Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Official Journal of the Polish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons

4/2012
vol. 9

KARDIOCHIRURGIA DOROSŁYCH
Extravalvular exoprosthetic repair of aortic root: first experience

Alexander Chernyavskiy, Sergey Alsov, Dmitry Khvan, Dmitry Sirota

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 409–414

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32675

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Use of gentamicin-collagen sponges prior to sternal closure may lower the risk of sternal wound infection: a single center experience

Júlia Čanádyová, Vojtěch Kurfirst, Aleš Mokráček

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 415–419

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32676

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Current level of infective endocarditis prevention awareness among dentists and patients with artificial valves

Bartłomiej Pawlus, Ewa Markowicz-Pawlus, Miloš Špidlen

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 420–423

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32677

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Fatal outcome of early postoperative myocardial infarction after implantation of aortic valve bioprosthesis and left internal thoracic artery anastomosis to left anterior descending coronary artery caused by closure of unchanged circumflex coronary artery

Karol Bartczak, Piotr Kula, Radosław Zwoliński, Arkadiusz Ammer, Anna Kośmider, Andrzej Walczak, Andrzej Banyś, Ryszard Jaszewski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 424–427

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32678

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WADY WRODZONE
Thoracoscopic closure of patent ductus arteriosus in 2 premature infants weighing 700 and 800 g

Piotr Kołtowski, Dariusz Patkowski, Jacek Adamus, Anna Wesnerowicz, Romuald Cichoń

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 428–430

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32679

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TORAKOCHIRURGIA
The detection of EGFR mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer in selected molecular diagnostics centers in Poland

Paweł Krawczyk, Rodryg Ramlau, Tomasz Powrózek, Kamila Wojas-Krawczyk, Sylwia Sura, Bożena Jarosz, Beata Walczyna, Juliusz Pankowski, Justyna Szumiło, Wojciech Dyszkiewicz, Aldona Woźniak, Janusz Milanowski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 431–438

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32680

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Transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy

Mariusz Łochowski, Łukasz Pryt, Daniel Brzeziński, Józef Kozak

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 439–442

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32681

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Analysis of EGFR mutation frequency and coexistence of KRAS and EGFR mutations using RT-PCR in lung adenocarcinoma: may a clinical and pathological model of a patient’s qualification for targeted therapy have an impact on time to obtain genetic results?

Marzena Anna Lewandowska, Wojciech Jóźwicki, Jarosław Starzyński, Janusz Kowalewski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 443–451

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32682

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Metastatic pulmonary calcification – a case report and review of the literature

Janusz Wójcik, Tomasz Grodzki, Bartosz Kubisa, Jarosław Pieróg, Maria Piotrowska, Jacek Alchimowicz, Norbert Wójcik

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 452–455

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32683

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ANESTEZJOLOGIA I INTENSYWNA TERAPIA
Inhaled nitric oxide effects outside the lungs – experimental and clinical evidence

Waldemar Goździk, Anna Goździk

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32684

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Analysis of complications among patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the Upper Silesian Medical Centre after cardiac surgery in 2010-2011

Danuta Gierek, Adriana Kaczmarska, Barbara Budziarz, Tomasz Cyzowski, Łukasz Krzych, Michał Gierek

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 463–467

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32685

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DZIELIMY SIĘ DOŚWIADCZENIEM
A rare cause of dyspnea and palpitations: mediastinal schwannoma

Gulacan Tekin, Mehmet Ozgel, Yusuf Kenan Tekin, Ali Rıza Erbay

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 468–470

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32686

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Hybrid thoracoabdominal procedure for acute aortic dissection Stanford type A using the EVITA OPEN PLUS – case report

Arkadiusz Niedźwiecki, Adrian Stankiewicz, Radosław Kowalewski, Arkadiusz Woźniak, Iwona Dmitruk, Krzysztof Matlak, Kinga Sochoń, Mirosław Dubowski, Marek Gacko, Tomasz Hirnle

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 471–473

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32687

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Simple left atrial reduction in giant left atrium accompanying mitral stenosis

Ahmet Coşkun Özdemir, Bilgin Emrecan

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 474–476

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32688

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TECHNIKI OBRAZOWANIA
Single round shadow of the lung: carcinoma or round pneumonia? – diagnostic problem, differential diagnosis

