological agents or antitachycardia pacing are unsuccessful, electrical cardioversion is necessary. We present another method of termination of slow VT by ICD,...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Prochaczek F,Winiarska H,Gałecka J,Trusz-Gluza M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous psychosomatic diseases, especially cardiovascular, are regarded as diseases of modern civilization. Psychological factors play a dominant role in these diseases. Among these factors we can distinguish several different types of emotional functioning and subjective estimation of patients' quality of ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Zboralski K,Gałecki P,Wysokiński A,Orzechowska A,Talarowska M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat shock protein (Hsp) 27 expression in cardiomyocytes increases in response to ischaemia. The extracellular release of Hsp27 from cardiomyocytes is proportional to its intracellular levels. AIM:To assess the influence of significant coronary artery disease (CAD), which by definition results in chronic my...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Józefowicz-Okonkwo G,Wierzbowska-Drabik K,Kasielski M,Trzos E,Goraca A,Nowak D,Kasprzak J,Krzemińska-Pakuła M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has been shown to be associated with ventricular arrhythmias, however, its prognostic role in predicting sudden cardiac death has not yet been established. AIM:To explore a potential relationship between LGE visualised by CMR and ...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Petkow-Dimitrow P,Klimeczek P,Vliegenthart R,Pasowicz M,Miszalski-Jamka T,Oudkerk M,Podolec P,Dubiel JS,Tracz W

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic C3435T polymorphism of the multidrug resistance gene-1 (MDR-1) limits oral bioavailability of clopidogrel and influences prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction. AIM:To assess the effects of C3435T polymorphism on platelet reactivity and prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes t...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Spiewak M,Małek ŁA,Kostrzewa G,Kisiel B,Serafin A,Filipiak KJ,Płoski R,Opolski G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 29-year-old woman 18 days after delivery with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome secondary (CAPS) due to undiagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus, leading to cardiogenic shock is reported. Laboratory evaluation revealed increased anticardiolipin antibodies, lupus anticoagulant, antinuclear antibody and...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Zieba B,Wegrzyn A,Mital A,Szczepińska-Nowak M,Lewicki L,Chmielecki M,Puchalski W,Rynkiewicz A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion (CTO) is one of the greatest challenges in coronary interventions. Retrograde wiring is suggested as a solution to improve the success rate of intervention for CTO. We experienced the coronary perforation during antegrade wiring at the CTO lesion and sealed...

journal_title：Kardiologia polska

authors： Nah JC,Cho WH,Choi SK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00