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GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Rosuvastatin-based combination treatment with acetylsalicylic acid or ezetimibe in the management of patients at high and very high cardiovascular risk. Expert opinion paper of the Polish Lipid Association 2025
Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Agata Bielecka-Dąbrowa, Marek Gierlotka, Renata Główczyńska, Piotr Jankowski, Jacek Jóźwiak, Jacek Kubica, Witold Streb, Filip M. Szymański, Tomasz Tomasik, Robert Gil
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):1-15
CLINICAL RESEARCH
LC risk score – development and evaluation of a scale for assessing the risk of developing long COVID
Mateusz Babicki, Mateusz Lejawa, Tadeusz Osadnik, Joanna Kapusta, Maciej Banach, Piotr Jankowski, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Żaneta Kałuzińska-Kołat, Damian Kołat, Michal Chudzik
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):121-130
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
The prevention opportunities of retinopathy in diabetic patients – position paper endorsed by the Polish Lipid Association
Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Grzegorz Dzida, Jacek Jóźwiak, Bogusław Okopień, Jacek Rysz, Konrad Szosland, Andrzej Grzybowski
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(6):1754-1769
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
2024 Polish recommendations for the management of familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents
Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Marta Bandura, Anna Wołoszyn-Durkiewicz, Matylda Hennig, Mieczysław Walczak, Jarosław Peregut-Pogorzelski, Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, Maria Miszczak-Knecht, Krzysztof Chlebus, Bartosz Wasąg, Agnieszka Zmysłowska, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(6):1741-1753
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Gender differences in efficiency of the telemedicine care of heart failure patients. The results from the TeleEduCare-HF study
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(6):1797-1808
RESEARCH LETTER
Lipoprotein(a) and other risk factors in dyslipidemic patients with and without heart failure
Joanna Lewek, Bozena Sosnowska, Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa, Karina Mierczak, Weronika Adach, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1705-1709
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Risk of adverse cardiovascular events based on common genetic variants in 8-year follow-up of the LIPIDOGEN2015 population using the polygenic risk score (PRS): study design and methodology
Maciej Banach, Martyna Fronczek, Tadeusz Osadnik, Agnieszka Gach, Dominik Strapagiel, Marcin Słomka, Mateusz Lejawa, Anna Goc, Ewa Boniewska-Bernacka, Anna Pańczyszyn, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Peter P. Toth, Peter E. Penson, Jacek Jóźwiak
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1452-1460
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Lipoprotein(a) and its impact on cardiovascular disease – the Polish perspective: design and first results of the Zabrze-Lipoprotein(a) Registry
Krzysztof Dyrbuś, Zofia Mędrala, Karolina Konsek, Alicja Nowowiejska-Wiewióra, Przemysław Trzeciak, Michał Skrzypek, Daniel Cieśla, Maciej Banach, Mariusz Gąsior
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1069-1076
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Evaluation of miRNA-27a/b expression in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia
Reihaneh Keshavarz, Seyed Hamid Aghaee-Bakhtiari, Parviz Pakzad, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1314-1320
Summary of 2023 and the biggest challenges for the “Archives of Medical Science” on its 20th Anniversary
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):1-7
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations of the Experts of the Polish Cardiac Society (PCS) and the Polish Lipid Association (PoLA) on the diagnosis and management of elevated lipoprotein(a) levels
Bożena Sosnowska, Janina Stepinska, Przemyslaw Mitkowski, Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa, Beata Bobrowska, Jan Budzianowski, Pawel Burchardt, Krzysztof Chlebus, Piotr Dobrowolski, Mariusz Gasior, Piotr Jankowski, Jacek Kubica, Agnieszka Mickiewicz, Malgorzata Mysliwiec, Tadeusz Osadnik, Aleksander Prejbisz, Renata Rajtar-Salwa, Krystian Wita, Adam Witkowski, Robert Gil, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):8-27
INVITED EDITORIAL
The Cardiac-Kidney-Liver (CKL) syndrome: the “real entity” of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):207-215
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Position paper of the Polish Expert Group on the use of pitavastatin in the treatment of lipid disorders in Poland endorsed by the Polish Lipid Association
Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Przemysław Mitkowski, Grzegorz Dzida, Tomasz Tomasik, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):28-42
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Cystatins: unravelling the biological implications for neuroprotection
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):157-166
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association of leptin receptor gene Gln223Arg polymorphism with insulin resistance and hyperglycemia in patients with metabolic syndrome
Erkin Mirrakhimov, Erkaiym Bektasheva, Jainagul Isakova, Olga Lunegova, Alina Kerimkulova, Saamay Abilova, Ksenya Neronova, Nazira Alibaeva, Yrysbek U. Mamatuulu, Indira Kudaibergenova, Maciej Banach, Aibek Mirrakhimov
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):54-60
Editor's Choice
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
2023: The year in cardiovascular disease – the year of new and prospective lipid lowering therapies. Can we render dyslipidemia a rare disease by 2024?
