Original articles - Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Influence of heart failure etiology on the effect of upgrading from right ventricular apical to biventricular or bifocal pacing in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and advanced heart failure

Barbara Małecka, Andrzej Ząbek, Andrzej Maziarz, Jacek Lelakowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 3: 89–97; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1196

Health state and the quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Poland. A study using the EQ‑5D questionnaire

Piotr W. Boros, Wojciech Lubiński

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 3: 73–81; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1177

Renalase, kidney function, and markers of endothelial dysfunction in renal transplant recipients

Edyta Zbroch, Jolanta Małyszko, Jacek Małyszko, Ewa Koc‑Żórawska, Michał Myśliwiec

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 1-2: 40–44; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1132

Comparison of arterial stiffness in end‑stage renal disease patients treated with peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis

Paweł Stróżecki, Rafał Donderski, Anna Kardymowicz, Jacek Manitius

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 1-2: 33–39; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1119

Biomarkers of calcification and atherosclerosis in patients with degenerative aortic stenosis in relation to concomitant coronary artery disease

Tomasz Adamczyk, Katarzyna Mizia‑Stec, Magdalena Mizia, Maciej Haberka, Artur Chmiel, Jerzy Chudek, Zbigniew Gąsior

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 1-2: 14–21; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1128

Leflunomide in monotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis: meta‑analysis of randomized trials

Dominik Golicki, Maciej Newada, Joanna Lis, Kaja Pol, Tomasz Hermanowski, Małgorzata Tłustochowicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2012, Vol. 122, No. 1-2: 22–32; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1131

Evaluation of paraoxonase 1 arylesterase activity and lipid peroxide levels in patients with type 1 diabetes

Małgorzata Wegner, Maria Pioruńska-Stolzmann, Aleksandra Araszkiewicz, Dorota Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz, Bogna Wierusz-Wysocka

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 12: 448–455; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1113

Efficacy of pegylated interferon alfa-2a or alfa-2b in combination with ribavirin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis caused by hepatitis C virus genotype 1b

Tomasz H. Mach, Andrzej Cieśla, Wioleta Warunek, Urszula Janas-Skulina, Dorota Cibor, Danuta Owczarek, Irena Ciećko-Michalska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 12: 434–440; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1109

Positive family history of thyroid disease as a risk factor for differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Elwira Przybylik-Mazurek, Dorota Pach, Sylwia Kuźniarz-Rymarz, Marta Tracz-Bujnowicz, Krystyna Szafraniec, Anna Skalniak, Anna Sowa-Staszczak, Beata Piwońska‑Solska, Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 12: 441–447; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1111

Peripheral lymphocyte DNA damage and oxidative status after eradication therapy in patients infected with Helicobacter pylori

Ahmet C. Dulger, Mehmet Aslan, Yaşar Nazligul, Mehmet Horoz, Cengiz Bolukbas, Fusun F. Bolukbas, Hakim Celik, Abdurrahim Kocyigit

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 12: 428–433; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1107

Thromboembolic events are associated with prolonged clot lysis time in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

Michał Ząbczyk, Jacek Majewski, Jacek Lelakowski

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 11: 400–407; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1101

Adiponectin, leptin, and resistin in patients with aortic stenosis without concomitant atherosclerotic vascular disease

Renata Kolasa-Trela, Tomasz Miszalski-Jamka, Grzegorz Grudzień, Ewa Wypasek, Magdalena Kostkiewicz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 10: 352–360; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1091

Economic analysis of the implementation of guidelines for type 2 diabetes control developed by Diabetes Poland. What increase in costs is justified by clinical results?

Daria Szmurło, Agata Schubert, Kaja Kostrzewska, Przemysław Ryś, Iwona Skrzekowska-Baran

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 10: 345–351; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1089

Predictors of asthma severity during the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)

Tariq A. Mirza, Abdulwahab Fillimban, Othman Maimini, Emad Y. Khiyat, Khalid O. Dhafar, Mian U. Farooq, Zohair J. Gazzaz

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 10: 327–332; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1085

Efficacy and safety comparison of continuous glucose monitoring and self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 1 diabetes. Systematic review and meta-analysis

Piotr Wojciechowski, Przemysław Ryś, Anna Lipowska, Magdalena Gawęska, Maciej T. Małecki

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 10: 333–344; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1087

Endostatin and vascular endothelial growth factor: potential regulators of endothelial progenitor cell number in chronic kidney disease

Ewa Wątorek, Maria Paprocka, Danuta Duś, Wacław Kopeć, Marian Klinger

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 9: 296–302; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1079

Do circulating antibodies against C1q reflect the activity of lupus nephritis?

Katarzyna Smykał-Jankowiak, Zofia I. Niemir, Magdalena Polcyn-Adamczak

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 9: 287–295; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1077

Mechanisms of increased vascular superoxide production in human varicose veins

Bartłomiej Guzik, Maciej Chwała, Paweł Matusik, Dominik Ludew, Dominik Skiba, Grzegorz Wilk, Wojciech Mrowiecki, Bogdan Batko, Andrzej Cencora, Bogusław Kapelak, Jerzy Sadowski, Ryszard Korbut, Tomasz J. Guzik

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 9: 279–286; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1075

Association between lipoprotein(a) and oxygen reactive metabolite in asymptomatic subjects

Kazuhiko Kotani, Naoki Sakane

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 7-8: 247–252; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1067

Long-acting insulin analogue detemir compared with NPH insulin in type 1 diabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Agnieszka Szypowska, Dominik Golicki, Lidia Groele, Ewa Pańkowska

Pol Arch Intern Med. 2011, Vol. 121, No. 7-8: 237–246; DOI: 10.20452/pamw.1065