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Topic Cardiology
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
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Plasma angiopoietin-like protein 4 as a novel biomarker predicting 10-year mortality in a community-based population: a longitudinal cohort study
Kang-Chih Fan, Szu-Chi Chen, I-Weng Yen, Chia-Hung Lin, Chun-Heng Kuo, Ya-Pin Lyu, Hsien-Chia Juan, Mao-Shin Lin, Shu-Huei Wang, Hung-Yuan Li
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):51-59
Editor's Choice
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Imaging approaches in risk stratification of patients with coronary artery disease: a narrative review
Gloria Santangelo, Elisa Gherbesi, Luca Donisi, Andrea Faggiano, Luca Bergamaschi, Carmine Pizzi, Stefano Carugo, Massimiliano Ruscica, Pompilio Faggiano
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):16-31
Editor's Choice
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive investigations for coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients: a meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):167-178
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Analysis of cause-specific atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease mortality in Mexico: 2011–2015
Erwin Chiquete, Jorge Aldrete-Velasco, Sonia C. Juárez-Comboni, David Solar-Cafaggi, Salvador Durán-Coyote, Mercedes Scarlett Enríquez Ramos, Benjamín Camacho-Silva, Ana Ochoa-Guzmán, Carlos Cantú-Brito
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):67-74
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Rutin ameliorates cigarette smoke mediated lung inflammation in a mouse model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease via regulating the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-8 and PAF
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):258-265
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Fucoxanthin protects neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and attenuates high glucose-mediated oxidative stress via the AMPK pathway
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(1):272-284
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
BASIC RESEARCH
CircBAZ1B stimulates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MI/RI) by modulating miR-1252-5p/ATF3-mediated ferroptosis
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(6):1968-1984
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
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
MicroRNA-26b inhibits cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction by targeting ring finger protein 6 expression
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(6):2009-2021
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
OPINION
Generalized arterial calcifications in a twin recipient treated with etidronate: description of a case report within a narrative review
Carla Giuseppina Corti, Luisa Federica Nespoli, Alessandro Campari, Eleonora Gnan, Massimiliano Ruscica, Stefano Carugo
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1695-1700
RESEARCH LETTER
Metabolism score for visceral fat (METS-VF): an innovative and powerful predictor of stroke
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1710-1714
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Combined myectomy with posterior left ventricular outflow tract enlargement for diffuse subvalvular aortic stenosis: a disease-modifying reconstruction?
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1736-1739
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
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Role of nutrition and healthy lifestyle, for individuals in primary prevention: recent data, gaps in evidence and future directions
Theodora Metsovitis, Marco Bernardi, Eric Bruckert, Federica Fogacci, Arrigo Cicero, Sebastian Garcia-Zamora, Luigi Spadafora, Denis Angoulvant, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Pierre Sabouret
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1385-1399
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Soluble ST2 protein as a new biomarker in patientswith precapillary pulmonary hypertension
Marta Banaszkiewicz, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Szymon Darocha, Michał Piłka, Michał Florczyk, Anna Dobosiewicz, Piotr Kędzierski, Ewa Pędzich-Placha, Janusz Kochman, Grzegorz Opolski, Adam Torbicki, Marcin Kurzyna
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1442-1451
COMMENTARY
Residual cardiovascular disease risk in heart failure patients. What is the real role of lipid-lowering therapy?
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1358-1362
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
BASIC RESEARCH
Abnormal TPM2 expression is involved in regulation of atherosclerosis progression via mediating RhoA signaling in vitro
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1197-1208
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
miR-29a activates expression of α-cardiac myosin heavy chain via β1 thyroid hormone receptor in neonatal rats
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):641-654
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
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
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Severe cardiac events induced by combination immunotherapy in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis
German Valenzuela-Rodriguez, Carlos Diaz-Arocutipa, Jaime A. Collins, Teresa Lopez-Fernandez, Henry L. Gomez, Adrian V. Hernandez
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1662-1670
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
Expression of serum inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers and their correlation with coronary artery calcium score in patients with coronary heart disease
Jia-Qi Yao, Zhuo-Jun Deng, Ming-Xing Fang, Na Xiao, Qing-Sheng Huang, Yu Han, Xuan Wu, Cai-Zhe Ci, Ke Chen, Xiao-Yong Geng
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1709-1713
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Risk of left atrial appendage thrombus in older patients with atrial fibrillation
Monika Gawałko, Monika Budnik, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Iwona Gorczyca, Paweł Krzesiński, Piotr Scisło, Janusz Kochanowski, Anna Michalska, Olga Jelonek, Katarzyna Starzyk, Agnieszka Jurek, Marek Kiliszek, Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon, Grzegorz Gielerak, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Grzegorz Opolski, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1721-1730
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Histopathological changes in myocardial tissue due to coronary venous hypertension
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(6):1714-1720
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
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Effects of ivabradine on ventricular electrophysiological remodeling after myocardial infarction in rats
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(5):1497-1507
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
The concurrent impact of mild cognitive impairment and frailty syndrome in heart failure
Izabella Uchmanowicz, Giuseppe Rosano, Massimo Piepoli, Ercole Vellone, Michał Czapla, Magdalena Lisiak, Dorota Diakowska, Anna Prokopowicz, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz, Bernadetta Nowak, Marta Wleklik, Kenneth Faulkner
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(4):912-920
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Small prenatal diameter of the ascending aorta is associated with increased mortality risk in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Michał Krekora, Łukasz Sokołowski, Julia Murlewska, Katarzyna Zych-Krekora, Maciej Słodki, Mariusz Grzesiak, Ewa Gulczyńska, Iwona Maroszyńska, Maria Respondek-Liberska
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(4):1022-1027
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
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Red blood cell distribution width as a prognostic marker of prolonged mechanical ventilation after paediatric cardiac surgery
Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Tomasz Urbanowicz, Marcin Gładki, Kajetan Grodecki, Michał Michalak, Anita Węclewska, Mateusz Sochacki, Waldemar Bobkowski, Dominika Zalas, Marek Jemielity
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(3):825-828
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association of BAFF and BAFF-R polymorphisms with sarcoidosis in a Greek patient cohort
Maria Martinou, Hector Katifelis, Elias Gialafos, Kiril Todorov Atliev, Spiridon Papiris, Maria Gazouli
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(3):672-677
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: insights from the national inpatient sample
Shantanu Solanki, Khwaja Fahad Haq, George Jolly, Raja Chandra Chakinala, Muhammad Ali Khan, Neil R. Patel, Abhishek Bhurwal, Khwaja Saad Haq, Christopher Nabors, Sarju Ganatra, Wilbert Aronow
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(3):600-607
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Should SGLT2 inhibitors be prescribed in all diabetic type 2 patients?