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1602-1615
RESEARCH LETTER
Eligibility for icosapent ethyl in a French population of coronary outpatients with type 2 diabetes
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1901-1903
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
The effect of curcumin on hypoxia in the tumour microenvironment as a regulatory factor in cancer
Mohammad Zahedi, Hanieh Salmani Izadi, Faezeh Arghidash, Eric Gumpricht, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1616-1629
BASIC RESEARCH
An in vitro investigation of the effects of urolithins A and B on low-density lipoprotein uptake and its regulatory genes
Shiva Ganjali, Maryam Matbou Riahi, Khadijeh Mahboobnia, Milad Iranshahy, Maciej Banach, Ali Jangjoo, Sorour Ashari, Zahra Tayarani-Najaran, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1832-1841
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The effects of oral trehalose on glycaemia, inflammation, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Somayyeh Hashemian, Mehrnaz Shojaei, Shabnam Radbakhsh, Sorour Ashari, Maryam Matbou Riahi, Zeinab Shateri Amiri, Stephen L. Atkin, Maciej Banach, Mohammad Bagherniya, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1693-1700
Editor's Choice
RESEARCH LETTER
Association between electronic nicotine delivery systems use and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of 1,024,401 participants
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(5):1538-1540
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Three arms, double-blind, non-inferiority, randomized clinical study testing the lipid-lowering effect of a novel dietary supplement containing red yeast rice and artichoke extracts compared to Armolipid Plus® and placebo
Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Federica Fogacci, Giuliano Tocci, Sergio D'Addato, Elisa Grandi, Maciej Banach, Claudio Borghi
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(5):1169-1179
RESEARCH LETTER
The effect of intravenous trehalose administration in a patient with multiple sulfatase deficiency
Shabnam Radbakhsh, Moein Mobini, Eric Gumpricht, Maciej Banach, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(5):1564-1568
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
The effects of statins on the function and differentiation of blood cells
Sajjad Chamani, Omid Kooshkaki, Maryam Moossavi, Mandana Rastegar, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Alice P. McCloskey, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(5):1314-1326
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Serum antinuclear autoantibodies are associated with measures of oxidative stress and lifestyle factors: analysis of LIPIDOGRAM2015 and LIPIDOGEN2015 studies
Paweł Krzemień, Sławomir Kasperczyk, Maciej Banach, Aleksandra Kasperczyk, Michał Dobrakowski, Tomasz Tomasik, Adam Windak, Mirosław Mastej, Alberico Catapano, Kausik K. Ray, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Peter P. Toth, George Howard, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Maciej Tomaszewski, Fadi J. Charchar, Naveed Sattar, Bryan Williams, Thomas M. MacDonald, Peter E. Penson, Jacek J. Jóźwiak
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(5):1214-1227
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
The role of nutraceuticals in heart failure muscle wasting as a result of inflammatory activity. The International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP) Position Paper.
Agata Magdalena Bielecka-Dabrowa, Maciej Banach, Andrzej Wittczak, Arrigo FG Cicero, Amani Kallel, Raimondas Kubilius, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Anca Pantea Stoian, Dragos Vinereanu, Peter Edward Penson, Stephan von Haehling
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(4):841-864
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Effects of statins on the incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Farshad Heidari Beni, Zlatko Fras, Maciej Banach, Seyede Momeneh Mohammadi, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(4):952-964
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus: where do we stand today?
Bojan Mitrovic, Zoran Gluvic, Milan M Obradovic, Maja Radunovic, Manfredi Rizzo, Maciej Banach, Esma R Isenovic
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(4):884-894
Editor's Choice
COMMENTARY
A look to the past – what has had the biggest impact on lipids in the last four decades? A personal perspective
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(3):559-564
Editor's Choice
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan in heart failure compared to renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Adrian V. Hernandez, Vinay Pasupuleti, Nancy Scarpelli, Jack Malespini, Maciej Banach, Agata M. Bielecka-Dabrowa
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(3):565-576
Editor's Choice
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Menopause and women’s cardiovascular health: is it really an obvious relationship?
