Carotid plaque characteristics and stroke risks: More questions — or more answers?

Piotr Musiałek, Łukasz Tekieli, Anna Podlasek

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Editorial

Nutritional state, inflammation and TAVI outcomes. Just prognostic factors or a call to action?

Manuel Martínez-Sellés

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Editorial

A brief history and clinical use of robotic procedures in the cardiovascular system

Robert J Gil, Rafael Beyar, Michael Haude

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Review paper

Coronary microvascular dysfunction in angina and non-obstructive coronary arteries: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, novel markers and therapy

Domenico Galante, Giulia La Vecchia, Antonio Maria Leone, Filippo Crea

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Review paper

MRI- and CT-derived carotid plaque characteristics and stroke: Insights from the ANTIQUE study

David Pakizer, David Netuka, Tomáš Hrbáč, Jiří Vrána, František Charvát, Tomáš Jonszta, Petra Kešnerová, Roman Herzig, Tomáš Heryán, Kateřina Langová, David Školoudík

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Original article

The performance of the NAPLES prognostic score in predicting one-year mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis

Mesut Gitmez, Tuncay Güzel, Mehmet Kis, Ferhat Coskun, Mehmet Ali İsik, Adem Aktan, Raif Kilic, Muhammed Demir, Faruk Ertas

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Original article

Application of machine learning in predicting postoperative arrhythmia following transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects

Lintao Yan, Yuan Meng, Hongjie Sun, Xinlei Liu, Bo Han

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Original article

Percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock

Mariusz Gąsior, Mateusz Tajstra, Marek Deja, Robert Gil, Jerzy Pacholewicz, Stanisław Bartuś, Marek Jasiński, Marek Gierlotka, Romuald Cichoń, Adam Witkowski, Jan Rogowski, Dariusz Dudek, Zdzisław Tobota, Wojciech Wojakowski, Kazimierz Widenka, Krzysztof Milewski, Bohdan Maruszewski, Janina Stępińska, Grzegorz Hirnle, Jacek Legutko, Piotr Suwalski, Przemysław Trzeciak, Piotr Przybyłowski, Tomasz Hrapkowicz

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Original article

Allergic reactions during coronary angiography or PCI in Poland: Occurrence, trends, and long-term perspective based on the Polish ORPKI registry

Karol Kaziród-Wolski, Michał Zabojszcz, Paulina Jaskulska, Natalia Dardzińska, Ewa Strzelczyk, Krzysztof P Malinowski, Janusz Sielski, Zbigniew Siudak

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Original article

Rationale, objectives, and design of the HEart failuRe ObsErvational Study of the Polish Cardiac Society (HEROES)

Jarosław Drożdż, Robert Morawiec, Marcin Drozd, Paweł Krzesiński, Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon, Marcin Grabowski, Przemysław Leszek, Marek Kuch, Jarosław D Kasprzak, Marianna Janion, Marcin Gruchała, Agnieszka Pawlak, Jadwiga Nessler, Piotr Pruszczyk, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Przemysław Mitkowski, Marek Gierlotka, Mariusz Gąsior, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Jarosław Kaźmierczak, Adam Witkowski, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Maciej Niewada, Grzegorz Opolski, Lech Poloński, Ewa A Jankowska, Aldo Maggioni, John McMurray, Andrew Coats, Marco Metra, Giuseppe Rosano, Petar Seferovic, Piotr Ponikowski

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Short communication

Transesophageal echocardiography in corroborating aortic stenosis severity in patients with low-gradient aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction

Patrycjusz Stokłosa, Anna Stec-Gola, Dariusz Zakrzewski, Anna Jasińska, Małgorzata Nieznańska, Ilona Kowalik, Ilona Michałowska, Tomasz Hryniewiecki

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Short communication

Heart failure epidemiology and outcomes in Poland from 2010 to 2021: A marked decline in HF hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic

Marta Załęska-Kocięcka, Krzysztof Podwojcic, Zuzanna Wojdyńska, Michał Zakrzewski, Małgorzata Celińska-Spodar, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Przemysław Leszek

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Short communication

Single Perclose ProGlide vs. figure-of-eight suture technique for closure of large-bore sheaths in venous transcatheter procedures

Yassin Belahnech, Bruno García del Blanco, Gerard Martí-Aguasca, Rosa Vila-Olives, Vicenç Serra, Eduard Ródenas-Alesina, Andrea Monastyrski, Ignacio Ferreira-González

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Short communication

Is etiology the dominant modifier of prognosis in all heart failure phenotypes?

