KARDIONKOLOGIE

KOMOROVÉ TACHYKARDIE A NÁHLÁ SMRT

PLICNÍ HYPERTENZE

THE PROGRESSION AND TRANSLATION OF A CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH PROJECT FROM BASIC SCIENCE TO CLINICAL TRIAL WITH A NUTRITIONAL EMPHASIS

SPECIFIC TREATMENT OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES

DIURETIC USE IN HEART FAILURE

THE ROLE OF THE CARDIOLOGIST ON THE STROKE UNIT

CARDIAC MYOFILAMENTS AS TARGETS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE

PERFLUOROCARBON BASED BLOOD SUBSTITUTE PERFTORAN IN ANIMAL MODEL OF ISCHEMIA - REPERFUSION INJURY

ANTIPLATELET AGENTS AS A NOVEL THERAPY OF HEART FAILURE DUE TO MYOCARDIOAL INFRACTION

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IS INFERIOR TO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PREDICTING BALLOON EXPANDABLE TRANSCUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION VALVE SIZE IN ROUTINE CLINICAL SETTING-SINGLE CENTRE STUDY

PULMONARY VEIN MORPHOLOGY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Variations in the anatomy of pulmonary veins (PVs) can influence selection of approaches of atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation. Therefore,...

CATHETER ABLATION OF PATIENTS WITH NON-PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BY FOCAL AND ROTATIONAL ACTIVITY MAPPING USING CARTO FINDER SOFTWARE

Introduction: Catheter ablation in patients with non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) still doesn´t give satisfactory results. One of the last developed...

THE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECT OF SIMULATED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ON LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in humans. The onset of the arrhythmia can significantly impair...

FEASIBILITY OF EVALUATION OF POLAR H10 CHEST-BELT ECG IN PATIENTS WITH A BROAD RANGE OF HEART CONDITIONS

Background: The chest-belt can be used to obtain a 1-lead ECG. It was validated for the determination of heart rate and...

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF INHERITED ARRHYTHMIAS

Inherited arrhythmias represent relatively rare, but life-threatening cardiac pathologies that are often associated with variants in cardiac ionic channel genes....

DUAL CARDIOMYOCYTE CLUSTER ARRHYTHMIAS DETECTED BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY

Single cardiomyocytes (CMs) present unstable beating patterns, partially compensated in a clustered syncytium. We have proposed and tested a novel...

SAME DAY DISCHARGE VIA A DEDICATED RADIAL LOUNGE - RESULTS OF 1 YEAR EXPERIENCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Background: Same day discharge (SDD) is a validated option for selected patients (pts) undergoing coronary angiography (CAG) and percutaneous coronary...

POSTPROCEDURAL ULTRASOUND EVALUATION OF PROXIMAL AND DISTAL RADIAL ARTERY AFTER CATHETERIZATION USING DISTAL RADIAL ACCESS

Distal radial access (DRA) becomes now more and more popular among interventional cardiologists. It is well known, that utilization of...

FFR VERSUS IFR IN ASSESSMENT OF LESION HEMODYNAMIC SIGNIFICANCE AND EXPLANATION OF THEIR DISCREPANCIES. INTERNATIONAL, MULTICENTER AND PROSPECTIVE TRIAL – THE FIGARO STUDY.

BackgroundProspective registry of FFR/iFR discrepancy.Methods FFR/iFR were analyzed using a Verrata wire, and coronary flow reserve (CFR) was analyzed using a...

AN INTERPLAY OF GENETICS AND INFLAMMATION AFFECTING LEFT VENTRICULAR REVERSE REMODELLING IN DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

Recent-onset dilated cardiomyopathy (RODCM) is a disease of heterogeneous aetiology including genetic, inflammatory, toxic and metabolic causes. The interplay between...

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ENDOCARDIAL RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION OF INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY, PILOT EXPERIENCES

Introduction: Endocardial radiofrequency ablation of septal hypertrophy (ERASH) is the new promising intervention method of treatment of patients with hypertrophic...

SILDENAFIL INHIBITS PULMONARY HYPERTENSION INDUCED BY LEFT HEART PRESSURE OVERLOAD IN RATS

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) induced by pressure overload of the left heart has recently attracted attention in clinical practice. No specific...

CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION/TACHYCARDIA IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A MULTICENTRE RANDOMIZED TRIAL

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and related atrial tachycardias (ATs) are common arrhythmias in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). The long-term...

A SINGLE CENTRE PROSPECTIVE STUDY COMPARING THE 0/1H AND 0/3H RULE OUT/RULE IN ALGORITHMS FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN REAL CLINICAL PRACTICE OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Background: High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) is a key biomarker used in the assessment of patients presenting with chest pain. The...

COMPARISON OF ANGIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION AND HEMODYNAMIC MEASUREMENT OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NON INFARCT-RELATED RESIDUAL STENOSIS IN STEMI PATIENTS - SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE.

Introduction: Up to 50% of patients with STEMI have >50% stenosis in a major non-infarct related artery. Several studies have...

LONG-TERM CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOME IN PATIENTS AFTER PPCI FOR STEMI. WHAT IS THE RISK PROFILE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY?

Background: Long-term cardiovascular mortality (CM) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is poorly evaluated.Methods: Retrospective,...

COMPARISON OF SIX DECISION AID RULES FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS PRESENTING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH ACUTE CHEST PAIN

Objective:  This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and effectiveness of different strategies for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction...

FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA MUTATIONS IN CZECH POPULATION AND IN CZECH PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

Introduction: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most common monogenic disease associated with increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). FH...

HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIC GENE SCORE IN PATIENTS WITH APOE2/E2 GENOTYPE AS A POSSIBLE PREDICTOR OF FAMILIAL DYSBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA

Introduction: Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia (FD) is an autosomal recessive (rarely dominant) inherited disorder that is almost exclusively associated with the apolipoprotein...