STRUGGLE FOR. Italian-Polish-Spanish-Uzbek-Vietnamese Expert Forum Position Paper 2023 for better control of classical modifiable risk factors in clinical practice

Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Vivencio Barrios, Claudio Ferri, Khurshid Fozilov, Santiago Jesus Freire Castro, Agnieszka Kuzior, Francisco Javier Martinez-Martin, Guzal Mullabaeva, Lan Hieu Nguyen, Ulugbek Nizamov, Anna Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, Raisa Trigulova, Aleksandra Gąsecka

Experts' Viewpoint

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Outcomes of the two generations of bioresorbable scaffolds (Magmaris vs. Absorb) in acute coronary syndrome in routine clinical practice

Piotr Rola, Adrian Włodarczak, Magdalena Łanocha, Mateusz Barycki, Marek Szudrowicz, Jan J. Kulczycki, Joanna Jaroszewska-Pozorska, Alicja Gosiewska, Katarzyna Woźnica, Maciej Lesiak, Adrian Doroszko

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A novel polymer-free everolimus-eluting stent with a nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide film inhibits restenosis and thrombosis in a swine coronary model

Dae Young Hyun, Xiongyi Han, Dae Sung Park, Munki Kim, Jun Kyu Park, Kyung Hoon Cho, Doo Sun Sim, Young Joon Hong, Youngkeun Ahn, Myung Ho Jeong

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Predictors and trends of contrast use and radiation exposure in a large cohort of patients treated with percutaneous coronary interventions: Chronic total occlusion analysis based on a national registry

Rafał Januszek, Leszek Bryniarski, Zbigniew Siudak, Krzysztof Piotr Malinowski, Sławomir Surowiec, Krzysztof Bryniarski, Magdalena Jędrychowska, Wojciech Wańha, Krzysztof Bartuś, Wojciech Wojakowski, Jarosław Wójcik, Jacek Legutko, Andrzej Surdacki, Stanisław Bartuś

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The feasibility of using remote magnetic navigation system as the primary technological training tool for novice cardiac electrophysiology operators in the catheter ablation of left-sided accessory pathway

Guanhua Wu, Qingzhi Luo, Yangyang Bao, Yue Wei, Changjian Lin, Ning Zhang, Tianyou Ling, Kang Chen, Wenqi Pan, Liqun Wu, Yun Xie, Qi Jin

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Comparison of neoatherosclerosis and a clinical outcomes between bioabsorbable versus durable polymer drug-eluting stent: Verification by optical coherence tomography analysis

Jae Young Cho, Hyungdon Kook, Javoxir Anvarov, Najmiddin Makhkamov, Sang-A Cho, Cheol Woong Yu

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Randomized comparison of 9-month stent strut coverage of biolimus and everolimus drug-eluting stents assessed by optical coherence tomography in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Long-term (5-years) clinical follow-up (ROBUST trial)

Martin Jakl, Pavel Cervinka, Jan Kanovsky, Petr Kala, Martin Poloczek, Michaela Cervinkova, Hiram G. Bezerra, Zdenek Valenta, Marco Aurelio Costa

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Evaluation of left ventricular function in patients with coronary slow flow: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tianxin Dong, Qing Zhu, Shang Wang, Shuo Liu, Shitong Wang, Yonghuai Wang, Honghe Li, Guangyuan Li, Chunyan Ma

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Increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with higher incidence of acute kidney injury and worse survival after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Bartłomiej Perek, Marek Grygier, Tomasz Urbanowicz, Marcin Misterski, Mateusz Puślecki, Sebastian Stefaniak, Konrad Stelmark, Maciej Lesiak, Marek Jemielity

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Association between dose of catecholamines and markers of organ injury early after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Katarzyna Czerwińska-Jelonkiewicz, Alice Wood, Allan Bohm, Przemysław Kwasiborski, Anna Oleksiak, Robert Ryczek, Johannes Grand, Guido Tavazzi, Alessandro Sionis, Janina Stępińska

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Continuous hands-free monitoring of echocardiographic exercise test using probe fixation device

Katarzyna Wdowiak-Okrojek, Piotr Lipiec, Paulina Wejner-Mik, Zbigniew Bednarkiewicz, Jarosław D. Kasprzak

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Heart rate control and its predictors in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm. Data from the European Society of Cardiology Long-Term Registry

