Usefulness of atorvastatin in patients with heart failure due to inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy and elevated cholesterol levels

R Wojnicz, K Wilczek, E Nowalany-Kozielska… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of statin therapy in patients with
heart failure secondary to inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy and moderately elevated low-…

[HTML][HTML] Red cell distribution width is associated with long-term prognosis in patients with stable coronary artery disease

…, J Wasilewski, A Kurek, AR Gutowski, K Wilczek… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2013 - Springer
Background Data regarding the association between red cell distribution width (RDW)
values and mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease are scarce. We aimed to …

A comparison of ST elevation versus non-ST elevation myocardial infarction outcomes in a large registry database: are non-ST myocardial infarctions associated with …

…, M Trusz-Gluza, M Zembala, K Wilczek… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Prognoses in STEMI and NSTEMI beyond one year from onset remain
unclear. We aimed to compare the treatments and the two-year outcomes in patients with …

Biocompatibility of polymer-coated oversized metallic stents implanted in normal porcine coronary arteries

IK De Scheerder, KL Wilczek, EV Verbeken… - Atherosclerosis, 1995 - Elsevier
Polymer coatings have been suggested to decrease the thrombogenicity of metallic intravascular
stents. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the intimal response to two …

Reperfusion by primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction within 12 to 24 hours of the onset of symptoms …

M Gierlotka, M Gasior, K Wilczek, M Hawranek… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether reperfusion by primary percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) improves 12-month survival in late presenters with ST-segment …

Experimental study of thrombogenicity and foreign body reaction induced by heparin-coated coronary stents

I De Scheerder, K Wang, K Wilczek, D Meuleman… - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Results of recent randomized clinical trials have revealed a significant reduction
in angiographic restenosis rate when adjunctive stenting was performed after conventional …

Impact of chronic total occlusion artery on 12-month mortality in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by percutaneous coronary …

…, M Gąsior, M Hawranek, T Osadnik, K Wilczek… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Three-vessel coronary artery disease is associated with high mortality in patients
with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). The purpose of this study …

Development and validation of a practical model to identify patients at risk of bleeding after TAVR

…, B Reimers, C Spaccarotella, K Wilczek… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives No standardized algorithm exists to identify patients at risk of bleeding after
transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The aim of this study was to generate and validate …

Management of diastolic heart failure

A Kazik, K Wilczek, L Poloński - Cardiology journal, 2010 - journals.viamedica.pl
Diastolic heart failure (HF) is also referred to as HF with preserved left ventricular systolic
function. The distinction between systolic and diastolic HFs is a pathophysiological one and …

[HTML][HTML] Heyde syndrome: gastrointestinal bleeding and aortic stenosis

B Hudzik, K Wilczek, M Gasior - Cmaj, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
Discussion The association between chronic gastrointestinal bleeding due to angiodysplasia
and calcific aortic stenosis was first described in 1958 by Edward Heyde and has since …