Marta Kornaszewska, Natalia Ogorzelec, Mariusz Kowalewski, Artur Fedorowski, Piotr Suwalski, Sebastian Stec
{"title":"Invasive management of sinus tachycardia in severe cardiovascular dysautonomia: preliminary observations from POL-CA (POLish Registry of CArdioneuroablation and CArdioneuromodulation).","authors":"Marta Kornaszewska, Natalia Ogorzelec, Mariusz Kowalewski, Artur Fedorowski, Piotr Suwalski, Sebastian Stec","doi":"10.20452/pamw.17400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17400","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who can benefit from percutaneous left atrial appendage closure? Recent advances.","authors":"Pavel Osmancik, Marek Hozman","doi":"10.20452/pamw.17402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atrial fibrillation (AF) confers a substantial risk of stroke. Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are highly effective for stroke prevention and form the cornerstone of AF management. Nevertheless, many eligible patients do not receive or do not maintain long-term anticoagulation because of bleeding risk, prior hemorrhage, or other contraindications. Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) has emerged as a non-pharmacological alternative. In 2026, two major randomized trials addressing the role of LAAC as an alternative to anticoagulation were published: CHAMPION-AF and CLOSURE-AF. CHAMPION-AF randomized 3000 lower-risk AF patients to LAAC (Watchman FLX) or DOAC. LAAC met noninferiority for the composite efficacy endpoint of cardiovascular death, stroke, and systemic embolism (5.7% vs 4.8% at 3 years; hazard ratio [HR] 1.20, 95% CI 0.87-1.66) and demonstrated superiority for non-procedure-related bleeding (10.9% vs 19.0%; HR 0.55). Ischemic stroke alone, however, was numerically more frequent with LAAC (HR 1.61), an unexpected finding not observed in prior LAAC trials. CLOSURE-AF enrolled a substantially higher-risk population with a more adverse bleeding profile. LAAC failed to demonstrate noninferiority to best medical therapy for the composite primary endpoint consisting of cardiovascular death, stroke, systemic embolism, and major bleeding (16.8 vs 13.3 events per 100 patient-years), driven by higher mortality and more bleeding events in the device group. This review critically appraises the design, outcomes, and clinical implications of both trials in the context of previous trials, discusses methodological issues including noninferiority margin selection and bleeding-endpoint definitions, and outlines implications for patient selection for LAAC.</p>","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148978627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Oczkowski, Waleed Alhazzani, Fayez Alshamsi, Emilie Belley-Cote, Joanna Dionne, Alison Fox-Robichaud, Kimia Honarmand, Morton Hylander Møller, Bram Rochwerg, Roman Jaeschke
{"title":"What's next in sepsis? Controversies and future directions from the 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines.","authors":"Simon Oczkowski, Waleed Alhazzani, Fayez Alshamsi, Emilie Belley-Cote, Joanna Dionne, Alison Fox-Robichaud, Kimia Honarmand, Morton Hylander Møller, Bram Rochwerg, Roman Jaeschke","doi":"10.20452/pamw.17398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17398","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines (SSC) provide evidence-based recommendations for sepsis care relevant to a global audience. While many of the recommendations in the 2026 SSC build upon those in previous iterations, some recommendations point to new directions in the care of patients with sepsis - one characterized by a more flexible approach to the assessment and treatment of individual patient with careful consideration of the benefit of critical care and post-ICU recovery interventions. In this paper, we identify some of these key changes and how modern sepsis practice is changing- a hybrid approach of empiric early treatment alongside a nuanced, personalized stream of care, informed by patient values and preferences. We emphasize key methodological points which inform potentially controversial recommendations, so clinicians may better understand how to implement these in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148978545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Wasińska-Krawczyk, Aldona Wybraniec-Zaręba, Bartosz Mruk, Anna Kycia-Witkowska, Jerzy Walecki, Andrzej Rydzewski
{"title":"Renal infarction due to multiple thromboembolic mechanisms in a kidney with an accessory renal artery.","authors":"Anna Wasińska-Krawczyk, Aldona Wybraniec-Zaręba, Bartosz Mruk, Anna Kycia-Witkowska, Jerzy Walecki, Andrzej Rydzewski","doi":"10.20452/pamw.17394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17394","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148907725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Filip Brzeszczyński, Hieronim Kołodziejczyk, Michał Karpiński, Joanna Brzeszczyńska, Michał Kułakowski, Oktawiusz Bończak
{"title":"Hemorrhagic bullae after seawater exposure: a red flag for fulminant necrotizing fasciitis.","authors":"Filip Brzeszczyński, Hieronim Kołodziejczyk, Michał Karpiński, Joanna Brzeszczyńska, Michał Kułakowski, Oktawiusz Bończak","doi":"10.20452/pamw.17397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17397","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148907731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Wawryka, Maja Wojtylak, Katarzyna Frączek, Małgorzata Urbańczyk-Zawadzka, Dominika Dykla, Tomasz Tokarek
{"title":"Acute myocarditis and rapid deterioration in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.","authors":"Maria Wawryka, Maja Wojtylak, Katarzyna Frączek, Małgorzata Urbańczyk-Zawadzka, Dominika Dykla, Tomasz Tokarek","doi":"10.20452/pamw.17363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17363","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148867518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piotr F Czempik, Martyna Kurcz, Marta Pietrukaniec, Michał Holecki
{"title":"Thromboelastometry‑guided anticoagulation in severely thrombocytopenic patients with venous thromboembolism: three illustrative cases.","authors":"Piotr F Czempik, Martyna Kurcz, Marta Pietrukaniec, Michał Holecki","doi":"10.20452/pamw.17392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.17392","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148867505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}