Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Still diagnosed too late and under-recognized? The first comprehensive report on primary hyperoxaluria in Poland

Przemysław Sikora, Marcin Zaniew, Ryszard Grenda, Katarzyna Jobs, Jacek Rubik, Jan Zawadzki, Marek Myślak, Magdalena Durlik, Florian Erger, Beata Bieniaś, Bernd Hoppe, Bodo B. Beck

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 12: 1053–1063; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15698

The presence of particular criteria and noncriteria antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with uterine malignancies

Andrzej Majdan, Maria Majdan, Magdalena Dryglewska, Patrycja Ziober-Malinowska, Jan Kotarski, Ludmiła Grzybowska-Szatkowska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 12: 1037–1042; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15624

Long-term outcomes of 11 021 patients with chronic coronary syndromes and after coronary angiography: the PRESAGE registry

Przemysław Trzeciak, Piotr Desperak, Dominika Duda-Pyszny, Michał Hawranek, Mateusz Tajstra, Krzysztof Wilczek, Janusz Szkodziński, Jacek Piegza, Krzysztof Dyrbuś, Michał Zembala, Marian Zembala, Mariusz Gąsior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 12: 1043–1052; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15675

Atrial fibrillation is more frequently associated with nonobstructive coronary lesions: the Bialystok Coronary Project

Anna Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, Marek Koziński, Łukasz Kuźma, Elżbieta Bujno, Paulina Łopatowska, Ewelina Rogalska, Sławomir Dobrzycki, Bożena Sobkowicz, Gregory Y. H. Lip

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 12: 1029–1036; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15635

Socioeconomic correlates and biochemical profiles of smokers in Poland: a cross-sectional study

Paweł Zagożdżon, Marzena Zarzeczna-Baran, Piotr Jędrusik, Magdalena Pierucka, Piotr Bandosz, Agnieszka Wojtecka, Tadeusz Jędrzejczyk, Piotr Popowski, Zbigniew Gaciong, Tomasz Zdrojewski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 11: 967–974; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15631

Alcohol use disorder increases the risk of nonfatal and fatal cardiovascular disease: an 11-year follow-up of a Polish population-based cohort. The HAPIEE study

Magdalena Kozela, Agnieszka Doryńska, Martin Bobak, Andrzej Pająk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 11: 960–966; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15616

Simple clinical scores to predict blood pressure and renal function response to renal artery stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis

Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka, Agnieszka Rosławiecka, Rafał Badacz, Andrzej Sokołowski, Daniel Rzeźnik, Mariusz Trystuła, Piotr Musiałek, Tadeusz Przewłocki

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 11: 953–959; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15646

Worse long-term prognosis in myocardial infarction occurring at weekends or public holidays with insight into myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries

Konrad Stępień, Karol Nowak, Jadwiga Nessler, Jarosław Zalewski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 11: 942–952; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15615

Assessment of the risk of incident heart failure in patients with osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of eligible cohort studies

Zhenjie Gu, Yang Yuanyuan, Zhang Lingyu, Chen Cong

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 11: 934–941; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15598

Mortality in patients after acute myocardial infarction managed by cardiologists and primary care physicians: a systematic review

Jan W. Pęksa, Dawid Storman, Piotr Jankowski, Wojciech Staśkiewicz, Katarzyna W. Jasińska, Danuta Czarnecka, Małgorzata M. Bała

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 10: 860–867; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15542

Małgorzata Kupisz-Urbańska, Katarzyna Broczek, Krzysztof Galus, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Ewa Marcinowska-Suchowierska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 10: 853–859; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15460

Improvement in long-term survival with acute kidney recovery after a successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Łukasz Kalińczuk, Kamil Zieliński, Zbigniew Chmielak, Gary S. Mintz, Maciej Dąbrowski, Ilona Kowalik, Mariusz Kłopotowski, Marcin Demkow, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Ilona Michałowska, Adam Witkowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 10: 844–852; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15540

Factors determining elective cardioversion preceded by transesophageal echocardiography: experiences of 2 cardiology centers

Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Marek Kiliszek, Iwona Gorczyca, Agnieszka Woronowicz-Chróściel, Bernadetta Bielecka, Paweł Wałek, Olga Jelonek, Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon, Paweł Krzesiński

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 10: 837–843; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15546

Factors associated with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in ambulatory patients with end-stage heart failure accepted for heart transplant

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

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 10: 830–836; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15532

Plasma growth differentiation factor 15 levels for predicting serious adverse events and bleeding in acute pulmonary embolism: a prospective observational study

Marta Skowrońska, Martyna Skrzyńska, Michał Machowski, Zbigniew Bartoszewicz, Marzanna Paczyńska, Aisha Ou-Pokrzewińska, Katarzyna Kurnicka, Michał Ciurzyński, Marek Roik, Małgorzata Wiśniewska, Piotr Palczewski, Piotr Pruszczyk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 9: 757–765; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15515

The association between the insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and the plasma fibrinogen level in women and men with premature coronary artery atherosclerosis

Karolina E. Kryczka, Rafał Płoski, Ewa Księżycka, Mariusz Kruk, Grażyna Kostrzewa, Ilona Kowalik, Marcin Demkow, Barbara Lubiszewska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 9: 748–756; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15461

Defining right ventricular dysfunction by echocardiography in normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism

Piotr Pruszczyk, Katarzyna Kurnicka, Michał Ciurzyński, Lukas Hobohm, Aaron Thielmann, Bożena Sobkowicz, Emilia Sawicka, Maciej Kostrubiec, Katarzyna Ptaszyńska-Kopczyńska, Olga Dzikowska-Diduch, Barbara Lichodziejewska, Mareike Lankeit

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 9: 741–747; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15459

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance enterocolonography in assessing Crohn disease activity

Vestina Strakšytė, Gediminas Kiudelis, Irina Gineikienė, Algidas Basevičius, Saulius Lukoševičius, Limas Kupčinskas

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 9: 734–740; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15487

Antiviral agents, glucocorticoids, antibiotics, and intravenous immunoglobulin in 1142 patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lei Pei, Sheng Zhang, Linxi Huang, Xuqiang Geng, Linhao Ma, Weiwei Jiang, Wenfang Li, Dechang Chen

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 9: 726–733; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15543

Comparative analysis of exosome markers and extracellular vesicles between colorectal cancer and cancer-associated normal colonic mucosa

Łukasz Zadka, Aleksandra Piotrowska, Agnieszka Opalińska, Katarzyna Haczkiewicz-Leśniak, Damian Grybowski, Ireneusz Ceremuga, Mariusz Chabowski, Piotr Dzięgiel

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2020, Vol. 130, No. 7-8: 640–648; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15462