Maryla Kocowska-Trytko, Aleksandra Banaś, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Michał Terlecki, Agnieszka Olszanecka, Marek Rajzer
{"title":"Takotsubo syndrome and flash pulmonary edema in a patient with critical renal artery stenosis.","authors":"Maryla Kocowska-Trytko, Aleksandra Banaś, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Michał Terlecki, Agnieszka Olszanecka, Marek Rajzer","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106941","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144506146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Armin Pietruczuk, Michał Gałeczka, Sławomir Pluta, Mateusz Knop, Adam Sokal, Roland Fiszer, Oskar Kowalski
{"title":"Complicated course of a supraventricular arrhythmia treatment in a single-ventricle patients: Case series.","authors":"Armin Pietruczuk, Michał Gałeczka, Sławomir Pluta, Mateusz Knop, Adam Sokal, Roland Fiszer, Oskar Kowalski","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106942","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144506143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deliberate radial artery graft occlusion following left circumflex artery stenting.","authors":"Andreas Y Andreou","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106943","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144506144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adam Piasecki, Adam Rdzanek, Ewa Pędzich, Ewa Ostrowska, Paweł Pawłowicz, Angelika Bursa, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Marcin Grabowski, Piotr Scisło, Mariusz Tomaniak
{"title":"Quality of life and functional status of patients referred for transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of severe tricuspid regurgitation: A single-center prospective observational study.","authors":"Adam Piasecki, Adam Rdzanek, Ewa Pędzich, Ewa Ostrowska, Paweł Pawłowicz, Angelika Bursa, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Marcin Grabowski, Piotr Scisło, Mariusz Tomaniak","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106957","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recent years brought a significant increase in the accessibility of interventional treatment of tricuspid regurgitation (TR). However, the characteristics of patients referred for evaluation and factors associated with functional capacity and quality of life (QoL) remain poorly defined.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To characterize patients undergoing qualification for interventional TR treatment with the focus on parameters associated with QoL and exercise capacity and to assess short-term effects of tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This is a single-center prospective observational study enrolling consecutive patients with at least severe TR that undergo qualification for interventional TR treatment. Baseline data is collected during index hospitalization and follow-up data during outpatient visits at 30 days post procedure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included a total number of 147 patients. Qualification process resulted in 77 (52.4%) qualified for T-TEER. Patients presented with severe heart failure symptoms and high comorbidity burden. The mean baseline Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire score was 42.4 (26.1) and New York Heart Association functional class had strongest predictive value. The median baseline 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) was 195.0 (100.0-285.0) meters. The main factors associated with 6MWD were age and low tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion/systolic pulmonary artery pressure. T-TEER reduced TR to moderate or less in 51 of 67 patients and was associated with significant improvement in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire and 6MWD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients with severe TR present with high comorbidity burden, severe HF symptoms and report low QoL. Higher age and low tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion/systolic pulmonary artery pressure are associated with worse 6MWD. Treatment with T-TEER is associated with a significant improvement of QoL and 6MWD at short-term follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144506145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristian Rivera, Juan Casanova-Sandoval, Joan Costa-Mateu, Diego Fernández-Rodríguez
{"title":"Entrapped burr retrieval during rotational atherectomy using a controlled re-entry technique.","authors":"Kristian Rivera, Juan Casanova-Sandoval, Joan Costa-Mateu, Diego Fernández-Rodríguez","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106896","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Krzysztof Boczar, Anna Rydlewska, Mateusz Ulman, Adrian Stanek, Andrzej Ząbek
{"title":"Hybrid electrotherapy approach with successful combination of leadless atrial pacemaker and subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patient with long QT syndrome.","authors":"Krzysztof Boczar, Anna Rydlewska, Mateusz Ulman, Adrian Stanek, Andrzej Ząbek","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcin Misterski, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Aleksander Araszkiewicz, Sebastian Stefaniak, Mateusz Puślecki, Ilona Kauf, Marek Grygier, Marek Jemielity
{"title":"Challenging anatomy in a patient with severe ankylosing spondylitis and aortic stenosis treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation.","authors":"Marcin Misterski, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Aleksander Araszkiewicz, Sebastian Stefaniak, Mateusz Puślecki, Ilona Kauf, Marek Grygier, Marek Jemielity","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106898","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stanisław Bartuś, Artur Pawlik, Artur Dziewierz, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Łukasz Niewiara, Jan Roczniak, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Karol Kasprzycki, Bernadeta Chyrchel, Michał Chyrchel, Grzegorz Heba, Wojciech Zasada, Monika Cugowska, Krystian Gruszka, Karol Sabatowski, Marcin Suska, Łukasz Klima, Michał Terlecki, Piotr Szolc, Tomasz Rakowski, Roman Wojdyła, Danuta Sorysz, Marcin Wizimirski, Marek Rajzer, Andrzej Surdacki, Leszek Bryniarski, Paweł Kleczyński, Jacek Legutko
{"title":"A two-center registry of high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention with Impella CP support: the KRAKpella Registry - age and vasoactive agents use as independent in-hospital mortality risk factors.","authors":"Stanisław Bartuś, Artur Pawlik, Artur Dziewierz, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Łukasz Niewiara, Jan Roczniak, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Karol Kasprzycki, Bernadeta Chyrchel, Michał Chyrchel, Grzegorz Heba, Wojciech Zasada, Monika Cugowska, Krystian Gruszka, Karol Sabatowski, Marcin Suska, Łukasz Klima, Michał Terlecki, Piotr Szolc, Tomasz Rakowski, Roman Wojdyła, Danuta Sorysz, Marcin Wizimirski, Marek Rajzer, Andrzej Surdacki, Leszek Bryniarski, Paweł Kleczyński, Jacek Legutko","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106801","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges in the treatment of patients with Brugada syndrome: The current role of ablation.","authors":"William J Young, Pier D Lambiase","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106867","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brugada syndrome is an inherited ion channelopathy associated with an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmia and sudden death. Current management strategies to reduce arrhythmic risk are limited, with few pharmacological options that may be ineffective or cause side-effects leading to suboptimal dosing or cessation of treatment. There is substantial interest therefore in determining the long-term efficacy and safety profile of catheter ablation, to targeting triggers and electrophysiological substrates for ventricular arrhythmia. With the recent publication of small, randomized trials including the BRAVE study, the level of evidence is improving. However, the balance of risk verses benefit across the arrhythmic risk spectrum remains unclear and procedural technical challenges remain, particularly given most patients will require an epicardial approach for catheter ablation. This review outlines the current evidence in the published literature and highlights gaps in knowledge that should be prioritised in future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karolina Kryczka, Zofia Dzielińska, Maciej Sterliński, Marek Konka, Marcin Demkow
{"title":"How the wearable cardioverter defibrillator helps as temporary sudden cardiac death protection and a monitoring tool during pregnancy.","authors":"Karolina Kryczka, Zofia Dzielińska, Maciej Sterliński, Marek Konka, Marcin Demkow","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.106803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.106803","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}