Publications by authors named "A Paradowski"

An extremely rare case of type IV dual left anterior descending coronary artery coexisting with myocardial bridging in a 50-year old Caucasian man with acute coronary syndrome is presented. Emergency cardiac catheterisation revealed no coronary atherosclerotic lesions. The potential causal relationship between the type IV dual left anterior descending coronary artery and myocardial ischaemia was discussed.

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We report a case of pacemaker endocarditis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a 22-year-old Caucasian man with d-transposition of the great arteries after atrial switch procedure. S.maltophilia isolated from blood cultures was susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and amikacin, and resistant to ciprofloxacin and all tested β-lactam antibiotics.

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We present a case of a 56-year-old male who was admitted to our hospital due to cardiac tamponade. A 600 ml of purulent fluid was evacuated from the pericardium. The patient received antibiotics, however, due to recurrent pericardial effusion a pericardial drainage was required.

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There has been reported a case of severe exacerbation of chronic renal failure with bilateral hydronephrosis and urosepsis, which was caused by asymptomatic large urinary bladder stone. Life-threatening symptoms of uraemic syndrome were found, which required temporary hemodialysis treatment. Following removal of the calculus and controlling of severe urinary tract infection the patient was discharged with stable blood serum creatinine concentration 3.

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Article Synopsis
  • The clinical presentation of coronary artery disease (CAD) differs between men and women, with women generally experiencing CAD later, showing less typical symptoms, and having higher mortality rates during revascularization procedures.
  • A study analyzed data from 929 women aged 31-95 at Jagiellonian University Medical School from 1991 to 1999 to assess clinical variables and diagnostic methods for CAD.
  • Findings indicated exercise scintigraphy had the highest sensitivity (92.9%), while stress echocardiography had the highest specificity (76.9%), while the proportion of women hospitalized with CAD increased significantly over the studied period.
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