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):458-466
Editor's Choice
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
The effect of PCSK9 immunization on the hepatic level of microRNAs associated with PCSK9/LDLR pathway.
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):203-208
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Implications of the 2021 ESC cardiovascular risk classification among 283,000 European immigrants living in a low-risk region: a population-based analysis in Catalonia
Emili Vela, Montse Cleries, Usama Bilal, Maciej Banach, John W McEvoy, Martin Bødtker Mortensen, Michael Joseph Blaha, Khurram Nasir, Josep Comin-Colet, Josepa Mauri, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):35-45
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Compositional and functional properties of high-density lipoproteins in relation to coronary in-stent restenosis
Shiva Ganjali, Elahe Mahdipour, Seyed Hamid Aghaee-Bakhtiari, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Maciej Banach, Anatol Kontush, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):57-72
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Is COVID-19 another case of the obesity paradox? Results from an international ecological study on behalf of the REPROGRAM Consortium Obesity study group
Sonu Bhaskar, Sanja Jovanovic, Anubhav Katyal, Narayanan K. Namboodiri, Dimitrios Chatzis, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):25-34
Editor's Choice
INVITED EDITORIAL
2022: the year in cardiovascular disease – the year of upfront lipid lowering combination therapy
Maciej Banach, Zeljko Reiner, Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Pierre Sabouret, Margus Viigimaa, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Arman Postadzhiyan, Dan Gaita, Daniel Pella, Peter E. Penson, International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1429-1434
Editor's Choice
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
The effect of statins on the prevalence and mortality of influenza virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Massimo R. Mannarino, Sajad Shojaie, Farshid Rahimibashar, Hadi Esmaeili Gouvarchin Galeh, Maciej Banach, Vanessa Bianconi, Matteo Pirro, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1513-1524
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Metabolic syndrome – a new definition and management guidelines. A joint position paper by the Polish Society of Hypertension, Polish Society for the Treatment of Obesity, Polish Lipid Association, Polish Association for Study of Liver, Polish Society of Family Medicine, Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Division of Prevention and Epidemiology Polish Cardiac Society, “Club 30” Polish Cardiac Society, and Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society of Polish Surgeons
Piotr Dobrowolski, Aleksander Prejbisz, Alina Kuryłowicz, Alicja Baska, Paweł Burchardt, Krzysztof Chlebus, Grzegorz Dzida, Piotr Jankowski, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Paweł Jaworski, Karol Kamiński, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Marek Klocek, Michał Kukla, Artur Mamcarz, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Lucyna Ostrowska, Daniel Śliż, Wiesław Tarnowski, Jacek Wolf, Mariusz Wyleżoł, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Maciej Banach, Andrzej Januszewicz, Paweł Bogdański
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(5):1133-1156
RESEARCH LETTER
Impact of bariatric surgery on circulating PCSK9 levels as a marker of cardiovascular disease risk: a meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(5):1372-1377
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Post-discharge and long-term follow-up after an acute coronary syndrome: International Collaborative Group of CNCF position paper.
Pierre Sabouret, Gilles Lemesle, Anne Bellemain-Appaix, Pierre Aubry, Pier-Paolo Bocchino, Erik Rafflenbeul, Loïc Belle, Jim Nolan, Marco Bernardi, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Michael P. Savage, Maciej Banach, Guillaume Cayla
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):839-854
Editor's Choice
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Relationship between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lipid-lowering agents and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of observational studies (n = 355,591) and randomized controlled trials (n = 165,988)
Maciej Banach, Niloofar Shekoohi, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Adrian V. Hernandez, Mohsen Mazidi, on behalf of the Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group and the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):912-929
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
The association between coffee and caffeine consumption and renal function: insight from individual-level data, Mendelian randomization, and meta-analysis
Mohsen Mazidi, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Abbas Dehghan, Jacek Jóźwiak, Adrian Covic, Naveed Sattar, Maciej Banach, on behalf of the Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group and the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):900-911
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Hypertensive urgencies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary hospital setting: a U-shaped alarming curve