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):528-531
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Telomere-telomerase system status in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation – relationship with oxidative stress
Aleksandra Vukašinović, Barbara Ostanek, Aleksandra Klisic, Srdjan Kafedžić, Marija Zdravković, Ivan Ilić, Miron Sopić, Saša Hinić, Milica Stefanović, Lidija Memon, Branka Gaković, Nataša Bogavac-Stanojević, Vesna Spasojević-Kalimanovska, Janja Marc, Aleksandar N. Nešković, Jelena Kotur-Stevuljević
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):313-323
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
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Dichloroacetate ameliorates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via regulating autophagy and glucose homeostasis
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):420-429
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Automatic daily remote monitoring in heart failure patients implanted with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy-defibrillator: a single-centre observational pilot study
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):73-85
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
The direct effect of lipopolysaccharide on an isolated heart is different from the effect on cardiac myocytes in vitro
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):216-228
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
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Which future for aspirin in acute coronary syndromes treated with percutaneous coronary intervention? An overview on aspirin-free strategies
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1689-1692
CLINICAL RESEARCH
APOA1 (-75 G>A and 83 C>T) and APOB (2488 C>T) polymorphisms and their association with myocardial infarction, lipids and apolipoproteins in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Fidel Antonio Casillas, Diana Emilia Martínez Fernández, Yeminia Valle, Maricela Aceves Ramírez, Brenda Parra-Reyna, Salvador Sarabia Pulido, Cesar Manuel Guzmán Sánchez, Héctor Enrique Flores Salinas, Francisco Muñoz Valle, Jorge Ramón Padilla Gutiérrez
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1438-1445
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
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
mRNA vaccination in children and youth: a cautionary note
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(5):1404-1406
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension in COVID-19: a meta-analysis of prevalence and its association with clinical outcome
Yudi Her Oktaviono, Eka Prasetya Budi Mulia, Kevin Luke, David Nugraha, Irma Maghfirah, Agus Subagjo
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(5):1169-1180
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
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Left atrial volume index predicts response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):930-938
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
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
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
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
BASIC RESEARCH
Twelve-month kinetics of circulating fibrosis-linked microRNAs (miR-21, miR-29, miR-30, and miR-133a) and the relationship with extracellular matrix fibrosis in dilated cardiomyopathy
Paweł Rubiś, Justyna Totoń-Żurańska, Maria Kołton-Wróż, Paweł Wołkow, Ewelina Pitera, Sylwia Wiśniowska-Śmiałek, Ewa Dziewięcka, Ann Garlitski, Piotr Podolec
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(2):480-488
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
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
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Cardiac parasympathetic modulation in the setting of radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(6):1716-1721
RESEARCH LETTER
Stent-graft and double-guiding catheter technique to rescue iatrogenic coronary perforation
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(6):1800-1803
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
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 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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions within coronary artery bypass grafts
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(3):628-637
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
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Levosimendan in the modern treatment of patients with acute heart failure of various aetiologies
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):296-303
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Plasma renin activity, serum aldosterone concentration and selected organ damage indices in essential arterial hypertension
Tomasz Pizoń, Marek Rajzer, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Tomasz Drożdż, Dorota Drożdż, Marta Rojek, Krystian Gruszka, Danuta Czarnecka
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):9-18
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Acute pericarditis in a young patient with IgG immunodeficiency
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(6):1461-1463
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Assessment of the relationship between endocan and obstructive sleep apnea severity
Hamdi Pusuroglu, Umut Somuncu, Ismail Bolat, Ozgur Akgul, Hayriye Ak Yıldırım, Sinem Ozbay Ozyilmaz, Vesile Ornek, Ozgur Surgit, Huseyin Karakurt, Ayfer Utkusavas, Nermina Alagic, Aydın Yıldırım
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(6):1346-1352
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Cardiovascular risk factors among cancer patients qualified for systemic treatment. Analysis of a cardiovascular disease-free cohort from the Polish multicentre study ONCOECHO
Marta Nowakowska, Edyta Płońska-Gościniak, Andrzej Szyszka, Łukasz Chrzanowski, Magdalena Krakowska, Piotr Potemski, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Zbigniew Gąsior, Artur Bodys, Maciej Siński, Adrianna Gościńska-Szmagała, Piotr Gościniak, Monika Różewicz, Beata Zaborska, Wojciech Braksator, Dariusz Kosior, Jaroslaw D. Kasprzak
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(6):1295-1303
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
BASIC RESEARCH
MicroRNA-214-5p protects against myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury through targeting the FAS ligand
Yuan Lu, Jue Xi, Yao Zhang, Chenzong Li, Wensu Chen, Xiaoqin Hu, Min Zhang, Fengyun Zhang, Hui Wei, Zhi Li, Zhirong Wang
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1119-1129
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Closure of patent foramen ovale for secondary prevention of cryptogenic stroke: current perspectives
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1243-1246
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia is reduced after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Christiane Jungen, Fares-Alexander Alken, Christian Eickholt, Katharina Scherschel, Pawel Kuklik, Niklas Klatt, Jana Schwarzl, Julia Moser, Mario Jularic, Ruken Oezge Akbulak, Benjamin Schaeffer, Stephan Willems, Christian Meyer
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1022-1030
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Predictors of long-term survival in patients treated with targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1250-1253
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Percutaneous left ventricular pseudoaneurysm closure
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1247-1249
BASIC RESEARCH
MiR-330-3p functions as a tumor suppressor that regulates glioma cell proliferation and migration by targeting CELF1
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(5):1166-1175
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Multicentre early experience with totally subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillators in Poland
Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Maciej Kempa, Marcin Grabowski, Mateusz Tajstra, Adam Sokal, Iwona Cygankiewicz, Radosław Zwoliński, Marcin Michalak, Michal Kowara, Szymon Budrejko, Anna Kurek, Jerzy K. Wranicz, Grzegorz Raczak, Grzegorz Opolski, Mariusz Gąsior, Oskar Kowalski, Paweł Ptaszyński
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(4):764-771
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Early and late outcomes after transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in obese patients
Giovanni Mariscalco, Paola D’Errigo, Fausto Biancari, Stefano Rosato, Francesco Musumeci, Marco Barbanti, Marco Ranucci, Gennaro Santoro, Gabriella Badoni, Danilo Fusco, Martina Ventura, Corrado Tamburino, Fulvia Seccareccia
