Barbara Szlosarczyk, Karolina Golinska-Grzybala, Maciej Stapor, Jarosław Trebacz, Karol Nowak, Elżbieta Ostrowska, Andrzej Gackowski
{"title":"\"Hedgehog 3D artifact\" - an uncommon intracardiac air embolic complication of the M-TEER procedure.","authors":"Barbara Szlosarczyk, Karolina Golinska-Grzybala, Maciej Stapor, Jarosław Trebacz, Karol Nowak, Elżbieta Ostrowska, Andrzej Gackowski","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839535","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}
Artur Dziewierz, Tomasz Rakowski, Krzysztof P Malinowski, Barbara Zdzierak, Natalia Kulicka, Izabela Oleś, Wojciech Zasada, Michał Terlecki, Zbigniew Siudak
{"title":"Temporal trends in treatment delays and attainment of first medical contact-to-PCI time thresholds in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from the ORPKI registry.","authors":"Artur Dziewierz, Tomasz Rakowski, Krzysztof P Malinowski, Barbara Zdzierak, Natalia Kulicka, Izabela Oleś, Wojciech Zasada, Michał Terlecki, Zbigniew Siudak","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112534","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839528","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}
Michał Rykowski, Ewelina Kwaśniak, Mariusz Kowalewski, Piotr Suwalski, Sebastian Stec
{"title":"Implementation of dual-device direct current cardioversion to restore sinus rhythm during hybrid antiarrhythmic cardiac surgery for persistent atrial fibrillation: A case series and insights from the hybrid operating room.","authors":"Michał Rykowski, Ewelina Kwaśniak, Mariusz Kowalewski, Piotr Suwalski, Sebastian Stec","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112510","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839533","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":"Current perspective on seasonal variation in blood pressure.","authors":"Kei Asayama, Junichi Yatabe, Hirohito Metoki, Masahiro Kikuya, Takayoshi Ohkubo","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Blood pressure (BP) fluctuates with an annual cycle, with BP levels generally lower in summer and higher in winter. In this narrative review with a quasi-systematic literature search, we aim to summarise current evidence from a wide variety of research fields on seasonal BP variability, and to present our findings to stimulate interest in this largely unexplored area. Environmental temperature would be the key driver of seasonal BP variation, while other external and internal factors mediate this variation; quantifying these effects is difficult because of the various factors and their interactions. Self-measured home BP would be the most favorable information for evaluating long-term seasonal BP changes. Nocturnal home BP reduction is lower in summer than in winter, leading to a higher prevalence of a riser BP pattern in summer; we need to pay attention to the various risk factors associated with higher BP across seasons. Temperature obviously affects BP; therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that seasonal BP changes linearly contribute to seasonal mortality variation. However, our patients database showed that there are >10% of patients whose home BP is higher in summer than in winter, and the cardiovascular risk was significantly higher in patients with such inverse seasonal variation as well as those with contrarily large-sized seasonal variation in home BP (≥9.1 mm Hg in systolic or ≥4.5 mm Hg in diastolic measurements) than in those with the other small- to middle-sized seasonal variation. The inverse seasonal BP pattern is not rare in patients under antihypertensive drug treatment, and the mechanisms warrant investigation. Although the importance of BP level as a dominant and modifiable risk factor should be emphasized, assessing seasonal BP variation through long-term BP measurement, particularly based on home BP monitoring, has clinical benefits and should be widely promoted.</p>","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839541","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}
Joanne Al Hashlamoun, Mateusz Janeczek, Nikodem Ulatowski, Aleksandra Stanska, Andrzej Klapkowski, Aleksandra Liżewska-Springer, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Wojciech Karolak
{"title":"Pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma: A minimally invasive surgical approach via left anterior thoracotomy.","authors":"Joanne Al Hashlamoun, Mateusz Janeczek, Nikodem Ulatowski, Aleksandra Stanska, Andrzej Klapkowski, Aleksandra Liżewska-Springer, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Wojciech Karolak","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112493","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839531","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}
Grzegorz Jodłowski, Barbara Rzyczkowska, Bogusława Olpinska, Maria Loboz-Rudnicka, Filip Klausa, Barbara Brzezinska, Dorota Kustrzycka-Kratochwil, Marek Mak, Rafał Wyderka, Jacek Skiba, Joanna Jaroch
{"title":"Urgent transapical mitral valve-in-valve implantation for acute leaflet disruption of a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis.","authors":"Grzegorz Jodłowski, Barbara Rzyczkowska, Bogusława Olpinska, Maria Loboz-Rudnicka, Filip Klausa, Barbara Brzezinska, Dorota Kustrzycka-Kratochwil, Marek Mak, Rafał Wyderka, Jacek Skiba, Joanna Jaroch","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112533","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839524","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}
Aleksander Prejbisz, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Adam Witkowski, Sławomir Dobrzycki, Andrzej Januszewicz, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Jacek Kądziela, Jacek Legutko, Maciej Lesiak, Andrzej Tykarski, Wojciech Wojakowski, Andrzej Więcek, Jacek Wolf, Robert Gil
{"title":"Expert position of the Polish Cardiac Society, the Polish Society of Arterial Hypertension and the Polish Society of Nephrology on renal denervation.","authors":"Aleksander Prejbisz, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Adam Witkowski, Sławomir Dobrzycki, Andrzej Januszewicz, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka, Jacek Kądziela, Jacek Legutko, Maciej Lesiak, Andrzej Tykarski, Wojciech Wojakowski, Andrzej Więcek, Jacek Wolf, Robert Gil","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Renal denervation is an innovative method of treating hypertension, used in clinical practice for about a decade. The pathophysiological basis of this method derives from the role of efferent and afferent fibers of the sympathetic nervous system, entering and leaving the kidneys, in the development of hypertension, especially treatment-resistant hypertension. Initial clinical trials suggested the high efficacy of denervation in the treatment of patients with resistant hypertension. However, the results of the Symplicity HTN-3 trial, which introduced a sham procedure as control procedure, undermined these hopes. This trial was criticized in terms of its methodology Recent research, using latest generation catheters and more stringent protocols, confirms a significant reduction in blood pressure in patients after surgery. Renal denervation should be considered in patients with hypertension (after excluding all hormonal causes and ischemic etiology), which is resistant to pharmacological treatment. Pseudo resistance, e.g., caused by the so-called white-coat hypertension, should be ruled out. Every patient should have their blood pressure monitored 24 hours a day. Lack of cooperation between the patient and the physician, and non-systematic taking of antihypertensive medications and non-compliance with other therapeutic recommendations should also be excluded. However, the condition for the success of renal denervation is the precise determination of patient eligibility and the performance of the procedure in specialized centers with appropriate experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839485","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}
Łukasz Jaworski, Krzysztof Jarmoszewicz, Sebastian Beta, Maria Nowak, Antonios Pitsis
{"title":"First Polish experience with totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement: Early outcomes in 16 consecutive patients.","authors":"Łukasz Jaworski, Krzysztof Jarmoszewicz, Sebastian Beta, Maria Nowak, Antonios Pitsis","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839487","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":"Heart rate is overlooked in cardiovascular studies in men and women.","authors":"Witold Babiński, Jakub S Gąsior, Jerzy Sacha","doi":"10.33963/v.phj.112467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.112467","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17784,"journal":{"name":"Kardiologia polska","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147775383","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}