Influence of COVID-19 on cardiac arrest outcomes

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Liudmyla Zakordonets, Yuriy Stepanovskyy, Alla Navolokina

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Chronic total occlusions in Artsakh: The last frontier

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Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico, Lilian Grigorian-Shamagian

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Metal free percutaneous coronary interventions in all-comers: First experience with a novel sirolimus-coated balloon

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Mehdi Madanchi, Giacomo M. Cioffi, Adrian Attinger-Toller, Thomas Seiler, Sophie Somm, Tanja Koch, Gregorio Tersalvi, Mathias Wolfrum, Federico Moccetti, Stefan Toggweiler, Richard Kobza, Molly B. Levine, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Matthias Bossard, Florim Cuculi

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Renal dysfunction and outcome in left ventricular non-compaction

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Ladina Erhart, Beat A. Kaufmann, Baris Gencer, Philipp K. Haager, Hajo Müller, Richard Kobza, Leonhard Held, Simon F. Stämpfli

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Actual status and future directions of cardiac telerehabilitation

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Krzysztof Milewski, Pawel Balsam, Mateusz Kachel, Bronislaw Sitek, Aleksandra Kolarczyk-Haczyk, Szymon Skoczyński, Piotr Hirnle, Monika Gawałko, Łukasz Kołtowski, Renata Główczynska, Tomasz Zając, Andrzej Małecki, Agata Nowak, Paweł Kaźmierczak, Ewa Piotrowicz, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Grzegorz Opolski, Marcin Grabowski

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Rationale and design of SAN.OK randomized clinical trial and registry: Comparison of the effects of evidence-based pacemaker therapy and cardioneuroablation in sinus node dysfunction

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Sebastian Stec, Beata Jankowska-Polańska, Dariusz Jagielski, Antoni Wileczek, Krystian Josiak, Janusz Śledź, Agnieszka Reichert, Anna Kustroń, Dorota Zyśko, Bartosz Skonieczny, Artur Fedorowski, Anna Ratajska, Magdalena Zając, Dagmara Hering, Wojciech Wąsek, Edyta Stodółkiewicz-Nowarska

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The occurrence of cardiovascular risk factors and functioning in chronic illness in the Polish population of EUROASPIRE V

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Aldona Kubica, Łukasz Pietrzykowski, Piotr Michalski, Michał Kasprzak, Jakub Ratajczak, Joanna Siódmiak, Tomasz Fabiszak, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Magdalena Krintus, Piotr Jankowski

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Long-term clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock according to the application and initiation time of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in South Korea

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Dae Young Hyun, Xiongyi Han, Seok Oh, Joon Ho Ahn, Seung Hun Lee, Kyung Hoon Cho, Min Chul Kim, Doo Sun Sim, Young Joon Hong, Ju Han Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Myung Ho Jeong

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Impaired coronary flow reserve in patients with poor type 2 diabetes control: Preliminary results from prospective microvascular dysfunction registry

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Łukasz Niewiara, Paweł Kleczyński, Bartłomiej Guzik, Piotr Szolc, Jakub Baran, Jakub Podolec, Marta Diachyshyn, Krzysztof Żmudka, Jacek Legutko

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Chosen laboratory markers as a determinant of COVID-19 severity

(Letters to the Editor — COVID-19)

Ihor Navolokin, Oleksandra Tuboltseva, Alla Navolokina

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Mild therapeutic hypothermia or targeted temperature management for cardiac arrest survivors?

(Letter to the Editor)

Jacek Kubica, Robert Gajda, Klaudiusz Nadolny

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Laser speckle contrast imaging to assess microcirculation

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Marcin Hellmann, Leszek Kalinowski, Jean-Luc Cracowski

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Hybrid method of large bore arterial access closure: Single-center initial experience based on percutaneous coronary artery interventions assisted with left ventricle support device

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Artur K. Pawlik, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Rafał Januszek, Paweł Kleczyński, Krzysztof Bartuś, Leszek Bryniarski, Jacek Legutko, Stanisław Bartuś

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Predictors of vessel quantitative flow ratio loss in patients with severely calcified lesions after rotational atherectomy

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Yu-he Zhou, Hai-mei Xu, Ying-ying Zhao, Jing-dong Zhu, Yu Xu, Hai-hua Xu, Yan-qing Wang, Ze-ping Hu

