A rare case of aggressive, hereditary paraganglioma associated with a pathogenic variant in SDHD.

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Coexistence of neurofibromatosis type 1 with multiple malignant neoplasia.

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1, von Recklinghausen disease) is inherited in autosomal dominant way genetic disorder, with an incidence at birth 1:3000. It is one of the most common congenital disorders. It is characterized by café-au-lait spots, neurofibromas, and less common MPTST and gliomas of the optic nerve.

Creatine kinase-MB assessed in patients with acute myocardial infarction correlates with cardiac magnetic resonance infarct size at 6-month follow up.

Introduction: There are still only limited data concerning the use of creatine kinase-MB (CKMB) values for predicting infarct size in long-term follow up in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who have undergone primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The aim of this study was to analyze the correlation between CKMB and both infarct size and left ventricular function during a 6-month follow up.

Methods: In a cohort of 68 patients with STEMI treated with PCI, serial CKMB assessment was performed at baseline and at 6, 12, 18, 24 and 48 hours after PCI.

[A comparison between two investigator's difference of results of left ventricular parameters using echocardiography and cardio MR in hypertensive patients].

The aim of the study is estimation of compatibility between morphological and functional results obtained from two independent evaluations used nowadays in cardiology procedures: echocardiography and Cardio MR. 48 patients were examined (24 fema les and 24 males) from 37 to 75 years of age (mean age was 56 years) with diagnosed cardiac hypertrophy in the course of 2nd and 3rd degree primary hypertension. All patients from this gro up underwent echocardiography exami nation obtained from two independent evaluations, using 2.

[The assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with the primary hypertension with the use of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance].

The aim of the study is to present usefulness of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) to assess left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients. 48 patients were examined (24 females and 24 males) from 37 to 75 years of age (mean age was 56 years) with diagnosed cardiac hypertrophy in the course of 2nd and 3rd degree primary hypertension. All patients from this group underwent Cardio MR examination using MR 1.

Predictive utility of NT-pro BNP for infarct size and left ventricle function after acute myocardial infarction in long-term follow-up.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the utility of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP, pg/ml) assessment to predict infarct size and left ventricle function after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) at long-term follow-up.

Methods: In 45 patients with first STEMI less than 3 hours from symptom onset treated with mechanical reperfusion NT-pro BNP was assessed early (at admission) and at 6 months. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) parameters (delayed enhancement infarct size (IS, %), left ventricular end-diastolic (LVEDVI, ml/m2) and end-systolic (LVESVI, ml/m2) volume indexes) were assessed at 6 months.

[The role of MRI in the assessment of the cardiac anatomy and function].

This paper discusses the role of MRI in the assessment of the cardiac anatomy and function. Cardiac MRI offers the possibility of precise quantitative heart evaluation (also in measuring the volume and mass of the heart ventricles). It is characterised by high reproducibility compared with that of echocardiography.

Angiographic perfusion score assessed in patients with acute myocardial infarction is correlated with cardiac magnetic resonance infarct size and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in 6-month follow-up.

Unlabelled: Angiographic Perfusion Score (APS) proposed as a simple, angiographic score linking epicardial and myocardial perfusion parameters before and after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a predictor of short-term outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with PCI. Aim of the study was to analyze the correlation between APS and both infarct size and left ventricular function in long-term follow-up. In a cohort of 68 patients with STEMI treated with PCI APS was calculated for infarct-related artery based on angiographic parameters and was defined as the sum of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow grade (0-3 points) and the TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (0-3 points) before and after PCI (range of points from 0 to 12).

ST-segment resolution assessed immediately after primary percutaneous coronary intervention correlates with infarct size and left ventricular function in cardiac magnetic resonance at 1-year follow-up.

Background: Little is known about the predictive value of electrocardiographic ST-segment resolution (STR) assessed immediately after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The aim of the study was to analyze the value of STR and maximum single-lead ST-segment elevation assessed immediately after primary PCI in prediction of infarct size and left ventricular function in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) at 1-year follow-up.

Methods And Results: A total of 28 patients with anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary PCI entered the study.

Effects of early abciximab administration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention on left ventricular function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance.

Background: It has been shown that early abciximab administration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) improves efficacy of treatment. However, there are no data on the impact of this strategy on left ventricular (LV) function during long-term follow-up.

Aim: To analyse the effects of early abciximab administration in patients with first anterior STEMI treated with pPCI on infarct size and LV function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance.

Lipoma of the aortic valve in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.

We hereby report the first--to the best of our knowledge--case of primary lipoma of the aortic valve. The tumor has been diagnosed by echocardiography supported by magnetic resonance imaging in a 63-year-old man with acute inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and one-vessel coronary artery disease. Five weeks from the onset of STEMI, direct implantation of a bare metal stent into the right coronary artery was successfully undertaken and 6 weeks later aortic valve with an encapsulated mass was excised with subsequent artificial valve implantation.

[Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on left ventricular function and exertion capacity in patients with chronic congestive heart failure].

Unlabelled: Cardiac rehabilitation is proven to be an effective method of treatment in congestive heart failure (CHF) and it has a positive influence on exercise capacity. There are controversies concerning the influence of physical rehabilitation on morphological and functional parameters of the left ventricle. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a very precise noninvasive method of cardiac examination.

[Role of computed tomography in diagnosis of the vascular system].

CT Angiography (CTA) is becoming a popular method used in the diagnosis of the vascular system. The authors present own experience acquired from 163 CTA examinations. In 98 cases, the CT angiography images were the elprimary indications for surgery or intervention procedures.