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(4):796-801
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
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Arguable ICD placement in a sarcoidosis patient with extensive cardiac involvement
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(3):707-708
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
Takotsubo syndrome – fatal prognosis of patients with low body mass index in 5-year follow-up
Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec, Jolanta Małyszko, Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska, Anna Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, Sławomir J. Dobrzycki
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(2):282-288
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A as a predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis of prospective studies
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(1):8-15
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
Association of lipoprotein(a) and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with percutaneous coronary intervention
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(6):1375-1380
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Prognostic role of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Kamil Jonas, Marcin Waligóra, Wojciech Magoń, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Jakub Stokwiszewski, Wojciech Płazak, Piotr Podolec, Grzegorz Kopeć
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(6):1397-1406
CLINICAL RESEARCH
E-selectin gene haplotypes are associated with the risk of myocardial infarction
Jarosław Gorący, Mariusz Kaczmarczyk, Andrzej Ciechanowicz, Krzysztof Safranow, Joanna Gorący, Katarzyna Jakubowska, Dariusz Chlubek, Iwona Gorący
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(5):1223-1231
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Associations between neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, albuminuria and uric acid and the estimated glomerular filtration rate in hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease stages 1–3
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(5):1232-1239
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association of systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure with microalbuminuria in treatment-naïve hypertensive patients
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(4):832-836
BASIC RESEARCH
Naringin attenuates high glucose-induced injuries and inflammation by modulating the leptin-JAK2/STAT3 pathway in H9c2 cardiac cells
Changjun Luo, Xiao Ke, Si Xiong, Yun Sun, Qing Xu, Wei Zhang, Yiyan Lei, Yiqian Ding, Yulan Zhen, Jianqiang Feng, Fei Cheng, Jingfu Chen
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(5):1145-1157
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness predicts long-term survival in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: the Henry Ford Exercise Testing (FIT) Project
Olusola A. Orimoloye, Swetha Kambhampati, Albert J. Hicks III, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Michael G. Silverman, Seamus Whelton, Waqas Qureshi, Jonathan K. Ehrman, Steven J. Keteyian, Clinton A. Brawner, Zeina Dardari, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Michael J. Blaha
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(2):350-358
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Serum lipid metabolism in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis – an update
Aldona Pietrzak, Paweł Chabros, Ewelina Grywalska, Paweł Kiciński, Kinga Franciszkiewicz-Pietrzak, Dorota Krasowska, Grzegorz Kandzierski
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(2):369-375
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Flow-mediated dilation can be used to predict incident hypertension in patients with hyperuricemia
Chunli Han, Zhanchao Xian, Yang Zou, Zhiyong Liao, Rongfeng Yang, Chunxia Zou, Xiaoqing Wang, Yan Sun
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(2):343-349
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Potential injurious effects of the fine particulate PM2.5 on the progression of atherosclerosis in apoE-deficient mice by activating platelets and leukocytes
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(1):250-261
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
BDNF contributes to the skeletal muscle anti-atrophic effect of exercise training through AMPK-PGC1α signaling in heart failure mice
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(1):214-222
COMMENTARY
Pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease
Pratishtha Mehra, Vimal Mehta, Rishi Sukhija, Anjan K. Sinha, Mohit Gupta, M.P. Girish, Wilbert S. Aronow
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(1):262-273
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor in one-year prediction of major adverse cardiac events in patients after first myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Rafał N. Wlazeł, Marta Migała, Marzenna Zielińska, Lucjan Pawlicki, Kinga Rośniak-Bąk, Iwona Szadkowska
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(1):72-77
BASIC RESEARCH
Viral genome changes and the impact of viral genome persistence in myocardium of patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy
Dalibor Mlejnek, Jan Krejci, Petr Hude, Eva Ozabalova, Vita Zampachova, Radka Stepanova, Iva Svobodová, Tomas Freiberger, Eva Nemcova, Lenka Spinarova
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(6):1245-1253
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Myocarditis presenting as variant angina: a rare presentation
Amole O. Ojo, Chhaya A. Gupta, Anthon Fuisz, Zeeshan Solangi, Prakash Harikrishnan, Howard A. Cooper, Julio A. Panza, Wilbert S. Aronow
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(5):1175-1179
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Practice setting and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease
Piotr Jankowski, Danuta Czarnecka, Leszek Badacz, Piotr Bogacki, Jacek S. Dubiel, Janusz Grodecki, Tomasz Grodzicki, Janusz Maciejewicz, Ewa Mirek-Bryniarska, Jadwiga Nessler, Wiesław Piotrowski, Piotr Podolec, Wanda Śmielak-Korombel, Wiesława Tracz, Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Andrzej Pająk
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(5):979-987
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Non-invasive evaluation of cardiac index by impedance cardiography in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(4):801-806
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Fluoroscopy integrating technology in a 3D mapping system during ablation of atrial arrhythmias: first experiences
Christian Blockhaus, Jan Schmidt, Muhammed Kurt, Lukas Clasen, Patrick Müller, Christoph Brinkmeyer, Malte Kelm, Dong-In Shin, Hisaki Makimoto
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(4):794-800
BASIC RESEARCH
Lutein prevents osteoarthritis through Nrf2 activation and downregulation of inflammation
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(3):617-624
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Left ventricular structural and functional changes evaluated by echocardiography and two-dimensional strain in patients with sickle cell disease
Ricardo Bedirian, Andrea Ribeiro Soares, Maria Christina Maioli, Jussara Fonseca Fernandes de Medeiros, Agnaldo José Lopes, Marcia Bueno Castier
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(3):493-499
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Giant coronary sinus secondary to partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection with combined mitral valve disease
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(2):463-465
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Propafenone is not effective for severe ventricular arrhythmias in Andersen-Tawil syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(1):247-250
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
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The need to apply the best therapy in heart failure – the era after PARADIGM-HF
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(5):1244-1248
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Repeated positive acceleration exposure exacerbates endothelial dysfunction in high-fat-diet-induced hyperlipidemic rats
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):937-946
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
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Additive effects of atorvastatin combined with sitagliptin on rats with myocardial infarction: a pilot study