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The impact of first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 2019 pandemic in Poland on characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized due to stable coronary artery disease

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Justyna Jankowska-Sanetra, Krzysztof Sanetra, Marta Konopko, Monika Kutowicz, Magdalena Synak, Krzysztof Milewski, Paweł Kaźmierczak, Łukasz Kołtowski, Piotr P. Buszman

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Should targeted temperature management be used in cardiogenic shock patients? Systematic review and meta-analysis

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Adam Nieborek, Jerzy R. Ladny, Milosz J. Jaguszewski, Andrea Denegri, Aleksandra Sikora, Szymon Pucylo, Aleksandra Gasecka, Michal Pruc, Ivan Savytsky, Lukasz Szarpak

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Left atrial size predicts long-term outcome after balloon mitral valvuloplasty

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Michal Canetti, Rafael Kuperstein, Ido Cohen, Shir Raibman-Spector, Elad Maor, Ilan Hai, Israel M. Barbash, Ehud Regev, Adi Butnaru, Amit Segev, Victor Guetta, Paul Fefer

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Impact of heart failure on the clinical profile and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with rivaroxaban. Data from the EMIR study

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Manuel Anguita Sánchez, Francisco Marín, Jaime Masjuan, Juan Cosín-Sales, José Manuel Vázquez Rodríguez, Vivencio Barrios, Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, Iñaki Lekuona, Alejandro I. Pérez-Cabeza, Román Freixa-Pamias, Francisco Javier Parra Jimenez, Mohamed Monzer Khanji Khatib, Carles Rafols Priu, Marcelo Sanmartín Fernández

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Expression of miR-223 to predict outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

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Ceren Eyileten, Alicja Skrobucha, Miłosz Starczyński, Maria Boszko, Joanna Jarosz-Popek, Alex Fitas, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Janusz Kochman, Zenon Huczek, Bartosz Rymuza, Radosław Wilimski, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Jolanta M. Siller-Matula, Marek Postula, Aleksandra Gąsecka

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Automatic assessment of collateral physiology in chronic total occlusions by means of artificial intelligence

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Lili Liu, Fenghua Ding, Ying Shen, Shengxian Tu, Junqing Yang, Qiuyang Zhao, Miao Chu, Weifeng Shen, Ruiyan Zhang, Marco Zimarino, Gerald S. Werner, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico

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The role of cardiometabolic risk factors and endothelial dysfunction in serum albumin levels of patients with COVID-19

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Evangelos Oikonomou, Nektarios Souvaliotis, Stamatios Lampsas, Gerasimos Siasos, Panagiotis Theofilis, Emmanouil Korakas, Vaia Lambadiari, Ignatios Ikonomidis, Theodoros Pesiridis, Georgios Zakynthinos, Ourania Katsarou, Dimitris Tousoulis, Manolis Vavouranakis

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Proteomics analysis of coronary blood microparticles in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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Yiping Ma, Yujuan Yuan, Zulipiya Aili, Miribani Maitusong, Hao Li, Muyesai Nijiati

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The usefulness of His bundle pacing in a heterogeneous population of patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function

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Rafal Gardas, Krzysztof S. Golba, Danuta Loboda, Jolanta Biernat, Tomasz Soral, Piotr Kulesza, Mateusz Sajdok, Kamil Zub

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A novel technique of proximal optimization with kissing balloon inflation in bifurcation lesions

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Dobrin Vassilev, Niya Mileva, Panayot Panayotov, Despina Georgieva, Greta Koleva, Carlos Collet, Gianluca Rigatelli, Robert J. Gil

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The prognostic impact of therapeutic hypothermia after a sudden cardiac arrest in the course of myocardial infarction

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Agata Sobczyk, Witold Streb, Andrzej Świątkowski, Jacek Kowalczyk, Zbigniew Kalarus, Beata Średniawa

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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

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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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Catheter-directed therapy to treat intermediate- and high-risk pulmonary embolism: Personal experience and review of the literature

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Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Aleksandra Gasecka, Aleksander Kotulecki, Paulina Karolak, Aleksander Araszkiewicz, Szymon Darocha, Marcin Grabowski, Marcin Kurzyna

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The prognostic role of galectin-3 and endothelial function in patients with heart failure