Ioannis Leontsinis, Vasilios Papademetriou, Christina Chrysohoou, Maria Kariori, Ioannis Dalakouras, Panayotis Tolis, Christos Fragoulis, Theodoros Kalos, Fotios-Panagiotis Tatakis, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Michael Doumas, Helen Sambatakou, Maria Pirounaki, Constantinos Mihas, Niki Katsiki, Sonu Bhaskar, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Dimitrios Tousoulis, Maciej Banach, Konstantinos Tsioufis
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):982-990
Editor's Choice
HOT TOPICS
Which patients at risk of cardiovascular disease might benefit the most from inclisiran? Polish experts’ opinion. The compromise between EBM and possibilities in healthcare
Maciej Banach, Jarosław Kaźmierczak, Przemysław Mitkowski, Krystian Wita, Marlena Broncel, Mariusz Gąsior, Marek Gierlotka, Robert Gil, Piotr Jankowski, Maciej Niewada, Adam Witkowski
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(3):569-576
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Design and rationale of a nationwide screening analysis from the LIPIDOGRAM2015 and LIPIDOGEN2015 studies
Jacek J. Jóźwiak, Sławomir Kasperczyk, Tomasz Tomasik, Tadeusz Osadnik, Adam Windak, Krzysztof Studziński, Mirosław Mastej, Alberico Catapano, Kausik K. Ray, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Peter P. Toth, George Howard, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Maciej Tomaszewski, Fadi J. Charchar, Naveed Sattar, Bryan Williams, Thomas M. MacDonald, Paweł Krzemień, Michał Dobrakowski, Aleksandra Kasperczyk, Dariusz Nowak, Łukasz Skowron, Żaneta Żak, Joanna Lewek, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(3):604-616
RESEARCH LETTER
Biochemical and cardiovascular predictors of PIMS-TS risk in children after COVID-19 recovery: preliminary results of the LATE-COVID-Kids Study
Izabela Jatczak-Pawlik, Joanna Lewek, Elżbieta Czkwianianc, Agnieszka Blomberg, Natalia Krysiak, Krzysztof Zeman, Piotr Jankowski, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(2):545-552
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Treatment adherence and effect of concurrent statin intensity on the efficacy and safety of alirocumab in a real-life setting: results from ODYSSEY APPRISE
Maciej Banach, José Luis López-Sendon, Maurizio Averna, Bertrand Cariou, Megan Loy, Garen Manvelian, Isabela Batsu, Yann Poulouin, Daniel Gaudet
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(2):285-292
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Antiarrhythmic effect of 9-week hybrid comprehensive telerehabilitation and its influence on cardiovascular mortality in long-term follow-up – subanalysis of the TELEREHabilitation in Heart Failure Patients randomized clinical trial
Piotr Orzechowski, Ryszard Piotrowicz, Wojciech Zareba, Michael J. Pencina, Ilona Kowalik, Ewa Komar, Grzegorz Opolski, Maciej Banach, Renata Główczyńska, Dominika Szalewska, Sławomir Pluta, Robert Irzmański, Zbigniew Kalarus, Ewa Piotrowicz
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(2):293-306
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Omega-6 fatty acids and the risk of cardiovascular disease: insights from a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and a Mendelian randomization study
Mohsen Mazidi, Niloofar Shekoohi, Niki Katsiki, Maciej Banach, the Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(2):466-479
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Associations between the lipid profile and the development of hypertension in young individuals – the preliminary study
Piotr Chruściel, Paulina Stemplewska, Adam Stemplewski, Mohamad Wattad, Agata Bielecka-Dąbrowa, Marek Maciejewski, Peter Penson, Marcin A. Bartlomiejczyk, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(1):25-35
PoLA/CFPiP/PCS/PSLD/PSD/PSH guidelines on diagnosis and therapy of lipid disorders in Poland 2021
Maciej Banach, Paweł Burchardt, Krzysztof Chlebus, Piotr Dobrowolski, Dariusz Dudek, Krzysztof Dyrbuś, Mariusz Gąsior, Piotr Jankowski, Jacek Jóźwiak, Longina Kłosiewicz-Latoszek, Irina Kowalska, Maciej Małecki, Aleksander Prejbisz, Michał Rakowski, Jacek Rysz, Bogdan Solnica, Dariusz Sitkiewicz, Grażyna Sygitowicz, Grażyna Sypniewska, Tomasz Tomasik, Adam Windak, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz, Barbara Cybulska
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(6):1447-1547
CLINICAL RESEARCH
We are infected with the new, mutated virus UO-COVID-19
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(6):1706-1715
Quality of life in heart failure patients undergoing hybrid comprehensive telerehabilitation versus usual care – results of the Telerehabilitation in Heart Failure Patients (TELEREH-HF) Randomized Clinical Trial
Ewa Piotrowicz, Anna Mierzyńska, Maciej Banach, Izabela Jaworska, Michał Pencina, Ilona Kowalik, Sławomir Pluta, Dominika Szalewska, Grzegorz Opolski, Wojciech Zaręba, Renata Glowczynska, Robert Irzmański, Piotr Orzechowski, Zbigniew Kalarus, Ryszard Piotrowicz
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(6):1599-1612
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Postmarketing nutrivigilance safety profile: a line of dietary food supplements containing red yeast rice for dyslipidemia
Maciej Banach, Niki Katsiki, Gustavs Latkovskis, Manfredi Rizzo, Daniel Pella, Peter Edward Penson, Željko Reiner, Arrigo FG Cicero
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(4):856-863
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
On the present and future role of Lp-PLA2 in atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular risk prediction and management
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(4):954-964
RESEARCH LETTER
COVID-19 and cardiovascular complications – the preliminary results of the LATE-COVID study