Agata Tymińska, Krzysztof Ozierański, Marek Wawrzacz, Paweł Balsam, Cezary Maciejewski, Magdalena Kleszczewska, Magdalena Zawadzka, Michał Marchel, Maria G. Crespo-Leiro, Aldo P. Maggioni, Jarosław Drożdż, Grzegorz Opolski, Marcin Grabowski, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka

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Atrial fibrillatory wave amplitude revisited: A predictor of recurrence after catheter ablation independent of the degree of left atrial structural remodeling

Shiro Ishihara, Mitsunori Maruyama, Tsuyoshi Nohara, Wataru Shimizu, Kuniya Asai

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Serum uric acid is an independent risk factor of worse mid- and long-term outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

Maciej Dyrbuś, Piotr Desperak, Marta Pawełek, Mateusz Możdżeń, Mariusz Gąsior, Michał Hawranek

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Mean platelet volume-to-platelet count ratio after elective cardiac surgical procedures is superior in reflecting platelets metabolic hyperactivity compared to other routine morphological platelet indices: A preliminary report

Bartłomiej Perek, Piotr Rzymski, Anna Komosa, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Mateusz Puślecki, Marek Jemielity, Maciej Lesiak, Sleiman Sebastian Aboul-Hassan, Tomasz Stankowski, Zhengyuan Xia, Konrad Stelmark, Jolanta Siller-Matula, Barbara Poniedziałek

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Long-term follow-up of patients with complex coronary artery disease treated with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Sandra Fraund-Cremer, Grischa Hoffmann, Juliane Arndt, Christoph Borzikowsky, Katharina Huenges, Alexander Thiem, Assad Haneya, Bernd Panholzer, Tim Attmann, Johannes Duemmler, Jochen Cremer, Christina Grothusen

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Right superior pulmonary vein parameter determined by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography is an independent predictor of the outcome after cryoballoon isolation of the pulmonary veins

Laszlo Tibor Nagy, Timea Bianka Papp, Reka Urbancsek, Csaba Jenei, Zoltan Csanadi

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Beyond ChatGPT: What does GPT-4 add to healthcare? The dawn of a new era

Simona Wójcik, Anna Rulkiewicz, Piotr Pruszczyk, Wojciech Lisik, Marcin Poboży, Justyna Domienik-Karłowicz

Invited Review Article

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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Do we have to perform coronary angiography?

Wojciech Wańha, Michalina Kołodziejczak, Mariusz Kowalewski, Rafał Januszek, Łukasz Kuźma, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Mariusz Tomaniak, Szymon Darocha, Karolina Kupczyńska, Piotr Dobrowolski, Agata Tymińska, Aleksandra Ciepłucha, Justyna Sokolska, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Andrzej Kułach, Maciej Wybraniec, Tomasz Roleder, Mateusz Tajstra, Klaudiusz Nadolny, Tomasz Darocha, Katarzyna Sierakowska, Tomasz Pawłowski, Marek Gierlotka, Maciej Lesiak, Krystian Wita, Robert Gil, Przemysław Trzeciak

Review Article

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Non-invasive imaging techniques in patients with coronary chronic total occlusions: A key for successful diagnosis, revascularization, and post-intervention outcomes

Marta Mielniczuk, Paweł Krzesiński, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Jaroslaw Kowal, Małgorzata Kurpaska, Grzegorz Gielerak

Review Article

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Novel planned two-stent technique for bifurcation lesions: Inverted compression T-stenting

Fumiaki Nakao

Technology Note

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Sky is the limit for Impella-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention: Four technologies, three vessels, two bifurcations and one chronic total occlusion

Aleksandra Gąsecka, Norbert Czyżak, Marcin Lampart, Arkadiusz Pietrasik

Image in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Nightmare as a trigger for stress cardiomyopathy

Marc Arcens, Stephane Noble

Image in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Multimodality imaging approach to an adult case with cor triatriatum sinister

Takao Konishi, Naohiro Funayama, Daisuke Hotta, Shinya Tanaka

Image in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Serial electrocardiographic and echocardiographic assessments of cardiac amyloidosis presenting with myocardial ischemia

Takao Konishi, Akira Hamabe

Image in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Endothelial dysfunction: Can it differentiate Takotsubo syndrome from spontaneous coronary artery dissection?

Alicja Skrobucha, Ewa Borowiak, Łukasz Szarpak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Aleksandra Gąsecka

Letter to the Editor

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