Vol 82, No 2 (2024)
Published online: 2024-02-29
Editorial
Editorial

Implantable-cardioverter defibrillators and COVID-19: A complicated relationship

Selcuk Adabag, Laith Alhuneafat

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Editorial

Pubmed: 38374783
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):141-143.
Review article
Review paper

Aortic valve and arterial calcification in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Małgorzata Waluś-Miarka, Anna Polus, Barbara Idzior-Waluś

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Review paper

Pubmed: 38348620
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):144-155.
Original article
Original article

Outcomes for patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillators admitted to the Emergency Department due to electrical shock during the pre-pandemic and COVID-19 era

Bartosz Biel, Przemysław Skoczyński, Bruno Hrymniak, Rafał Jakobson, Wiktor Kuliczkowski, Marta Obremska, Janusz Sokołowski, Dorota Zyśko, Waldemar Banasiak, Dariusz Jagielski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Original article

Pubmed: 38230463
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):156-165.
Original article

Impact of chronic total occlusion on prognosis in cardiogenic shock due to unprotected left main coronary artery culprit lesion. Insights from the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Mateusz Tajstra, Leszek Bryniarski, Kamil Bujak, Krzysztof Wilczek, Robert Gil, Sławomir Dobrzycki, Wojciech Wojakowski, Jacek Legutko, Marek Gierlotka, Mariusz Gąsior

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Original article

Pubmed: 38493472
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):166-174.
Original article

Is the 2016 ESC diagnostic algorithm useful for assessing the prevalence of chronic heart failure in population-based studies?

Aleksandra Puch-Walczak, Katarzyna Kunicka, Kacper Jagiełło, Ewa Puzio, Hanna Jankowska, Piotr Hoffman, Maria Dudziak, Krzysztof Kuziemski, Wojciech Drygas, Tomasz Zdrojewski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Original article

Pubmed: 38374779
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):175-182.
Original article

First-year follow-up costs of myocardial infarction management in Poland from the payer’s perspective

Anna Skowrońska, Siamala Sinnadurai, Paweł Teisseyre, Patrycja Gryka, Agnieszka Doryńska, Magdalena Dzierwa, Mariusz Gąsior, Marcin Grabowski, Karol Kamiński, Jarosław D Kasprzak, Jacek Kubica, Maciej Lesiak, Bartosz Szafran, Mariusz Wójcik, Jarosław Pinkas, Radosław Sierpiński, Ryszard Gellert, Piotr Jankowski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Original article

Pubmed: 38348614
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):183-191.
Original article

Do children with asymptomatic ventricular preexcitation have similar quality of life as healthy children?

Emilia Szafran, Michał Bartecki, Anna Bukowska-Posadzy, Artur Baszko, Jarosław Walkowiak, Waldemar Bobkowski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Original article

Pubmed: 38493473
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):192-199.
Short communication
Short communication

Coronary Artery Ectasia Database — Poland (CARED-POL). The rationale and design of the multicenter nationwide registry

Sylwia Iwańczyk, Konrad Stępień, Patrycja Woźniak, Aleksander Araszkiewicz, Mateusz Podolec, Jarosław Zalewski, Jadwiga Nessler, Maciej Lesiak

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Short communication

Pubmed: 38230467
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):200-202.
Short communication

Aggressive lipid-lowering treatment in Managed Care after Acute Myocardial Infarction (MC-AMI) patients: Results better but still not satisfactory. A single-center prospective analysis

Andrzej Kułach, Piotr Wieczorek, Dagmara Urbańczyk-Świć, Maciej Turski, Michał Wita, Małgorzata Grabarczyk, Krystian Wita

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Short communication

Pubmed: 38230466
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):203-205.
Short communication

Optimal hospital discharge time after cardiac implantable electronic device implantation: A retrospective study from a tertiary electrotherapy center

Grzegorz Sławiński, Piotr Zieleniewicz, Mikołaj Młyński, Szymon Budrejko, Tomasz Królak, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Maciej Kempa

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Short communication

Pubmed: 37718580
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):206-209.
Short communication

New-onset acute heart failure: Clinical profile and one-year outcomes. Observations from the OP-AHF Registry

Kacper Wójcicki, Helena Krysztofiak, Klaudia Dąbrowska, Damian Chruścicki, Krzysztof Nalewajko, Piotr Feusette, Marek Gierlotka, Joanna Płonka

