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

BIOMECHANICAL RUPTURE RISK ASSESSMENT IN MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Background:The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a redefinition of healthcare system to increase the number of available intensive...

L-LACTATE AND ISCHEMIA-MODIFIED ALBUMIN AS MARKERS OF INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC SURGERY

IntroductionPostoperative intestinal ischemia (PII) is a severe complication in abdominal aortic surgery. Early diagnosis is needed to commence the treatment...

THE SECURE STUDY, A TRIAL WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC.

Backgrounds:A polypill with key medications associated with improved outcomes (aspirin, ACE inhibitor, and statin) has been proposed as a simple...

LONGITUDINAL TRENDS IN BLOOD PRESSURE, PREVALENCE, AWARENESS, TREATMENT, AND CONTROL OF HYPERTENSION IN THE CZECH POPULATION. ARE THERE ANY SEX DIFFERENCES?

Background: Hypertension is the most common CVD increasimg CV morbidity and mortality. Despite the broad availability of antihypertensive medication, control...

HOME BLOOD PRESSURE TELEMONITORING (HBPTM) WITH CONCURRENT MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COMPARED TO DAYTIME AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING (ABPMD) – HOW ARE THE RESULTS OF APPLIED RESEARCH USED?

ObjectiveDespite the comparability of both methods in majority of cases (ESH 2021), physicians do not trust their patients to measure...

GDF-15 LEVEL CHANGES IN EARLY AND LATE PERIOD AFTER CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Introduction: GDF-15 (growth differentiation factor 15) is protein from transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) cytokine family. In patients with atrial...

RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER DENERVATION OF SINUS NODE BY TARGETTING THE RIGHT ANTERIOR GANGLIONATED PLEXUS: TOWARDS MINIMIZING THE LESIONS SET

Background: Radiofrequency catheter (RF) ablation of the superior ganglionated plexus (RAGP) that modifies parasympathetic innervation of the sinus node (SAN)...

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...

USAGE OF ULTRA-SHORT-TERM HEART RATE VARIABILITY ANALYSIS DURING HEAD-UP TILT TESTING IN DIAGNOSTICS OF CARDIOINHIBITORY REFLEX SYNCOPE

Background: Participation of autonomic nervous system activity in origin of neurally mediated reflex syncope is research topic for decades but so...

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...

DRUG-ELUTING BALLOON COMPARED TO DRUG-ELUTING STENT TREATMENT IN DES RESTENOSIS

Introduction:One of the possible complications after drug eluting stent (DES) implantation is in-stent restenosis (ISR). There are two main recommended...

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...

ROLE OF ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF NON-ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Introduction: Non-ischemic cardiomyopathies are a common cause of heart failure. This is a heterogeneous group that requires very detailed differential...

THE USE OF TELEMEDICINE IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION - A PILOT STUDY

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease whose treatment is concentrated in specialized treatment centres. The severity of...

IDENTIFICATION OF PLASMATIC MICRORNAS ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE-ONSET DYSPNEA - PILOT RESULTS

Introduction: Acute-onset dyspnea represents one of the most common reasons for evaluation of the patient at the emergency departments. Differential...