COVID-19 — Toward a comprehensive understanding of the disease

Maciej M. Kowalik, Piotr Trzonkowski, Magdalena Łasińska-Kowara, Andrzej Mital, Tomasz Smiatacz, Miłosz Jaguszewski

Experts' Viewpoint

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Two-year longitudinal evaluation of a second-generation thin-strut sirolimus-eluting bioresorbable coronary scaffold with hybrid cell design in porcine coronary arteries

Pawel Gasior, Yanping Cheng, Jinggang Xia, Gerard B. Conditt, Jennifer C. McGregor, Renu Virmani, Juan F. Granada, Grzegorz L. Kaluza

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Echocardiographic assessment in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and normal systolic left ventricular function before and after catheter ablation: If AF begets AF, does pulmonary vein isolation terminate the vicious circle?

Aleksandra Liżewska-Springer, Alicja Dąbrowska-Kugacka, Ewa Lewicka, Tomasz Królak, Łukasz Drelich, Dariusz Kozłowski, Grzegorz Raczak

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TBC: A simple algorithm to rule out abnormalities in electrocardiograms of patients with pacemakers

Javier Higueras, Carmen Olmos, Julián Palacios-Rubio, Juan Carlos Gómez-Polo, Pedro Martínez-Losas, Virginia Ruiz-Pizarro, Ramón Bover, Julián Pérez-Villacastín

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The relationship between pulse waveform analysis indices, endothelial function and clinical outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease treated using percutaneous transluminal angioplasty during a one-year follow-up period

Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Paweł Maga, Rafał Niżankowski, Rafał Januszek, Marzena Frołow, Mikołaj Maga, Jolanta Kościelniak, Andrzej Belowski

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Diabetes and periprocedural outcomes in patients treated with rotablation during percutaneous coronary interventions

Rafał A. Januszek, Artur Dziewierz, Zbigniew Siudak, Tomasz Rakowski, Jacek Legutko, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Paweł Kleczyński, Dariusz Dudek, Stanisław Bartuś

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Transient receptor potential channel TRPV4 mediates TGF-β1-induced differentiation of human ventricular fibroblasts

Min-Soo Ahn, Young Woo Eom, Ji-Eun Oh, Seung-Kuy Cha, Kyu Sang Park, Jung-Woo Son, Jun-Won Lee, Young Jin Youn, Sung Gyun Ahn, Jang-Young Kim, Seung-Hwan Lee, Junghan Yoon, Byung-Su Yoo

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Inhibitors of the renin–angiotensin system: The potential role in the pathogenesis of COVID-19

Ziyin Huang, Yufeng Jiang, Jingjing Chen, Yafeng Zhou

Review Article

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COVID-19 challenge for modern medicine

Tomasz Dzieciatkowski, Lukasz Szarpak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Milosz Jaguszewski, Jerzy R. Ladny, Jacek Smereka

Review Article

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension in the elderly: Clinical perspectives

Nicholas Rothbard, Abhinav Agrawal, Conrad Fischer, Arunabh Talwar, Sonu Sahni

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SAPIEN 3 Ultra — Design and procedural features of a new balloon-expandable valve

Radosław Parma, Damian Hudziak, Grzegorz Smolka, Radosław Gocoł, Andrzej Ochała, Wojciech Wojakowski

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Laser Doppler flowmetry to assess myocardial microcirculation

Jakub Piotrowski, Lech Anisimowicz, Marcin Hellmann

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Successful management of arteriovenous fistula after coronary catheterization via the snuffbox approach

Łukasz Koziński, Alicja Dąbrowska-Kugacka, Zbigniew Orzalkiewicz

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First-in-man intravascular ultrasound guidance of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation

Łukasz Kalińczuk, Katarzyna Biernacka, Witold Rużyłło, Marcin Demkow

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Histopathologically confirmed very late stent thrombosis associated with stent fracture after implantation of first-generation drug eluting stent

Takao Konishi, Naohiro Funayama, Tadashi Yamamoto, Daisuke Hotta, Yuta Kobayashi, Hirokazu Komoriyama, Yoshiya Kato, Kazunori Omote, Takuma Sato, Kiwamu Kamiya, Toshiyuki Nagai, Shinya Tanaka, Toshihisa Anzai

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Recurrent myocardial infarction caused by peripartum left main spontaneous coronary artery dissection, extending to the left anterior descending artery and left circumflex artery

Géraldine Godin, Juan F. Iglesias, Stéphane Noble, Marco Roffi, Sophie Degrauwe

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Migrated remnant bioresorbable scaffolds in a left main bifurcation lesion: Insights from optical coherence tomography

Jongkwon Seo, Yongcheol Kim, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Deok-Kyu Cho, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang

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‘Windsock’ type atrial septal aneurysm in an adult causing paradoxical embolism

Dibbendhu Khanra, Pradyot Tiwari, Shishir Soni, Anindya Mukherjee

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The role of three-dimensional computed tomography angiography in accurate characterization of multiple pulmonary stenosis

Rita Marinheiro, Duarte Martins, Ines Mendes, Rui Anjos

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Isolated right atrial appendage thrombus in transoesophageal echocardiogram before invasive intervention

Juan Asensio-Nogueira, Luis F. Iglesias-Alonso

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in COVID-19

Jacek Smereka, Mateusz Puslecki, Kurt Ruetzler, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Milosz Jaguszewski, Jerzy R. Ladny, Lukasz Szarpak

Letter to the Editor

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Cloth masks versus medical masks for COVID-19 protection

Lukasz Szarpak, Jacek Smereka, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Jerzy R. Ladny, Milosz Jaguszewski

Letter to the Editor

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Moderate to severe ischemic mitral regurgitation: More data to guide the choice. Why not consider the use of subvalvular repair?

Antonio Nenna, Massimo Chello, Francesco Nappi

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Subannular repair for moderate to severe ischemic mitral regurgitation: Still a long way to go. Authors’ reply

Baotong Li, Hansong Sun

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