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The unified atherosclerosis paradigm: promisingly close or perpetually distant? by Kruk, Mariusz, Kępka, Cezary

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Pre-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Computed Tomography-Based Fractional Flow Reserve Predicts Graft Failure: Implications for Planning Invasive Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease by Wardziak, Łukasz, Kruk, Mariusz, Demkow, Marcin, Kępka, Cezary

“…The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a pre-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) coronary computed tomography-based fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT)…”
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Workstation-Based Calculation of CTA-Based FFR for Intermediate Stenosis by Kruk, Mariusz, PhD, Wardziak, Łukasz, MD, Demkow, Marcin, PhD, Pleban, Weronika, MS, Pręgowski, Jerzy, PhD, Dzielińska, Zofia, PhD, Witulski, Marek, PhD, Witkowski, Adam, PhD, Rużyłło, Witold, PhD, Kępka, Cezary, PhD

“…Abstract Objectives This study sought to evaluate the proportion of patients with intermediate coronary stenosis diagnosed on computed tomography angiography…”
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High-Risk Coronary Plaque Regression After Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Nonobstructive Coronary Disease: A Randomized Study by Henzel, Jan, Kępka, Cezary, Kruk, Mariusz, Makarewicz-Wujec, Magdalena, Wardziak, Łukasz, Trochimiuk, Piotr, Dzielińska, Zofia, Demkow, Marcin

“…The authors sought to study the impact of diet and lifestyle intervention on changes in atherosclerotic plaque volume and composition. Lifestyle and diet…”
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The relationship between anisocytosis, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of coronary atherosclerosis, and major adverse cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease: Rationale and study design by Oleksiak, Anna, Kępka, Cezary, Kruk, Mariusz

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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease burden in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: interpretation of data on involvement of different vascular beds by Dobrowolski, Piotr, Kabat, Marek, Kępka, Cezary, Januszewicz, Andrzej, Prejbisz, Aleksander

“…Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a monogenic, autosomal dominant disorder that results in a rise of low‑density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‑C) and…”
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Hemoglobin level as a predictor of major adverse cardiac events during a long-term follow-up in patients with coronary artery disease by Oleksiak, Anna, Kępka, Cezary, Rucińska, Karolina, Marcinkiewicz, Kamil, Demkow, Marcin, Kruk, Mariusz

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Identification of noncalcified coronary plaque characteristics using machine learning radiomic analysis of non-contrast high-resolution computed tomography by Kruk, Mariusz, Wardziak, Łukasz, Kolossvary, Marton, Maurovich-Horvat, Pal, Demkow, Marcin, Kępka, Cezary

“…Novel imaging and analysis techniques may offer the ability to detect noncalcified or high-risk coronary plaques on a non-contrast computer tomography (CT)…”
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DASH diet decreases CXCL4 plasma concentration in patients diagnosed with coronary atherosclerotic lesions by Makarewicz-Wujec, Magdalena, Henzel, Jan, Kruk, Mariusz, Kępka, Cezary, Wardziak, Łukasz, Trochimiuk, Piotr, Parzonko, Andrzej, Demkow, Marcin, Kozłowska-Wojciechowska, Małgorzata

“…Aim of this study involved assessment of the intensive intervention concerning lifestyle based on the DASH diet model on plasma concentration of CXCL4…”
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Is the Majority Benefitting at the Costs of the Minority Among Patients Undergoing CTA as the First-Line Diagnostic in Highly Suspected Coronary Artery Disease? by Kruk, Mariusz, Rudziński, Piotr N., Demkow, Marcin, Kępka, Cezary

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The Location of Distal Coronary Artery Pressure Measurement Matters for Computed Tomography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve by Kruk, Mariusz, Demkow, Marcin, Solecki, Mateusz, Wardziak, Łukasz, Kępka, Cezary

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The Need to Implement Health Technology Assessment in Polish Hospitals—A Survey of 50 Hospital Managers by Farkowski, Michał M., Lach, Krzysztof, Pietrzyk, Malwina, Baryla-Zapala, Ewelina, Gałązka-Sobotka, Małgorzata, Kowalska-Bobko, Iwona, Kępka, Cezary, Hryniewiecki, Tomasz