Tomasz M Rywik, Roman Topór-Mądry, Anna Drohomirecka, Hubert Łazarczyk, Agnieszka Doryńska

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Short communication

Initial experience with transvenous lead extraction in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Andrzej Ząbek, Krzysztof Boczar, Katarzyna Holcman, Magdalena Kostkiewicz, Mateusz Ulman, Anna Rydlewska, Karolina Golińska-Grzybała, Maciej Dębski, Jacek Lelakowski, Karol Wierzbicki

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Short communication

EP-Heart Team approach with sinus node sparing ablation for complex inappropriate sinus tachycardia and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A first experience in Central Europe

Sebastian Stec, Piotr Suwalski, Carlo de Asmundis, Mark La Meir, Agnieszka Reichert, Aleksandra Wilczek-Banc, Bartosz Szkaradek, Mariusz Kowalewski

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Atrial tachycardia during pregnancy: Postnatal treatment

Julia Woźniak, Agnieszka Wojdyła-Hordyńska, Anastazja Murawska, Grzegorz Hordyński, Marek Gierlotka

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Swan–Ganz catheter-induced pulmonary artery rupture with massive bronchial hemorrhage treated by implantation of cover stents

Sylwia Sławek-Szmyt, Aleksander Araszkiewicz, Marek Grygier, Paweł Sobczyński, Zbigniew Krasiński, Maciej Lesiak

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Long road to success. Endocardial radiofrequency ablation of septal hypertrophy using three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping guided by echocardiography in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and severe aortic stenosis

Dorota Żmudzińska, Krzysztof Ściborski, Paweł Szymkiewicz, Marek Mak, Artur Telichowski, Dorota Kustrzycka-Kratochwil, Adrian Doroszko, Waldemar Banasiak, Krystian Josiak

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Severe bicuspid aortic valve regurgitation with ascending aortic aneurysm in a 53-year-old female patient with Turner syndrome

Kamil Banasik, Dominika Kowalczyk, Rafał Celiński, Marcin Łubiarz, Ewa Kurys-Denis

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

A persistent cough after cryoballoon ablation as an initial symptom of Bordetella pertussis respiratory tract infection

Irena Jodkowska, Paulina Trębińska, Radosław Ł Gortych, Michał M Farkowski

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Orthotopic liver transplantation due to primary biliary cholangitis in a patient with ventricular septal defect: A cardiological perspective

Tomasz Cader, Edyta Karpeta, Krzysztof Jankowski, Wojciech Lisik, Piotr Pruszczyk, Katarzyna Kurnicka

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Cor medusae trinity: Unraveling congenital coronary artery fistula complications through multimodality imaging

Bruno Bragança, Rafaela G Lopes, Inês Oliveira, Isabel Cruz, Glória Abreu, Adriana Pereira, Jorge Casanova, João Azevedo, Aurora Andrade

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Right atrial anomalous muscle bundle. Clinical implications

Maciej K Michałowski, Maria Sudomir, Tomasz Oleksiuk, Paweł Tyczyński, Ilona Michałowska

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Leadless pacing combined with extraction of an infected epicardial single chamber pacemaker in an 11-year-old girl

Maciej Kempa, Przemysław Mitkowski, Rafał Pawlaczyk, Radosław Jaworski, Szymon Budrejko, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Grzegorz Romanowicz, Joanna Kwiatkowska

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Clinical vignette

Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque and iron homeostasis: the role of intraplaque erythrophagocytosis, ferroptosis, and heme oxygenase-1 overexpression

Paweł Rostoff, Anna Patrycja Majda, Grzegorz Gajos

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Letter to the Editor

A hope to save Esperanza. Robert Bartlett and the 50th anniversary of the first neonatal ECMO patient

Magdalena Mazurak

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

In memoriam

Guidelines for the management of hypertension in Poland 2024 — the position paper of the Polish Society of Hypertension and Polish Cardiac Society experts

Aleksander Prejbisz, Piotr Dobrowolski, Adrian Doroszko, Agnieszka Olszanecka, Agnieszka Tycińska, Andrzej Tykarski, Marcin Adamczak, Beata Begier-Krasińska, Marzena Chrostowska, Grzegorz Dzida, Krzysztof J Filipiak, Zbigniew Gaciong, Dariusz Gąsecki, Marek Gierlotka, Marcin Grabowski, Tomasz Grodzicki, Piotr Jankowski, Karol Kamiński, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Aneta Klotzka, Dariusz Kozłowski, Przemysław Leszek, Jacek Lewandowski, Mieczysław Litwin, Łukasz Obrycki, Artur Mamcarz, Przemysław Mitkowski, Beata Naumnik, Marek Rajzer, Janina Stępińska, Katarzyna Stolarz‑Skrzypek, Anna Szyndler, Anna Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Marcin Wełnicki, Barbara Wizner, Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Waldemar Banasiak, Andrzej Januszewicz, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Andrzej Więcek, Adam Witkowski, Robert Gil, Jacek Wolf

Vol 83, No 3 (2025)

Expert opinion