Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sleep Structure Assessed in Polysomnography and Right Ventricular Strain Parameters.

Our study aimed to assess functional, structural changes of the right ventricular using strain parameters and sleep structure using polysomnography in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Our study group consisted of 43 patients, 29 men, 14 women. The mean age was 56.

Parameters of Oxidative and Inflammatory Status in a Three-Month Observation of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Coronary Angioplasty-A Preliminary Study.

: Patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are usually treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), which is burdened with a risk of postoperative complications, often accompanied by biochemical disturbances. The aim of our study was to evaluate a set of selected parameters of oxidative and inflammatory status, which could be useful in the management of post-procedural care in MI patients after PTCA. : In this preliminary study, ischemia modified albumin (IMA), advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP), thiol groups (SH), total antioxidant status (TAS), insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1), presepsin (PSP), and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) were chosen as candidate biomarkers, and were determined in patients with MI who underwent PTCA at two time points: During cardiac episodes (at admission to the hospital, T0) and 3 months later (T3).

[Attempt to objectify of coronary vessels course variability on the standard arteriograms by using original image processing algorithm].

The aim of paper: the analysis of standard angiograms of the left coronary artery was done in this paper in purpose of performing the uniform mathematical description of the coronary branches (both proximal and distal) course. The changes the coronary branches underwent depending the phase of cardiac cycle (diastole, isovolumic systole and tonic systole) were examined as well. The examined material consists of sequences of standard angiograms of the left coronary artery (LCA) obtained from 10 patients (5 male and 5 female) undergoing the standard diagnostic procedure in course of suspected unstable cardiac ischemia.