Publications by authors named "Pawel Zycinski"
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Poland Compared with other European Countries from the Patient's Perspective: Insights from the EHRA Patient Survey.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
March 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study compares Polish ICD recipients with those from other European countries regarding quality of life, information before implantation, and end-of-life issues.
- Polish patients reported a higher improvement in quality of life (51.0%) versus 44.3% in other countries, but less frequent use of remote monitoring (21.0% in Poland vs. 66.8% elsewhere).
- Despite being well-informed before implantation (78.1% in Poland), Polish patients were less familiar with the ICD deactivation process compared to their European counterparts.
Right ventricular lead induced ventricular arrhythmia-A rare complication of cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol
September 2019
Background: A 53-year-old male with heart failure secondary to anterior wall myocardial infarction treated with cardiac resynchronization-defibrillator (CRT-D) device presented with ventricular arrhythmia: repetitive incessant slow ventricular tachycardias (VT) below the CRT-D detection zone, accelerated ventricular rhythm, and numerous premature ventricular ectopic beats (ExV), resulting in loss of biventricular pacing.
Methods And Results: Nonsustained monomorphic VT (nsVT) and ExV were observed in an electrocardiogram under biventricular stimulation. During noninvasive CRT-D programming, ventricular bigeminy reproducibly recurred only at right ventricular (RV) pacing and its morphology was almost identical to the stimulated beats.
Conscious sedation during cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation: a feasibility and safety study.
Minerva Cardioangiol
April 2018
Background: Cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation (cryoAF) is relatively simple, cost-effective and easy procedure. However, general anesthesia during this procedure may have negative impact on patients' mortality and morbidity, as well as procedure costs. We sought to assess the feasibility and safety of conscious sedation during cryoAF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients after previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) often require repeat percutaneous revascularisation due to poor patency rates of saphenous vein grafts (SVG) and higher risk of re-CABG. Few data are available to evaluate different percutaneous revascularisation strategies in patients after previous CABG.
Aim: To evaluate outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients after previous CABG, including the effect of treatment on the quality of life and symptoms, and secondly to assess the relation between angiographic factors and treatment outcomes
Methods: This was a prospective observational study which included 78 patients after previous CABG.
Background: Low-energy laser radiation through its direct influence on tissue repair processes without heating effect may have vital importance in the therapy of patients with advanced coronary artery disease (CAD).
Aim: The introductory assessment of the effects of laser biostimulation applied to patients with advanced multivessel CAD.
Methods: 39 patients with advanced CAD were assigned (mean age 64.