Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Effect of eplerenone on the severity of obstructive sleep apnea and arterial stiffness in patients with resistant arterial hypertension

Beata Krasińska, Angelika Miazga, Szczepan Cofta, Ludwina Szczepaniak-Chicheł, Tomasz Trafas, Zbigniew Krasiński, Katarzyna Pawlaczyk-Gabriel, Andrzej Tykarski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 5: 330–339; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3410

Institution of the health care agent in Polish legislation: position of the Polish Working Group on End-of-Life Ethics

Małgorzata Szeroczyńska, Marek Czarkowski, Małgorzata Krajnik, Romuald Krajewski, Leszek Pawłowski, Anna Adamczyk, Agnieszka Barczak‑Oplustil, Piotr Aszyk, Andrzej Kobyliński, Tomasz Pasierski, Piotr Sobański, Wojciech Bołoz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 5: 313–320; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3405

Effects of antihypertensive treatment on plasma apelin, resistin, and visfatin concentrations

Aleksander Skoczylas, Grzegorz Piecha, Andrzej Więcek

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 4: 243–253; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3390

Pulmonary artery dilation indicates severe obstructive sleep apnea in patients with resistant hypertension: the Resist-POL Study

Piotr Dobrowolski, Elżbieta Florczak, Anna Klisiewicz, Aleksander Prejbisz, Justyna Rybicka, Paweł Śliwiński, Andrzej Januszewicz, Piotr Hoffman

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 4: 222–229; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3388

Reduction of the risk of rhabdomyolysis after bariatric surgery with lower fluid administration in the perioperative period: a cohort study

Maciej Matłok, Piotr Major, Piotr Małczak, Michał Wysocki, Leif Hynnekleiv, Mateusz Nowak, Konrad Karcz, Michał Pędziwiatr, Andrzej Budzyński

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 4: 237–242; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3368

Determinants of C-reactive protein concentrations in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes

Paweł Gutaj, Patrycja Krzyżanowska, Jacek Brązert, Ewa Wender-Ożegowska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 4: 230–236; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3370

Influence of osteoclasts and osteoprotegerin on the mode of calcific degeneration of aortic valves

Grzegorz J. Lis, Urszula Czubek, Ewa Jasek-Gajda, Agnieszka Łoboda, Józef Dulak, Jadwiga Nessler, Bogusław Kapelak, Jerzy Sadowski, Jan A. Litwin

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 3: 149–158; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3326

Polish and European management strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation. Data from the EURObservational Research Programme-Atrial Fibrillation General Registry Pilot Phase (EORP-AF Pilot)

Radosław Lenarczyk, Katarzyna Mitręga, Michał Mazurek, Marianna Janion, Grzegorz Opolski, Jarosław Drożdż, Witold Streb, Artur Fuglewicz, Adam Sokal, Cécile Laroche, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Zbigniew Kalarus

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 3: 138–148; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3322

Prognostic value of neutrophil‑to‑lymphocyte ratio in predicting long-term mortality in patients with ischemic and nonischemic heart failure

Jarosław Wasilewski, Łukasz Pyka, Michał Hawranek, Tadeusz Osadnik, Anna Kurek, Michał Skrzypek, Jacek Niedziela, Piotr Desperak, Zofia Kułaczkowska, Małgorzata Brzezina, Michał Krawczyk, Mariusz Gąsior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 3: 166–173; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3316

Iron deficiency: a novel risk factor of recurrence in patients after unprovoked venous thromboembolism

Daniel P. Potaczek, Ewa A. Jankowska, Ewa Wypasek, Anetta Undas

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 3: 159–165; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3311

Comparative study of periostin expression in different respiratory samples in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Katarzyna Górska, Marta Maskey-Warzęchowska, Patrycja Nejman-Gryz, Piotr Korczyński, Monika Prochorec-Sobieszek, Rafał Krenke

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 3: 124–137; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3299

Beneficial effect of bilateral native nephrectomy as complete denervation on left ventricular mass and function in renal transplant recipients

Marta Obremska, Maria Boratyńska, Dorota Zyśko, Maciej Szymczak, Jacek Kurcz, Anna Goździk, Maciej Rachwalik, Marian Klinger

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 1-2: 58–67; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3269

Association between central and peripheral blood pressure and periodontal disease in patients with a history of myocardial infarction

Radosław Łysek, Piotr Jankowski, Maciej Polak, Krystyna Szafraniec, Agnieszka Micek, Renata Wolfshaut-Wolak, Anna Łukaszewska, Thomas Weber, Danuta Czarnecka, Andrzej Pająk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 1-2: 41–47; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3265

Association between microRNA-21 concentration and lipid profile in patients with acute coronary syndrome without persistent ST-segment elevation

Dawid Miśkowiec, Piotr Lipiec, Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik, Karolina Kupczyńska, Błażej Michalski, Katarzyna Wdowiak-Okrojek, Paulina Wejner-Mik, Jarosław D. Kasprzak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 1-2: 48–57; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3267

Transmission of tuberculosis among people living in the border areas of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia

Monika Kozińska, Jerzy Zientek, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Zofia Zwolska, Jerzy Kozielski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 1-2: 32–40; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3263

Predictors of left atrial appendage thrombogenic milieu in patients subjected to transesophageal echocardiography prior to cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation

Joanna Jaroch, Aleksandra Kamińska-Kegel, Barbara Brzezińska, Ewa Kruszyńska, Zbigniew Bociąga, Krzysztof Dudek, Krystyna Łoboz-Grudzień

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 1-2: 25–31; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3261

Identification of patients with triple antiphospholipid antibody positivity is platform and method independent

Teresa Iwaniec, Marcin P. Kaczor, Magdalena Celińska-Löwenhoff, Stanisław Polański, Jacek Musiał

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 1-2: 19–24; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3259

Incidence of chronic heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with hypertension and isolated mild diastolic dysfunction

Halina Brzyżkiewicz, Ewa Konduracka, Grzegorz Gajos, Marianna Janion

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2016, Vol. 126, No. 1-2: 12–18; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3257

Risk of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients scheduled for ablation for atrial fibrillation: beyond the CHA2DS2VASc score

Agnieszka Sikorska, Jakub Baran, Ewa Pilichowska-Paszkiet, Małgorzata Sikora-Frąc, Tomasz Kryński, Roman Piotrowski, Sebastian Stec, Beata Zaborska, Piotr Kułakowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2015, Vol. 125, No. 12: 921–928; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3213

Prevalence of acquired von Willebrand syndrome during essential thrombocythemia: a retrospective analysis of 170 consecutive patients

Andrzej Mital, Witold Prejzner, Maria Bieniaszewska, Andrzej Hellmann

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2015, Vol. 125, No. 12: 914–920; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.3211