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):956-961
CLINICAL RESEARCH
A comprehensive guidelines-based approach reduces cardiovascular risk in everyday practice: the VARO study
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):705-710
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Apolipoprotein A1 polymorphisms and risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):813-819
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
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
The effect of antihypertensive treatment on arterial stiffness and serum concentration of selected matrix metalloproteinases
Marek Rajzer, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Tomasz Kameczura, Agnieszka Olszanecka, Danuta Fedak, Michał Terlecki, Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Danuta Czarnecka
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(4):760-770
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Effects of a novel ascorbate-based protocol on infarct size and ventricle function in acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary angioplasty
Cristóbal Ramos, Roberto Brito, Jaime González-Montero, Nicolás Valls, Juan G. Gormaz, Juan C. Prieto, Rubén Aguayo, Ángel Puentes, Viviana Noriega, Gonzalo Pereira, Tamara Palavecino, Ramón Rodrigo
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(3):558-567
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Cardiomyocyte mitochondria as targets of humoral factors released by remote ischemic preconditioning
Nilguen Gedik, Leonardo Maciel, Christiane Schulte, Andreas Skyschally, Gerd Heusch, Petra Kleinbongard
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(2):448-458
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Clinical response to calcium channel blockers in a hemodynamically unstable patient with reactive idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(2):504-506
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Comparison of echocardiography with tissue Doppler imaging and magnetic resonance imaging with delayed enhancement in the assessment of children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(2):328-336
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Fenestration closure with Amplatzer Duct Occluder II in patients after total cavo-pulmonary connection
Sebastian Góreczny, Paweł Dryżek, Gareth J. Morgan, Anna Mazurek-Kula, Jacek J. Moll, Jadwiga A. Moll, Shakeel Qureshi, Tomasz Moszura
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(2):337-345
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Sexual health of male cardiac patients – present status and expectations of patients with coronary heart disease
Dariusz Kałka, Łukasz Karpiński, Jana Gebala, Lesław Rusiecki, Anna Biełous-Wilk, Ewa S. Krauz, Magdalena Piłot, Krzysztof Womperski, Małgorzata Rusiecka, Witold Pilecki
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(2):302-310
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
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Inferior sinus venosus and two ostium secundum atrial septal defects is possible to treat with three occludersth three occluders
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):260-262
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Long-term effects of earthquake experience of young persons on cardiovascular disease risk factors
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(1):75-81
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
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Integration of medical therapy and mechanical circulatory support in the management of acute heart failure
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1317-1323
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of inhomogeneities of repolarization in patients with psoriasis vulgaris
Korhan Soylu, Sinan İnci, Gökhan Aksan, Gökay Nar, Esra Pancar Yüksel, Hande Serra Ocal, Mustafa Çapraz, Serkan Yüksel, Mahmut Şahin
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(6):1225-1231
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
History and current use of mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(5):1135-1141
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The effect of hyperoxia on central blood pressure in healthy subjects
Maciej Siński, Jacek Lewandowski, Anna Dobosiewicz, Jacek Przybylski, Piotr Abramczyk, Zbigniew Gaciong
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(5):992-999
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) has superior predictive value compared to right ventricular to left ventricular ratio in normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism
Marzanna Paczyńska, Piotr Sobieraj, Łukasz Burzyński, Maciej Kostrubiec, Małgorzata Wiśniewska, Piotr Bienias, Katarzyna Kurnicka, Barbara Lichodziejewska, Piotr Pruszczyk, Michał Ciurzyński
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(5):1008-1014
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia: a meta-analysis of six large, observational, population-based studies in Poland
Andrzej Pajak, Krystyna Szafraniec, Maciej Polak, Wojciech Drygas, Walerian Piotrowski, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Piotr Jankowski
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):687-696
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Serum CETP and PLTP activity in middle-aged men living in urban or rural area of the Lower Silesia region. PURE Poland sub-study
Anna Skoczyńska, Anna Wojakowska, Barbara Turczyn, Katarzyna Zatońska, Maria Wołyniec, Andrzej Szuba
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):704-714
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Risk factor indicators in offspring of patients with premature coronary heart disease in Banja Luka region/Republic of Srpska/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):736-741
PUBLIC HEALTH
Analysis of food advertising to children on Spanish television: probing exposure to television marketing
Daniel Campos, Juan José Hernández-Torres, Ahmad Agil, Mariano Comino, Juan Carlos López, Victoria Macías, Cristina Campoy
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):799-807
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Increased high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and lactic acid in stroke patients with internal carotid artery occlusion
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(3):546-551
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Platelet microparticle number is associated with the extent of myocardial damage in acute myocardial infarction
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(3):529-537
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The diagnostic value of supine blood pressure in hypertension
Paweł Krzesiński, Adam Stańczyk, Grzegorz Gielerak, Katarzyna Piotrowicz, Małgorzata Banak, Agnieszka Wójcik
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(2):310-318
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Suboptimal oral anticoagulant treatment among Chinese non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: the Nanchang Atrial Fibrillation Project
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(1):216-218
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
The 4q25, 1q21, and 16q22 polymorphisms and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation
Marek Kiliszek, Edward Kozluk, Maria Franaszczyk, Piotr Lodzinski, Agnieszka Piatkowska, Rafal Ploski, Grzegorz Opolski
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(1):38-44
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Acute myocardial infarction due to left main coronary artery disease in men and women: does ST-segment elevation matter?
Marcin Sadowski, Wojciech Gutkowski, Grzegorz Raczyński, Agnieszka Janion-Sadowska, Marek Gierlotka, Lech Poloński
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(6):1197-1204
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Use of MKSAP 16 for American Board of Internal Medicine Examination
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(6):1354-1355
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
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
The roles of pacing interval and pacing strength in ventricular fibrillation induced by rapid pacing with 1 : 1 capture
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(5):1111-1118
BASIC RESEARCH
Apelin-13 protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury through the RISK-GSK-3β-mPTP pathway
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(5):1065-1073
Commentary
Can Halberg’s approach to chronotherapy improve world health?
