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Topic Atherosclerosis
Editor's Choice
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
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
mRNA-103 inhibition attenuates autophagy and inflammation in myocardial infarction by regulating the TLR4 pathway
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):266-271
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
BASIC RESEARCH
The effect of cheese intake on osteoarthritis: a Mendelian randomization study
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(6):1943-1956
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
RESEARCH LETTER
Polymorphism rs662 (Q192R) of paraoxonase-1 and susceptibility to atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries
Malgorzata Baranska, Mariola Rychlik-Sych, Michał Dudarewicz, Anna Wiktorowska-Owczarek, Jacek Owczarek
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1328-1333
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
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
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
BASIC RESEARCH
lncRNA GAPLINC regulates vascular endothelial cell apoptosis in atherosclerosis
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):216-232
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
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
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Cardiac microRNAs: diagnostic and therapeutic potential
Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka, Rafał Badacz, Michał Okarski, Magdalena Wawak, Tadeusz Przewłocki, Jakub Podolec
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(5):1360-1381
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Lipoprotein(a) in an adult sample from the Russian population: distribution and association with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases
Marat V Ezhov, Svetlana A. Shalnova, Elena B. Elena B. Yarovaya, Vladimir A. Kutsenko, Svetlana E Evstifeeva, Victoria A. Metelskaya, Oxana M. Drapkina, Sergey A. Boytsov
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(4):995-1002
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Twelve-month clinical results from the new cobalt-chromium sirolimus-eluting dedicated bifurcation stent BiOSS LIM C Registry
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):324-330
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Circulating exosomal lncRNAs in patients with chronic coronary syndromes
Meili Zheng, Ruijuan Han, Wen Yuan, Hongjie Chi, Yeping Zhang, Kai Sun, Jiuchang Zhong, Xiaoyan Liu, Xinchun Yang
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):46-56
BASIC RESEARCH
Long non-coding RNA SENCR alleviates endothelial‑to‑mesenchymal transition via targeting miR‑126a
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):180-188
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Positron emission tomographic studies of the association between atherogenesis and aortitis among psoriatic patients
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):16-24
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
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
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Influence of lipid-lowering drugs on inflammation: what is yet to be done?
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):855-869
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The possible role of machine learning in detection of increased cardiovascular risk patients – KSC MR Study (design)
Daniel Pella, Stefan Toth, Jan Paralic, Jozef Gonsorcik, Jan Fedacko, Peter Jarcuska, Dominik Pella, Zuzana Pella, Frantisek Sabol, Monika Jankajova, Gabriel Valocik, Alina Putrya, Andrea Kirschová, Lukas Plachy, Miroslava Rabajdova, Mikulas Hunavy, Bibiana Kafkova, Ivan Doci, Silvia Timkova, Mariana Dvorožňáková, Frantisek Babic, Peter Butka, Lucia Dimunova, Maria Marekova, Zuzana Paralicova, Jaroslav Majernik, Jan Luczy, Jakub Janosik, Martin Kmec
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):991-997
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
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Comparison of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level calculated using the modified Martin/Hopkins estimation or the Friedewald formula with direct homogeneous assay measured low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(3):577-586
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Cardiovascular risk and metabolic profile of Polish citizens from Lower Silesia. First signs of metabolic crisis?
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(3):617-623
BASIC RESEARCH
Circ-RHOJ.1 regulated myocardial cell proliferation and apoptosis via targeting the miR-124-3p/NRG-1 axis in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(3):732-745
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
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
Long-term survival of carotid stenting patients with regard to single- or double-vessel carotid artery disease: a propensity score matching analysis
Josef Veselka, Petr Hajek, Cyril Štěchovský, Martin Horváth, Radka Adlová, Robert Roland, Ingrid Homolová, Eva Hansvenclová, Petra Zimolová
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(4):849-855
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Concomitant multi-vessel disease is associated with a lower procedural death rate in patients treated with percutaneous coronary interventions within the left main coronary artery (from the ORPKI registry)
Rafał Januszek, Artur Dziewierz, Zbigniew Siudak, Tomasz Rakowski, Tomasz Kameczura, Tomasz Tokarek, Dariusz Dudek, Stanisław Bartuś
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(4):881-890
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Atrial fibrillation influences automatic oscillometric ankle-brachial index measurement
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(3):621-627
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Drucebo effect – the challenge we should all definitely face!
