Advances in Interventional Cardiology

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Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej

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Editorial

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

Stanisław Bartuś, Artur Dziewierz

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 291–294

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154245

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Review paper

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

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

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 295–304

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154190

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Original paper

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

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 305–313

Online publish date: 2025-09-17

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154307

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Patient radiation dose and contrast usage impacted by assisted coronary angiography technologies: fractional flow reserve, instantaneous wave-free ratio, intravascular ultrasonography, and optical coherence tomography

Christos N. Bousis, Pavlos Karanikis, Thanasis Kosovitsas, Anna Kotsia, Eleni Tzima, Evaggelia Kalampoki, Polyxeni Oikonomou, Evgenia Pappa

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 314–323

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154251

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Original paper

The impact of altitude on coronary artery disease severity in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome patients: a quasi-experimental study

Muhammet M. Tiryaki, Aslı Nalbant, Cemalettin Yılmaz, Ahmet Karaduman, Barkın Kültürsay, Huseyin S. Ince, Mustafa Karaca

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 324–331

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154237

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Comparative prognostic performance of the FIB-4 index versus SYNTAX and GRACE scores in predicting major cardiovascular events in acute coronary syndrome

Dogac Oksen, Muhammed H. Gecit, Zubeyir Bulat, Mehmet E. Gokce, Mehmet E. Bilgin, Sahra Balcioglu, Sukru Arslan, Veysel Oktay

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 332–340

Online publish date: 2025-08-31

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153923

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Clinical features and prognosis in patients with coronary anomalies: the experiences and follow-up results of a single center

Emine Altuntaş, Iffet Doğan, Merve Yükselen Aydın, Aybüke Simsek, Aysel Türkvatan Cansever, Mehmet Ertürk

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 341–349

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154249

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Original paper

Hyponatremia in takotsubo syndrome is associated with attenuated in-hospital improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction and higher long-term mortality

Karolina Eliasz, Konrad Stępień, Maria Królikowska, Maja Wojtylak, Oliwia Andrasz, Katarzyna Majka, Karol Nowak, Aleksander Siniarski, Jadwiga M. Nessler, Jarosław Zalewski

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 350–357

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154247

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Analysis of secondary cardiac prevention in patients after myocardial infarction enrolled in the Coordinated Care Program in Patients after Myocardial Infarction (KOS-MI): a single-center experience

Marta Mazur, Aleksandra Kolarczyk-Haczyk, Patrycja Sochań, Maksymilian Grajek, Mariusz Gąsior, Maciej Rogala, Paweł Kaźmierczak, Piotr Jankowski, Krzysztof Milewski, Paweł E. Buszman, Piotr Buszman

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 358–365

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154192

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Original paper

Etiologies, fluid characteristics, and outcomes of pericardiocentesis: a five-year retrospective study from a single center

Bihter Senturk, Mehmet Kis, Huseyin Dursun, Cisem Oktay, Teyyuba Guluzade, Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 366–372

Online publish date: 2025-09-17

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154365

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Assessment of cardiac function and left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis using speckle-tracking echocardiography

Murat Demirci, Beste Özben, Ebru Aşıcıoğlu, Metin Karaaslan, Dilek Barutçu Ataş, Fatma Alibaz Öner, Haner Direskeneli, Nurten Sayar

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 373–380

Online publish date: 2025-09-09

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154160

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Original paper

Comparison of safety and efficiency of aortic balloon valvuloplasty performed in a free-standing catheterization laboratory and one with cardiac surgery backup

Adam Janas, Wojciech Fil, Konrad Klocek, Katarzyna Ciekot, Marta Mazur, Magdalena Synak, Paweł Kaźmierczak, Mateusz Kachel, Wojciech Wojakowski, Piotr Buszman, Krzysztof Milewski

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 381–386

Online publish date: 2025-09-09

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154164

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Original paper

Serotonin as a potential marker of endothelial dysfunction for cerebral embolism in patients with persistent foramen ovale

Michał Tworek, Weronika Włoczyk, Anna Łukomska, Klaudia Bielecka, Zuzanna Sachajko, Sylwia Szczepara, Miłosz Tworek, Maria Olszowska, Piotr Podolec, Monika Komar

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 387–393

Online publish date: 2025-09-08

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154135

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Original paper

Electromechanical demonstration of premature ventricular contraction-induced atrial cardiomyopathy by P wave duration-to-amplitude ratio (PWDAR) and left atrial strain

Mustafa Doğduş, Taha Okan, Ugur Taskin, Ganbar Mammadov, Bekir Akkaya, İlhan Koyuncu, Caner Topaloğlu

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 394–401

Online publish date: 2025-09-09

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154171

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Original paper

Verification of the safety of large-diameter sheath insertion in anterolateral popliteal artery puncture

Daisuke Yamazaki

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 402–408

Online publish date: 2025-09-08

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154162

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Safety and effectiveness of iliac artery stenosis treatment using percutaneous radial or brachial access: 30-day and 12-month outcomes from the IRBIS registry

Przemysław Nowakowski, Wojciech Uchto, Zofia Nowakowska, Aleksandra Suchanek, Michał Nowakowski, Jacek Bil, Piotr Wolak

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 409–415

Online publish date: 2025-09-09

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154167

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Short communication

Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries followed by ST elevation myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock: early use of percutaneous left ventricular assist device

Artur Pawlik, Artur Dziewierz, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Stanisław Bartuś

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 416–419

Online publish date: 2025-09-15

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154186

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Short communication

Guidelines and procedures for renal denervation in Western European hospitals: how does renal denervation fit the Polish context?