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(3):818-822
RESEARCH PAPER
Improved COVID-19 ICU admission and mortality outcomes following treatment with statins: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Amir Vahedian-Azimi, Seyede Momeneh Mohammadi, Farshad Heidari Beni, Maciej Banach, Paul C Guest, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(3):579-595
BASIC RESEARCH
Serum anti-inflammatory and inflammatory markers have no causal impact on telomere length: a Mendelian randomization study
Mohsen Mazidi, Niloofar Shekoohi, Niki Katsiki, Michal Rakowski, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(3):739-751
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
PCSK9 immunization using nanoliposomes: preventive efficacy against hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis
Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Mohammad Afshar, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(5):1365-1377
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Drucebo effect – the challenge we should all definitely face!
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):542-543
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Game of “crowning” season 8: RAS and reproductive hormones in COVID-19 – can we end this viral series?
Andrei Cosmin Cismaru, Laurentiu Gabriel Cismaru, Seyed Fazel Nabavi, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Emilio Clementi, Maciej Banach, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):275-284
RESEARCH LETTER
PCSK9 genetic variants and cognitive abilities: a large-scale Mendelian randomization study
Donald M. Lyall, Joey Ward, Maciej Banach, George Davey Smith, Jason G. Gill, Jill P. Pell, Michael V. Holmes, Naveed Sattar
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):241-244
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Modern prevalence of the Fredrickson-Levy-Lees dyslipidemias: findings from the Very Large Database of Lipids and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Vincent A. Pallazola, Jihwan Park, Rachit M. Vakil, Peter P. Toth, Mariana Lazo-Elizondo, Renato Quispe, Eliseo Guallar, Maciej Banach, Roger S. Blumenthal, Steven R. Jones, Seth S. Martin
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(6):1279-1287
RESEARCH LETTER
Statins and C-reactive protein: in silico evidence on direct interaction
Neda Shakour, Massimiliano Ruscica, Farzin Hadizadeh, Cesare Cirtori, Maciej Banach, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(6):1432-1439
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Particulate matter pollution and the COVID-19 outbreak: results from Italian regions and provinces
Vanessa Bianconi, Paola Bronzo, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Massimo R. Mannarino, Matteo Pirro
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):985-992
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Modern prevalence of dysbetalipoproteinemia (Fredrickson-Levy-Lees type III hyperlipoproteinemia)
Vincent A. Pallazola, Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jihwan Park, Rachit M. Vakil, Peter P. Toth, Mariana Lazo-Elizondo, Emily Brown, Renato Quispe, Eliseo Guallar, Maciej Banach, Roger S. Blumenthal, Steven R. Jones, David Marais, Daniel Soffer, Allan D. Sniderman, Seth S. Martin
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):993-1003
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
CETP inhibition in the REVEAL trial: could we aim higher?
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1229-1230
RESEARCH PAPER
Statins and the COVID-19 main protease: in silico evidence on direct interaction
Željko Reiner, Mahdi Hatamipour, Maciej Banach, Matteo Pirro, Khalid Al-Rasadi, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Dina Radenkovic, Fabrizio Montecucco, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(3):490-496
RESEARCH PAPER
Lessons learned from SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV: FDA-approved Abelson tyrosine-protein kinase 2 inhibitors may help us combat SARS-CoV-2
Seyed Fazel Nabavi, Solomon Habtemariam, Emilio Clementi, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Cosmin Andrei Cismaru, Mahsa Rasekhian, Maciej Banach, Morteza Izadi, Mahdi Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(3):519-521
Lipid-lowering therapy and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(3):485-489
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Potato consumption is associated with total and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study and pooling of prospective studies with 98,569 participants
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(2):260-272
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Effects of immunisation against PCSK9 in mice bearing melanoma
Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Maryam Ebrahimi Nik, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(1):189-199
RESEARCH LETTER
Effect of atorvastatin on delirium status of patients in the intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial
Seyed Mojtaba Sohrevardi, Fatemeh Shojaei Nasab, Mohammad Reza Mirjalili, Mohammad Bagherniya, Arefeh Dehghani Tafti, Mohammad Hossein Jarrahzadeh, Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh, Mohsen Saeidmanesh, Maciej Banach, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(5):1423-1428
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Is type 2 diabetes mellitus a coronary heart disease equivalent or not? Do not just enjoy the debate and forget the patient!