“…Hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) is a scientific approach to inform decisions on investments in health technologies across multiple medical…”
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Coronary CTA enhanced with CTA based FFR analysis provides higher diagnostic value than invasive coronary angiography in patients with intermediate coronary stenosis by Wardziak, Łukasz, Kruk, Mariusz, Pleban, Weronika, Demkow, Marcin, Rużyłło, Witold, Dzielińska, Zofia, Kępka, Cezary

“…CTA based FFR, a software based application, enhances diagnostic value of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) examination. However it remains…”
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Dynamic computed tomography perfusion imaging for detection of cardiac allograft rejection and myocardial ischemia in a heart transplant recipient by Oleksiak, Anna, Sobieszczańska-Małek, Małgorzata, Kruk, Mariusz, Zieliński, Tomasz, Komuda, Krzysztof, Kępka, Cezary

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High-Risk Coronary Plaque Regression After Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Nonobstructive Coronary Disease by Henzel, Jan, Kępka, Cezary, Kruk, Mariusz, Makarewicz-Wujec, Magdalena, Wardziak, Łukasz, Trochimiuk, Piotr, Dzielińska, Zofia, Demkow, Marcin

“…The authors sought to study the impact of diet and lifestyle intervention on changes in atherosclerotic plaque volume and composition. Lifestyle and diet…”
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Left circumflex coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery (LCx-ALCAPA) in an adult woman after VSD closure and ICD implantation by Borowiec, Karolina, Biernacka, Elżbieta Katarzyna, Kępka, Cezary, Woźniak, Olgierd, Wnuk, Jacek, Teresińska, Anna, Hoffman, Piotr

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Multimodality Approach to Rare Coronary Artery Malformation by Braksator, Wojciech, MD, PhD, Król, Wojciech, MD, PhD, Wrzosek, Karol, MD, PhD, Sawicki, Jacek, MD, PhD, Śpiewak, Mateusz, MD, PhD, Kępka, Cezary, MD, PhD, Dłużniewski, Mirosław, MD, PhD, Hoffman, Piotr, MD, PhD

“…[...]cardiac magnetic resonance showed turbulent flow into the right atrium (RA) from the coronary sinus (E,Online Video 7)…”
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Accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography vs intravascular ultrasound for evaluation of vessel area by Kruk, Mariusz, MD, PhD, Wardziak, Łukasz, Mintz, Gary S., MD, PhD, Achenbach, Stephan, MD, PhD, Pręgowski, Jerzy, MD, PhD, Rużyłło, Witold, MD, PhD, Dzielińska, Zofia, Demkow, Marcin, Witkowski, Adam, Kępka, Cezary, MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background We evaluated the accuracy of commonly used thresholds for vessel area evaluation on coronary CT angiography (CTA) and assessed ability of…”
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Cardiovascular imaging Slow-flow phenomenon after elective percutaneous coronary intervention of computed tomography-detected vulnerable coronary lesion by Wolny, Rafał, Dębski, Artur, Kruk, Mariusz, Kępka, Cezary

“…No-reflow or slow-flow phenomenon is one of the serious complications of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in acute myocardial infarction, as well as…”
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Impact of Coronary Artery Calcium Characteristics on Accuracy of CT Angiography by Kruk, Mariusz, MD, PhD, Noll, Dariusz, MD, Achenbach, Stefan, MD, PhD, Mintz, Gary S., MD, Pręgowski, Jerzy, MD, PhD, Kaczmarska, Edyta, MD, Kryczka, Karolina, MD, Pracoń, Radosław, MD, PhD, Dzielińska, Zofia, MD, PhD, Śleszycka, Justyna, MD, PhD, Witkowski, Adam, MD, PhD, Demkow, Marcin, MD, PhD, Rużyłło, Witold, MD, PhD, Kępka, Cezary, MD, PhD

“…Objectives This study sought to evaluate which specific calcium characteristics impact diagnostic accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA)…”
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