Publications by authors named "Aleksandra Karcinska"
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- * CCI is rare, with a reported incidence of 0.009% among stroke patients, leading to very high mortality rates, yet there are no established guidelines for its diagnosis or treatment.
- * This review discusses the current understanding of diagnosing and treating CCIs, including case studies to illustrate different scenarios, and expresses hope for improved management practices through future clinical research.
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- - The study aimed to characterize Polish patients with heart failure with improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF) and assess their long-term mortality, finding that 17.9% of patients with initial reduced ejection fraction improved to HFimpEF.
- - HFimpEF patients were more likely to be female and had better baseline heart function, with lower occurrences of diabetes and severe chronic kidney disease compared to those who did not improve (HFnon-impEF).
- - Over a median follow-up of about 49 months, HFimpEF patients showed a significantly lower annual mortality rate (10.8%) compared to HFnon-impEF patients (16.4%), indicating better long-term survival in those with improved ejection fraction
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- Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) can lead to coronary slow flow (CSF) during acute myocardial infarction, but its long-term implications are not well understood.
- Among 7,771 MI patients studied, CSF was present in 40.2% of TTS patients, showing a significant difference in heart function and triggers compared to those with normal flow.
- CSF was linked to a higher all-cause mortality rate over a median follow-up of 55 months, marking it as an important predictor of poor long-term outcomes in TTS patients.
This study aimed to assess the influence of ischemic preconditioning (IP) on hypoxia/reoxygenation (HR)-induced endothelial cell (EC) death. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were subjected to 2 or 6 h hypoxia with subsequent reoxygenation. IP was induced by 20 min of hypoxia followed by 20 min of reoxygenation.
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- This study examined the long-term effects of statin use on heart attack patients who also have cancer, analyzing data from over 1,000 patients treated between 2012 and 2017.
- Among 134 cancer patients, fewer were prescribed statins upon discharge compared to non-cancer patients (79.9% vs. 91.4%).
- The research found that not using statins after a heart attack significantly increased the risk of long-term mortality in both cancer and non-cancer patients.