Posttraumatic acute myocardial infarction. Is angioplasty of an occluded artery always the best option? Always be ready for alternative scenarios

Michał Balak, Wojciech Pawliszak, Marcin Walukiewicz, Aleksandra Balak, Grzegorz Grześk

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Established machine learning models to predict readmission for elderly patients with ischemic heart disease

Xuewu Sing, Feng Xian, Changyu Zhu, Yi Luo, Yilong Liu, Qing Wen, Rongsheng Tong

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A new perspective on aortic pressure for transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus in the pediatric population

Oksana Trębacz, Piotr Weryński, Wojciech Tarała, Marcin Rak, Jacek Podlewski, Katarzyna Szafarz, Agnieszka Malinowska-Weryńska, Andrzej Gackowski

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Benefits from catheter ablation in patients with pulmonary hypertension: Recent advances

Stepan Havranek, Zdenka Fingrova, Milan Dusik, Vladimir Dytrych, David Ambroz, Pavel Jansa

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Polish Heart Journal (Kardiol Pol) is the best Polish cardiology journal in 2024

Anetta Undas

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Multimodality imaging in multifocal biatrial masses: Differential diagnosis

Fabiola Sozzi, Laura Iacuzio, Eleonora Gnan, Franck Levy, Armand Eker, Ciro Canetta, Massimiliano Ruscica, Stefano Carugo

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Preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: Gender versus other factors

Mesut Engin, Senol Yavuz

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Isolated sinus of Valsalva aneurism presenting with dyspnea revealed by multimodality imaging

Djordje Ilić, Snežana Stojšić, Nikola Komazec, Milenko Rosić, Ranko Zdravković, Golub Samardžija, Aleksandra Milovančev, Aleksandra Ilić

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The DOAC score is associated with elevated growth differentiation factor 15 and 3-nitrotyrosine in atrial fibrillation: prediction of bleeding at one-year follow-up

Patrycja Mołek-Dziadosz, Joanna Natorska, Krzysztof P Malinowski, Maria Olszowska, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Andrzej Surdacki, Marek Rajzer, Stanisław Bartuś, Paweł T Matusik, Renata Rajtar-Salwa, Aleksandra Lenart-Migdalska, Anetta Undas, Michał Ząbczyk

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Management of side branch stenosis with pre-dilatation in coronary bifurcation disease. Author’s reply

Dobrin Vassilev, Niya Mileva, Panayot Panayotov, Gianluca Rigatelli, Robert J Gil

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Letter to the Editor

Biannular atrioventricular valve disjunction as a potential cause of ventricular remodeling and subsequent cardiac arrest

Agata Krawczyk-Ożóg, Bernadeta Chyrchel, Mateusz K Hołda, Jakub Batko, Barbara Zdzierak, Andrzej Surdacki, Stanisław Bartuś

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Magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy in aging patients with cardiac implantable pacemakers: A retrospective pilot study

Jiaxin Li, Li Li, Yueyuan Li, Long Chen, Hongmei Jiao, Meilin Liu

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Comprehensive assessment of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome: Novel tools for assessment of cardiovascular risk and kidney outcomes in long-term kidney transplant patients

Krzysztof Batko, Anna Sączek, Małgorzata Banaszkiewicz, Jolanta Małyszko, Ewa Koc-Żórawska, Marcin Żórawski, Karolina Niezabitowska, Katarzyna Siek, Alina Bętkowska-Prokop, Jacek A Małyszko, Marcin Krzanowski, Katarzyna Krzanowska

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Long-term outcomes following paclitaxel-coated balloons versus thin-strut drug eluting stents for treatment of in-stent restenosis in Chronic Coronary Syndrome (CCS Dragon-Registry)

Wojciech Wańha, Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Łukasz Kuźma, Rafał Januszek, Sylwia Iwańczyk, Brunon Tomasiewicz, Piotr Brzozowski, Piotr Niezgoda, Mariusz Kowalewski, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Maciej Wybraniec, Mariusz Tomaniak, Patryk Pindlowski, Janusz Kochman, Piotr Kubler, Sławomir Dobrzycki, Stanisław Bartuś, Maciej Lesiak, Mariusz Gąsior, Adam Witkowski, Jacek Kubica, Robert J Gil, Bernardo Cortese, Wojciech Wojakowski, Rafał Wolny

