Cardiology Journal 2010, tom 17, nr 4

Little information exists on the clinical characteristics and factors related to hospital mortality in patients with active infective endocarditis referred for surgery. Methods: Between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2006, 86 patients (56 males, 30 females, mean age 59.2 years) with active infective endocarditis were referred to our Department (2.8% of overall hospitalizations)...

There is ongoing discussion as to whether it is beneficial to avoid pulmonary sinus augmentation in the arterial switch operation. We report a single-surgeon series of mid--term results for direct pulmonary artery anastomosis during switch operation for transposition of the great arteries (TGA)...

Dr. William Ganz died in November 2009 at the age of 90 in Los Angeles, California. I had the privilege of knowing Willy personally and could even call him “my friend”. While I can describe his professional activities objectively, his life-story evokes my deepest emotions, because we, at a certain period in our lives, shared a common fate...

The effect of L-arginine and L-citrulline on blood pressure and right ventricular function in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is unknown. We have therefore evaluated, in a randomized clinical trial, the effect of these aminoacids in chronic outstanding and stable patients with HFpEF...