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(4):911-913
Clinical research
Patients with heart failure and concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease participating in the Heart Failure Pilot Survey (ESC-HF Pilot) – Polish population
Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Marta Kałużna-Oleksy, Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Stefan Grajek, Grzegorz Opolski, Piotr Ponikowski, Ewa Jankowska, Paweł Balsam, Lech Poloński, Jarosław Drożdż
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(4):743-750
Clinical research
Objectives and methodology of Romanian SEPHAR II Survey. Project for comparing the prevalence and control of cardiovascular risk factors in two east-European countries: Romania and Poland
Maria Dorobantu, Oana-Florentina Tautu, Roxana Darabont, Silviu Ghiorghe, Elisabeta Badila, Minca Dana, Minodora Dobreanu, Ilarie Baila, Marcin Rutkowski, Tomasz Zdrojewski
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(4):715-723
Clinical research
Comparison of sublingual isosorbide dinitrate and Valsalva maneuver for detection of obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
David Zemanek, Pavol Tomasov, Miloš Bělehrad, Katarína Hladká, Jana Košťálová, Tomáš Kára, Josef Veselka
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(4):751-755
Clinical research
Evaluation of T-wave alternans in high-resolution ECG maps recorded during the stress test in patients after myocardial infarction
Dariusz Janusek, Michał Kania, Rajmund Zaczek, Małgorzata Kobylecka, Marek Chojnowski, Leszek Królicki, Grzegorz Opolski, Roman Maniewski
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(1):99-105
Experimental research
Mechanism of endothelial cyto-protective and thrombo-resistance effects of sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil in male rabbit
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(1):190-198
Clinical research
Blood pressure control predicts plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 in diabetes mellitus type II
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(1):85-91
Clinical research
Heart function disturbances in chronic kidney disease – echocardiographic indices
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(6):1109-1116
Clinical research
ST-segment changes in high-resolution body surface potential maps measured during exercise to assess myocardial ischemia: a pilot study
Michał Kania, Rajmund Zaczek, Heriberto Zavala-Fernandez, Dariusz Janusek, Małgorzata Kobylecka, Leszek Królicki, Grzegorz Opolski, Roman Maniewski
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(6):1086-1090
Clinical research
Early hemodynamic response to the tilt test in patients with syncope
Edward Koźluk, Gerard Cybulski, Agnieszka Piątkowska, Inga Zastawna, Wiktor Niewiadomski, Anna Strasz, Anna Gąsiorowska, Maciej Kempa, Dariusz Kozłowski, Grzegorz Opolski
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(6):1078-1085
Clinical research
Heart rate turbulence in patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus type 2
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(6):1073-1077
Systematic review/Meta-analysis
The incidence of acute myocardial infarction in relation to overweight and obesity: a meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(5):855-862
Clinical research
Usefulness of patient’s history and non-invasive electrocardiographic parameters in prediction of ajmaline test results in patients with suspected Brugada syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(5):899-912
Clinical research
In-hospital daily insulin dose predicts long-term adverse outcome in patients with diabetes with ST‑elevation myocardial infarction treated with successful primary percutaneous angioplasty
Tomasz Jeżewski, Jan Z. Peruga, Jarosław D. Kasprzak, Tomasz Bendinger, Michal Plewka, Jarosław Drożdż, Józef Drzewoski, Maria Krzeminska-Pakula
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(5):913-919
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
Clinical research
Can echocardiographically estimated pulmonary arterial elastance be a non-invasive predictor of pulmonary vascular resistance?
Neeraj Sinha, Srikala Devabhaktuni, Aparna Kadambi, John A. McClung, Wilbert S. Aronow, Stuart G. Lehrman
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(4):692-700
Clinical research
Contractile reserve assessed by dobutamine test identifies super-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Dejan Vukajlovic, Goran Milasinovic, Lazar Angelkov, Velibor Ristic, Milosav Tomovic, Ruzica Jurcevic, Petar Otasevic
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(4):684-691
Letter to the Editor
Use of an endoscopic bioptome for extraction of a retained pacemaker lead tip
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(4):853-854
Clinical research
Heart diastolic dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis
Michał Ciurzyński, Piotr Bienias, Katarzyna Irzyk, Maciej Kostrubiec, Agnieszka Szewczyk, Urszula Demkow, Maria Siwicka, Katarzyna Kurnicka, Barbara Lichodziejewska, Piotr Pruszczyk
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(3):445-454
Letter to the Editor
Methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy causing severe mitral valve regurgitation
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(3):630-631
Clinical research
Emergency surgical approach to device emboli due to migration of the atrial septal defect occluder
Ufuk Yetkin, Ismail Yurekli, Zehra Ilke Akyildiz, Orhan Gokalp, Omer Tetik, Banu Lafci, Oktay Ergene, Ali Gurbuz
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(3):464-469
Clinical research
Left atrial mechanical functions in chronic primary mitral regurgitation patients: a velocity vector imaging-based study
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(3):455-463
Clinical research
Contact force mapping during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: procedural data and one-year follow-up
Alexander Wutzler, Martin Huemer, Abdul Shokor Parwani, Florian Blaschke, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Leif-Hendrik Boldt
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(2):266-272
Experimental study
Electrophysiological effect of rotigaptide in rabbits with heart failure
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(2):374-380
Basic research
Arg389Gly β1-adrenergic receptor polymorphism and susceptibility to syncope during tilt test
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(2):240-245
Clinical research
Endocardial Lead Extraction in the Polish Registry – clinical practice versus current Heart Rhythm Society consensus
Michał Chudzik, Andrzej Kutarski, Przemysław Mitkowski, Andrzej Przybylski, Joanna Lewek, Barbara Małecka, Tomasz Smukowski, Aleksander Maciąg, Janusz Śmigielski
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(2):258-265
Editorial
What should the optimal blood pressure goal be in patients
with diabetes mellitus or chronic kidney disease?