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Vasiliki Tsigkou, Gerasimos Siasos, Evangelos Oikonomou, Marina Zaromitidou, Konstantinos Mourouzis, Stathis Dimitropoulos, Evanthia Bletsa, Nikolaos Gouliopoulos, Panagiota K. Stampouloglou, Maria-Evi Panoilia, Georgios Marinos, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Manolis Vavuranakis, Dimitris Tousoulis

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A survey study of the use of a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in various clinical scenarios by expert electrophysiologists in Poland

(Original articles)

Maciej Kempa, Barbara Opielowska-Nowak, Szymon Budrejko, Grzegorz Raczak

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Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients at high bleeding risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(Original articles)

Yan Han, Xiaohang Yuan, Xin Hu, Yan Fang, Mengting Jiang, Huanhuan Feng, Lei Gao

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Coffee and cardiac arrhythmias: Up-date review of the literature and clinical studies

(Review articles)

Stanisław Surma, Monika Romańczyk, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Gregory Y.H. Lip

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Impact of multivessel versus single-vessel disease on the association between low diastolic blood pressure and mortality after acute myocardial infarction with revascularization

(Original articles)

Min Kim, Dae-Hwan Bae, Ju Hee Lee, Dae In Lee, Sang Min Kim, Sang Yeub Lee, Jang-Whan Bae, Dong-Woon Kim, Myeong-Chan Cho, Jin Yong Hwang, Seok Kyu Oh, Kwang Soo Cha, Cheol Ung Choi, Hyeon Cheol Gwon, Myung Ho Jeong, Kyung-Kuk Hwang

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Atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients: An update on renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system pathway blockade as a therapeutic and prevention target

(Review articles)

Ioanna Koniari, Eleni Artopoulou, Virginia Mplani, Francesk Mulita, Evangelia Alexopoulou, Emmanouil Chourdakis, Mohammed Abo-Elseoud, Grigorios Tsigkas, Nicholas Kounis, Dimitrios Velissaris

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High-density lipoprotein cholesterol to apolipoprotein A-1 ratio is an important indicator predicting in-hospital death in patients with acute coronary syndrome

(Original articles)

Zhenjun Ji, Guiren Liu, Rui Zhang, Abdlay Carvalho, Jiaqi Guo, Wenjie Zuo, Xiaoguo Zhang, Yangyang Qu, Jie Lin, Ziran Gu, Yuyu Yao, Genshan Ma

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Complications of cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation: De novo implants versus upgrades

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Maciej Grymuza, Agnieszka Katarzyńska-Szymańska, Lidia Chmielewska-Michalak, Michał Waśniewski, Romuald Ochotny, Maciej Lesiak, Przemysław Mitkowski

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Left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with atrial fibrillation who underwent oral anticoagulation

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Jarosław Karwowski, Jerzy Rekosz, Renata Mączyńska-Mazuruk, Anna Wiktorska, Karol Wrzosek, Wioletta Loska, Katarzyna Szmarowska, Mateusz Solecki, Joanna Sumińska-Syska, Mirosław Dłużniewski

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Catheter-induced coronary artery and aortic dissections. A study of the mechanisms, risk factors, and propagation causes

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Jacek Klaudel, Michał Glaza, Barbara Klaudel, Wojciech Trenkner, Krzysztof Pawłowski, Marek Szołkiewicz

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

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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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Stabilization of unstable reentrant atrial tachycardias via fractionated continuous electrical activity ablation (CHAOS study)

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Eduardo Franco, Cristina Lozano Granero, Roberto Matía, Antonio Hernández-Madrid, Inmaculada Sánchez Pérez, José Luis Zamorano, Javier Moreno

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Predictive value of two different definitions of contrast-associated acute kidney injury for long-term major adverse kidney events in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

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Lian Chen, Xiaolei Wang, Qianyun Wang, Ding Ding, Wenlong Jiang, Zhengwen Ruan, Weifeng Zhang

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

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

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The impact of mild therapeutic hypothermia on platelet reactivity in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest with acute myocardial infarction treated with ticagrelor

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Julia M. Umińska, Jakub Ratajczak, Krzysztof Pstrągowski, Katarzyna Buszko, Klaudiusz Nadolny, Tomasz Fabiszak, Klemen Steblovnik, Marko Noč, Jacek Kubica

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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

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

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Speckle-tracking echocardiographic evaluation of the right ventricle in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction

(Original articles)

Dorota Smolarek, Wojciech Sobiczewski, Maria Dudziak, Marcin Hellmann

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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

