Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej

Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej is a quarterly aimed at specialists, mainly at cardiologists and cardiosurgeons.

Official journal of the Association on Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society and the Association of Intensive Cardiac Care of the Polish Cardiac Society.

IMPACT FACTOR

MNiSW

JCI (Journal Citation Indicator)

0.23

Cite Score

1.6

Radial artery access in interventional cardiology: a review of current practices

Ameen Nasser, Alexandra Malkowski, Anna Żądło, Mateusz Michalczak, Artur Dziewierz, Tomasz Tokarek

From bench to bedside and back: translational cardiovascular interventions in veterinary medicine

Sebastian Popiel-Dziewierz, Agnieszka Noszczyk-Nowak, Artur Dziewierz

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation without on-site surgical backup: is it time for Poland to embrace the paradigm shift?

Stanisław Bartuś, Artur Dziewierz

Clinical outcomes of double kissing crush or double kissing culotte technique in left main bifurcation lesions: the MAIN-ROUTE registry

Mehmet Erturk, Serkan Kahraman, Can Y. Karabay, Mehmet A. Erdol, Hasan Ari, Eser Durmaz, Ertugrul Okuyan, Regayip Zehir, Ali R. Akyuz, Cagri Yayla, Irfan Sahin, Cansu Ebren, Gokhan Demirci, Ahmet Guner, Erhan Melikoglu, Mehmet Cicek, Sezgin Atmaca, Irem Turkmen, Ahmet Goktug Ertem, Mustafa A. Sungur, Bilal M. Ulker, Ahmet C. Cebeci, Ali Nural, Busra G. Sengor, Ahmet O. Aslan, Ishak Yilmaz, Ali Kemal Kalkan, Muzaffer Degertekin

Interventional cardiology in Poland in 2024. Annual summary report of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society (AISN PTK) and Jagiellonian University Medical College

Zbigniew Siudak, Zenon Huczek, Marek Grygier, Mariusz Tomaniak, Marta Kałużna-Oleksy, Paweł Kleczyński, Krzysztof Milewski, Maksymilian P. Opolski, Grzegorz Smolka, Robert Sabiniewicz, Krzysztof P. Malinowski, Dariusz Dudek, Kamil Pytlak, Artur Dziewierz, Michał Hawranek

Gender-based disparities in self-reported procedural experience: a cross-sectional survey of medical students in Poland

Artur Dziewierz, Paulina Jaskulska, Natalia Dardzińska, Aleksandra Piotrowska, Aleksandra Gładyś, Mikołaj Jeżak, Sebastian Goncerz, Władysław Krajewski, Zbigniew Siudak

Impact of Coronary Artery Disease on the Outcomes of Severe Aortic Stenosis Treatment Treated with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Piotr Chodór, Krzysztof Wilczek, Łukasz Włoch, Roman Przybylski, Jan Głowacki, Tomasz Kukulski, Tomasz Niklewski, Marian Zembala, Zbigniew Gąsior, Zbigniew Kalarus

Current issue

2/2026 vol. 22

Editorial

Impact Factor 2.0: a milestone and a call to action for Advances in Interventional Cardiology

Artur Dziewierz

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 171–174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162820

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Editorial

Leave-nothing-behind in calcified left main disease: expanding the boundaries of contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention

Sylwia Iwańczyk, Wojciech Wańha

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 175–177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162999

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Special paper

CREST-2 findings are unchanged using an aggregated control group for the CAS and CEA trial

Piotr Musialek, Krzystof Malinowski, Lukasz Tekieli, Horst Sievert, Anna Podlasek, Adam Mazurek, Renata Hatalska-Żerebiec, Joachim Schofer, Panagiotis Papanagiotou, Iris Q. Grunwald

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 178–189

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.163187

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Review paper

Exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy: cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac adaptation following physical activity

Mohammad Ali Gharaat, Mohsen Sheykhlouvand, Hamid Reza Choobdari, Katsuhiko Suzuzki, Hamid Arazi

