OBESITY AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - BARIATRIC SURGERY AS A METHOD OF AF RISK DECREASE.

The prevalence of obesity is growing at alarming rate worldwide. Obesity has reached the proportion of a global epidemic in both developed and developing countries. Growing number of obese patients with atrial fibrillation requires a closer look at how excessive body fat leads to AF.

PERSONALITY TRAITS OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM PFO AND ASD AND INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC TIME FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS.

Objective: Introduction: The work presents a research project carried out in John Paul II Hospital in Cracow in Clinical Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases with the Intensive Cardiac Supervision Subdivision, with participation of 100 (50 F, 50 M) patients with congenital heart defects. The purpose of the work is to resolve the issue of personality specifics, and thus the different characteristics of people who suffer from congenital heart defects. Therefore, the following questions should be answered: Is there a relationship between personality traits and the occurrence of a congenital heart defect? What personality traits are characteristic for patients with congenital heart defects? The aim: We aimed to assess personality traits of clients suffering from PFO and ASD.

Psychological correlates of patients' identity suffering from atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO).

Background: The work presents a research project carried out in hospital with participation of 100 (50 female, 50 male) patients with congenital heart defects [atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO)]. The aim of the study was to identify specific personality traits of patients with congenital heart defects and to check the psychological functioning of patients by examining: the level of anxiety, impulsiveness, tendency to risk-taking, empathy, neuroticism, extraversion, psychoticism and lying. The presented results and their statistical analyses showed specific personality traits of patients with congenital heart defects.

Transcatheter closure of atrial septal communication: Impact on quality of life in mid-term follow-up.

Background: Atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) are specific types of atrial septal communications (ASC).

Objectives: We aimed to assess quality of life (QoL) in patients before and after percutaneous closure of ASC and determine the factors influencing QoL in this group of patients.

Material And Methods: We performed a clinical assessment and conducted an SF-36 questionnaire, electrocardiography and echocardiography studies in patients before and 6 months after percutaneous ASC closure.

[Przezskórne zamknięcie ubytku w przegrodzie międzyprzedsionkowej: wpływ na prawy przedsionek, dyspersję załamka P i zaburzenia rytmu serca w obserwacji średnioterminowej].

Unlabelled: The size of the right atrium (RA) reduces after transcatheter closure of the atrial septal defect (ASD). Inverse structural and electrical remodeling is observed.

Aim: The aim of study was to analyze the parameters predisposing to the lack of normalization of enlarged RA after transcatheter closure of ASD during 6-month follow-up.

Improvement of physical capacity in patients undergoing transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects.

Introduction: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital cardiac anomaly diagnosed in adults. It often remains asymptomatic until the fourth or fifth decade of life. Significant left-to-right interatrial shunting is associated with the risk of heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and atrial fibrillation.