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):542-543
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
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Cardiovascular risk assessment by electrocardiographic Holter monitoring in patients with chronic hepatitis C
Adam Rafał Poliwczak, Jolanta Białkowska, Joanna Woźny, Marzena Koziróg, Agnieszka Bała, Maciej Jabłkowski
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1031-1039
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Gender-related disparities in the treatment and outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: results from the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (PL-ACS) in the years 2012–2014
Łukasz Piątek, Krzysztof Wilczek, Jacek Kurzawski, Marek Gierlotka, Mariusz Gąsior, Lech Poloński, Marcin Sadowski
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(4):781-788
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
Evaluation of atherogenic laboratory markers in Behçet’s disease patients with vascular involvement
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(3):531-537
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Three-dimensional ultrasonographic evaluation of carotid artery plaque surface irregularity
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(1):58-65
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Triiodothyronine levels were positively correlated with opening of collateral circulation in cerebral infarction patients with large artery atherosclerosis
Xiao-Feng Dong, Fan-Zhen Kong, Ming-Qiang Shen, Jiang Huang, Zong-En Gao, Qian-Zhu Guo, Zhong Zhao, Wei-Feng Luo, Qing-Zhang Cheng, Guan-Hui Wu
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(1):51-57
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Increased carotid plaque burden in patients with family medical history of premature cardiovascular events in the absence of classical risk factors
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(6):1388-1396
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular disease: a literature review
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(5):1200-1212
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Risk factors for ischemic stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and therapeutic international normalized ratio range
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(5):1217-1222
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Attainment of cholesterol target values in Greece: results from the Dyslipidemia International Study II
Evangelos Liberopoulos, Loukianos Rallidis, Filio Spanoudi, Elena Xixi, Anselm Gitt, Martin Horack, Veronica Ashton, Philippe Brudi, Dominik Lautsch, Baishali Ambegaonkar, Moses Elisaf
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(4):821-831
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Urotensin II promotes secretion of LTB4 through 5-lipoxygenase via the UT-ROS-Akt pathway in RAW264.7 macrophages
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(4):1065-1072
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The effect of the CYP2C19*2 allele on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery stenting: a prospective study
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(4):837-844
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Metabolic and genetic profiling of young adults with and without a family history of premature coronary heart disease (MAGNETIC). Study design and methodology
Tadeusz Osadnik, Kamila Osadnik, Natalia Pawlas, Joanna Strzelczyk, Janusz Kasperczyk, Lech Poloński, Mariusz Gąsior
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(3):590-597
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association of common polymorphisms in the VEGFA and SIRT1 genes with type 2 diabetes-related traits in Mexicans
Armando Totomoch-Serra, Maria de Lourdes Muñoz, Juan Burgueño, Maria Cristina Revilla-Monsalve, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(6):1361-1373
BASIC RESEARCH
Apelin/APJ axis improves angiotensin II-induced endothelial cell senescence through AMPK/SIRT1 signaling pathway
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(4):725-734
BASIC RESEARCH
Inhibitory effect of PDGF-BB and serum-stimulated responses in vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by hinokitiol via up-regulation of p21 and p53
Jiun-Yi Li, Chun-Ping Liu, Wei-Cheng Shiao, Thanasekaran Jayakumar, Yi-Shin Li, Nen-Chung Chang, Shih-Yi Huang, Cheng-Ying Hsieh
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(3):579-587
CLINICAL RESEARCH
C-reactive protein levels predict systolic heart failure and outcome in patients with first ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with coronary angioplasty
Christian Stumpf, Ahmed Sheriff, Stefan Zimmermann, Liane Schaefauer, Christian Schlundt, Dorette Raaz, Christoph D. Garlichs, Stephan Achenbach
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(5):1086-1093
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
