Postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary bypass surgery: Where should a cardiac surgeon stand?

Mesut Engin

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Letter to the Editor

Cutting balloon inflation for the bail-out management of coronary artery dissections: A promising option. Author’s reply

Barbara Zdzierak, Agata Krawczyk-Ożóg, Wojciech Zasada, Stanisław Bartuś, Artur Dziewierz

Vol 82, No 5 (2024)

Letter to the Editor

Multi-inflammatory index as a novel predictor of new-onset atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Ahmet Yuksel, Yusuf Velioglu, Mustafa Selcuk Atasoy, Ayhan Muduroglu, Orcun Gurbuz, Mustafa Aldemir, Serkan Burc Deser, Demir Cetintas, Ali Onder Kilic, Serdar Badem

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Hypertension in the Polish elderly: Insights into prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control from the NOMED-AF study

Piotr Zieleniewicz, Łukasz Wierucki, Zbigniew Kalarus, Jakub Stokwiszewski, Tomasz Grodzicki, Grzegorz Opolski, Adam Sokal, Tomasz Zdrojewski

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Original article

Women in leading positions among authors in cardiology papers: Is the gender gap closing?

Małgorzata Konieczyńska, Elżbieta Paszek, Maciej Polak, Anetta Undas

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Short communication

Veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in complicated balloon pulmonary angioplasty

Kamil Jonas, Klaudia Zaczyńska, Emilia Lis, Anna Tyrka, Marcin Waligóra, Jakub Stępniewski, Mateusz Czapski, Hubert Hymczak, Grzegorz Kopeć

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Clinical vignette

High-risk PCI facilitated by levosimendan infusion and Impella CP support in ACS cohort-pilot study

Karol Turkiewicz, Piotr Rola, Jan Jakub Kulczycki, Szymon Włodarczak, Artur Jastrzębski, Maciej Pęcherzewski, Łukasz Furtan, Mateusz Barycki, Adrian Doroszko, Adrian Włodarczak, Maciej Lesiak

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Exercise-induced hypertension after aortic coarctation repair: Our experience and a systematic review

Polona Kačar, Nejc Pavšič, Katja Prokšelj

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Original article

Nearly half a century of cardiac pacing evolution: A patient’s journey through epicardial, transvenous, and leadless pacemakers

Bartłomiej Wróbel, Mariusz Wójcik, Jakub Karpiak, Andrzej Przybylski

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Provisional stenting technique in the left main bifurcation setting: Computational fluid dynamics and optical coherence tomography pilot study in humans

Marek Milewski, Evelyn Linyi Koh, Paweł Gąsior, Shaoliang Shawn Lian, Zhu Yinling, Tomasz Pawłowski, Nicolas Foin, Elvin Khedi, Wojciech Wojakowski, Hui Ying Ang

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Short communication

Creation of a secondary fenestration in the inferior vena cava stump with Occlutech Atrial Flow Regulator implantation in a Fontan patient

Rafał Surmacz, Anna Mazurek-Kula, Joanna Młodawska, Paweł Dryżek, Tomasz Moszura

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Uncommon case of prosthetic valve endocarditis and evolution of a paravalvular abscess

Dimitrios Afendoulis, Maria Moutafi, Michail Ampeliotis, Stamatios Vougazianos, Dimitrios Stoupakis, Konstantinos Perreas, Matthaios Didagelos, Athanasios Kartalis

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Peak frequency analysis and differentiation between near-field and far-field electrograms of the ventricular tachycardia circuit leads to successful ablation of arrhythmia

Jakub Malinowski, Jan Ciszewski, Mariusz Pytkowski, Aleksander Maciąg

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Association between self-reported functional capacity measures and postoperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing noncardiac surgeries

Kamil Polok, Giovanna Lurati Buse, Eckhard Mauermann, Daniela Ionescu, Jakub Fronczek, Stefan De Hert, Miodrag Filipovic, Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Judith van Waes, Hans-Jörg Gillmann, Cornelia Schultze, Katarzyna Kotfis, Simon J Howell, Dorota Studzińska, Florian Espeter, Mona Jung-König, Jan Larmann, Wojciech Szczeklik, the METREPAIR investigators

