Facilitovaná koronární intervence u srdečního infarktu Je touha marná, dosud živá nebo naplněná?

Vladimír Staněk

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):259-260 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.081  

Plasma levels of thiocyanate in the Czech population and their genetic determination

Jaroslav A. Hubáček, Jan Piťha, Zdena Škodová, Věra Lánská, Rudolf Poledne

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):262-266 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.083  

Background:Plasma thiocyanate levels are a commonly used marker for smoking status determination. It is not known whether there is any genetic predisposition in terms of plasma thiocyanate levels. We have evaluated possible genetic predetermination of plasma thiocyanate levels in a population-based study. Material/methods:In 131 men and 154 women, the plasma levels of thiocyanate were detected photometrically after reaction with Fe(NO3)3. Twenty-three genetic markers on 8 chromosomes were analyzed by PCR. Results:The plasma levels of thiocyanate were significantly (p < 0.01) higher in smokers compared to...

Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention

Ivo Varvařovský

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):267-271 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.084  

Presence of blood flow through the infarct-related artery prior to direct coronary angioplasty (percutaneous coronary intervention, PCI) is associated with a significantly better course of the disease. Several strategies of drug therapy instituted on first contact with the patient to recanalize an infarct-related artery before PCI have been proposed. Management with a full-dose fibrinolytic and management with a reduced-dose fibrinolytic combined with GP IIb/IIIa platelet receptor inhibitors prior to PCI demonstrably lead to a worse clinical course of acute myocardial infarction. While unfractionated heparin and acetylsalicylic acid continue to be...

Mitral valve repair in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction - PROS

Miroslava Benešová

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):272-276 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.085  

Mitral valve repair in patients with left ventricular dysfunction continues to be a subject of debate. A critical consideration when deciding about the procedure is that the patient will benefit in terms of improved quality of life and prognosis.Proper indication requires identification of the etiology of mitral regurgitation and the cause of left ventricular dysfunction. Mitral valve surgery is designed to treat valve disease, myocardial disease, or heart failure in cases of organic mitral regurgitation, ischemic mitral regurgigation, or dilating cardiomyopathy, respectively.

Operace mitrální chlopně u pacientů s těžkou dysfunkcí levé komory - Komentář

Jiří Krupička

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):279-280 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.086  

Poznámka k článku J. Widimského, P. Vaňka, F. Juráně a V. Lánské: "Stav kardiovaskulární farmakoterapie u nemocných po infarktu myokardu a/nebo revaskularizaci myokardu v roce 2005 v České republice. Vývoj za 5 a 10 let", který byl otištěn v Cor Vasa 2006

Jiří Widimský

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):292 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.090  

Odpověď

Jiří Widimský

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):292 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.091  

Libman-Sacks endocarditis versus infectious endocarditis

Ingrid Porubčinová, Michal Hulman, Jana Jevčáková

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):281-284 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.087  

We present a unique case of a 32-year-old female patient with Libman-Sacks mitral valve endocarditis with rapid progres-sion into severe mitral regurgitation and congestive heart failure requiring valve replacement. The need for proper differential diagnosis and optimal timing of surgery is highlighted. The procedure was performed on-pump. The postoperative period was uneventful. Follow-up echocardiography documented proper position of the prosthesis without paravalvular leak.

Osifikace aortální chlopně

Kateřina Linhartová, Ondřej Daum, Tomáš Hájek, Michal Čepelák

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):261 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2006.082  

Patent foramen ovale as a cause of paradoxical embolism in scuba divers

Tomáš Honěk, Josef Veselka, Aleš Tomek, Martin Šrámek, Jaroslav Januška, Luděk Šefc, Roman Kerekeš, Štěpán Novotný

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):286-288  

The cause of decompression sickness (DCS) in scuba divers is bubble formation in tissues and venous blood during ascent. Divers with patent foramen ovale (PFO) are at increased risk of paradoxical gas embolism in the brain or other organs. DCS with neurological symptoms may unmask a hitherto asymptomatic intracardiac shunt. The case report of 3 scuba divers investigated for PFO after repeat DCS is presented. In two cases, atrial septal defect and PFO were found and closed successfully with an Amplatz occluder. Exclusion of PFO in the third patient helped to establish the diagnosis of cervical intervertebral disc prolapse.

Cardiac surgery in patients with hematologic malignancies

Jiří Novosad, Libuše Novosadová, Věra Farbiaková, Karel Srovnalík, Piotr Branny

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):289-291  

Development of cardiac surgery over the last decade has made it possible to operate even on patients with serious comorbidities. In addition, the expanding body of experience of cardiac surgery departments has resulted in extended average life expectancy of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The paper addresses the issue of patients with hematologic malignancies, who had open-heart surgery in our department. Generally, these patients are immunocompromised and, consequently, at increased risk of infections. Moreover, they often have coagulation disorders, taking the form of either an increased tendency to bleeding in some patients or hypercoagulation...

Zamyšlení nad aortální stenózou

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K126  

Rehabilitace u nemocných s kardiovaskulárním onemocněním

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K127  

XIV. výroční sjezd České kardiologické společnosti 2006

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K146  

Michael Aschermann: Rozhovor s Jiřím Widimským

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K154  

Zápis ze schůze výboru ČKS, konané dne 10. května 2006 v Brně

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K155  

Zápis z Valné hromady ČKS, konané dne 9. 5. 2006 v Brně

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K156  

Zápis ze schůze výboru PS Srdeční selhání 9. 5. 2006

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K156  

Kalendář odborných akcí

Cor Vasa 2006, 48(7-8):K158