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Genetic disruption of multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 improves endothelial function and attenuates atherosclerosis in MRP1–/– LDLr–/–double knockout mice
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):930-936
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Moderate-dose atorvastatin improves arterial endothelial function in patients with angina pectoris and normal coronary angiogram: a pilot study
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):827-836
CLINICAL RESEARCH
A comprehensive guidelines-based approach reduces cardiovascular risk in everyday practice: the VARO study
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):705-710
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
PCSK9 inhibitors – from discovery of a single mutation to a groundbreaking therapy of lipid disorders in one decade
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):914-929
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin 35 in patients with coronary artery disease
Paulina Gorzelak-Pabiś, Maciej Chalubinski, Katarzyna Wojdan, Emilia Luczak, Iwona Duraj, Monika Mozdzan, Marlena Broncel
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):778-784
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The importance of two metabolic syndrome diagnostic criteria and body fat distribution in predicting clinical severity and prognosis of acute myocardial infarction
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):795-806
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Potential novel biomarkers of cardiovascular dysfunction and disease: cardiotrophin-1, adipokines and galectin-3
Simona Hogas, Stefana C. Bilha, Dumitru Branisteanu, Mihai Hogas, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Mehmet Kanbay, Adrian Covic
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):897-913
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Phenotype distribution of the paraoxonase gene in patients with cardiac disease
Hamit Yasar Ellidag, Ozgur Aydin, Esin Eren, Necat Yilmaz, Tugra Gencpinar, Selcuk Kucukseymen, Akar Yilmaz, Fatma Demet Arslan Ince
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):820-826
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Treatment of denture-related stomatitis improves endothelial function assessed by flow-mediated vascular dilation
Grzegorz Osmenda, Joanna Maciąg, Grzegorz Wilk, Anna Maciąg, Daniel Nowakowski, Jolanta Loster, Elżbieta Dembowska, Douglas Robertson, Tomasz Guzik, Marta Cześnikiewicz-Guzik
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):66-74
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Infusional high-density lipoproteins therapies as a novel strategy for treating atherosclerosis
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):210-214
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Vitamin D status and circulating biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction and inflammation in non-diabetic obese individuals: a pilot study
Branislava Ilinčić, Edita Stokić, Zoran Stošić, Nevena Eremić Kojić, Niki Katsiki, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Esma R. Isenovic
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):53-60
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The rs2228145 polymorphism in the interleukin-6 receptor and its association with long-term prognosis after myocardial infarction in a pilot study
Anna Szpakowicz, Witold Pepinski, Ewa Waszkiewicz, Małgorzata Skawronska, Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica, Wlodzimierz J. Musial, Karol A. Kaminski
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):93-99
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Inducing apolipoprotein A-I synthesis to reduce cardiovascular risk: from ASSERT to SUSTAIN and beyond
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1302-1307
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Impact of variants in CETP and apo AI genes on serum HDL cholesterol levels in men and women from the Polish population
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1188-1198
ORIGINAL PAPER
The effects of vitamin D on severity of coronary artery atherosclerosis and lipid profile of cardiac patients
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1199-1206
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Correlation between plasma angiopoietin-1, angiopoietin-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-2 in coronary heart disease
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1214-1219
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
The role of near-infrared spectroscopy in the detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1308-1316
BASIC RESEARCH
NLRP3 inflammasome: a novel link between lipoproteins and atherosclerosis
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(5):950-958
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Effect of comprehensive cardiovascular disease risk management on longitudinal changes in carotid artery intima-media thickness in a community-based prevention clinic
