Availability of automated external defibrillators in the city of Warsaw - status for May 2009.

The most frequent cause of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. Despite many efforts the prognosis in this patient group is poor. According to the European Resuscitation Co...

Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for the treatment of pulmonary valve stenosis in children - a single centre experience.

Isolated pulmonary valve stenosis (PVS) is a common heart defect (6-9%); the preferred treatment is balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (BPV).

[Mechanical valve replacement in tricuspid (systemic) position in a patient with corrected transposition of the great arteries].

The authors report a case of a 55 year-old male with corrected transposition of the great arteries and severe tricuspid (systemic) regurgitation treated with anatomical mechanical tricuspid valve replacement.

Determinants of physical fitness in males with systolic heart failure.

Heart failure (HF) is a systemic disease which affects mainly older adults. The main symptom of HF is exercise intolerance which in the course of disease can cause limitations in independent functioning. So far no study...

['Protective' stent implantation in a patient with acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation complicated by in stent thrombosis].