Treatment of Hypertension Because of Immunosuppressive Therapy After Solid Organ Transplantation-Pharmacological Approach.

Solid organs transplantation procedures have been performed for more than half a century. Growing knowledge of immune response and development of new immunosuppressive regimens guarantee more and more successful outcomes. However, many of the applied drugs lead to cardiovascular complications, the most frequent of which is hypertension.

Resveratrol and cardiovascular system-the unfulfilled hopes.

Introduction: Resveratrol is a natural polyphenolic compound with a stilbene structure endowed with multiple health-promoting effects. Among phenolic compounds, resveratrol is assigned a leading role in the health-promoting effects of red wine.

Methods: The aim of the study was to assess the effect of resveratrol on the cardiovascular system in the experimental and clinical studies conducted so far.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with long QT syndrome: a multicentre study.

Background: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy has been proven effective in the prevention of sudden cardiac death, but data on outcomes of ICD therapy in the young and otherwise healthy patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS) are limited.

Aim: We sought to collect data on appropriate and inappropriate ICD discharges, risk factors, and ICD-related complications.

Methods: All LQTS patients implanted with an ICD in 14 centres were investigated.

Influence of cardiac resynchronization therapy on oxidative stress markers in patients with chronic heart failure.

Background: The aim of the study was to assess changes of substances of oxidative stress in patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).

Methods: The study comprised 51 patients with median age of 66 years. The presence, severity, and changes of oxidative stress during CRT were assessed and expressed as malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration in plasma or in red blood cells.

[Percutaneous closure of the coronary artery fistula connecting left main coronary artery and the right atrium in a 61 year-old woman].

The case of 61 year-old woman with congenital coronary artery fistula connecting left main coronary artery and the right atrium is presented. The patient was admitted to the Cardiology Department because of the first atrial fibrillation episode. During hospitalisation the congenital heart defect was diagnosed thanks echocardiography and multi-slice computed tomography.