Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Three‑year survival of patients with chronic systolic heart failure due to hypertension: analysis of prognostic factors

Monika Szymik, Bożena Szyguła‑Jurkiewicz, Robert Partyka, Aleksander Owczarek, Beata Spinczyk, Jerzy Chudek, Lech Poloński

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 11: 543–550; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1460

New parameters in iron metabolism and functional iron deficiency in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Jolanta Małyszko, Ewa Koc‑Żórawska, Nomy Levin‑Iaina, Jacek Małyszko, Piotr Koźmiński, Grażyna Kobus, Michał Myśliwiec

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 11: 537–542; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1458

Segmental left ventricular hypokinesis is associated with embolic signals in transcranial Doppler

Aldona Warsz‑Wianecka, Katarzyna Mizia‑Stec, Anetta Lasek‑Bal, Zofia Kazibutowska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 11: 531–536; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1456

Anti‑livin antibodies in Hashimoto thyroiditis

Aleksandra Baumann‑Antczak, Jerzy Kosowicz, Hanna Zamysłowska, Marek Ruchała

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 11: 527–530; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1454

Parental history of premature coronary artery disease does not affect plasma levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine in young healthy adults

Andrzej Surdacki, Barbara Zawiślak, Tomasz Rakowski, Ewa Wieczorek-Surdacka, Danuta Fedak, Jacek S. Dubiel

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 10: 487–493; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1417

Prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis patients and relationship with disease activity

Radosław Jeleniewicz, Maria Majdan, Bożena Targońska‑Stępniak, Magdalena Dryglewska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 10: 480–486; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1415

Liver function tests in patients with acute heart failure

Jan Biegus, Robert Zymliński, Mateusz Sokolski, Sylwia Nawrocka, Paweł Siwołowski, Joanna Szachniewicz, Ewa A. Jankowska, Waldemar Banasiak, Piotr Ponikowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 10: 471–479; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1413

Neurodegeneration of the retina in type 1 diabetic patients

Aleksandra Araszkiewicz, Dorota Zozulińska‑Ziółkiewicz, Mikołaj Meller, Jadwiga Bernardczyk‑Meller, Stanisław Piłaciński, Anita Rogowicz‑Frontczak, Dariusz Naskręt, Bogna Wierusz‑Wysocka

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 10: 464–470; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1411

Incidence of aspirin hypersensitivity in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis and diagnostic value of urinary leukotriene E4

Natalia Celejewska-Wójcik, Lucyna Mastalerz, Krzysztof Wójcik, Rafał Nieckarz, Rafał Januszek, Patryk Hartwich, Joanna Szaleniec, Karolina Hydzik-Sobocińska, Krzysztof Oleś, Agnieszka Cybulska, Paweł Stręk, Marek Sanak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 9: 422–427; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1379

Cardiovascular therapy, diagnostic procedures, and control of risk factors in patients with diabetes or coronary artery disease in Poland: the Kardia‑Pol registry

Grzegorz Opolski, Krzysztof Strojek, Michał Kurzelewski, Maciej Ostrowski, Daniel Rabczenko

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 9: 413–421; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1377

Selected adipokines and metabolic profiles in normal-weight women with abdominal obesity

Tomasz Miazgowski, Agnieszka Major‑Gołuch, Krzysztof Safranow

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 9: 406–412; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1375

Assessment of left ventricular function with computed tomography and magnetic resonance in patients with low ejection fraction scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting: a preliminary study

Łukasz J. Krzych, Barbara Paraniak‑Gieszczyk, Włodzimierz Morawski, Marcin Basiak, Andrzej Bochenek

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 9: 398–405; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1373

Serotonin and melatonin secretion and metabolism in patients with liver cirrhosis

Cezary Chojnacki, Ewa Walecka‑Kapica, Grażyna Klupińska, Patrycja Wachowska‑Kelly, Krystyna Żylińska, Katarzyna Winczyk, Jan Chojnacki

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 9: 392–397; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1371

Diagnostic value of plasma asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginine levels in liver transplant recipients

Zuzanna Wnuk, Franciszek Kokot, Anna Kunsdorf‑Wnuk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 7-8: 367–373; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1355

Acute kidney injury after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: detailed assessment of early effects using novel markers

Michał Kokot, Grzegorz Biolik, Damian Ziaja, Tadeusz Fojt, Kamila Cisak, Katarzyna Antoniak, Teresa Kowalewska‑Twardela, Krzysztof Pawlicki, Krzysztof Ziaja, Jan Duława

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 7-8: 353–360; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1351

Nosocomial outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae Spain9V‑ST156‑14 clone in a pulmonary diseases ward

Anna Skoczyńska, Ewa Sadowy, Dorota Krawiecka, Małgorzata Czajkowska‑Malinowska, Anna Ciesielska, Grzegorz Przybylski, Renata Żebracka, Waleria Hryniewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 7-8: 361–366; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1353

Effect of methylprednisolone pulse therapy with and without alendronate on biochemical markers of bone turnover in patients with Graves’ ophthalmopathy

Teresa Gasińska, Anna Borowska, Hanna Wichary, Renata Dec

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 7-8: 341–347; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1301

To close or not to close: fistula ligation and cardiac function in kidney allograft recipients

Jerzy Głowiński, Jolanta Małyszko, Irena Głowińska, Michał Myśliwiec

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 7-8: 348–352; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1349

Transforming growth factor-β1‑induced expression of connective tissue growth factor is enhanced in bronchial fibroblasts derived from asthmatic patients

Katarzyna Wójcik, Paulina Koczurkiewicz, Marta Michalik, Marek Sanak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 7-8: 326–332; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1343

Comorbidities and the quality of life in hypertensive patients

Monika Zygmuntowicz, Aleksander Owczarek, Adam Elibol, Jerzy Chudek

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 7-8: 333–340; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1345