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(3):399-402
Clinical research
Exercise capacity as an independent risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outcomes among nondiabetic and diabetic patients
Bredy Pierre-Louis, Achuta K. Guddati, Muhammed Khyzar Hayat Syed, Vanessa E. Gorospe, Mark Manguerra, Chaitali Bagchi, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul Ahn
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):25-32
Experimental research
Thrombin inhibition by dabigatran attenuates atherosclerosis in ApoE deficient mice
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):154-160
Clinical research
The significance of mitral and tricuspid valve systolic lateral annular velocities in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism in patients with chronic heart failure
Leszek Gromadziński, Ryszard Targoński, Beata Januszko-Giergielewicz, Philip Ostrowski, Piotr Pruszczyk
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):39-46
Clinical research
Quality of life (QOL) evaluation after acute coronary syndrome with simultaneous clopidogrel treatment
Jerzy Chudek, Adam Kowalczyk, Anna Krystyna Kowalczyk, Joanna Kwiatkowska, Grzegorz Raczak, Dariusz Kozłowski
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):33-38
Letter to the Editor
A 53-year-old woman with thrombocytosis and pulmonary embolism
Eftychia Demerouti, Athanassios Manginas, Evangelos Leontiadis, Theodoros Hatzis, George Athanassopoulos, Konstantinos Mihas, Gregory Pavlides
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):191-194
State of the art paper
Sarcomas of the heart as a difficult interdisciplinary problem
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):135-148
State of the art paper
Carotid artery stenting – current status
of the procedure
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(6):1028-1034
Clinical research
Efficacy and safety of a biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent in primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a randomized controlled trial
Qiang Li, Zichuan Tong, Lefeng Wang, Jianjun Zhang, Yonggui Ge, Hongshi Wang, Weiming Li, Li Xu, Zhuhua Ni, Xinchun Yang
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(6):1040-1048
Letter to the Editor
Coronary artery dissection, traumatic liver and spleen injury after cardiopulmonary resuscitation – a case report and review of the literature
Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Dariusz A. Kosior, Marcin Grabowski, Adam Rdzanek, Zenon Huczek, Grzegorz Opolski
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(6):1158-1161
Letter to the Editor
Rare cardiovascular anomaly: congenital unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(6):1162-1164
Basic research
Infarct size reduction by cyclosporine A at reperfusion involves inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore but does not improve mitochondrial respiration
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(6):968-975
Clinical research
Radiofrequency ablation without the use of fluoroscopy – in what kind of patients is it feasible?
Edward Koźluk, Marcin Gawrysiak, Agnieszka Piątkowska, Piotr Lodziński, Marek Kiliszek, Sylwia Małkowska, Rajmund Zaczek, Radosław Piątkowski, Grzegorz Opolski, Dariusz Kozłowski
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):821-825
State of the art paper
Hyperthyroidism and cardiovascular complications: a narrative review on the basis of pathophysiology
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):944-952
Clinical research
Transthoracic measurement of left coronary artery flow reserve improves the diagnostic value of routine dipyridamole-atropine stress echocardiogram
Jarosław D. Kasprzak, Paulina Wejner-Mik, Aria Nouri, Ewa Szymczyk, Maria Krzemińska-Pakuła, Piotr Lipiec
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):802-807
Letter to the Editor
Fracture of a carotid stent and restenosis of common carotid artery
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):953-956
Clinical research
Ambulatory Holter monitoring in asymptomatic patients with DDD pacemakers – do we need ACC/AHA Guidelines revision?
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):815-820
Clinical research
Prognostic significance of spontaneous echocardiographic contrast detected by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the era of harmonic imaging
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):808-814
Clinical research
23-year experience on diagnosis and surgical treatment of benign and malignant cardiac tumors
Anna Kośmider, Ryszard Jaszewski, Anna Marcinkiewicz, Karol Bartczak, Jerzy Knopik, Stanisław Ostrowski
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(5):826-830
Clinical research
Cardiotrophin-1 is not associated with carotid or coronary disease and is inversely associated with obesity in patients undergoing coronary angiography
Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci, Antonio De Vincentis, Josepmaria Argemi, Giovanni Galati, Eduardo Ansò, Giuseppe Patti, Antonio Picardi
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(4):635-639
Clinical research
Association of CD36 gene polymorphisms with echo- and electrocardiographic parameters in patients with early onset coronary artery disease
Monika Rac, Grzegorz Kurzawski, Krzysztof Safranow, Michal Rac, Dagmara Sagasz-Tysiewicz, Andrzej Krzystolik, Wojciech Poncyljusz, Maria Olszewska, Grażyna Dawid, Dariusz Chlubek
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(4):640-650
Letter to the Editor
Unexpected cause of syncope in a young woman
Karolina Supel, Michal Zembala, Krzysztof Filipiak, Jerzy Nozynski, Ludomir Stefanczyk, Marzenna Zielińska
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(4):755-757
Letter to the Editor
A novel noninvasive method for measuring fractional flow reserve through three-dimensional modeling
Xiaolong Qi, Huijie Lv, Fangyu Zhou, Jiangmin Zhao, Jiahong Xu, Li Xiang, Fei Wang, Qing Zhan, Jinfa Jiang, Junjie Xiao
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(3):581-583
Clinical research
Prognostic value of low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with aortic stenosis and impaired left ventricular function
Edyta Płońska-Gościniak, Piotr Lipiec, Patrizio Lancellotti, Andrzej Szyszka, Zbigniew Gąsior, Ilona Kowalik, Andrzej Gackowski, Piotr Gościniak, Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik, Jarosław D. Kasprzak
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(3):434-439
Short communication
Progressive loss in circulating volume during haemodialysis can be monitored by time voltage integral area of QRS complex: pilot study
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(3):544-547
Clinical research
Implantation of additional subcutaneous array electrode reduces defibrillation threshold in ICD patients – preliminary results
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(3):440-444
Short communication
Heart rate variability in children with aortic valve stenosis – a pilot study
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(3):535-539
Short communication
Expression of angiogenesis-related genes in right atrial appendages from patients with advanced myocardial ischemia – preliminary results
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(3):540-543
Letter to the Editor
Brugada electrocardiographic pattern in carbon monoxide poisoning
Chandrasekar Palaniswamy, Wilbert S. Aronow, Jaya Prakash Sugunaraj, Jung Julie Kang, Kausik Kar, Ankur Kalra
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(2):377-380
Clinical research
Non-invasive assessment of cardiac hemodynamics in patients with advanced cancer and with chronic heart failure: a pilot feasibility study
Stephan von Haehling, Mitja Lainscak, Thomas Kung, Larissa Cramer, Susann Fülster, Uwe Pelzer, Bert Hildebrandt, Anja Sandek, Joerg C. Schefold, Mathias Rauchhaus, Wolfram Doehner, Stefan D. Anker