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 190–210

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161944

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Original paper

Endothelial stress ratio as a predictor of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a retrospective study

Esma S. Ateş Ceyhun, Gökhan Ceyhun

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 211–216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161959

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Original paper

Ultreon 3.0 and physiological coronary assessment: initial single-center Polish experience

Karol Sabatowski, Jan Roczniak, Kamil Skowron, Krzysztof Bryniarski, Zuzanna Niesłony, Artur Dziewierz, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Elvin Kedhi, Stanisław Bartuś

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 217–223

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.163120

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Original paper

Simple risk stratification for a complex coronary phenotype: association of the ACEF score with coronary slow flow

Bihter Senturk, Mehmet Kis, Huseyin Dursun, Inci T. Colluoglu, Cisem Oktay, Mehmet B. Yılmaz

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 224–230

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161983

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Original paper

Association of total Q/R ratio with myocardial scar in patients with chronic total occlusion

Busra Guvendi Sengor, Mustafa Ferhat Keten, Cemalettin Yılmaz, Kahyaoğlu Muzaffer, Suleyman C. Efe, Mustafa Kara, Tuba Unkun, Aykun Hakgör, Elnur Alizade, Regayip Zehir

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 231–238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162181

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Original paper

Early changes in depolarization and repolarization after catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in ischemic cardiomyopathy

Mustafa L. Ardıç, Abdullah E. Çetin, Yahya K. Içen, Fadime Koca, Mevlut Koc

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 239–246

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161981

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Original paper

Hypertriglyceridemia predicts good neurological outcome after mechanical thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large-vessel disease

Bartosz Kołodziejczyk, Paweł Wrona, Tomasz Homa, Małgorzata Dec-Ćwiek, Łukasz Drożdż, Agnieszka Slowik, Marcin Wnuk, Leszek Drabik

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 247–261

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161960

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Original paper

Prognostic value of the uric acid-to-albumin ratio for mid-term all-cause mortality after carotid artery stenting

Tuba Unkun, Suleyman C. Efe, Dogan Sen, Abdulkadir Uslu, Dogancan Ceneli, Ali Karagoz

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 262–270

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161980

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Original paper

A single-center, mid-term study evaluating the efficacy of branched stent grafts in the treatment of aortic arch pathology in non-urgent patients

Michał Żołnierczuk, Paweł Rynio, Anita Rybicka, Tomasz Jędrzejczak, Piotr Gutowski, Arkadiusz Kazimierczak

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 271–277

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161977

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Short communication

Erectile dysfunction and sexual health counselling after myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention

Filip M. Tkaczyk, Zbigniew Siudak

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 278–282

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161984

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Short communication

Observe Coronaries Before Making the Report (OCBMR): a structured mnemonic framework for coronary artery anomalies

Paweł Tyczyński, Ilona Michałowska, Oscar Mendiz, Adam Witkowski

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 283–285

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161968

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Short communication

Multistaged endovascular management of a complex extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm using a new-generation flow diverter CARESTO® heal Stent and 3D printing simulation

Paweł Latacz, Marian Simka

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 286–290

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161973

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Short communication

Endovascular treatment strategies in highly-calcified carotid stenoses

Piotr Paluszek, Lukasz Tekieli, Adam Mazurek, Lukasz Czyz, Ewa Weglarz, Jakub Chmiel, Piotr Pieniazek, Piotr Musialek

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 291–299

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.163196

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To face overwhelming odds – multiple vascular complications in a woman with bicuspid aortic valve: multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection, bilateral cerebral aneurysms and multi-site fibromuscular dysplasia

Jakub Kądziela, Ilona Michałowska, Gabriela Soćko, Bartosz Rutka, Karol Sadowski, Jacek Kądziela

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 300–302

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162821

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Macroscopic evidence of a platelet-rich thrombus in a diabetic patient with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Paulina Brania, Kinga Furtak, Michał Tarnowski, Dominik Domoń, Martyna Wałcerz-Bajorska, Iwona Gorczyca-Głowacka

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 303–304

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161949

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Short communication

Leave-nothing-behind strategy for calcified left main lesions: reality or wishful thinking?

