Przewidywanie niekorzystnej przebudowy lewej komory u chorychz ostrym zawałem mięśnia sercowego leczonych pierwotną przezskórną interwencją wieńcową (przewidywanie remodelingu lewej komory)

Wstęp: Szybkie i skuteczne przywrócenie drożności tętnicy dozawałowej nie gwarantuje przywrócenia perfuzji tkankowej, a brak perfuzji tkankowej wpływa na rozwój niekorzystnej przebudowy lewej komory. Celem badania jest o...

Identification of specific causes of unexplained heart failure with the use of endomyocardial biopsy

Cardiomyopathies are defined as a heart muscle disease of unknown origin. Identification of specific causes of the disease may influence on management and prognosis of the patients. The aim of the study was to assess t...

Long-term follow-up of rapamycin-eluting stent implantation in patients with coronary artery disease

Restenosis remains the major limitation of percutanoues coronary interventions (PCI). Widespread use of conventional intracoronary stents has lowered its frequency. However, repeat narrowing of a coronary artery can st...

The influence of coronary heart disease risk factors and alcohol abstinence on stenocardial symptoms and cardiac event recurrence after coronary stent implantation

The recurrence of stenocardial symptoms after percutaneous coronary artery stent implantation is an important limitation of the procedure. The symptoms may appear due to artery stenosis in previously dilated segment (res...

Coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions in Poland between 1993 and 2004. Analysis from the perspective of the chairmen of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the Polish Cardiac Society