Henry G. Cheng, Birju S. Patel, Seth S. Martin, Michael Blaha, Amy Doneen, Brad Bale, Steven R. Jones
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):728-735
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Impact of coexisting multivessel coronary artery disease on short-term outcomes and long-term survival of patients treated with carotid stenting
Josef Veselka, Miloslav Špaček, Martin Horváth, Cyril Štěchovský, Ingrid Homolová, Petra Zimolová, Petr Hájek
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):760-765
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Serum paraoxonase 1 activity in patients with iron deficiency anemia
Yildiz Okuturlar, Asuman Gedikbasi, Nilgul Akalin, Meral Gunaldi, Deniz Yilmaz, Meral Mert, Ozlem Harmankaya, Aliye Soylu, Pinar Karakaya, Abdulbaki Kumbasar
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):697-703
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Adding carotid total plaque area to the Framingham risk score improves cardiovascular risk classification
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(3):513-520
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association between soluble lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 levels and coronary slow flow phenomenon
Ilker Murat Caglar, Cem Ozde, Ismail Biyik, Fatma Nihan Turhan Caglar, Ibrahim Faruk Akturk, Murat Ugurlucan, Osman Karakaya
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(1):31-37
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Putative consequences of exposure to Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with coronary heart disease in terms of humoral immune response and inflammation
Agnieszka Matusiak, Maciej Chałubiński, Marlena Broncel, Tomasz Rechciński, Karolina Rudnicka, Eliza Miszczyk, Maria Walencka, Dominik Strapagiel, Adrian Gajewski, Magdalena Chmiela
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(1):45-54
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LDL apheresis in a woman with severe heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Late, but not too late
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(6):1352-1353
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Aortic valve calcification in 499 consecutive patients referred for computed tomography
Anna Galas, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Ilona Michałowska, Cezary Kępka, Elżbieta Abramczuk, Ewa Orłowska-Baranowska, Witold Rużyłło
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(5):952-957
Experimental research
Impact of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ on angiotensin II type 1 receptor-mediated insulin sensitivity, vascular inflammation and atherogenesis in hypercholesterolemic mice
Vedat Tiyerili, Ulrich M. Becher, Bakary Camara, Cihan Yildirimtürk, Adem Aksoy, Moritz Kebschull, Nikos Werner, Georg Nickenig, Cornelius Müller
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(4):877-885
State of the art paper
Improvement of hepatic bioavailability as a new step for the future of statin
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(2):406-410
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
PON1 status evaluation in patients with chronic arterial occlusion of lower limbs due to atherosclerosis obliterans
Magdalena P. Kasprzak, Maria Iskra, Wacław Majewski, Magdalena Budzyń-Napierała, Bogna Gryszczyńska, Krzysztof Strzyżewski, Jakub Kasprzak
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(6):1101-1108
Clinical research
Carotid intima media thickness and low HDL in South Asian immigrants: could dysfunctional HDL be the missing link?
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(5):870-879
Basic research
NLRP3 and downstream cytokine expression elevated in the monocytes of patients with coronary artery disease
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(4):791-800
Clinical research
Nicotinic acid/laropiprant reduces platelet count but increases mean platelet volume in patients with primary dyslipidemia
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(3):439-444
Experimental research
Thrombin inhibition by dabigatran attenuates atherosclerosis in ApoE deficient mice
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):154-160
Clinical research
Elevation of serum CXCL16 level correlates well with atherosclerotic ischemic stroke
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):47-52
Clinical research
Dual burden of body weight among Iranian children and adolescents in 2003 and 2010: the CASPIAN-III study
Masoud Rahmanian, Roya Kelishadi, Mostafa Qorbani, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Gita Shafiee, Tahereh Aminaee, Gelayol Ardalan, Mahnaz Taslimi, Parinaz Poursafa, Hamid Asayesh, Bagher Larijani, Ramin Heshmat
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):96-103
Clinical research
