Myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes. Results of primary coronary angioplasty.

Background: Although the introduction of primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) improved the outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), diabetes remains a significant factor which worsens prognosis.

Aim: To compare the immediate and in-hospital results of PCI in patients with acute MI with or without diabetes.

Methods: The outcome of 139 patients with diabetes and 528 patients without diabetes was compared.

Coronary artery disease in heart transplant recipients - diagnosis and treatment. Single centre experience based on results of elective coronary angiography.

Background: Despite recent progress in clinical transplantology, coronary artery disease of transplanted heart (TxCAD) remains the main cause of long-term mortality. The role of elective coronary angiography (CAG) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in these patients has not yet been well established.

Aim: To evaluate the incidence of TxCAD based on the results of elective CAG and to assess the role of potential risk factors and treatment options.

[Comparison of coronary angioplasty results in two groups of patients with myocardial infarction: aged 40 years or younger, and older than 40 years--an in-hospital observation].

The aim of the study was a comparison of coronary angioplasty as the method of myocardial infarction treatment in the two groups of patients: 1st--aged 40 years and younger, and 2nd--older than 40 years of age. The 1st group consisted of 50 patients in the mean age of 36.5 +/- 3.

[Cardiogenic shock in the course of myocardial infarction--the results of treatment during hospitalization and in long-term follow-up].

Unlabelled: Cardiogenic shock develops in 5-15% of patients hospitalised with acute myocardial infarction. It is responsible for more than a half of all hospital deaths with survival rate of about 20%. Conventional medical therapy with use of adrenergic, vasoactive, inotropic and thrombolytic agents has failed to improve survival.

Outcomes of primary coronary angioplasty and angioplasty after initial thrombolysis in the treatment of 374 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Background: In patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), the efficacy of thrombolysis is low. Angioplasty after failed thrombolysis (rescue percutaneous coronary angioplasty [PTCA]) has been associated with an increase in the incidence of inhospital complications. It has been proposed that these complications result from the procedure itself.