Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Official Journal of the Polish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons

2/2024
vol. 21

the latest issue:

Original paper

Risk factors and outcome of aortic surgery patients with hypothermic circulatory arrest: can urine NGAL predict acute kidney injury?

Pimchanok Junnil, Thas Tangkijwanichakul, Chinaphum Vuthivanich, Chanapong Kittayarak

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 71-78

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141141

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Original paper

The impact of anxiety experienced by patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery on perceived pain, self-efficacy and body esteem in the perioperative period

Beata Krakowska, Grzegorz Grudzien, Milena Suliga, Boguslaw Kapelak, Krzysztof Bartus

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 79-85

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141144

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Review paper

The role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide salvage enzymes in cardioprotection

Fazle Kibria, Sudip Kumar Das, Md Sahidul Arefin

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 86-95

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141145

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Review paper

Proposal for the use of angiotensin II in distributive shock after extracorporeal circulation – position paper of the Section of Intensive Care Medicine and the Section of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy

Łukasz J. Krzych, Paweł Nadziakiewicz, Ewa Kucewicz-Czech

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 96-98

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141146

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Review paper

Systematic review of robotic video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery total pneumonectomy for lung cancer

Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza, Massimo Giuseppe Viola

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 99-101

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141147

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Review paper

Pulmonary embolism in cancer patients. Effectiveness of vitamin K antagonists and direct oral anticoagulants in long-term therapy

Paulina M. Nadziakiewicz, Bożena Szyguła-Jurkiewicz

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 102-107

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141148

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Review paper

Left main coronary artery disease: percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting? A critical review of current knowledge and contemporary debates

Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, Francesk Mulita, Georgios-Ioannis Verras, Eleni Bekou, Admir Mulita, Manfred Dahm, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Assaf Sawafta, Anastasia Katinioti, Elias Liolis, Christos Pitros, Levan Tchabashvili, Konstantinos Tasios, Andreas Antzoulas, Spyros Papadoulas, Efstratios Koletsis, Vasileios Leivaditis

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 108-112

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141149

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Letter to the Editor

Fistulous communication between the left main coronary artery and the pulmonary artery as a cause of angina

Vasileios Leivaditis, Athanasios Papatriantafyllou, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Michail Galanis, Efstratios Koletsis, Nikolaos Charokopos, Francesk Mulita, Levan Tchabashvili, Konstantinos Tasios, Platon Dimopoulos, Andreas Antzoulas, Vasiliki Garantzioti, Nikolas Drakos, Spyros Papadoulas, Christos Pitros, Manfred Dahm

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 113-116

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141150

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Letter to the Editor

Unraveling a diagnostic enigma: managing acute mitral valve insufficiency with non-ischemic papillary muscle rupture. A comprehensive case analysis

Maciej Łuczak, Krzysztof Greberski, Karol Buszkiewicz, Radosław Jarząbek, Cezary Danielecki, Pawel Czaja, Paweł Bugajski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 117-119

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141151

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Letter to the Editor

IgG4 aortitis in a patient with coronary artery disease

Lorenza Petrolo, Grazia Santoro, Monica Annunziata, Francesco Iorio, Nunzio Curcio, Carlo Zebele

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 120-122

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141152

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Letter to the Editor

Re-Melody mitral valve replacement during infective endocarditis after multi-stage hybrid surgical treatment in a 2-year-old child with congenital immunodeficiency

Julia Haponiuk-Skwarlińska, Konrad Paczkowski, Maciej Chojnicki, Mariusz Steffens, Marta Paśko-Majewska, Paweł Macko, Katarzyna Gierat-Haponiuk, Jakub Wasilewski, Afrodyta Zielińska, Bożena Werner, Ireneusz Haponiuk

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 123-125

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141153

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Letter to the Editor

Systematic review and meta-analysis of tranexamic acid and epsilon aminocaproic acid in pediatric heart surgery

Lukasz Szarpak, Michal Pruc, Kacper Dziedzic, Bartlomiej Perek

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 126-128

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141154

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Report

The use of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator for a patient after coronary artery bypass grafting to protect against sudden cardiac death. The first case in Poland

Kamil Baczewski, Adam Stadnik, Janusz Stążka

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 129-131

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.141155

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