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A5000337347- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Health, Work, and Social Studies in Poland
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Management and Organizational Practices
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
Rzeszów University
2018-2025
Ministry of Interior and Administration
2023
Cornell University
2021
Weill Cornell Medicine
2021
Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony
2015-2020
NIHR Bristol Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
2018
University of Bristol
2018
Medical University of Silesia
2004-2006
Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa im. Wojciecha Korfantego
2003
University of Leicester
2000
The ESC Guidelines represent the views of and were produced after careful consideration scientific medical knowledge evidence available at time their dating.The is not responsible in event any contradiction, discrepancy and/or ambiguity between other official recommendations or guidelines issued by relevant public health authorities, particular relation to good use care therapeutic strategies.Health professionals are encouraged take fully into account when exercising clinical judgment, as...
To identify predictors of early and late outcome among 117 consecutive patients who underwent postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair over a period 12 years.A retrospective analysis clinical data was performed. Mean age 65.5+/-7.8. There were 43 females. Full obtained in 110 patients. Of these, 76 presented with anterior 34 posterior VSD. Thirty-three operated cardiogenic shock. time between myocardial infarction (MI) VSD development 5.6+/-7.8 days (median 4) from to surgery 9....
The treatment of patients with extensive thoracic aortic disease involving the arch and descending aorta is often performed, using frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique. We retrospectively analysed early outcomes this technique, a prospective database. A total 509 (mean age: 61 ± 11 years) were registered between January 2005 2014 in multicentre database after FET surgery. Acute or chronic dissection (AD) was indication for surgery 350 (68.8%) degenerative atherosclerotic aneurysm (DA)...
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (pAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting is a common complication. Whether pAF associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) remains uncertain. We investigated the association between and long-term CVA by performing post hoc analysis 10-year outcomes ART (Arterial Revascularization Trial).For present analysis, among patients enrolled in (n=3102), we excluded those who did not undergo surgery (n=25), had history (n=45), or no...
Abstract OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate in-hospital outcomes and long-term survival patients undergoing cardiac surgery with preoperative atrial fibrillation (AF). We compared different strategies, including no-AF treatment, left appendage occlusion (LAAO) alone, concomitant surgical ablation (SA) alone or both. METHODS A retrospective analysis using the KROK registry included all diagnosis AF who underwent in Poland between January 2012 December 2022. Risk adjustment...
Background: Over the years, frozen elephant trunk (FET) has become treatment of choice for multisegmental thoracic aortic disease. This multicenter study presents evolution FET results using E-vita Open hybrid graft with respect to institutional experience and time. Methods: The data International registry were studied according participating centers (high- versus low-volume centers) during time (1st period, 2005–2011 2nd 2012–2018). Overall, 1,165 patients enrolled in a wide variety...
Abstract OBJECTIVES Our goal was to evaluate early sequelae and long-term survival in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS Procedural data from KROK (Polish National Registry of Cardiac Surgery Procedures) were collected. A total 7879 underlying AF underwent CABG between 2006 2018 37 reference centres across Poland. The mean follow-up 4.7 ± 3.5 years [median (interquartile range) 4.3...
Abstract Background Effective postoperative pain control remains a challenge for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Novel regional blocks may improve management such and can shorten their length of stay in the hospital. To compare intensity surgery with either erector spinae plane (ESP) block or combined ESP pectoralis nerve (PECS) blocks. Methods This was prospective, randomized, controlled, double-blinded study done tertiary Thirty mitral/tricuspid valve repair via mini-thoracotomy were...
One of the main challenges in cardiac surgery is effective postoperative analgesia. Erector spinae-plane block (ESP block) a novel regional technique, introduced by Forero 2016 for neuropathic chest pain, then used successfully mastectomy.To establish efficacy ESP patients undergoing mitral and/or tricuspid valve repair through right mini-thoracotomy.It prospective observational cohort study performed tertiary health center. In treatment group, single-shot was before anesthetic induction....
Our aim was to describe the outcomes of latest treatment options acute non-A non-B aortic dissection involving an entry tear in arch.Included were patients who presented between January 2001 and February 2020 with a arch but not ascending aorta most proximal located within innominate left subclavian artery. Clinical data operative details retrieved from medical histories surgical protocols. Preoperative, postoperative follow-up computed tomography angiography scans analysed.We analysed total...
Background: Cardiogenic shock (CS) remains the leading cause of poor prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), sustaining a high mortality rate 40 to 50% within 30 days. Aims: In this unique analysis two national all-comers, real-life registries including AMI complicated by CS, for whom early revascularization was planned, we aimed compare effect percutaneous coronary (PCI) and artery bypass grafting (CABG) on 30-day 1-year all-cause mortality. Methods: The study included...
ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Borys M, Żurek S, Kurowicki A, et al. Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A prospective cohort feasibility study. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy. 2020;52(1):10-14. doi:10.5114/ait.2020.93160. APA Borys, M., Żurek, S., Kurowicki, A., Horeczy, B., Bielina, & Sejboth, J. (2020). Therapy, 52(1), 10-14....
Remifentanil and other opioids are suggested to be protective against ischemia-reperfusion injury in animal models coronary artery bypass surgery patients, however the molecular basis of such protection is far from being understood. In present study, we have used a model human cardiomyocytes treated with hypoxia-mimetic agent cobalt chloride investigate remifentanil preconditioning-based adaptive responses underlying mechanisms. Hypoxic conditions promoted oxidative nitrosative stress,...
Abstract OBJECTIVES The aim of this multicentre study was to demonstrate the safety and clinical performance E-vita OPEN NEO Stent Graft System (Artivion, Inc.) in treatment aneurysm or dissection, both acute chronic, ascending aorta, aortic arch descending thoracic aorta. METHODS In observational 12 centres performed Europe Asia patients were enrolled between December 2020 March 2022. All underwent frozen elephant trunk using System. Primary end point rate all-cause mortality at 30 days...
Up to 56% of patients develop chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). CPSP can affect patients’ moods and decrease daily activities. The primary aim this study was investigate severity in following off-pump (OP) CABG using the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI). This a prospective cohort conducted cardiac surgery department teaching hospital. Patients undergoing OP-CABG were enrolled an erector spinae plane block (ESPB) group (n = 27) or control...
The Association on Valvular Heart Disease, of Cardiovascular Interventions, and the Working Group CardiacSurgery Polish Cardiac Society have released a position statement risk factors, diagnosis, management patients with cancer valvular heart disease (VHD). VHD can occur in several ways, for example, it exist or be diagnosed before treatment, after an incidental finding during imaging tests, endocarditis related to immunosuppression, prolonged intravenous catheter use, combination...
Background: The objective of this multicenter study aimed to investigate the impact sex on long-term survival among patients with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing bypass grafting(CABG) using multiple arterial grafting (MAG) or a single saphenous vein grafts (SAG). Materials and methods: Data were obtained from Polish National Registry Cardiac Surgery Procedures database. This included 81,136 who underwent CABG for between January 2012 December 2020 (22.9% women 77.1% men). MAG...
The current investigation aimed to evaluate long-term survival in patients undergoing isolated and combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). Procedural data from KROK (Polish National Registry of Cardiac Surgery Procedures) were retrospectively collected. Eleven thousand three hundred sixteen baseline AF (72.4% men, mean age 69.6 ± 7.9) CABG surgery between 2006-2019 37 reference centers across Poland included the...