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(6):1357-1364
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Pulse wave velocity as a measure of arterial stiffness in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Željko Reiner, Luis E. Simental-Mendía, Massimiliano Ruscica, Niki Katsiki, Maciej Banach, Khalid Al Rasadi, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(6):1365-1374
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Characterization of lipoprotein profiles in patients with hypertriglyceridemic Fredrickson-Levy and Lees dyslipidemia phenotypes: the Very Large Database of Lipids Studies 6 and 7
Renato Quispe, Aditya D. Hendrani, Behnoud Baradaran-Noveiry, Seth S. Martin, Emily Brown, Krishnaji R. Kulkarni, Maciej Banach, Peter P. Toth, Eliot A. Brinton, Steven R. Jones, Parag H. Joshi
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(5):1195-1202
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Resveratrol and cognitive decline: a clinician perspective
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(4):936-943
META-ANALYSIS
Bacterial infections are associated with cardiovascular disease in Iran: a meta-analysis
Farzad Khademi, Hamid Vaez, Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Araz Majnooni, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(4):902-911
HOT TOPICS
Effects of immunization against PCSK9 in an experimental model of breast cancer
Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Maryam Ebrahimi Nik, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(3):570-579
HOT TOPICS
Potential anti-tumor effect of a nanoliposomal antiPCSK9 vaccine in mice bearing colorectal cancer
Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Maryam Ebrahimi Nik, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(3):559-569
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Beneficial effects of pre-stroke statins use in cardioembolic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: a hospital-based retrospective analysis
Dariusz Kotlęga, Monika Gołąb-Janowska, Agnieszka Meller, Anna Bajer-Czajkowska, Agnieszka Zembroń-Łacny, Przemysław Nowacki, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(2):385-392
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials investigating the effects of flaxseed supplementation on plasma C-reactive protein concentrations
Sorin Ursoniu, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Maria-Corina Serban, Iulia Pinzaru, Cristina Dehelean, Lavinia Noveanu, Jacek Rysz, Maciej Banach, Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(1):12-22
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Prevalence of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mohsen Mazidi, Maciej Banach, Andre Pascal Kengne, Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration Group
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(6):1185-1203
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Biomarkers, myocardial fibrosis and co-morbidities in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: an overview
Marta Michalska-Kasiczak, Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa, Stephan von Haehling, Stefan D. Anker, Jacek Rysz, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(4):890-909
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Effect of magnesium supplements on serum C-reactive protein: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(4):707-716
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Natural approaches in metabolic syndrome management
Angelo Maria Patti, Khalid Al-Rasadi, Rosaria Vincenza Giglio, Dragana Nikolic, Carlo Mannina, Giuseppa Castellino, Roberta Chianetta, Maciej Banach, Arrigo FG Cicero, Giuseppe Lippi, Giuseppe Montalto, Manfredi Rizzo, Peter P. Toth
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(2):422-441
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Vitamin D deficiency and non-lipid biomarkers of cardiovascular risk
Kamil F. Faridi, Joshua R. Lupton, Seth S. Martin, Maciej Banach, Renato Quispe, Krishnaji Kulkarni, Steven R. Jones, Erin D. Michos
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):732-737
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association between telomere length and complete blood count in US adults
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(3):601-605
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The association of telomere length and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in US adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):61-65
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Exosomes as nanocarriers for siRNA delivery: paradigms and challenges
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1324-1326
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of medical and psychological parameters of quality of life in supraventricular tachyarrhythmia children. A comparison with healthy children
Emilia Szafran, Artur Baszko, Anna Bukowska-Posadzy, Tomasz Moszura, Bożena Werner, Aldona Siwińska, Maciej Banach, Jarosław Walkowiak, Waldemar Bobkowski
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(5):1052-1063
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Subfractions of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and dysfunctional HDL in chronic kidney disease patients
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):844-849
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
The influence of hypoxic physical activity on cfDNA as a new marker of vascular inflammation
Andrzej Pokrywka, Agnieszka Zembron-Lacny, Katarzyna Baldy-Chudzik, Joanna Orysiak, Dariusz Sitkowski, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(6):1156-1163
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Sleep changes following statin therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled polysomnographic trials
Marlena Broncel, Paulina Gorzelak-Pabiś, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Katarzyna Serejko, Sorin Ursoniu, Jacek Rysz, Maria Corina Serban, Monika Możdżan, Maciej Banach, Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(5):915-926
Systematic review/Meta-analysis
Lipid profile and glucose changes after supplementation with astaxanthin: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(2):253-266
Letter to the Editor
Dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein: not only quantity but first of all quality?
