Tomkiewicz-Pająk
1st Conference for Adults with Congenital Heart Diseases. “Care for congenital heart disease patients in Poland” Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk Full Text: PDF Abstract The population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) is heterogeneous with respect to the type and complexity of the defect as well as its clinical manifestations. In many patients congenital heart disease (CHD), after corrective […]
Bańska
Mediastinal cyst: a case report (RCD code: VI) Katarzyna Bańska, Piotr Pysz, Zbigniew Gąsior Full Text: PDF Abstract We report a case of a 57‑year‑old female patient in whom a mediastinal tumor was found. Differential diagnosis included chiefly allergic alveolitis or an ectopic thymus. The exact nature of the lesion has not been fully elucidated yet […]
Dłużniewska
18 years old patient with Bland White Garland syndrome after non‑ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (RCD code: I-1C.3) Natalia Dłużniewska, Jakub Podolec, Magdalena Kostkiewicz, Lidia Tomkiewicz‑Pająk, Maria Olszowska, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Bland – White – Garland syndrome (or ALCAPA) is a rare coronary anomaly including anomalous origin of the left coronary artery […]
Liszniański
Patient with multiple myeloma and suspected cardiac amyloidosis (RCD code: III‑3A.2a) Piotr Liszniański, Piotr Nowak, Jacek Nowak Full Text: PDF Abstract 49 year‑old patient with multiple myeloma diagnosed a year earlier, after a few cycles of chemotherapy was admitted to hospital with heart failure symptoms accompanied by a rapid atrial flutter. Echocardiography revealed eccentric hypertrophy of […]
Komar
Patient with patent foramen ovale and thrombophilia, after ischemic stroke, acute coronary syndrome and pulmonary embolism (RCD code: IV-2B.O) Monika Komar, Jakub Stępniewski, Tadeusz Przewłocki, Bartosz Sobień, Hanna Dziedzic-Oleksy, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a residue of the foramen ovale, an integral part of the normal fetal circulation. It closes in most of newborns, […]
Dziedzic-Oleksy
Evaluation of arterial stiffness in patients with coronary atherosclerosis, cardiac syndrome X and systemic lupus erythematosus (RCD code: I-3C.1) Hanna Dziedzic-Oleksy, Barbara Widlińska, Jakub Stępniewski, Agnieszka Sarnecka, Klaudia Knap, Jakub Podolec, Grzegorz Kopeć, Wojciech Płazak, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Objectives: Arterial stiffness manifested by high pulse wave velocity (PWV) consists a risk factor of atherosclerosis […]
Widlińska,
The role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (RCD code: II-1A.5) Barbara Widlińska, Grzegorz Kopeć, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a debilitating disease caused by chronic obstruction of major pulmonary arteries. The median age of patients at diagnosis of CTEPH is 63 years and both […]
Podolec
Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases: “One finger cannot lift a pebble” – cooperation as the only way to move forward Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Dear Readers, Gaining more experience and exchange of knowledge in one thing is the only way to advance the field of rare cardiovascular diseases (RCD). Taking care of RCD […]
Waligóra
Fourth Conference of the Pulmonary Circulation Task Force of the Polish Cardiac Society Marcin Waligóra, Grzegorz Kopeć Full Text: PDF Abstract Fourth Conference of the Pulmonary Circulation Task Force of the Polish Cardiac Society was held on 17–18 October 2014 in Kraków. A total of 260 physicians and nurses participated in this event. The program […]
Nowak
62 year‐old woman with recurrent pleural and pericardial effusion (RCD code: III) Piotr Nowak, Piotr Liszniański, Jacek Nowak, Ewa Żółkiewicz Full Text: PDF Abstract The spectrum of pericardial diseases consists of congenital defects, pericarditis (dry, effusive, effusive-constrictive, and constrictive), neoplasm, and cysts. The aetiological classification comprises: infectious pericarditis, pericarditis in systemic autoimmune diseases, type 2 […]
