Publications by authors named "A Czarnecki"
: Sport climbing's popularity has grown with its inclusion in the Olympics and increased accessibility. Understanding the relationship between hand dominance, grip strength, endurance, and the involvement of masticatory and neck muscles can provide valuable insights into the neuromuscular adaptations specific to sport climbing, potentially aiding performance optimization and injury prevention in intermediate and advanced climbers. This study analyzes if the dominant hand has greater isometric endurance and isometric manual grip strength parameters than the non-dominant one and examines its relation to the masticatory and neck muscles in intermediate and advanced sport climbers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the study was to determine the risk factors for binge-watching (BW) among Polish medical and non-medical students.
Material And Methods: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional observational study, was carried out in Poland from July 2022 - March 2023. The web-based survey consisted of a personal questionnaire, a Binge-Watching Behaviour Questionnaire, a Scale of Motivation for Watching TV Series, a shortened version of the Ryff Well-Being Scale, and the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale.
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- Acute mitral regurgitation (MR) following myocardial infarction (MI) can result from papillary muscle rupture (PMR), leading to high risks for patients; this study explores using transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) as a treatment option.
- Data from 30 centers across Europe, North America, and the Middle East revealed that TEER was performed on 23 high-risk patients within a week of their MI, achieving procedural success in 87% and a significant reduction in MR severity.
- The outcomes indicated that 70% of patients could be discharged after treatment, showcasing TEER's potential as a viable emergency intervention or a bridge to further surgical options for critically ill patients with PM
The risk assessment for carotid atherosclerotic lesions involves not only determining the degree of stenosis but also plaque morphology and its composition. Recently, carotid contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has gained importance for evaluating vulnerable plaques. This review explores CEUS's utility in detecting carotid plaque surface irregularities and ulcerations as well as intraplaque neovascularization and its alignment with histology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Wide geographic variation in access to transcatheter (TAVR) and surgical (SAVR) aortic valve replacement exists, but the impact of socioethnic factors on the geographic variation of AS management in Ontario, Canada, is unknown.
Methods: Neighbourhood rates of AS admissions, as a proxy for AS burden, and downstream TAVR and SAVR referrals and procedures were estimated for the 76 subregions in Ontario. To determine if the socioethnic geographic variations in referrals and procedures were concordant or discordant with AS burden, we calculated Pearson correlation coefficients to determine the relationship between AS burden and each of TAVR referrals, TAVR procedures, SAVR referrals, or SAVR procedures.