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(1):230-231
Clinical research
Heart function disturbances in chronic kidney disease – echocardiographic indices
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(6):1109-1116
State of the art paper
Highlights of mechanistic and therapeutic cachexia and sarcopenia research 2010 to 2012 and their relevance for cardiology
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):166-171
Clinical research
Association between heart rate at rest and myocardial perfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing cardiac rehabilitation – a pilot study
Mariko Uematsu, Yoshihiro J. Akashi, Kohei Ashikaga, Kihei Yoneyama, Keisuke Kida, Kengo Suzuki, Kazuto Omiya, Tomoo Harada, Maciej Banach, Fumihiko Miyake
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(4):622-630
Clinical research
Cardiac complications associated with trastuzumab in the setting of adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer overexpressing human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 – a prospective study
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(2):227-235
Clinical research
Prognostic value of plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide concentration in patients with normal and impaired left ventricular systolic function undergoing surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Marek Waliszek, Agnieszka Waliszek-Iwanicka, Tomasz Grycewicz, Piotr Jurowski, Maciej Banach, Jacek Rysz, Aleksander Goch
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(4):642-647
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
A 360° perspective on cardiovascular prevention: the International Lipid Expert Panel SiMple tIps for the heaLthy hEart (ILEP-SMILE)
Maciej Banach, Federica Fogacci, Atanas G. Atanasov, Anca Pantea Stoian, Jacek Jóźwiak, Ibadete Bytyci, Ivan Pećin, Niki Katsiki, Mohsen Mazidi, Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, Peter E. Penson, Dan Gaita, Arrigo F.G. Cicero
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
2024: The Year in Cardiovascular Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) – Research Advances and New Findings.
Bożena Sosnowska, Peter P. Toth, Alexander C Razavi, Alan T Remaley, Roger S Blumenthal, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(2):355-373
Editor's Choice
RESEARCH PAPER
Telomere length across the spectrum of metabolic health – an analysis from the LIPIDOGEN2015 study
Maciej Banach, Martyna Fronczek, Anna Goc, Mateusz Lejawa, Ewa Boniewska-Bernacka, Tadeusz Osadnik, Anna Pańczyszyn, Joanna Katarzyna Strzelczyk, Natalia Pawlas, Marek Gierlotka, Marcin Goławski, Karol Krystek, Agnieszka Gach, Kamila Osadnik, Jacek Jóźwiak
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
2024 update on postmarketing nutrivigilance safety profile: a line of dietary food supplements containing red yeast rice for dyslipidemia
Maciej Banach, Niki Katsiki, Gustavs Latkovskis, Dan Gaita, Carlos Escobar, Daniel Pella, Peter E. Penson, Federica Fogacci, Zeljko Reiner, Arrigo FG Cicero
RESEARCH LETTER
Efficacy of statin therapy in reducing epicardial adipose tissue: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Luis E. Simental-Mendia, Ali H. Eid, Wael Almahmeed, Sepideh Salehabadi, Khalid Al-Rasadi, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):997-1001
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lipoprotein (a) measurement: potential for personalized cardiovascular disease management in a patient with acute myocardial infarction
Jakub Michal Zimodro, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Piotr Arski, Jonas Schwarz, Maciej Banach, Ioanna Gouni-Berthold
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):1043-1047
Editor's Choice
RESEARCH LETTER
Association between Lp(a) and T2D: a Mendelian randomization study
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):1002-1005
Editor's Choice
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
2024 Guidelines of the Polish Society of Laboratory Diagnostics and the Polish Lipid Association on laboratory diagnostics of lipid metabolism disorders
Bogdan Solnica, Grażyna Sygitowicz, Dariusz Sitkiewicz, Jacek Jóźwiak, Sławomir Kasperczyk, Marlena Broncel, Anna Wolska, Grażyna Odrowąż-Sypniewska, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):357-374
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The effect of trehalose administration on the serum expression levels of microRNAs associated with lipid metabolism and the autophagy process in patients with myocardial infarction – post-hoc analysis of the IR-TREAT trial
Shiva Ganjali, Atena Mansouri, Željko Reiner, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Seyed Adel Moallem, Sepideh Salehabadi, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Editor's Choice
RESEARCH PAPER
Trehalose-induced alterations in serum expression levels of microRNAs associated with vascular inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease - the pilot results from the randomized controlled trial.