(Original articles — Interventional cardiology)

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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Statins and the risk of pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 2,797,186 patients

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Eryka Karbowska, Damian Swieczkowski, Aleksandra Gasecka, Michal Pruc, Kamil Safiejko, Jerzy R. Ladny, Tomasz Kopiec, Milosz J. Jaguszewski, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Zubaid Rafique, Lukasz Szarpak

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Long-term outcomes and quality of life following implementation of dedicated mitral valve Heart Team decisions for patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation in tertiary cardiovascular care center

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Szymon Jonik, Michał Marchel, Ewa Pędzich-Placha, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Adam Rdzanek, Zenon Huczek, Janusz Kochman, Monika Budnik, Radosław Piątkowski, Piotr Ścisło, Janusz Kochanowski, Paweł Czub, Radosław Wilimski, Piotr Hendzel, Marcin Grabowski, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Grzegorz Opolski, Tomasz Mazurek

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Comparison of successful versus failed percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Dongfeng Zhang, Nan Nan, Yuguo Xue, Mingduo Zhang, Jinfan Tian, Changzhe Chen, Min Zhang, Xiantao Song

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Device-based antegrade dissection re-entry versus parallel wire techniques for the percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions

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Qing Qin, Shufu Chang, Rende Xu, Lei Ge, Juying Qian, Jianying Ma, Junbo Ge

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

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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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Different outcomes between iso-osmolar and low-osmolar contrast media in acute myocardial infarction with renal impairment

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Seok Oh, Ji Sung Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Joon Ho Ahn, Dae Young Hyun, Seung Hun Lee, Kyung Hoon Cho, Min Chul Kim, Doo Sun Sim, Young Joon Hong, Ju Han Kim, Myung Ho Jeong

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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

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

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Prognostic value of post-procedural μQFR for drug-coated balloons in the treatment of in-stent restenosis

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Lili Liu, Fenghua Ding, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico, Jinzhou Zhu, Zhengbin Zhu, Run Du, Zhenkun Yang, Jian Hu, Shengxian Tu, Ruiyan Zhang

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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

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

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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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Comprehensive appraisal of cardiac motion artefact in optical coherence tomography

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Miao Chu, Carlos Cortés, Lili Liu, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Hervás-Alonso, Bernd Reisbeck, Ruiyan Zhang, Shengxian Tu, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico

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Time to –30°C as a predictor of acute success during cryoablation in patients with atrial fibrillation

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Carlos Antonio Álvarez-Ortega, Miguel Angel Ruiz, César Solórzano-Guillén, Alberto Barrera, Jorge Toquero-Ramos, Jesús Daniel Martínez-Alday, Carlos Grande, José María Segura, Arcadio García-Alberola, Pablo Moriña-Vázquez, Ángel Ferrero-de-Loma-Osorio, Roger Villuendas, Rocío Cózar, Maria Fe Arcocha, Alicia Ibañez, Rafael Peinado

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Adiposity, fat depots and the prediction of stroke

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Maciej Haberka, Andrzej Kubicius, Monika Starzak, Małgorzata Patryka, Zbigniew Gąsior

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Inhibitors of sodium-glucose transport protein 2: A new multidirectional therapeutic option for heart failure patients

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Jacek Kubica, Aldona Kubica, Klaudyna Grzelakowska, Wioleta Stolarek, Zofia Grąbczewska, Piotr Michalski, Piotr Niezgoda, Stanisław Bartuś, Andrzej Budaj, Mariusz Dąbrowski, Jarosław Drożdż, Ryszard Gellert, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Piotr Jankowski, Jacek Legutko, Maciej Lesiak, Przemysław Leszek, Jolanta Małyszko, Przemysław Mitkowski, Jadwiga Nessler, Krzysztof Pawlaczyk, Jolanta Siller-Matula, Tomasz Stompór, Bogumił Wolnik, Eliano Pio Navarese

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Is transesophageal echocardiography necessary before electrical cardioversion in patients treated with non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants? Current evidence and practical approach

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Iwona Gorczyca, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Paweł Krzesiński, Agnieszka Major, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka

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Feasibility and outcome of the Rotapro system in treating severely calcified coronary lesions: The Rotapro study

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Mohamed Ayoub, Peter Tajti, Miroslaw Ferenc, Ibrahim Akin, Michael Behnes, Franz-Josef Neumann, Kambis Mashayekhi