Michał P. Kwiatkowski, Michał Dąbrowski, Maciej Cieślik, Aleksandra Świeca, Michał Jakubowski, Piotr S. Kwiatkowski

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 305–306

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161976

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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and coronary computed tomography angiography guiding successful percutaneous coronary intervention for double chronic total occlusion

Natalia Ostruszka, Karol Sabatowski, Artur Dziewierz, Leszek Bryniarski, Stanisław Bartuś

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 307–309

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162863

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Cutting balloon for the treatment of type 2 spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Andreas S. Triantafyllis, Konstantinos Antoniades, Sotirios Kotoulas, Ibraheem Aqeel, Georgios Sotiris, Leonidas E. Poulimenos

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 310–311

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161958

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Severe ischemic cardiomyopathy in a young patient: double genetic burden of familial hypercholesterolemia and elevated lipoprotein(a)

Karol Wielgus, Renata Rajtar-Salwa, Wojciech Zasada, Bernadeta Chyrchel, Stanisław Bartuś, Artur Dziewierz, Beata Bobrowska

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 312–314

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161982

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Balloon angioplasty of the brachiocephalic trunk enabling coronary angiography and complex left main percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient without conventional vascular access

Grzegorz Jodlowski, Lukasz Osuch, Dawid Ilnicki, Radosław Wontor, Magdalena Wyderka, Rafał Wyderka

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 315–317

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161951

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Transcatheter closure of a giant right coronary artery aneurysm using an Amplatzer Vascular Plug

Dorottya L. Olajos, Ferenc T. Nagy, Zoltan Ruzsa

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 318–319

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161948

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A rare case of a giant saphenous vein graft aneurysm 23 years after coronary artery bypass grafting

Stamenko Susak, Bogdan Okiljevic, Nikola Komazec, Katarina Mitic, Andjela Bozic, Ranko Zdravkovic

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 320–322

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161950

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Scimitar syndrome and aneurysm of the ascending aorta: a unique coexistence

Maciej K. Michałowski, Maria Kordybach-Prokopiuk, Maria Sudomir, Ilona Michałowska, Piotr Hoffman, Paweł Tyczyński

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 323–324

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161955

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a high-risk patient with critical aortic stenosis and severe valve calcification

Anna M. Zięba, Szymon Glanowski, Jarosław Trębacz, Maciej Stąpór, Jacek Legutko, Paweł Kleczyński

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 325–326

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161957

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When the impossible happens: asymptomatic device migration following percutaneous secundum ASD closure

Wojciech Kula, Michał Sojka, Julia Szewczyk, Mateusz Drozd, Jan Sobstyl, Jakub Drozd

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 327–329

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.161947

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Catheterization of a patient with implantable left ventricular assist device and acute pump failure

Jerzy Demkow, Mariusz Dębski, Paweł Litwiński, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Marcin Demkow

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 330–331

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162930

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Letter to the Editor

Are we comparing equivalent procedures? Long-term intravascular lithotripsy outcomes in left main versus non-left main perceutaneous coronary intervention

Ahmet Kivrak, Ahmet Hakan Ateş

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 332

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162027

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Editorial

Reply to the letter on “Intravascular lithotripsy for calcified left main coronary artery disease: procedural outcomes and two-year clinical follow-up”

Wojciech J. Skorupski, Marek Grygier, Maciej Lesiak, Aleksander Araszkiewicz, Włodzimierz Skorupski, Przemysław Mitkowski, Małgorzata Pyda, Karolina Kochanowska, Aleksandra Grzelak, Marta Kałużna-Oleksy

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 2 (84): 333–334

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.162067

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Letter to the Editor