Shiva Ganjali, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Mitra Abbasifard, Seyed Ahmad Emami, Zahra Tayarani-Najaran, Alexandra E. Butler, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar
RESEARCH PAPER
Sleep Duration May Not Have Any Effect on The Risk of Stroke: Insights from Mendelian Randomization and Prospective Cohort Studies
State of the art papers
Lipids, blood pressure, kidney – what was new in 2011?
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):1055-1066
Clinical research
Relevance of 123I-BMIPP delayed scintigraphic imaging for patients with angina pectoris – a pilot study
Kohei Koyama, Yoshihiro J. Akashi, Keisuke Kida, Kengo Suzuki, Yuki Ishibashi, Haruki Musha, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(3):428-432
Editorial
Lipid-lowering therapies and achievement of LDL-cholesterol targets
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(4):598-600
Clinical research
Serum concentrations of adiponectin, leptin, resistin, ghrelin and insulin and their
association with obesity indices in obese normo- and hypertensive patients – pilot study
Mariusz Stępień, Rafał N. Wlazeł, Marek Paradowski, Maciej Banach, Magdalena Rysz, Małgorzata Misztal, Jacek Rysz
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(3):431-436
Editorial
The effects of statins on blood pressure: current knowledge and future perspectives
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(1):1-3
State of the art paper
Treatment of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients with chronic kidney disease
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(6):1019-1027
Position paper
Statin intolerance – an attempt at a unified definition. Position paper from an International Lipid Expert Panel
Maciej Banach, Manfredi Rizzo, Peter P. Toth, Michel Farnier, Michael H. Davidson, Khalid Al-Rasadi, Wilbert S. Aronow, Vasilis Athyros, Dragan M. Djuric, Marat V. Ezhov, Robert S. Greenfield, G. Kees Hovingh, Karam Kostner, Corina Serban, Daniel Lighezan, Zlatko Fras, Patrick M. Moriarty, Paul Muntner, Assen Goudev, Richard Ceska, Stephen J. Nicholls, Marlena Broncel, Dragana Nikolic, Daniel Pella, Raman Puri, Jacek Rysz, Nathan D. Wong, Laszlo Bajnok, Steven R. Jones, Kausik K. Ray, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(1):1-23
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Lipid lowering nutraceuticals in clinical practice: position paper from an International Lipid Expert Panel
Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Alessandro Colletti, Gani Bajraktari, Olivier Descamps, Dragan M. Djuric, Marat Ezhov, Zlatko Fras, Niki Katsiki, Michel Langlois, Gustavs Latkovskis, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Gyorgy Paragh, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Olena Mitchenko, Bernhard Paulweber, Daniel Pella, Christos Pitsavos, Željko Reiner, Kausik K. Ray, Manfredi Rizzo, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Maria-Corina Serban, Laurence S. Sperling, Peter P. Toth, Dragos Vinereanu, Michal Vrablík, Nathan D. Wong, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(5):965-1005
PoLA/CFPiP/PCS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias for Family Physicians 2016
Maciej Banach, Piotr Jankowski, Jacek Jóźwiak, Barbara Cybulska, Adam Windak, Tomasz Guzik, Artur Mamcarz, Marlena Broncel, Tomasz Tomasik
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):1-45
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
Hypercholesterolaemia – practical information for non-specialists
Handrean Soran, Safwaan Adam, Jamal B. Mohammad, Jan H. Ho, Jonathan D. Schofield, See Kwok, Tarza Siahmansur, Yifen Liu, Akheel A. Syed, Shaishav S. Dhage, Claudia Stefanutti, Rachelle Donn, Rayaz A. Malik, Maciej Banach, Paul N. Durrington
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(1):1-21
GUIDELINES/RECOMMENDATIONS
2020 Guidelines of the Polish Society of Laboratory Diagnostics (PSLD) and the Polish Lipid Association (PoLA) on laboratory diagnostics of lipid metabolism disorders
Bogdan Solnica, Grażyna Sygitowicz, Dariusz Sitkiewicz, Barbara Cybulska, Jacek Jóźwiak, Grażyna Odrowąż-Sypniewska, Maciej Banach
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(2):237-252
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