Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej

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.

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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

From force to flow: rethinking chronic total occlusions interventions with Hydro-Dynamic Contrast Recanalization (HDR)

Mauro Carlino, Angelo Nascimbene, Salman Arain, Leszek Bryniarski

The effect of empagliflozin on cardiac function and structure in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Geli Nan, Cui Bing Yang, Zhi Kun Jia

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

1/2026 vol. 22

Guideline-directed medical therapy in Polish patients with chronic coronary syndrome and advanced chronic kidney disease: insights from the ISCHEMIA-CKD trial

Radosław Pracoń, Rebecca Anthopolos, Ying Lu, Marcin Demkow, Tomasz Mazurek, Jarosław Drożdż, Piotr Pruszczyk, Marek Roik, Karolina Kryczka, Jan Henzel, Edyta Kaczmarska-Dyrda, Robert Małecki, Anna Teresińska, Hanna Szwed, Witold Rużyłło

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160027

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Predictors of major adverse cardiac events, high radiation exposure, and contrast use in percutaneous coronary interventions for calcified lesions

Christos N. Bousis, Evaggelia Kalampoki, Anna Kotsia, Pavlos Karanikis, Athanasios Kosovitsas, Eleni Tzima, Vasiliki Beli, Evgenia Pappa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160014

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The relationship between the Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, occurrence of contrast-induced nephropathy, and prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndromes

Janusz Sielski, Karol Kaziród-Wolski, Aleksandra M. Piotrowska, Kamil Salwa, Lena Merchel, Bartłomiej Jurczak, Anna Klasa, Kacper Kozieł, Maciej Ludew, Filip Maj, Kamil Pytlak, Zbigniew Siudak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.156405

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Complete versus culprit‑only revascularization in young STEMI patients with multivessel disease

Ozlem Ozbek, Erdal Belen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160032

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A cross-sectional study on the impact of NLRP3 and FGF23 levels on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in elderly diabetic patients

Bin Luo, Ruifen Zhou, Bining Ye

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160068

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The association between the infarct-related artery and in-hospital and long-term mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Ali Evsen, Adem Aktan, Raif Kilic

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160420

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in centers without a cardiac surgery department: a meta-analysis of contemporary evidence

Antonio Rocha de Almeida, Rafael Viana, Renato Fernandes, Ângela Bento, Diogo Brás, Kisa Congo, Lino Patrício

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160041

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Prognostic value of the hemoglobin–albumin– lymphocyte–platelet (HALP) score for long-term mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Mustafa Ferhat Keten, Seda Tanyeri Uzel, Ahmet Karaduman, Busra Guvendi Sengor, Cemalettin Yılmaz, Halit Eminoglu, Baver Bozan, Tezel Kovanci, Ismail Balaban, Regayip Zehir

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160251

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Percutaneous closure of acquired Gerbode type I defect in adults: summary of a consecutive series of 7 cases

Ewa Peszek-Przybyła, Marek Jędrzejek, Piotr Pysz, Tomasz Gallina, Wojciech Wojakowski, Grzegorz Smolka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160024

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Results from an international multi-center prospective registry of cardiac catheterizations and percutaneous cardiac interventions guided with three-dimensional imaging

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Seong-Ho Kim, Juan Pablo Sandoval, Paweł Dryżek, Tomasz Moszura, Jenny E. Zablah, Michael Ross, José García-Montes, Carlos Zabal, Felix Berger, Titus Kuehne, So-Ick Jang, Jung Yoon Kim, Stephan Schubert

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.158239

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Female sex as a possible factor associated with favorable long-term outcomes in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz, Michał Michalak, Antoni F. Araszkiewicz, Paweł Wójcik, Krzysztof Jańczak, Szymon Kubiak, Marek Jemielity

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160035

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Circumstances and clinical significance of cardiac troponin T elevation following transvenous lead extraction

Jarosław Kosior, Dorota Nowosielecka, Wojciech Jacheć, Anna Polewczyk, Andrzej W. Kutarski