Franciszek Halkiewicz, Jerzy Kozielski, Joanna Witkowska-Klinke, Ewa Kluczewska, Jan Głowacki, Edyta Machura

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 477–480

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32689

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REHABILITACJA
The importance and effectiveness of walking training in cardiac rehabilitation with special regard to patients after cardiac surgery

Piotr Kocur, Monika Krzywicka-Michałowska, Małgorzata Wilk, Piotr Dylewicz

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 481–485

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32690

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FORUM MŁODYCH
Bacterial ascending mediastinitis following diagnostic pleuroscopy in a patient with pleural tuberculosis

Sławomir Jabłoński, Piotr Misiak

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 486–489

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32691

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Intraoperative glycaemic control and the effectiveness of myocardial reperfusion – initial reports

Anna Marcinkiewicz, Stanisław Ostrowski, Elżbieta Janowska, Radosław Zwoliński, Ryszard Jaszewski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 490–496

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32692

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HISTORIA KARDIO- I TORAKOCHIRURGII
Pressure chamber or intubation? The beginnings of thoracic surgery at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Ryszard Gryglewski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 497–501

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32693

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JAKOŚĆ W MEDYCYNIE
Depression in chronic heart failure

Bożena Szyguła-Jurkiewicz, Robert Pudlo, Konrad Samborski, Piotr Muzyk

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2012; 9 (4): 502–506

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32694

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32697

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Kalendarium

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2012.32803

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KARDIOCHIRURGIA DOROSŁYCH
Extravalvular exoprosthetic repair of aortic root: first experience

Use of gentamicin-collagen sponges prior to sternal closure may lower the risk of sternal wound infection: a single center experience

Current level of infective endocarditis prevention awareness among dentists and patients with artificial valves

Fatal outcome of early postoperative myocardial infarction after implantation of aortic valve bioprosthesis and left internal thoracic artery anastomosis to left anterior descending coronary artery caused by closure of unchanged circumflex coronary artery

WADY WRODZONE
Thoracoscopic closure of patent ductus arteriosus in 2 premature infants weighing 700 and 800 g

TORAKOCHIRURGIA
The detection of EGFR mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer in selected molecular diagnostics centers in Poland

Transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy

Analysis of EGFR mutation frequency and coexistence of KRAS and EGFR mutations using RT-PCR in lung adenocarcinoma: may a clinical and pathological model of a patient’s qualification for targeted therapy have an impact on time to obtain genetic results?

Metastatic pulmonary calcification – a case report and review of the literature

ANESTEZJOLOGIA I INTENSYWNA TERAPIA
Inhaled nitric oxide effects outside the lungs – experimental and clinical evidence

Analysis of complications among patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the Upper Silesian Medical Centre after cardiac surgery in 2010-2011

DZIELIMY SIĘ DOŚWIADCZENIEM
A rare cause of dyspnea and palpitations: mediastinal schwannoma

Hybrid thoracoabdominal procedure for acute aortic dissection Stanford type A using the EVITA OPEN PLUS – case report

Simple left atrial reduction in giant left atrium accompanying mitral stenosis

TECHNIKI OBRAZOWANIA
Single round shadow of the lung: carcinoma or round pneumonia? – diagnostic problem, differential diagnosis

REHABILITACJA
The importance and effectiveness of walking training in cardiac rehabilitation with special regard to patients after cardiac surgery

FORUM MŁODYCH
Bacterial ascending mediastinitis following diagnostic pleuroscopy in a patient with pleural tuberculosis

Intraoperative glycaemic control and the effectiveness of myocardial reperfusion – initial reports

HISTORIA KARDIO- I TORAKOCHIRURGII
Pressure chamber or intubation? The beginnings of thoracic surgery at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

JAKOŚĆ W MEDYCYNIE
Depression in chronic heart failure

KRONIKA NAUKOWA
VI Kongres Polskiego Towarzystwa Kardio-Torakochirurgów

Uroczyste Jubileuszowe Sympozjum w 100 rocznicę urodzin Pana Profesora Jana Molla

