Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Official Journal of the Polish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons


4/2025
vol. 22
 
the latest issue:
 

 
Original paper

Lobectomy offers higher incidence of up-staging in patients with T1a-c non-small cell lung carcinomas: Is completion lobectomy necessary?

Gizem Özçıbık Işık, Burcu Kılıç, Ezel Erşen, Mehmet K. Kaynak, Hasan V. Kara, Akif Turna
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 241-248
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158036
Original paper

The impact of anxiety experienced by patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement on perceived pain, self-efficacy, and body esteem in the perioperative period

Beata Krakowska, Grzegorz Grudzień, Milena Suliga, Barbara Zawadzka, Bogusław Kapelak, Krzysztof Bartus
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 249-257
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158153
Original paper

Results of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement

Adam R. Kowalówka, Jakub Staromłyński, Konrad Mendrala, Mariusz Kowalewski, Ryszard Bachowski, Radoslaw Gocol
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 258-266
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158102
Original paper

The role of mediastinal blood in the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Athanasia Vlahou, Fotini Ampatzidou, George Koulaouzidis, Odysseas Drosos, Nikolaos Antonopoulos, George Drosos
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 267-270
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158038
Original paper

Predictors of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) failure: analysis of comorbidities and complications – a 10-year experience

Artur Barshatskyi, Olga Klementova, Jana Zapletalova, Ondrej Zuscik, Petr Santavy, Zdenek Vyhnak, Jakub Konecny, Marek Vicha, Martin Simek
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 271-276
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158037
Original paper

Endothelin-1 and endothelial nitric oxide (eNOs) synthase as predictive biomarkers of clinical-subclinical atherosclerosis related to diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Zeena Hussien Khudair, Abeer Cheaid Yousif Al-Fatlawi, Ahmed Qasim Alhaideri
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 285-293
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158073
Report

Hybrid MELODY valve implantation in primary anatomical correction of unfavorable complete atrioventricular canal in an infant with genetic disorders and frailty syndrome

Konrad Paczkowski, Julia Haponiuk-Skwarlińska, Maciej Chojnicki, Katarzyna Leszczyńska, Katarzyna Gierat-Haponiuk, Ireneusz Haponiuk
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 294-296
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158077
Report

Non-intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery removal of migrated wire to the spinal canal

Vasyl Tkalich, Valentyna Borysova, Sergii Savoliuk, Yurii Nedilia, Oleksandr Galiiev
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 297-298
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158026
Letter to the Editor

Maintaining functionality by graft interposition in a Brescia-Cimino arteriovenous fistula resembling an ulnar-basilic fistula

Spyros Papadoulas, Vasileios Leivaditis, Andreas Tsimpoukis, Melina Stathopoulou, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos, Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou, Konstantinos Tasios, Elias Liolis, Andreas Antzoulas, Dimitrios Litsas, Panagiotis Dimitrios Papadopoulos, George Theofanis, Paraskevi Katsakiori, Marios Papasotiriou, Panagiotis Kitrou, Francesk Mulita
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 299-301
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158043
Letter to the Editor

Acute heart failure in infective endocarditis treated with valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Katarzyna Wijatkowska-Batko, Jakub Rąpała, Marian Burysz, Agata Krawczyk-Ożóg, Jakub Batko
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 302-304
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158085
Letter to the Editor

Minimally invasive approach for ascending aorta aneurysm replacement – next steps in minimally invasive cardiac surgery: a case series

Mateusz Janeczek, Wojtek Karolak, Nikodem Ulatowski, Abigail Kimber
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 305-307
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158039
Letter to the Editor

Atypical cardiac tamponade associated with pericardial-epicardial adhesions following bicycle trauma

Damian Hudziak, Marcelina Banach, Leon Smółka, Anna Bednarek, Agnieszka Skoczyńska, Ryszard Bachowski, Radosław Gocoł
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 308-309
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158066
Letter to the Editor

Completely unroofed coronary sinus without persistent left superior vena cava: a rare entity

Marek Kardos, Fadi Sabateen, Pavel Valentik, Lucia Bobik, Matej Nosal
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 310-311
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158027
Letter to the Editor

Targeted bronchial artery embolization: a life-saving intervention for recurrent massive hemoptysis in bronchiectasis

Vasileios Leivaditis, Spyros Papadoulas, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos, Nikolaos G. Baikoussis, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Konstantinos Tasios, Elias Liolis, Andreas Antzoulas, Dimitrios Litsas, Panagiotis Dimitrios Papadopoulos, George Theofanis, Paraskevi Katsakiori, Chrysa Andrikopoulou, Manfred Dahm, Efstratios Koletsis, Francesk Mulita
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 312-315
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158040
Letter to the Editor

Contralateral thoracic duct injury after unilateral cervical stab wound: a rare cause of chylothorax

Çağatay Çetinkaya
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 316-318
 
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2025.158029
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