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160051

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Intravascular lithotripsy of the femoropopliteal arteries: analysis of a prospective two-center pilot study

Frantisek Stanek, David Prochazka, Oleksandr Zubkovskyy, Boris Koznar, Marian Rybar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160002

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Endovascular revascularization for treatment of acute mesenteric ischemia: a single-center experience

Paweł Latacz, Wirginia Krzyściak, Marian Simka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160099

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Divergence in postoperative platelet aggregation during antiplatelet monotherapy with aspirin in the early postoperative period following coronary artery bypass grafting: initial findings

Anna Kędziora, Magdalena Kopytek, Justyna Totoń-Żurańska, Piotr Śliwiński, Agnieszka Branicka, Radosław Litwinowicz, Jacek Piątek, Bogusław Kapelak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160052

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Long-term survival after surgical or percutaneous revascularization of unprotected left main stenosis: single centre experience

Maja Rojko, Matej Kogovsek, Naomi A. Noc, Stamenko Susak, Metka Zorc, Marko Noc

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160250

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Transcatheter closure of interatrial communication using the Cocoon occluder in patients with confirmed nickel hypersensitivity: a long-term observational study

Danuta Sorysz, Kinga Glądys, Michał Węgiel, Stanisław Bartuś

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160010

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Successful double-step percutaneous repair of aortic atresia

Paulina Figarska, Robert Sabiniewicz, Anna Sabiniewicz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160011

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Intracoronary ultrasonography in the diagnosis of left main coronary artery spasm

Monika Zaręba-Giezek, Jakub Drozd, Wojciech Winiarski, Krzysztof Sus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160026

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ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with coronary artery ectasia: an enduring challenge for the interventional cardiologist

Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, Aikaterini Chasiou, Alexandra Liakopoulou, George Kassimis, Antonios Ziakas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160004

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A patient-tailored percutaneous coronary intervention of calcified lesions using different intravascular lithotripsy modalities in a multimorbid nonagenarian patient presenting with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

Michał Stachura, Michał Kuzemczak, Marek Roik, Michał Machowski, Piotr Pruszczyk

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160016

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Drug-eluting balloon as an alternative to stenting in a severely calcified right coronary artery after multimodal plaque modification

Adam Priadka, Tomasz A. Lemek, Jan Roczniak, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Stanisław Bartuś, Michał Chyrchel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160244

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Floating echo in the inlet area of Impella CP device during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: how to extract the device?

Marcin Suska, Artur Pawlik, Artur Dziewierz, Łukasz Rzeszutko, Stanisław Bartuś

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160248

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Radial artery pseudoaneurysm: the unexpected face of the “safest” access

Wojciech Kula, Jakub Drozd, Mateusz Drozd

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160005

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Acute lower limb ischemia due to embolism in a patient with severe aortic stenosis and thrombus in the left ventricle

Ewa Kwiatkowska, Karolina Niedbał, Michał Okarski, Jacek Legutko, Paweł Kleczyński

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160009

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Spontaneous isolated common hepatic artery dissection during conservative management of superior mesenteric artery dissection

Keisuke Yamamoto, Yuichi Ozaki, Kazuya Mori, Hironori Kitabata, Atsushi Tanaka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160018

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Transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure with KONAR-MF occluder in an 80-year-old patient

Agata Kukfisz, Jacek Białkowski, Roland Fiszer, Jan Głowacki, Mariusz Gąsior

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.156684

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Transesophageal echocardiography-guided transseptal puncture in a patient with a patent foramen ovale occluder

Wojciech Olszewski, Michał Gawlik, Bartosz Krzowski, Michał Marchel, Piotr Lodziński, Paweł Balsam

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160419

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One-stop pulmonary vein isolation and percutaneous LAA occlusion

Wojciech Gilowski, Justyna Jankowska-Sanetra, Wojciech Fil, Joanna Fajkis, Dariusz Dudek, Mateusz Kachel, Krzysztof Milewski

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160524

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