Proceedings of American Association for Thoracic Surgery – Focus on Thoracic Surgery: Lung Cancer

Kalendarium

KARDIOCHIRURGIA DOROSŁYCHExtravalvular exoprosthetic repair of aortic root: first experience

Use of gentamicin-collagen sponges prior to sternal closure may lower the risk of sternal wound infection: a single center experience

Current level of infective endocarditis prevention awareness among dentists and patients with artificial valves

Fatal outcome of early postoperative myocardial infarction after implantation of aortic valve bioprosthesis and left internal thoracic artery anastomosis to left anterior descending coronary artery caused by closure of unchanged circumflex coronary artery

WADY WRODZONEThoracoscopic closure of patent ductus arteriosus in 2 premature infants weighing 700 and 800 g

TORAKOCHIRURGIAThe detection of EGFR mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer in selected molecular diagnostics centers in Poland

Transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy

Analysis of EGFR mutation frequency and coexistence of KRAS and EGFR mutations using RT-PCR in lung adenocarcinoma: may a clinical and pathological model of a patient’s qualification for targeted therapy have an impact on time to obtain genetic results?

Metastatic pulmonary calcification – a case report and review of the literature

ANESTEZJOLOGIA I INTENSYWNA TERAPIAInhaled nitric oxide effects outside the lungs – experimental and clinical evidence

Analysis of complications among patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the Upper Silesian Medical Centre after cardiac surgery in 2010-2011

DZIELIMY SIĘ DOŚWIADCZENIEMA rare cause of dyspnea and palpitations: mediastinal schwannoma

Hybrid thoracoabdominal procedure for acute aortic dissection Stanford type A using the EVITA OPEN PLUS – case report

Simple left atrial reduction in giant left atrium accompanying mitral stenosis

TECHNIKI OBRAZOWANIASingle round shadow of the lung: carcinoma or round pneumonia? – diagnostic problem, differential diagnosis

REHABILITACJAThe importance and effectiveness of walking training in cardiac rehabilitation with special regard to patients after cardiac surgery

FORUM MŁODYCHBacterial ascending mediastinitis following diagnostic pleuroscopy in a patient with pleural tuberculosis

Intraoperative glycaemic control and the effectiveness of myocardial reperfusion – initial reports

HISTORIA KARDIO- I TORAKOCHIRURGIIPressure chamber or intubation? The beginnings of thoracic surgery at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

JAKOŚĆ W MEDYCYNIEDepression in chronic heart failure

KRONIKA NAUKOWAVI Kongres Polskiego Towarzystwa Kardio-Torakochirurgów

Uroczyste Jubileuszowe Sympozjum w 100 rocznicę urodzin Pana Profesora Jana Molla

Proceedings of American Association for Thoracic Surgery – Focus on Thoracic Surgery: Lung Cancer

Kalendarium

KARDIOCHIRURGIA DOROSŁYCH
Extravalvular exoprosthetic repair of aortic root: first experience

WADY WRODZONE
Thoracoscopic closure of patent ductus arteriosus in 2 premature infants weighing 700 and 800 g

TORAKOCHIRURGIA
The detection of EGFR mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer in selected molecular diagnostics centers in Poland

ANESTEZJOLOGIA I INTENSYWNA TERAPIA
Inhaled nitric oxide effects outside the lungs – experimental and clinical evidence

DZIELIMY SIĘ DOŚWIADCZENIEM
A rare cause of dyspnea and palpitations: mediastinal schwannoma

TECHNIKI OBRAZOWANIA
Single round shadow of the lung: carcinoma or round pneumonia? – diagnostic problem, differential diagnosis

REHABILITACJA
The importance and effectiveness of walking training in cardiac rehabilitation with special regard to patients after cardiac surgery

FORUM MŁODYCH
Bacterial ascending mediastinitis following diagnostic pleuroscopy in a patient with pleural tuberculosis

HISTORIA KARDIO- I TORAKOCHIRURGII
Pressure chamber or intubation? The beginnings of thoracic surgery at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

JAKOŚĆ W MEDYCYNIE
Depression in chronic heart failure

KRONIKA NAUKOWA
VI Kongres Polskiego Towarzystwa Kardio-Torakochirurgów