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Systemic inflammation and arrhythmogenesis in the context of major cardiac surgeries: A glimpse into further implications

Kenan Yalta, Ugur Ozkan, Tulin Yalta, Ertan Yetkın

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Letter to the Editor

Single-chamber leadless pacemaker Aveir VR implantation: pioneer experience in Poland. Insights from a multicenter national registry: A preliminary report

Maciej Sterliński, Krzysztof Boczar, Andrzej Ząbek, Michał Lewandowski, Paweł Syska, Andrzej Przybylski, Janusz Romanek, Artur Oręziak, Joanna Zakrzewska-Koperska, Przemysław Mitkowski, Lidia Chmielewska-Michalak, Marcin Michalak, Marcin Grabowski, Radosław Lenarczyk, Zbigniew Kalarus, Adam Sokal, Łukasz Szumowski, Mariusz Gąsior, Mateusz Tajstra

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Growth differentiation factor-15 and routine laboratory parameters are associated with one-year mortality in patients with end-stage heart failure undergoing heart transplantation evaluation

Wioletta Szczurek-Wasilewicz, Oliwia Warmusz, Michał Skrzypek, Andrzej Karmański, Michał Jurkiewicz, Piotr Wyrobiec, Mariusz Gąsior, Bożena Szyguła-Jurkiewicz

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Sex differences in long-term survival following cardiac surgery in patients with underlying atrial fibrillation

Łukasz Kuźma, Mariusz Kowalewski, Karol Gostomczyk, Radosław Litwinowicz, Anna Kurasz, Marek Jasiński, Kazimierz Widenka, Tomasz Hirnle, Marek Deja, Krzysztof Bartuś, Roberto Lorusso, Zdzisław Tobota, Bohdan Maruszewski, Piotr Suwalski, on behalf of KROK Investigators

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Neutrophil to extracellular traps as an early marker of right ventricular dilatation in patients with left ventricular assist device

Tomasz Urbanowicz, Ewelina Wojtasińska, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Krzysztof J Filipiak, Małgorzata Ładzińska, Jędrzej Sikora, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Andrzej Tykarski, Marek Jemielity, Joanna Rupa-Matysek

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Marinade technique: A strategy for thrombus burden reduction in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome

María Fumanal-Gracia, Pablo Revilla-Martí, Jose Antonio Linares-Vicente, Julia Pilar Asensio-Alonso, Elena Alarcia-Salas, Jose Ramón Ruiz-Arroyo

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Evaluation of the severity of right to left shunt in PFO patients after systemic embolism (MEASURE-PFO study). Design of the study

Josef Stasek, Josef Bis, Jaroslav Dusek, Karel Medilek, Jiri Dostal, Marian Branny, Jan Mrozek, Martin Porzer, Martin Mates, Karel Kopriva, Michael Zelizko, Vladimir Karmazin, Martin Poloczek, Petr Kala, Tomas Kovarnik, David Zemanek, Ales Linhart, Petr Parizek, on behalf of the MEASURE-PFO Investigators

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Cardiac complications following non-cardiac surgery: A call for interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration

Christian Mueller, Mirjam Pargger

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Editorial

Oxidative stress and atherosclerosis: Basic and clinical open issues

Francesco Violi, Pasquale Pignatelli, Emanuele Valeriani

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Editorial

From pneumonia to two cardiac surgeries: Aortic valve endocarditis complicated by aortic root abscess, atrioventricular block and postoperative left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Maria Łoboz-Rudnicka, Roman Przybylski, Maciej Bochenek, Karol Janas, Krystian Truszkiewicz, Joanna Jaroch

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Acute safety and efficacy of pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation in a Polish cohort of patients

Michał Orczykowski, Piotr Urbanek, Robert Bodalski, Łukasz Kalińczuk, Andrzej Głowniak, Grzegorz Warmiński, Andrzej Hasiec, Krzysztof Dubowski, Jakub Malinowski, Adam Szymon Sukiennik, Anna Maraszek, Maria Bilińska, Łukasz Szumowski

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Short communication