Differences in metabolic parameters and cardiovascular risk between American Diabetes Association and World Health Organization definition of impaired fasting glucose in European Caucasian subjects: a cross-sectional study
Theodosios D. Filippatos, Evangelos C. Rizos, Irene F. Gazi, Konstantinos Lagos, Dimitrios Agouridis, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Moses S. Elisaf
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):788-795
Letter to the Editor
Intracardiac thrombi and skin necrosis in a young female patient
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):957-959
Experimental research
Ginkgo suppresses atherosclerosis through downregulating the expression of connexin 43 in rabbits
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(2):340-346
Clinical research
Influence of metabolic syndrome superposition on familial combined hyperlipoproteinemia cardiovascular complication rate
Arrigo F.G. Cicero, Giuseppe Derosa, Pamela Maffioli, Alessandra Reggi, Elisa Grandi, Claudio Borghi
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(2):238-242
Short communication
The effect of combining rosuvastatin with sartans of different peroxisome proliferator receptor-γ activating capacity on plasma 8-isoprostane prostaglandin F2a levels
Christos V. Rizos, Evangelos N. Liberopoulos, Constantinos C. Tellis, Alexandros D. Tselepis, Moses S. Elisaf
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):172-176
State of the art paper
Comprehensive insight into immune regulatory mechanisms and vascular wall determinants of atherogenesis – emerging perspectives of immunomodulation
Maciej Chalubinski, Katarzyna Wojdan, Roksana Dorantowicz, Paulina Jackowska, Paulina Gorzelak, Marlena Broncel
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):159-165
Clinical research
Examination of serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein A clinical value in acute coronary syndrome prediction and monitoring
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):14-20
State of the art paper
Low-density lipoprotein, its susceptibility to oxidation and the role of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and carboxyl ester lipase lipases in atherosclerotic plaque formation
Paweł Burchardt, Jakub Żurawski, Bartosz Zuchowski, Tomasz Kubacki, Dawid Murawa, Krzysztof Wiktorowicz, Henryk Wysocki
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):151-158
Letter to the Editor
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and cardiovascular risk
Michael S. Kostapanos, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Moses S. Elisaf, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Nikolaos Papanas
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(6):1115-1116
Clinical research
Cervical plexus block versus general anesthesia in carotid surgery: single center experience
Dejan Markovic, Gordana Vlajkovic, Radomir Sindjelic, Dragan Markovic, Nebojsa Ladjevic, Nevena Kalezic
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(6):1035-1040
State of the art paper
Impact of physical activity on inflammation: effects on cardiovascular disease risk and other inflammatory conditions
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(5):794-804
Clinical research
Lipid and protein oxidation in female patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(5):886-891
Experimental research
Effect of experimentally induced metabolic acidosis on aortic endothelial permeability and serum nitric oxide concentration in normal and high-cholesterol fed rabbits
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(4):719-723
Clinical research
Risk factor reduction in progression of angiographic coronary artery disease
Hoang M. Lai, Wilbert S. Aronow, Anthony D. Mercando, Phoenix Kalen, Harit V. Desai, Kaushang Gandhi, Mala Sharma, Harshad Amin, Trung M. Lai
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(3):444-448
Clinical research
The relationship of vitamin D with non-traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease
in subjects with metabolic syndrome
Stefania Makariou, Evangelos Liberopoulos, Matilda Florentin, Konstantinos Lagos, Irene Gazi, Anna Challa, Moses Elisaf
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(3):437-443
Clinical research
Dual-source computed tomography angiography and intravascular ultrasound assessment of restenosis in patients after coronary stenting for bifurcation left main stenosis: a pilot study
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(3):455-461
Basic research
Effect of palmitic acid and linoleic acid on expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 in human bone marrow endothelial cells (HBMECs)
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(2):192-198
Clinical research
Reduced coenzyme Q10 in female smokers and its association with lipid profile in a young healthy adult population
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):948-954
State of the art papers
Is there an additional benefit from coronary revascularization in diabetic patients with acute coronary syndromes or stable angina who are already on optimal medical treatment?