Jacek Bil, Robert J. Gil

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 420–423

Online publish date: 2025-09-09

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154168

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Short communication

Increased neutrophil extracellular trap formation in left ventricular assist device driveline infections: an initial report

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz, Paulina Dziadkiewicz-Warkocz, Małgorzata Ładzińska, Lidia Gil, Marek Jemielity, Joanna Rupa-Matysek

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 424–427

Online publish date: 2025-09-09

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154170

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Short communication

Buddy wire technique for percutaneous closure of multiple atrial septal defects in a patient with an aneurysmatic interatrial septum

Natalia Nawara-Węgrzyn, Karolina Cabaj-Włodarczyk, Sebastian Góreczny

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 428–431

Online publish date: 2025-09-01

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153964

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Short communication

Invasive fungal infection in a neonate with tetralogy of Fallot after repeated right ventricle outflow tract stenting: diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and therapeutic success

Dominik Borek, Izabela Szymońska, Natalia Nawara-Węgrzyn, Judyta Szeliga, Katarzyna Szafarz, Sebastian Góreczny

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 432–436

Online publish date: 2025-09-02

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153954

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A rare double anomalous origin of coronary arteries with benign and malignant components, detected by computed tomography

Nina Dračina, Nikola Komazec, Miodrag Golubović, Mila Kovačević, Miloš Trajković, Ranko Zdravković

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 437–438

Online publish date: 2025-09-02

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153965

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Bilateral 360-degree radial loops in a patient with inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, Eleftheria Baltagianni, Spyridon-Filippos Papadopoulos, Matthaios Didagelos, George Kassimis, Antonios Ziakas

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 439–440

Online publish date: 2025-08-31

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153920

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Percutaneous management of a rare diagonal artery-to-interventricular septum fistula with giant aneurysm formation

Mert Doğan, Ahmet Kivrak, Ahmet H. Ateş, Ugur N. Karakulak, Anıl Arat, Kudret Aytemir

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 441–443

Online publish date: 2025-08-31

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153922

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Simultaneous kissing stents for left main percuntaneous coronary intervention with Impella CP in a patient with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Aleksandra Banaś, Szymon Glanowski, Mateusz Kozioł, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Jacek Legutko, Paweł Kleczyński

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 444–446

Online publish date: 2025-08-31

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153925

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Intracoronary lithotripsy as a bail-out strategy for rotational atherectomy failure due to a wire-induced coronary artery dissection

Michał Kuzemczak, Sławomir Gołębiewski

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 447–448

Online publish date: 2025-09-02

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153929

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Ping-pong technique in the management of iatrogenic left main dissection

Kamil Banasik, Rafał Celiński, Agnieszka Korpysz, Marcin Łubiarz

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 449–450

Online publish date: 2025-09-01

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153930

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Excimer laser coronary atherectomy for treatment of recurrent in-stent restenosis complicated with no-reflow

Wojciech Jakubowski, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Piotr Szolc, Łukasz Niewiara, Jacek Legutko, Paweł Kleczyński

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 451–452

Online publish date: 2025-09-02

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153928

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Peripartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges based on the case of a 38-year-old woman

Mikołaj Derewońko, Michał T. Okarski, Hanna Mielecka, Łukasz Niewiara, Jacek Legutko, Paweł Kleczyński

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 453–455

Online publish date: 2025-09-02

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153926

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ECMella as a bridge to heart transplantation in a patient after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Ewa Kwiatkowska, Szymon Glanowski, Mikołaj Derewońko, Łukasz Niewiara, Jacek Legutko, Paweł Kleczyński

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 456–458

Online publish date: 2025-09-02

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153927

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Infective endocarditis caused acute myocardial infarction and acute limb ischemia in a patient who previously underwent a transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a biological aortic valve

Alicja K. Popiołek, Aleksandra Balak, Alicja Drzażdżynska, Michał Balak, Grzegorz Grześk

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 459–461

Online publish date: 2025-08-27

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153769

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Successful valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement with neuroprotection in decompensated heart failure due to severe bioprosthesis degeneration

Monika Słaba, Mariusz Bałys, Andrzej Kułach, Wojciech Wojakowski, Grzegorz Smolka

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 462–463

Online publish date: 2025-09-02

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153955

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Non-high risk acute pulmonary embolism and hybrid therapy of percutaneous catheter-directed therapy and surgical embolectomy

Maciej Podolski, Marek Grabka, Kinga Czepczor, Małgorzata Niemiec, Paweł Żurek, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 464–466

Online publish date: 2025-09-17

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.154371

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Letter to the Editor

Double right coronary artery: an underreported but not uncommon anomaly?

Ramazan Astan, Fehmi Kacmaz

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 3 (81): 467

Online publish date: 2025-09-01

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.153931

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