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Matrix metallopeptidase-9 prognostic role in STEMI patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in one-year follow-up periodOriginal research articles
Mykola Kopytsya, Yaroslava Нilоva, Iulia Rodionova, Anton Bilchenko, Inna Kutia, Borys Shelest
Cor Vasa 2023, 65(1):57-64 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.109 
Objective: The use of matrix metallopeptidase-9 (MMP-9) in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation (STEMI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a prognostic indicator has a lot of gaps and the medical community has very limited experience with it. The study aimed to evaluate the prognostic role of MMP-9 in STEMI patients after successful revascularization within a 12-month follow-up period. Material and method: 88 patients met the inclusion criteria and had no exclusion criteria diagnosed with STEMI who underwent primary PCI were enrolled in the study. 66 (75.0%) were men, with a mean age of 60.84±9.68...
Non-invasive assessment of ventricular-arterial coupling: correlation between myocardial work and the pulse wave velocity parametersOriginal research articles
Antonio Parlavecchio, Rodolfo Caminiti, Giampaolo Vetta, Michele Magnocavallo, Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Rosario Foti, Manuela Ajello, Pasquale Crea, Giuseppe Dattilo, Massimo Siviglia, Stefano Postorino, Antonio Pangallo, Francesco Antonio Benedetto, Concetta Zito, Scipione Carerj
Cor Vasa 2023, 65(1):51-56 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.102
Introduction: The myocardial work (MW) is a new echocardiographic method, based on the pressure-strain loop, which allows quantifying the cardiac performance. On the other hand, the pulse wave velocity (PWV) evaluates arterial stiffness, knowing that as the stiffness of an artery increases, the transmission velocity of the anterograde and the retrograde sphygmic wave increases.
Evaluation of Complications Predictors in the Performance of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Clinic "Bicard"Original research articles
Damir Osmonov, Asan Nazarov, Mustafa Unal, Ishenbai Moldotashev, Nazaraly Usubaliev, Alexander Sorokin, Dmitry Lezhnin
Cor Vasa 2023, 65(1):45-50 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.049
The main aim of the research was to do the complex research and stratification of clinical, functional, and surgical risk factors for coronary artery bypass grafting complications development in the preoperative period. Materials and methods: Data of 97 patients with coronary heart disease aged 31-84 (the mean age 62.9±8.4) after coronary artery bypass grafting (with the artificial circulation) have been analyzed. As prognostic criteria were analyzed the patient's age, a history of the acute myocardial infarction, hospitalization time, number of the placed shunts, aortic compression duration, as well as the duration of the artificial circulation
The Effect of Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Coronary Artery DiseaseOriginal research articles
Faruk Kara, Ahmet Özderya, Gülay Uzun, Ezgi Kalaycioğlu, Muhammet Raşit Sayin, Turhan Turan
Cor Vasa 2023, 65(1):39-44 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.081
Objective: The effect of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on systemic inflammation was not well established in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio has emerged as a new inflammation marker and elevated levels were found to be associated with worse clinical outcome in patients with CAD. Also, poor impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL) is an independent predictor of morbi-mortality in patients with CAD. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of exercise-based CR on N/L ratio and HRQL in patients with CAD. Methods: We enrolled 200 stable CAD out-patients referred for Phase III...
New onset of atrial fibrillation in acute coronary syndromesOriginal research articles
Helder Santos, Mariana Santos, Margarida Gancho Figueiredo, Mariana Caetano Coelho, Samuel Almeida, Lurdes Almeida, Sofia B. Paula
Cor Vasa 2023, 65(1):31-37 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.052
Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are common in the Portuguese population. In some cases, AF first episode can occur in ACS context. Nevertheless, the impact of new-onset AF (nAF) in the setting of ACS seems to be associated with a poor prognosis. Objectives: To understand different characteristic in nAF patients with ACS and to evaluate the predictors of nAF. Methods: Multicenter retrospective study based on the Acute Coronary Syndrome Portuguese National Registry, including 29 851 patients admitted for ACS between 1/10/2010-4/09/2019, classified according to the presence or absence of nAF during the hospitalization....
Coronary artery bypass grafting after iatrogenic coronary artery dissection: A single center eight years' experienceOriginal research articles
Mehmet Ali Yeşiltaş, Ali Aycan Kavala, Saygin Turkyilmaz, Yusuf Kuserli, Hasan Toz, Onur Emre Satilmis
Cor Vasa 2023, 65(1):23-29 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.093
Background: Iatrogenic coronary artery dissection during diagnostic or therapeutic catheterization is a rare and mortal complication that may result in a newly developed myocardial infarction. In this study, we aimed to share the results of CABG treatment of patients with iatrogenic coronary artery dissection after coronary angiography (CAG) in our clinic. Methods: All patients who underwent CAG or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in our hospital between January 2014 and December 2021 were analyzed retrospectively and patients who underwent CABG after iatrogenic coronary artery dissection were included in the study. The dissection classification...
(Postmortem genetic testing in sudden cardiac death victims and genetic screening of relatives at risk in the Czech Republic)Original research articles
Alice Krebsová, Štěpánka Pohlová Kučerová, Pavel Votýpka, Petra Peldová, Markéta Kulvajtová, Petra Dohnalová, Matěj Bílek, Veronika Stufka, Kristina Rücklová, Iva Grossová, Hanka Wünschová, Terezia Tavačová, Jana Hašková, Markéta Segeťová, Andrea Gřegořová, Veronika Zoubková, Jana Petřková, Martin Dobiáš, Michal Makuša, Alžběta Blanková, David Veitr, Hynek Řehulka, Ivan Šubrt, Alexander Pilin, Petr Tomášek, Jan Janoušek, Josef Kautzner, Milan Macek Jr.
Cor Vasa 2023, 65(1):7-22 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.059
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in individuals younger than 40 years has a heritable cause in a significant subset of cases. Identification of SCD, postmortem genetic analysis along with the cardiological screening in first degree relatives represents an important tool for the primary prevention of cardiac arrest in victim's relatives and requires multicentric and multidisciplinary collaboration. Between 2016 and 2021 we dealt with totally 133 cases of sudden death, the complex cardiogenetic analysis was performed in 115 cases at the age of 0-59 years with post mortem diagnosis of cardiomyopathy, acute aortic dissection and cases without morphological finding...