{"title":"Preoperative echocardiography: one step into the future.","authors":"Christian Reiterer","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16895","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16895","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":"134 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142856253","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}
Marek Cieśla, Dorota Darmochwał-Kolarz, Anna Pałka, Katarzyna Łagowska, Jacek Tabarkiewicz, Bogdan Kolarz
{"title":"Expression of NEAT1, PACERR, and GAS5 circulating long noncoding RNAs can be associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients.","authors":"Marek Cieśla, Dorota Darmochwał-Kolarz, Anna Pałka, Katarzyna Łagowska, Jacek Tabarkiewicz, Bogdan Kolarz","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16866","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have long been considered molecular noise within the transcriptome, but over time it has been shown that they perform many important biological functions and are associated with various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the circulating lncRNAs and RA activity.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>The study included 63 patients with well‑established RA (median disease duration of 12 years), at a mean (SD) age of 51.7 (13) years, 88.9% women, and 25 healthy controls (HCs) at a mean (SD) age 51.8 (8.2) years, 80% women. Quantitative real‑time polymerase chain reaction was used to evaluate the plasma concentration levels of 6 lncRNAs: PACERR, NEAT1, HOTTIP, GAS5, MALAT1, and HIX003209.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the tested molecules, 5 targets (PACERR, NEAT1, HOTTIP, GAS5, and HIX003209) had lower concentrations in the RA patients than in the HCs. LncRNAs for NEAT1, PACERR, and GAS5 showed differences between the severe disease activity group (the 28 joint disease activity score [DAS28] / erythrocyte sedimentation rate >5.1) and HCs (P = 0.02, P = 0.003, and P = 0.04, respectively). The multiple linear regression analysis indicated that GAS5 had the greatest impact on the disease activity based on DAS28 (P = 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Circulating plasma lncRNAs may be considered as supporting molecular markers associated with RA activity and may be useful in identifying the disease exacerbation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548575","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":"Novel factors affecting fibrin clot formation and their clinical implications.","authors":"Michał Ząbczyk, Joanna Natorska, Anetta Undas","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16884","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16884","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fibrin formation is pivotal in hemostasis, serving as a temporary barrier to blood loss following vascular injury, while in thrombosis this process is involved in thrombus progression, stability, and recurrence. Growing evidence shows exceptional complexity of processes that determine fibrin clot structure and function, especially lysability, both in health and disease, which might be relevant in the pathogenesis of arterial and venous thromboembolic diseases. In this review, we summarized available data on novel factors that in recent years have been suggested to contribute to prothrombotic fibrin clot properties, involving formation of compact fibrin networks (reduced clot permeability) displaying impaired susceptibility to lysis (prolonged clot lysis time). The factors discussed in this review encompass elevated levels of factor (F)XI, and its activated form (FXIa), protein carbonylation as the most common type of post‑translational modification, neutrophil extracellular traps formation, increased levels of circulating lipopolysaccharide and zonulin, a marker of gut permeability, along with antithrombin deficiency. These factors have been shown to be not only associated with ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and cardiovascular death, but also with unfavorably altered fibrin clot characteristics, which underscores clinical relevance of fibrin clot properties. Given preclinical or ongoing studies aimed at modifying some of these factors, in particular FXI/FXIa inhibitors, recent findings might expand our knowledge on fibrin‑related mechanisms of emerging therapeutic agents tested and stimulate further research into new targets for future therapeutic interventions to prevent thromboembolic events.</p>","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584745","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}
Sylwia Wiśniowska-Śmiałek, Adrianna Klajmon, Marek Karpiński, Ewa Dziewięcka, Paweł Rubiś, Ewa Wypasek
{"title":"Next‑generation sequencing in dilated cardiomyopathy: high yield of novel and rare variants in the first prospective genetic study from southeastern Poland.","authors":"Sylwia Wiśniowska-Śmiałek, Adrianna Klajmon, Marek Karpiński, Ewa Dziewięcka, Paweł Rubiś, Ewa Wypasek","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16896","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16896","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142848303","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 Skowrońska-Szcześniak, Witold Chudziński, Magdalena Bogdańska, Urszula Ambroziak
{"title":"A rare coexistence of intrathyroidal parathyroid gland and papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with MEN1 syndrome: a clinical, diagnostic, and surgical challenge.","authors":"Anna Skowrońska-Szcześniak, Witold Chudziński, Magdalena Bogdańska, Urszula Ambroziak","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16826","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16826","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005656","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":"Three fatal consequences of one guiding catheter maneuver during primary percutaneous angioplasty in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.","authors":"Jan Roczniak, Stanisław Bartuś, Michał Chyrchel","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16881","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16881","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584747","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 Ł Goździk, Barbara A Piekarska, Leon S Pawlik, Tomasz Szpotan, Marcin Braun, Jacek Kasznicki
{"title":"Angiosarcoma: an unexpected cause of fever of unknown origin.","authors":"Piotr Ł Goździk, Barbara A Piekarska, Leon S Pawlik, Tomasz Szpotan, Marcin Braun, Jacek Kasznicki","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16828","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16828","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005657","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}
Aleksandra Woźniak, Agnieszka Mirek, Aleksander Siniarski, Anna Furman-Niedziejko, Andrzej Gackowski, Ewa Konduracka
{"title":"Mitral stenosis with a giant left atrium: 2 similar cases with 2 different outcomes.","authors":"Aleksandra Woźniak, Agnieszka Mirek, Aleksander Siniarski, Anna Furman-Niedziejko, Andrzej Gackowski, Ewa Konduracka","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16834","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074351","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}
Joanna Ochotnicka, Magdalena Spryńca, Ewa Wypasek, Anetta Undas, Michał Ząbczyk
{"title":"The Taipan snake venom time and ecarin time in patients on vitamin K antagonists tested for lupus anticoagulant: the first Polish experience.","authors":"Joanna Ochotnicka, Magdalena Spryńca, Ewa Wypasek, Anetta Undas, Michał Ząbczyk","doi":"10.20452/pamw.16898","DOIUrl":"10.20452/pamw.16898","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49680,"journal":{"name":"Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej-Polish Archives of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142848305","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}