Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

The function of the heart after successful transcatheter mitral valve repair due to severe functional regurgitation

Piotr Scisło, Adam Rdzanek, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Janusz Kochman, Grzegorz Opolski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 686–692; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16000

Changes over time in the prevention of recurrent coronary artery disease in everyday practice

Jan W. Pęksa, Piotr Jankowski, Paweł Kozieł, Piotr Bogacki, Piotr Gomuła, Ewa Mirek-Bryniarska, Jadwiga Nessler, Piotr Podolec, Andrzej Wiśniewski, Marek Rajzer, Danuta Czarnecka, Andrzej Pająk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 673–678; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16001

Chronic prothrombotic tendency in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Teresa Iwaniec, Magdalena Celińska-Löwenhoff, Lech Zaręba, Michał Ząbczyk, Katarzyna Wawrzycka-Adamczyk, Joanna Kosałka-Węgiel, Krzysztof Wójcik, Jacek Musiał

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 666–672; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16027

Tuberculosis diagnosed by thoracic surgeons

Maria Korzeniewska-Koseła, Juliusz Gątarek, Iwona Bestry, Lucyna Opoka, Magdalena Klatt, Renata Langfort, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Tadeusz Orłowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 633–642; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16020

Burnout, well‑being, and self‑reported medical errors among physicians

Jakub Owoc, Małgorzata Mańczak, Marek Tombarkiewicz, Robert Olszewski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 626–632; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16033

Effects of cardiac rehabilitation on risk factor management and quality of life in patients with ischemic heart disease: a multicenter cross‑sectional study

Siamala Sinnadurai, Paweł Sowa, Piotr Jankowski, Zbigniew Gąsior, Dariusz A. Kosior, Maciej Haberka, Danuta Czarnecka, Andrzej Pająk, Małgorzata Setny, Jacek Jamiołkowski, Magda Łapińska, Karol A. Kamiński

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 617–625; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16019

Radiological markers of granulomatosis with polyangiitis with nasal involvement

Eliza Brożek-Mądry, Kazimierz Szopiński, Katarzyna Życińska, Antoni Krzeski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 649–657; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15998

High-flow nasal oxygen therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective observational study

Natalia Celejewska-Wójcik, Kamil Polok, Karolina Górka, Tomasz Stachura, Aleksander Kania, Paweł Nastałek, Sabina Lichołai, Jacek Krawczyk, Krzysztof Wójcik, Krzysztof Sładek

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 658–665; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16015

Extremely high mortality rates among hemodialysis patients with COVID-19 before the era of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: results from a large database from the North of Poland

Ewelina Puchalska-Reglińska, Alicja Dębska-Ślizień, Bogdan Biedunkiewicz, Piotr Tylicki, Karolina Polewska, Piotr Jagodziński, Bolesław Rutkowski, Ryszard Gellert, Leszek Tylicki

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 7-8: 643–648; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.16028

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Poland: a study based on data from a national hospital register

Krzysztof Kanecki, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Paweł Goryński, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Grzegorz Juszczyk, Magdalena Bogdan, Irena Kosińska, Piotr Tyszko

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 6: 535–540; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15946

Risk factors and causes of early mortality in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in a “real-world” study: experiences of the Polish Myeloma Group

Grzegorz Charliński, Agata Tyczyńska, Bartosz Małecki, Szymon Fornagiel, Agnieszka Barchnicka, Agnieszka Kołkowska, Anna Kopińska, Lidia Usnarska-Zubkiewicz, Paweł Robak, Anna Waszczuk-Gajda, Mateusz Krzystański, Artur Jurczyszyn

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 6: 527–534; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15980

Increase in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Poland: comparison of the results of the WOBASZ (2003–2005) and WOBASZ II (2013–2014) studies

Aleksandra Rajca, Agata Wojciechowska, Witold Śmigielski, Wojciech Drygas, Aleksandra Piwońska, Andrzej Pająk, Andrzej Tykarski, Krystyna Kozakiewicz, Magdalena Kwaśniewska, Tomasz Zdrojewski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 6: 520–526; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15975

Associations between symptoms of constipation and sleep quality in patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

Jakub Ruszkowski, Zbigniew Heleniak, Ewa Król, Agnieszka Tarasewicz, Jacek M. Witkowski, Alicja Dębska-Ślizień

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 6: 512–519; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15974

Association between cardiovascular diseases and depressive symptoms in adults. A pooled analysis of population-based surveys: WOBASZ, NATPOL 2011, and WOBASZ II

Jerzy Piwoński, Aleksandra M. Piwońska, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Alicja Cicha-Mikołajczyk, Marcin Rutkowski, Piotr Bandosz, Jakub Stokwiszewski, Andrzej Pająk, Andrzej Tykarski, Krystyna Kozakiewicz, Wojciech Bielecki, Wojciech Drygas

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 6: 503–511; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15945

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase p22phox subunit polymorphisms, systemic oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Grzegorz Osmenda, Paweł T. Matusik, Tomasz Śliwa, Marta Cześnikiewicz-Guzik, Jan Skupień, Maciej T. Małecki, Mateusz Siedliński

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 5: 447–454; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15937

Is treated hypertension associated with a lower 1-year mortality among older multimorbid residents of long-term care facilities?

Anna Kańtoch, Agnieszka Pac, Barbara Wizner, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, Piotr Heczko, Tomasz Grodzicki, Barbara Gryglewska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 5: 439–446; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15944

Direct oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists for patients with left ventricular thrombus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Runzhen Chen, Jinying Zhou, Chen Liu, Peng Zhou, Jiannan Li, Ying Wang, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Yi Chen, Li Song, Hanjun Zhao, Hongbing Yan

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 5: 429–438; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15923

Radial approach reduces mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Tomasz Tokarek, Artur Dziewierz, Krzysztof Plens, Tomasz Rakowski, Dariusz Dudek, Zbigniew Siudak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 5: 421–428; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15886

The Polish Interventional Cardiology TAVI Survey (PICTS): 10 years of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Poland. The landscape after the first stage of the Valve for Life Initiative

Maciej Dąbrowski, Radosław Parma, Zenon Huczek, Dariusz Jagielak, Marek Grygier, Jarosław Trębacz, Marcin Dębiński, Piotr Kubler, Janusz Kochman, Adam Witkowski, Wojciech Wojakowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 5: 413–420; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15887

Quality and methodology of clinical practice guidelines on antiviral pharmacotherapy for COVID‑19 during the early phase of the pandemic

Filip Mejza, Wiktoria Leśniak, Roman Jaeschke

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2021, Vol. 131, No. 4: 356–360; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15875