Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Pentraxin 3 as a new indicator of cardiovascular‑related death in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

Marcin Krzanowski, Katarzyna Krzanowska, Mariusz Gajda, Paulina Dumnicka, Artur Dziewierz, Karolina Woziwodzka, Jan A. Litwin, Władysław Sułowicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 3: 170–177; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3944

Arterial structure and function in patients with acute coronary syndrome after 1‑year treatment

Agata Schneider, Joanna Gawęcka, Andrzej Minczykowski, Tomasz Krauze, Przemysław Guzik, Jarosław Piskorski, James Heathers, Andrzej Wykrętowicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 3: 184–189; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3939

Immune biomarkers and long‑term graft survival: a prospective follow‑up of 457 kidney transplant recipients

Michał Ciszek, Krzysztof Mucha, Bartosz Foroncewicz, Dorota Żochowska, Maciej Kosieradzki, Tadeusz Grochowiecki, Magdalena Durlik, Andrzej Górski, Leszek Pączek

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 3: 178–183; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3937

Mineral and vitamin consumption and telomere length among adults in the United States

Mohsen Mazidi, Andre-Pascal Kengne, Maciej Banach

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 2: 87–90; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3927

Differences in outcomes in patients with stable coronary artery disease managed by cardiologists versus noncardiologists. Results from the international prospective CLARIFY registry

Zofia Parma, Philippe G. Steg, Nicola Greenlaw, Roberto Ferrari, Ian Ford, Kim Fox, Jean-Claude Tardif, Joao Morais, Marco A. Gamba, Stefan Kääb, Michał Tendera; for the CLARIFY Investigators

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 2: 107–114; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3902

Tobacco smoking in Poland in the years from 2003 to 2014. Multi‑centre National Population Health Examination Survey (WOBASZ)

Maria Polakowska, Dorota Kaleta, Walerian Piotrowski, Roman Topór-Mądry, Aleksandra Puch-Walczak, Arkadiusz Niklas, Wojciech Bielecki, Krystyna Kozakiewicz, Andrzej Pająk, Andrzej Tykarski, Tomasz Zdrojewski, Wojciech Drygas, on behalf of WOBASZ Investigators

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 2: 91–99; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3896

Age‑adjusted plasma D‑dimer levels in suspected acute pulmonary embolism: a retrospective, single‑center study

Marta Kozłowska, Magdalena Pływaczewska, Michał Ciurzyński, Szymon Pacho, Marzanna Paczyńska, Zenon Truszewski, Maciej Kostrubiec, Anna Wyzgał, Piotr Palczewski, Marcin Koć, Dorota Matuszewicz, Piotr Pruszczyk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 1: 36–40; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3886

Effects of device‑guided slow breathing training on exercise capacity, cardiac function, and respiratory patterns during sleep in male and female patients with chronic heart failure

Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Grzegorz Bilo, Tomasz Drożdż, Dorota Dębicka-Dąbrowska, Grzegorz Kiełbasa, Gabriella Malfatto, Katarzyna Styczkiewicz, Carolina Lombardi, Agnieszka Bednarek, Sabrina Salerno, Danuta Czarnecka, Gianfranco Parati

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 1: 8–15; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3890

Inflammation, cardiometabolic markers, and functional changes in men with prostate cancer. A randomized controlled trial of a 12‑month exercise program

Katarzyna Hojan, Eliza Kwiatkowska-Borowczyk, Ewa Leporowska, Piotr Milecki

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 1: 25–35; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3888

Evaluation of sudomotor function in adult patients with long‑lasting type 1 diabetes

Agnieszka Gandecka, Aleksandra Araszkiewicz, Stanisław Piłaciński, Bogna Wierusz-Wysocka, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017, Vol. 127, No. 1: 16–24; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3884

Myeloid‑derived suppressor cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Beata Brajer-Luftmann, Agata Nowicka, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Marcin Grabicki, Barbara Kuźnar-Kamińska, Barbara Bromińska, Jan Sikora, Halina Batura-Gabryel

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 12: 980–988; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3718

Role of low‑dose dobutamine echocardiography in predicting response to biventricular pacing. Results from the multicenter Viability in Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (ViaCRT) study

Edyta Płońska-Gościniak, Jarosław D. Kasprzak, Tomasz Kukulski, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Ewa Nowalany-Kozielska, Zbigniew Gąsior, Krystian Wita, Władysław Sinkiewicz, Hanna Szwed, Piotr Gościniak, Łukasz Chrzanowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 12: 989–994; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3715

Serum uromodulin concentrations correlate with glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic kidney disease

Danuta Fedak, Marek Kuźniewski, Andrzej Fugiel, Ewa Wieczorek-Surdacka, Bernadetta Przepiórkowska-Hoyer, Piotr Jasik, Przemysław Miarka, Paulina Dumnicka, Maria Kapusta, Bogdan Solnica, Władysław Sułowicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 12: 995–1004; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3712

Association between small fiber neuropathy and higher skin accumulation of advanced glycation end products in patients with type 1 diabetes

Aleksandra Araszkiewicz, Agnieszka Gandecka, Michał Nowicki, Aleksandra Uruska, Agnieszka Malińska, Katarzyna Kowalska, Bogna Wierusz-Wysocka, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 11: 847–853; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3649

Serum concentrations of receptor for interleukin 8 in patients with esophageal cancer

Marta Łukaszewicz-Zając, Agnieszka Kulczyńska-Przybik, Paweł Muszyński, Mirosław Kozłowski, Maciej Szmitkowski, Barbara Mroczko

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 11: 854–861; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3589

Presence of organ‑specific antibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis

Ewa Wielosz, Maria Majdan, Arkadiusz Koszarny, Magdalena Dryglewska, Jacek Tabarkiewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 11: 862–869; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3583

Causes of hospitalization and prognosis in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Secular trends in the years 2006–2014 according to the SILesian CARDiovascular (SILCARD) database

Mariusz Gąsior, Damian Pres, Wojciech Wojakowski, Paweł Buszman, Zbigniew Kalarus, Michał Hawranek, Marek Gierlotka, Andrzej Lekston, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Marian Zembala, Lech Poloński, Michał Tendera

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 10: 754–762; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3557

The impact of high‑density lipoprotein on oxidant–antioxidant balance in healthy elderly people

Sylwia Dzięgielewska-Gęsiak, Lena Bielawska, Miłosława Zowczak-Drabarczyk, Karolina Hoffmann, Maciej Cymerys, Małgorzata Muc-Wierzgoń, Ewa Wysocka, Wiesław Bryl

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 10: 731–738; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3559

Changes in preconception treatment and glycemic control in women with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a 15‑year single‑center follow‑up

Katarzyna Cyganek, Barbara Katra, Alicja Hebda-Szydło, Izabela Janas, Iwona Trznadel-Morawska, Przemysław Witek, Elżbieta Kozek, Jerzy Hohendorff, Jan Skupień, Bartłomiej Matejko, Maciej T. Małecki

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 10: 739–745; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3543

Comparison of the basophil activation test versus the nasal provocation test in establishing eligibility for specific immunotherapy

Małgorzata Leśniak, Wojciech Dyga, Barbara Rusinek, Marcel Mazur, Ewa Czarnobilska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 7-8: 521–529; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3525