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(2):261-267
Clinical research
The influence of systematic pulse-limited physical exercise on the parameters of the cardiovascular system in patients over 65 years of age
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(2):201-209
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
Clinical research
Echocardiographic indices of left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic function in hypertensive patients with preserved LVEF classified as dippers and non-dippers
Monika Możdżan, Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik, Małgorzata Kurpesa, Ewa Trzos, Tomasz Rechciński, Marlena Broncel, Jarosław D. Kasprzak
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(2):268-275
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
Editorial
The time has come to move from coronary angiography to physiological assessment of coronary lesions
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):1-2
Clinical research
Soluble ST2 protein in chronic heart failure is independent of traditional factors
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):21-26
Clinical research
The knowledge of public access to defibrillation in selected cities in Poland
Dariusz Kozłowski, Tomasz Kłosiewicz, Adam Kowalczyk, Anna Krystyna Kowalczyk, Edward Koźluk, Maria Dudziak, Wojciech Homenda, Grzegorz Raczak
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):27-33
Clinical research
The assessment of neural injury following open heart surgery by physiological tremor analysis
Ádám Németh, László Hejjel, Zénó Ajtay, Lóránd Kellényi, Andor Solymos, Imre Bártfai, Norbert Kovács, Zsófia Lenkey, Attila Cziráki, Sándor Szabados
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):40-46
Systematic review/Meta-analysis
Computed tomography for detecting left atrial thrombus: a meta-analysis
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(6):943-951
Clinical research
Exercise tolerance in asymptomatic patients with moderate-severe valvular heart disease and preserved ejection fraction
Schulz Olaf, Brala Debora, Bensch Ricarda, Berghöfer Gunnar, Krämer Jochen, Ingolf Schimke, Martin Halle, Allan Jaffe
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(6):1018-1026
Clinical research
Population genetic analyses of susceptibility to increased body weight
Dejan Nikolic, Suzana Cvjeticanin, Ivana Petronic, Zeljka Milincic, Radivoj Brdar, Radmila Karan, Ljubica Konstantinovic, Aleksandra Dragin, Milisav Cutovic
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(6):998-1002
State of the art paper
Application of polyunsaturated fatty acids in internal medicine: beyond the established cardiovascular effects
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(5):784-793
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
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
A pilot study of circulating PPAR-γ receptor protein in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(3):471-476
Experimental research
Concomitant administration of simvastatin with ivabradine in contrast to metoprolol
intensifies slowing of heart rate in normo- and hypercholesterolemic rats
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(3):549-554
Letter to the Editor
Hepatocyte growth factor concentration during the first day of acute coronary syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(2):389-391
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
Short communication
Hemodynamic findings in patients with brain stroke
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(2):371-374
State of the art paper
Peripheral arterial disease of the lower extremities
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(2):375-388
Clinical research
25-Hydroxy vitamin D levels and endothelial vasodilator function in normotensive women
Sibel Ertek, Ebru Akgül, Arrigo F. Cicero, Utku Kütük, Selda Demirtaș, Sengül Çehreli, Gürbüz Erdoğan
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(1):47-52
Clinical research
Reduction in atherosclerotic events: a retrospective study in an outpatient cardiology practice
Anthony D. Mercando, Hoang M. Lai, Wilbert S. Aronow, Phoenix Kalen, Harit V. Desai, Kaushang Gandhi, Mala Sharma, Harshad Amin, Trung M. Lai
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(1):57-62
Clinical research
Comparison of mid-term outcomes of carotid artery stenting for moderate versus critical stenosis
Josef Veselka, Petra Zimolová, Lucie Martinkovičová, Pavol Tomašov, Petr Hájek, Martin Malý, Miloslav Špaček, David Zemánek, David Tesař
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(1):75-80
Clinical research
Changes in left ventricular ejection fraction and coronary flow reserve after coronary microembolization
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(1):63-69
Letters to Editor
Non-invasive detection of concomitant coronary artery anomaly and atherosclerotic coronary disease using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(1):162-165
Clinical research
Adrenomedullin concentrations at two time points following myocardial infarction and prediction of mid-term outcomes
Zofia Dzielińska, Łukasz A. Małek, Andrzej Januszewicz, Aleksander Prejbisz, Jerzy Pręgowski, Paweł Tyczyński, Magdalena Makowiecka-Cieśla, Jadwiga Janas, Marcin Demkow, Witold Rużyłło
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):971-976
Clinical research
Electrophysiological features in patients with sinus node dysfunction and vasovagal syncope
Beata Graff, Grzegorz Graff, Edward Koźluk, Monika Tokarczyk, Agnieszka Piątkowska, Szymon Budrejko, Dariusz Kozłowski, Alicja Dąbrowska-Kugacka, Ewa Lewicka, Grażyna Świątecka, Grzegorz Raczak
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):963-970
Clinical research
Hypotensive effect of atorvastatin in hypertensive patients: the association among flow-mediated dilation, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction
Agnieszka M. Tycinska, Jacek Janica, Barbara Mroczko, Wlodzimierz J. Musial, Robert Sawicki, Bozena Sobkowicz, Karol Kaminski, Urszula Lebkowska, Maciej Szmitkowski
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):955-962
Clinical research
Biological artificial valve dysfunction – single-centre, observational echocardiographic study in patients operated on before age 65 years
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):993-999
Basic research
Age- and sex-dependent mRNA expression of KCNQ1 and HERG in patients with long QT syndrome type 1 and 2
Ewa Moric-Janiszewska, Joanna Głogowska-Ligus, Monika Paul-Samojedny, Ludmiła Węglarz, Grażyna Markiewicz-Łoskot, Lesław Szydłowski
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):941-947
Case report
Infective endocarditis complicated with left atrioventricular fistula in a 20-year-old patient. A case study
Andrzej Banyś, Witold Pawłowski, Sławomir Jander, Karol Bartczak, Marek Maciejewski, Ryszard Jaszewski
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):1078-1081
Clinical research
Influence of concomitant heparin administration on pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A levels in acute coronary syndrome with ST segment elevation
Petr Hájek, Milan Macek Sr., Andrej Lashkevich, Hana Klučková, Marie Hladíková, Eva Hansvenclová, Martin Malý, Josef Veselka, Alice Krebsová
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(6):977-983
Clinical research
N-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acid therapy improves endothelial function and affects adiponectin and resistin balance in the first month after myocardial infarction
Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Maciej Haberka, Magdalena Mizia, Artur Chmiel, Klaudia Gieszczyk, Bartosz Lasota, Joanna Janowska, Barbara Zahorska-Markiewicz, Zbigniew Gąsior
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(5):788-795
Review paper
Are patients undergoing treatment of hyperlipidaemia with statins the best candidates for early cardiac rehabilitation?