Vasilios G. Athyros, Thomas D. Gossios, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Matilda Florentin, Asterios Karagiannis, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):1067-1075
Review paper
One more look at guidelines for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(5):747-756
Clinical research
Changes in the activity of connective tissue matrix enzymes in the metabolic syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(4):634-641
Clinical research
Plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine predicts restenosis after coronary angioplasty
Arkadiusz Derkacz, Marcin Protasiewicz, Rafał Poręba, Adrian Doroszko, Małgorzata Poręba, Jolanta Antonowicz-Juchniewicz, Ryszard Andrzejak, Andrzej Szuba
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(3):444-448
Clinical research
Thoracic aortic atheroma severity predicts high-risk coronary anatomy in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography
Xuedong Shen, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chandra K. Nair, Hema Korlakunta, Mark J. Holmberg, Fenwei Wang, Stephanie Maciejewski, Dennis J. Esterbrooks
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(1):61-66
Review paper
Association between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis, the role of vitamin D
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(2):179-188
Review paper
Osteoporosis, osteopenia, and atherosclerotic vascular disease
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(1):21-26
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 Edward Penson, Dan Gaita, Arrigo FG Cicero
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Causal relationship between inflammatory bowel disease and cardiovascular disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomized study
Lianghao Ma, Lishan Ding, Zuoying Xing, Hongjie Ren, Jingjing Wei, Huanhuan Song, Boyong Qiu, Zhaoqi Chen, Yongxia Wang
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Clinical effects of stent implantation on lower extremity deep venous thrombosis with severe iliac vein stenosis
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors during childhood as predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Assessment of vitamin D levels in correlation with coronary computed tomography angiography results in a Slovak population
Dominik Pella, Tibor Poruban, Jozef Gonsorcik, Jan Fedacko, Zuzana Pella, Karolina Angela Sieradzka Uchnar, Radka Hreskova, Marianna Barbierik Vachalcova
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(2):409-415
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
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
SNHG15 is involved in the progression of atherosclerosis through targeted regulation of miR-370-3p and bioinformatics analysis
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Success in achieving LDL-C target values in a high-risk population in Slovakia: the SlovakLipid retrospective study
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
RESEARCH PAPER
Coexistence of low testosterone and metabolic syndrome associated with increased arterial stiffness in male patients with type 2 diabetes
Shih-Ming Chuang, Kat-Yien Ngu, Chun-Chuan Lee, Ming-Nan Chien, Yueh-Chiu Huang, Hong-Mou Shih, Sung-Chen Liu
RESEARCH PAPER
Cardiovascular complications according to severity of renal artery stenosis based on Doppler ultrasound
RESEARCH PAPER
Long non-coding RNA SNHG16 contributes to progression of carotid atherosclerosis by regulating miR-30c-5p/ADAM10 axis
RESEARCH PAPER
G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPR30 exerts vasoprotective effects in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice
Julian Jehle, Ulrich M. Becher, Moritz Nöthel, Sandra Adler, Katharina Groll, Georg Nickenig, Vedat Tiyerili
RESEARCH PAPER
ST2L expression on monocyte subsets is associated with the severity of acute coronary syndrome and plaque vulnerability
RESEARCH PAPER
Preoperative clinical and renal ultrasonography variables associated with improved systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduction after renal artery stenting
Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka, Agnieszka Rosławiecka, Rafał Badacz, Andrzej Sokołowski, Daniel Rzeźnik, Piotr Pieniążek, Jacek Legutko, Krzysztof Żmudka, Tadeusz Przewłocki
Long-term prognosis in patients suffering from myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, infective myocarditis and tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy – all-cause mortality comparison
Magdalena Jędrychowska, Rafał Januszek, Wojciech Wańha, Krzysztof Piotr Malinowski, Wojciech Wojakowski, Krzysztof Bartuś, Andrzej Surdacki, Dariusz Dudek, Stanisław Bartuś
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Network analysis of the effects of long non-coding RNAs in artemisinin treatment of atherosclerosis in APOE–/– mice
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):967-976
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