Publications by authors named "Jerzy Matysek"
Background: Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are at high risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), which is associated with prolonged hospitalization, higher morbidity and mortality after angiographic procedures. The occurrence of CIN is regarded as a transient and reversible condition. However, the persistence of CIN until hospital discharge in patients with ACS has not been thoroughly analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It is unclear if patients with intermediate coronary artery lesions (40-70% of diameter reduction) benefit from percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as compared with pharmacological treatment.
Aim: To investigate whether PCI of intermediate coronary artery lesions may improve the outcome in this group of patients.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of data of 232 symptomatic patients with intermediate coronary lesions.
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.