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(5):757-759
Clinical research
Baseline tissue Doppler imaging-derived echocardiographic parameters and left ventricle reverse remodelling following cardiac resynchronization therapy introduction
Jerzy Wiliński, Danuta Czarnecka, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Małgorzata Kloch-Badełek, Marek Jastrzębski, Bogumiła Bacior, Tomasz Sondej, Aleksander Kusiak
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(5):813-822
Case report
Removal of the left atrium and left ventricle tumour: a case report
Stanisław Ostrowski, Anna Marcinkiewicz, Anna Kośmider, Witold Pawłowski, Alicja Nowakowska, Ryszard Jaszewski
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(5):909-913
Clinical research
The effect of diabetic autonomic neuropathy on P-wave duration, dispersion and atrial fibrillation
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(5):806-812
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
Case report
Subclavian artery stenosis as a cause of acute coronary syndrome in a patient after coronary artery bypass grafting
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(5):905-908
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
Clinical research
VAMP-8 gene variant is associated with increased risk of early myocardial infarction
Jarosław Gorący, Iwona Gorący, Mariusz Kaczmarczyk, Miłosz Parczewski, Lech Cyryłowski, Mirosław Brykczyński, Małgorzata Peregud-Pogorzelska, Andrzej Ciechanowicz
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(3):440-443
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
Relationship between B-type natriuretic peptide serum level, echocardiographic TEI index and the degree of diastolic dysfunction in patients with heart failure with preserved systolic function
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(3):449-456
Case report
Right atrial appendage pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy – haemodynamic consequences of interatrial conduction delay
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(4):728-731
Basic research
Early myocardial injury is an integral component of experimental acute liver failure – a study in two porcine models
Nikolaos Papoutsidakis, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Vassilios Smyrniotis, Helen Tzanatos, Konstantinos Kalimeris, Konstantinos Nastos, George Defterevos, Agathi Pafiti, Georgia Kostopanagiotou
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(2):217-223
Clinical research
Is 8860 variation a rare polymorphism or associated as a secondary effect in HCM disease?
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(2):242-246
Clinical research
Predictors of coronary intervention-related myocardial infarction in stable angina patients pre-treated with statins
Josef Veselka, Petr Hájek, Martin Malý, David Zemánek, Radka Adlová, Pavol Tomašov, Lucie Martinkovičová, David Tesař, Pavel Červinka
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(1):67-72
Case report
Complex percutaneous extraction of a 15-year-old atrial lead dislodged into the subclavian vein
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(1):164-167
Review paper
Association between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis, the role of vitamin D
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(2):179-188
Case report
Cardiac defibrillator implantation via persistent left superior vena cava – sometimes this approach is facile. A case report
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(1):161-163
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Bożena Sosnowska, Peter P. Toth, Alexander C Razavi, Alan T Remaley, Roger S Blumenthal, Maciej Banach
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Dominika Szczęśniak, Małgorzata Bednarska-Makaruk, Olga Drgas, Karolina Kowalczyk, Magdalena M. Kacprzak, Paweł Aleksandrowicz, Lidia Kotuła, Magdalena Mroczek
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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
Which multimorbidity clusters are associated with longer hospital stays in hypertensive patients?
RESEARCH LETTER
Insulin-like growth factor-1 reduces cardiac autosis through decreasing AMPK/FOXO1 signaling and Na+/K+-ATPase-Beclin-1 interaction
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):1011-1015
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Clinical outcomes of the Myval transcatheter heart valve system in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis: a two-year follow-up observational study
Teoman Kilic, Alfonso Ielasi, Vlasis Ninios, Levent Korkmaz, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Gokhan Yerlikaya, Ahmet Ozderya, Carolina Montonati, Maurizio Tespili, Senol Coskun, Tayfun Sahin, Ilias Ninios, Konstantina Vlasopoulou, Ali Hakan Konus, Selim Kul, Ali Riza Akyuz
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):410-419
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Electrocardiographic repolarization parameters in children with arrhythmias and excessive body weight
Joanna Jaromin, Grażyna Markiewicz-Łoskot, Lesław Szydłowski, Agnieszka Kulawik, Agnieszka Chlebowczyk, Ewa Moric-Janiszewska
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Success in achieving LDL-C target values in a high-risk population in Slovakia: the SlovakLipid retrospective study
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(3):738-746
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
A worsened prognosis for patients after stroke with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation compared to having a preexisting arrhythmia
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(3):757-765
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in COVID-19: a systematic review
Marius Andrei Zavalichi, Georgiana Ionescu, Cătălina Marina Arsenescu Georgescu, Adelina Mihaescu, Carmen Diana Cimpoesu, Gabriel Cimpoesu, Simona Daniela Zavalichi, Cristian Stătescu, Atalay Demiray, Mehmet Kanbay, Adrian Covic, Ionut Nistor
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(3):897-918
RESEARCH PAPER
Sleep Duration May Not Have Any Effect on The Risk of Stroke: Insights from Mendelian Randomization and Prospective Cohort Studies
CLINICAL RESEARCH
IL-33/ST2 signaling promotes TF expression by regulating NF-κB activation in coronary artery endothelial microparticles
RESEARCH PAPER
Age-related differences in the prehospital management of 2,500 patients with sudden cardiac arrest
Janusz Sielski, Karol Kaziród-Wolski, Marta Solnica, Mirosław Data, Dominika Kukla, Kamil Woźnica, Marcin Sadowski
RESEARCH PAPER
Local anesthetic Ropivacaine protects rats from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibition of COX-2
RESEARCH PAPER
Protective effect of casticin in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats via attenuation of oxidative stress and inflammation
RESEARCH PAPER
ST2L expression on monocyte subsets is associated with the severity of acute coronary syndrome and plaque vulnerability
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Variability of PT-INR values measured by point of care devices INRatio/INRatio 2 and CoaguChek XS and standard laboratory method. A cross-sectional study
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
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Comparison of clinical characteristics, treatment, in-hospital and 12-month outcomes in patients after myocardial infarction with ejection fraction < 40% with or without atrial fibrillation
Przemysław Trzeciak, Radosław Sierpiński, Jacek Niedziela, Wojciech Wojakowski, Marek Gierlotka, Mariusz Gąsior, Zbigniew Kalarus
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Effectiveness of low-tube current for reducing radiation dose in cerebral CT perfusion
RESEARCH PAPER
Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronisation therapy
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(6):1583-1589
Editor's Choice
BASIC RESEARCH
Identification of key genes related to heart failure by analysis of expression profiles
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):517-527
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