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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

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Rafał A. 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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Colchicine — From rheumatology to the new kid on the block: Coronary syndromes and COVID-19

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Stanisław Surma, Marcin Basiak, Monika Romańczyk, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Bogusław Okopień

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Simplified coronary flow reserve calculations based on three-dimensional coronary reconstruction and intracoronary pressure data

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Benjamin Csippa, Áron Üveges, Dániel Gyürki, Csaba Jenei, Balázs Tar, Balázs Bugarin-Horváth, Gábor Tamás Szabó, András Komócsi, György Paál, Zsolt Kőszegi

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Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors versus angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers in patients with acute myocardial infarction and prediabetes after successful implantation of newer-generation drug-eluting stents

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Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Myung Ho Jeong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Sang-Ho Park, Seunghwan Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang

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Meta-analysis of chest compression-only versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation by bystanders for adult with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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Karol Bielski, Jacek Smereka, Jaroslaw Chmielewski, Michal Pruc, Francesco Chirico, Aleksandra Gasecka, Nataliia Litvinova, Milosz J. Jaguszewski, Grazyna Nowak-Starz, Zubaid Rafique, Frank W. Peacock, Lukasz Szarpak

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation results are not superimposable to surgery in patients with aortic stenosis at low surgical risk

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Maria Cristina Acconcia, Marco Alfonso Perrone, Domenico Sergi, Marco Di Luozzo, Massimo Marchei, Pasquale De Vico, Antonio Sili Scavalli, Giuseppe Pannarale, Marcello Chiocchi, Carlo Gaudio, Francesco Romeo, Quintilio Caretta, Francesco Barillà

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Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy as a novel strategy for balloon undilatable heavily calcified chronic total occlusion lesions

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Piotr Rola, Adrian Włodarczak, Mateusz Barycki, Maciej Pęcherzewski, Jan Jakub Kulczycki, Marek Szudrowicz, Artur Jastrzębski, Łukasz Furtan, Adrian Doroszko, Maciej Lesiak

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The efficacy and safety of quantitative flow ratio-guided complete revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: A pilot randomized controlled trial

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Jing Zhang, Mingyan Yao, Xinwei Jia, Huiping Feng, Jingjing Fu, Wei Tang, Hongliang Cong

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New scoring system for predicting percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion success: Impact of operator’s experience

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Mohsen Mohandes, Cristina Moreno, Mónica Fuertes, Sergio Rojas, Alberto Pernigotti, Diego Zambrano, Victor Doblas, Francisco Fernández, Jordi Guarinos, Alfredo Bardají

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Comparison of myocardial reperfusion between intracoronary versus intravenous cangrelor administration in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

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Iacopo Muraca, Matteo Pennesi, Alessio Mattesini, Angela Migliorini, Nazario Carrabba, Giacomo Virgili, Filippo Bruscoli, Pierluigi Demola, Riccardo Colombi, Giulia Pontecorboli, Niccolò Marchionni, Carlo Di Mario, Renato Valenti

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Distinctive characteristics of his bundle potentials in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

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Fu Guan, Ardan M. Saguner, Daniel Hofer, Thomas Wolber, Alexander Breitenstein, Nazmi Krasniqi, Urs Eriksson, Jan Steffel, Corinna Brunckhorst, Firat Duru

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Pseudo-discordance mimicking low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis in transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis

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Rafael Kuperstein, Michael Michlin, Israel Barbash, Israel Mazin, Yafim Brodov, Paul Fefer, Amit Segev, Victor Guetta, Elad Maor, Orly Goiten, Michael Arad, Micha S. Feinberg, Ehud Schwammenthal

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Modified ticagrelor loading doses according to the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein phosphorylation index improve the clinical outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients with high on-treatment platelet reactivity

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Yaling Liu, Sheng Kang, Xiaolin Li, Zhongwen Liu, Yang Gao, Xiaodong Wang

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Comparison of long-term clinical outcomes among zotarolimus-, everolimus-, and biolimus-eluting stents in acute myocardial infarction patients with renal impairment

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Seok Oh, Dae Young Hyun, Kyung Hoon Cho, Ju Han Kim, Myung Ho Jeong

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Incremental predictive value of the combined use of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and systolic blood pressure difference after successful drug-eluting stent implantation

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