Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Immediate and long‑term outcomes of native aortic coarctation and postsurgical aortic recoarctation treated with stent implantation: a single‑center experience

Sylwia Sulik, Roland Fiszer, Giancarla Scalone, Omar G. Monterrosas, Jacek Białkowski, Małgorzata Szkutnik

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 7-8: 498–505; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4042

Significance of the age of transfused blood for prognosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Katarzyna Czerwińska-Jelonkiewicz, Magdalena Łętowska, Adam Witkowski, Walerian Piotrowski, Marta Załęska-Kocięcka, Janina Stępińska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 7-8: 490–497; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4028

Titers of antibodies to the surface antigen of hepatitis B virus after vaccination in relation to immunity-related gene variants. A prospective study among hemodialysis patients

Elżbieta Jodłowska-Siewert, Paweł P. Jagodziński, Alicja E. Grzegorzewska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 7-8: 481–489; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4074

Association of olfactory function with the intensity of self-reported physical activity in adults with type 1 diabetes

Bogusz Falkowski, Maciej Chudziński, Ewa Jakubowska, Anna Duda‑Sobczak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 7-8: 476–480; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4073

Angiogenic and lymphangiogenic profiles in histological variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Vesna Skuletic, Gordana D. Radosavljevic, Jelena Pantic, Bojana Simovic Markovic, Ivan Jovanovic, Nikola Jankovic, Dusica Petrovic, Andra Jevtovic, Radan Dzodic, Nebojsa Arsenijevic

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 6: 429–437; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3999

Blood pressure reduction in patients with accessory renal arteries and bilateral single renal arteries after catheter-based renal denervation: a prospective study with 3-year follow-up

Krzysztof Bartus, Jakub Podolec, Jerzy Sadowski, Radosław Litwinowicz, Wojciech Zajdel, Magdalena Bartus, Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk, Artur Dziewierz, Rafał Trąbka, Stanisław Bartus, Anna Chrapusta, Bogusław Kapelak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 6: 423–428; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4006

Association between carotid plaque score and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes

Wojciech Bartman, Katarzyna Nabrdalik, Hanna Kwiendacz, Tomasz Sawczyn, Andrzej Tomasik, Krystyna Pierzchała, Monika Adamczyk-Sowa, Agnieszka Machowska-Majchrzak, Beata Łabuz-Roszak, Władysław Grzeszczak, Janusz Gumprecht

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 6: 418–422; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4024

Stage of liver fibrosis in patients with congenital bleeding disorders and infected with hepatitis C virus

Marta Kucharska, Urszula Zaleska-Dorobisz, Aleksandra Szymczak, Marcin Inglot, Weronika Rymer, Małgorzata Zalewska, Krzysztof Małyszczak, Małgorzata Kuliszkiewicz-Janus, Małgorzata Inglot

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 6: 412–417; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4027

Relationship between infarct artery location, acute total coronary occlusion, and mortality in STEMI and NSTEMI patients

Jarosław Karwowski, Marek Gierlotka, Mariusz Gąsior, Lech Poloński, Jan Ciszewski, Maciej Bęćkowski, Ilona Kowalik, Hanna Szwed

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 6: 401–411; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4018

Comparative proteomic profiling of sera from patients with refractory multiple myeloma reveals potential biomarkers predicting response to bortezomib-based therapy

Magdalena Łuczak, Tadeusz Kubicki, Zuzanna Rzetelska, Tomasz Szczepaniak, Anna Przybyłowicz-Chalecka, Błażej Ratajczak, Joanna Czerwińska-Rybak, Adam Nowicki, Monika Joks, Andrzej Jakubowiak, Mieczysław Komarnicki, Dominik Dytfeld

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 6: 392–400; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4032

Clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of patients with ischemic and nonischemic acute severe heart failure. Analysis of data from the COMMIT‑AHF registry

Mateusz Ostręga, Marek J. Gierlotka, Grzegorz Słonka, Paweł Nadziakiewicz, Mariusz Gąsior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 5: 328–335; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3996

Urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes: clinical correlates and quinolone susceptibility

Martyna Borowczyk, Anna Chmielarz-Czarnocińska, Paula Faner-Szczepańska, Andrzej Paciorkowski, Jan K. Nowak, Ewelina Szczepanek-Parulska, Marek Ruchała, Maciej Cymerys

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 5: 336–342; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4019

Role of the rs2274907 allelic variant of the ITLN1 gene in patients with diabetic foot

Beata Mrozikiewicz-Rakowska, Agnieszka Sobczyk-Kopcioł, Konrad Szymański, Piotr Nehring, Patryk Szatkowski, Joanna Bartkowiak-Wieczorek, Anna Bogacz, Anna Aniszczuk, Wojciech Drygas, Rafał Płoski, Leszek Czupryniak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 5: 319–327; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4008

Rapid fecal calprotectin test for prediction of mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease: a prospective cohort study

Andrzej Moniuszko, Stanisław Głuszek, Grażyna Rydzewska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 5: 312–318; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.4009

Changes in systemic immune response after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. Preliminary results of a prospective study in patients with early lung cancer

Jacek Rutkowski, Tomasz Ślebioda, Zbigniew Kmieć, Renata Zaucha

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 4: 245–253; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3997

One‑year survival of ambulatory patients with end‑stage heart failure: the analysis of prognostic factors

Bożena Szygula-Jurkiewicz, Wioletta Szczurek, Michał Skrzypek, Michał Zakliczyński, Łukasz Siedlecki, Piotr Przybyłowski, Mariusz Gąsior, Marian Zembala

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 4: 254–260; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3975

Prognostic impact of NOTCH1, MYD88, and SF3B1 mutations in Polish patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Maciej Putowski, Marta Podgórniak, Marta Piróg, Joanna Knap, Joanna Zaleska, Joanna Purkot, Jacek Zawiślak, Ewelina Zakrzewska, Agnieszka Karczmarczyk, Paulina Własiuk, Edyta Subocz, Krzysztof Giannopoulos

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 4: 238–244; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3998

Expression of ghrelin and ghrelin functional receptor GHSR1a in human pituitary adenomas

Mirosław Andrusiewicz, Hanna Komarowska, Izabela Skibińska, Małgorzata Chmielewska, Magdalena Jaskuła-Świtek, Włodzimierz Liebert, Ryszard Waśko, Małgorzata Kotwicka

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 3: 163–169; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3967

Endosonography‑guided fine‑needle aspiration in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis: a randomized study

Piotr Kocoń, Artur Szlubowski, Jarosław Kużdżał, Lucyna Rudnicka-Sosin, Adam Ćmiel, Jerzy Soja, Janusz R. Włodarczyk, Piotr Talar, Tomasz Smęder, Tomasz Gil, Janusz Warmus, Romana Tomaszewska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 3: 154–162; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3934

Asthma control in adult patients treated with a combination of inhaled corticosteroids and long‑acting β2‑agonists: a prospective observational study

Barbara Rogala, Paweł Majak, Joanna Glück, Tomasz Dębowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 2: 100–106; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3899