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Original article

The public health burden of cardiomyopathies: A call for action

Daniele Masarone, Luigi Falco

Vol 82, No 5 (2024)

Editorial

Cutting balloon inflation for the bail-out management of coronary artery dissections: A promising option

Kenan Yalta, Ugur Ozkan, Cihan Ozturk, Caglar Kaya, Ertan Yetkin

Vol 82, No 5 (2024)

Letter to the Editor

The impact of using SGLT-2 inhibitor on left ventricular longitudinal strain and NT-proBNP levels during six-month follow-up in diabetic patients with and without coronary artery disease with preserved ejection fraction

Halil Ibrahim Biter, Sinem Cakal, Beytullah Cakal, Ziya Aapaydin, Ali Yasar Kilinc, Huseyin Oguz, Sinan Yildiz, Hasan Ogur, Erdal Belen, Emel Simsek

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Original article

Elevated carbonylated proteins are associated with major cardiovascular events in patients with chronic coronary syndrome: A cohort study

Krystian Mróz, Elżbieta Paszek, Mateusz Baran, Michał Ząbczyk, Saulius Butenas, Anetta Undas

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Original article

Transesophageal echocardiography before atrial fibrillation ablation: to do or not to do?

Antonio Curcio, Rossella Quarta

Vol 82, No 5 (2024)

Editorial

Overcoming patient reluctance to statin intolerance

Basant E Katamesh, Alicia A Mickow, Linda Huang, Brian M Dougan, Basem M Ratrout, Sanjeev Nanda, Ann Vincent

Vol 82, No 5 (2024)

Review paper

Genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular diseases. A position statement of the Polish Cardiac Society endorsed by Polish Society of Human Genetics and Cardiovascular Patient Communities

Elżbieta K Biernacka, Tadeusz Osadnik, Zofia T Bilińska, Maciej Krawczyński, Anna Latos-Bieleńska, Izabela Łaczmańska, Maria Miszczak-Knecht, Rafał Płoski, Joanna K Ponińska, Aleksander Prejbisz, Paweł Rubiś, Aleksandra Rudnicka, Krzysztof Szczałuba, Justyna A Szczygieł, Paweł Własienko, Agnieszka Wołczenko, Agnieszka Zienciuk-Krajka, Lidia Ziółkowska, Robert Gil

Vol 82, No 5 (2024)

Expert opinion

ERRATUM: Genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular diseases. A position statement of the Polish Cardiac Society endorsed by Polish Society of Human Genetics and Cardiovascular Patient Communities

Elżbieta K Biernacka, Tadeusz Osadnik, Zofia T Bilińska, Maciej Krawczyński, Anna Latos-Bieleńska, Izabela Łaczmańska, Maria Miszczak-Knecht, Rafał Płoski, Joanna K Ponińska, Aleksander Prejbisz, Paweł Rubiś, Aleksandra Rudnicka, Krzysztof Szczałuba, Justyna A Szczygieł, Paweł Własienko, Agnieszka Wołczenko, Agnieszka Zienciuk-Krajka, Lidia Ziółkowska, Robert Gil

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Erratum

Removal of the intra-aortic balloon pump: Why and in what way? Author’s reply

Jan Rychter, Tomasz Hrapkowicz

Vol 82, No 4 (2024)

Letter to the Editor

Utilizing orbital atherectomy for stent ablation following unsuccessful S-IVL of an underexpanded stent

Łukasz Furtan, Piotr Rola, Szymon Włodarczak, Mateusz Barycki, Piotr Włodarczak, Adrian Doroszko, Adrian Włodarczak, Maciej Lesiak

Vol 82, No 6 (2024)

Clinical vignette

Real-world experience with cryoballoon ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation in Poland: 24-month outcomes from the Cryo Global Registry

Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Marcin Kuniewicz, Janusz Romanek, Kelly A van Bragt, Valentine Obidigbo, Rachelle E Kaplon, Paweł Ptaszyński

Vol 82, No 5 (2024)

Short communication