Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Optimal medical therapy in patients with stable coronary artery disease in Poland: the ISCHEMIA trial experience

Radosław Pracoń, Marcin Demkow, Rebecca Anthopolos, Tomasz Mazurek, Jarosław Drożdż, Adam Witkowski, Grzegorz Gajos, Piotr Pruszczyk, Marek Roik, Krystyna Łoboz-Grudzień, Maciej Lesiak, Krzysztof Reczuch, Zbigniew Kalarus, Karolina Kryczka, Jan Henzel, Edyta Kaczmarska-Dyrda, Jakub Maksym, Szymon Jonik, Jan Krekora, Małgorzata Celińska-Spodar, Joanna Jaroch, Magdalena Łanocha, Mariola Szulik, Hanna Szwed, Witold Rużyłło

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 11: 16100; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16100

Fetuin-A and sodium concentrations are independently associated with all-cause mortality in patients awaiting heart transplantation

Wioletta Szczurek-Wasilewicz, Bożena Szyguła-Jurkiewicz, Michał Skrzypek, Ewa Romuk, Mariusz Gąsior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16081; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16081

Favorable self‑rated health is associated with ideal cardiovascular health: a cohort study

Tzu-Hsiang Tseng, Li-Xian Yeo, Wei-Liang Chen, Tung-Wei Kao, Li-Wei Wu, Hui-Fang Yang, Yaw-Wen Chang, Tao-Chun Peng

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16082; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16082

Computed tomography assessment of the aortic root morphology in predicting the development of paravalvular leak following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Małgorzata Nieznańska, Karina Zatorska, Patrycjusz Stokłosa, Karolina Marzec, Małgorzata Misztal-Ogonowska, Ilona Kowalik, Maciej Dąbrowski, Zbigniew Chmielak, Adam Witkowski, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Ilona Michałowska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16085; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16085

Thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: the efficacy and safety of the approved hospital protocol

Emanuel Kolanko, Tomasz Senderek, Anna Prokop-Staszecka, Aleksandra Kruk, Elżbieta Broniatowska, Małgorzata Konieczyńska, Piotr Kopiński, Joanna Pudło, Anetta Undas

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16102; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16102

District versus academic hospitals: clinical outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation. The Multicenter Experience in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Treated with Oral Anticoagulants (CRAFT) study

Piotr Lodziński, Monika Gawałko, Leszek Kraj, Andrzej Śliwczyński, Cezary Maciejewski, Bartosz Krzowski, Agata Tymińska, Krzysztof Ozierański, Marcin Grabowski, Janusz Bednarski, Grzegorz Opolski, Paweł Balsam

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16053; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16053

The ratio of furosemide dosage to urinary sodium concentration predicts mortality in patients with chronic stable heart failure

Catarina Elias, Diana Oliveira, Marta Soares-Carreira, Marta Amorim, José Paulo Araújo, Paulo Bettencourt, Patrícia Lourenço

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16083; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16083

Association between time to treatment failure and peripheral eosinophils in patients with non–small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Hajime Osawa, Toshihiro Shiozawa, Shinichiro Okauchi, Kunihiko Miyazaki, Takahide Kodama, Katsunori Kagohashi, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroaki Satoh, Nobuyuki Hizawa

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16049; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16049

Acidic urine as a novel risk factor for diuretic resistance and worse in‑hospital prognosis in patients with acute heart failure

Tomasz Imiela, Anna M. Imiela, Grzegorz Karczmarewicz, Andrzej Budaj

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 10: 16054; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16054

Diagnostic agreement between radiofrequency echographic multispectrometry and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the assessment of osteoporosis in a Polish group of patients

Anna Nowakowska-Płaza, Jakub Wroński, Mateusz Płaza, Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Piotr Głuszko

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 840–847; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16046

Comparison of coronary flow reserve feasibility in different stress echocardiography protocols: dobutamine, dipyridamole, exercise, and rapid pacing

Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik, Eugenio Picano, Lauro Cortigiani, Jarosław D. Kasprzak; on behalf of the Stress Echo study group of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 830–839; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16035

Overhydration as a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Krzysztof Schwermer, Krzysztof Hoppe, Małgorzata Kałużna, Mikołaj Dopierała, Marta Olszewska, Justin Nealis, Andżelika Łukawiecka, Andrzej Oko, Krzysztof Pawlaczyk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 819–829; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16071

Impact of continuous glucose monitoring on improving emotional well‑being among adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta‑analysis

Anna Kłak, Małgorzata Mańczak, Jakub Owoc, Robert Olszewski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 808–818; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16047

Should we supplement zinc in COVID-19 patients? Evidence from a meta-analysis

Łukasz Szarpak, Michał Pruc, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Miłosz J. Jaguszewski, Tomasz Michalski, Frank W. Peacock, Jacek Smereka, Katarzyna Pytkowska, Krzysztof J. Filipiak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 802–807; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16048

Humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination promises to improve the catastrophic prognosis of hemodialysis patients as a result of COVID-19: the COViNEPH Project

Leszek Tylicki, Bogdan Biedunkiewicz, Małgorzata Dąbrowska, Waldemar Ślizień, Piotr Tylicki, Karolina Polewska, Iwona Rosenberg, Sylwia Rodak, Alicja Dębska-Ślizień

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 797–801; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16069

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate indicates decreased sulfation capacity and impaired quality of life in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Karolina M. Wronka, Ewa Wunsch, Katarzyna Kozłowska-Petriczko, Maciej Wójcicki, Beata Kruk, Piotr Milkiewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 790–796; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16030

Optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy followed by monotherapy in diabetic patients after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug‑eluting stent implantation: a Bayesian network meta-analysis

Ke An, Peng Guo, Shanhu Qiu, Wenwen Zhu, Wuyou Cao, Jijing Shi, Shaohua Wang

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 9: 781–789; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16032

Serum levels of selected micronutrients in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in clinical remission

Agnieszka Piątek-Guziewicz, Paweł Paśko, Kacper Wcisło, Agnieszka Dąbek-Drobny, Magdalena Przybylska-Feluś, Olga Kaczmarczyk, Paweł Zagrodzki, Tomasz Mach, Małgorzata Zwolińska-Wcisło

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 701–708; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15999

Does weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy contribute to reduction in blood pressure?

Inna Diemieszczyk, Paulina Woźniewska, Piotr Gołaszewski, Krzysztof Drygalski, Klaudiusz Nadolny, Jerzy R. Ładny, Hady Razak Hady

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 693–700; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16023

Dynamics of humoral response to coronavirus antigens among employees of a designated COVID‑19 hospital: an observational study

Radosław Rzepliński, Piotr Szymański, Karolina Hamer, Magdalena Zdziebko, Agnieszka Szarowska, Tomasz Korcz, Artur Zaczyński, Zbigniew Król, Waldemar Wierzba

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 679–685; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16025