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Short communication

Pubmed: 38230468
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):210-213.
Short communication

Genetic background assessment with whole exome sequencing in a giant coronary artery ectasia: A pilot study

Anna Matrejek, Konrad Stępień, Karol Nowak, Sylwia Iwańczyk, Agnieszka Pollak, Rafał Płoski, Tomasz Miszalski-Jamka, Mateusz Podolec, Jadwiga Nessler, Jarosław Zalewski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Short communication

Pubmed: 37997853
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):214-216.
Short communication

Incidence and prevalence of cardiomyopathies in Poland and outcomes for patients in the years 2016–2020

Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Przemysław Leszek, Urszula Cegłowska, Anna Wiśniewska, Kacper Hałgas, Maciej Wybraniec, Olaf Pachciński, Maria Stec, Daniel Cieśla, Mariusz Gąsior, Jacek Grzybowski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Short communication

Pubmed: 38230471
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):217-219.
Clinical vignette
Clinical vignette

Acute purulent pericarditis complicated by cardiac tamponade in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus

Artur Sufryd, Andrzej Kubicius, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Maciej T Wybraniec

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 37718585
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):220-221.
Clinical vignette

Acute single leaflet detachment following implantation of a PASCAL PRECISION P-10 device and its management

Aleksandra Mioduszewska, Zbigniew Chmielak, Bohdan Firek, Jerzy Pręgowski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 37718584
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):224-225.
Clinical vignette

Slow flow in ectatic dilated coronary arteries as the cause of sudden cardiac arrest during diagnostic coronary angiography

Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec, Maciej Południewski, Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska, Sławomir Dobrzycki

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 37997829
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):226-227.
Clinical vignette

Inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and intramyocardial dissecting hematoma following blunt chest trauma

Marcin Książczyk, Tomasz Wcisło, Izabela Warchoł, Iwona Karcz-Socha, Tomasz Grycewicz, Michał Plewka

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 37997833
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):228-230.
Clinical vignette

A rare case of intravascular leiomyomatosis from the ovarian vein to the right atrium in an asymptomatic woman

Jiri Pagac, Vladimir Cerny, Jaroslav Lindner, Bui Quang Hiep

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 38230480
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):231-232.
Clinical vignette

Insidious infective endocarditis: Should we use positron emission tomography more often?

Magdalena Sitnik, Katarzyna Cienszkowska, Małgorzata Kobylecka, Piotr Sobieraj

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 37768022
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):233-234.
Clinical vignette

The effect of comprehensive management of heart failure in adult with systemic right ventricle

Paweł Skorek, Krzysztof Boczar, A Ząbek, N Bajorek, E Sobieraj, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 38230481
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):235-236.
Clinical vignette

Aortic root aneurysm in a patient with Marfan syndrome and D-transposition of the great arteries

Jacek Kuźma, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Katarzyna Szymańska-Beta, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Razan Nossier, Michał Buczyński

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 37997852
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):237-238.
Clinical vignette

An unusual long-term follow-up of a patient with a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after myocardial infarction

Jowita Zachwyc, Małgorzata Kobusiak-Prokopowicz, Maciej Guziński, Wiktor Kuliczkowski

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Pubmed: 37997830
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):239-240.
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor

Current practice of care for adolescent and adult patients after Fontan surgery in Poland: Heart transplantation

Jacek Białkowski, Piotr Przybyłowski, Tomasz Hrapkowicz, Szymon Pawlak

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Letter to the Editor

Pubmed: 38230490
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):241.
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor

Sudden cardiac arrest in the setting of coronary artery ectasia: Mechanistic and clinical perspectives

Kenan Yalta, Orkide Palabıyık

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Letter to the Editor

Pubmed: 38230491
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):243-244.
Letter to the Editor

Sudden cardiac arrest in the setting of coronary artery ectasia: Mechanistic and clinical perspectives. Author’s reply

Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec, Maciej Południewski, Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska, Sławomir Dobrzycki

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Letter to the Editor

Pubmed: 38230492
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):245-246.
Expert opinion and position paper
Expert opinion

Identification and therapy for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: An expert opinion of the Heart Failure Association of the Polish Cardiac Society

Małgorzata Lelonek, Agnieszka Pawlak, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Jadwiga Nessler, Paweł Rubiś

Vol 82, No 2 (2024)

Expert opinion

Pubmed: 38230496
Pol Heart J 2024;82(2):247-254.



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