Cardiologia Croatica. 2015;10(9-10):197-260.

Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):197-260.

Naslovnica / Cover.
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Sadržaj / Table of Contents.
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Congress Directors and Faculty.
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4th Dubrovnik Cardiology Highlights an ESC Update Programme in Cardiology with International Participation

Dubrovnik, October 10-13, 2015

 

Davor Miličić.
4th Dubrovnik Cardiology Highlights an ESC Update Programme in Cardiology with International Participation.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):200.
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Acute and Chronic Heart Failure

Azra Durak-Nalbantić, Nafija Serdarević, Alden Begić, Mirza Dilić, Mehmed Kulić, Berina Hasanefendić, Alen Džubur, Aida Hamžić-Mehmedbašić.
Is there a difference in release of high sensitive troponin I and brain natriuretic peptide in acute heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction?
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):201.
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Jerneja Farkas, Daniel Omersa, Ivan Erzen, Mitja Lainscak.
National trends in heart failure hospitalization and mortality in Slovenia.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):202.
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Ksenija Tušek Bunc.
Management of heart failure in family medicine.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):203.
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Acute Coronary Syndromes

Marijana Knežević Praveček, Irzal Hadžibegović, Katica Cvitkušić Lukenda, Antonija Raguž, Ivica Dunđer, Krešimir Gabaldo, Đeiti Prvulović, Božo Vujeva.
Vitamin D deficiency in patients with acute coronary syndrome: clinically relevant or just a bystander?
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):204.
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Jure Samardžić, Nada Božina, Boško Skorić, Marijan Pašalić, Lana Ganoci, Miroslav Krpan, Mate Petričević, Davor Miličić.
Genetic variants of reduced clopidogrel absorption and platelet reactivity after standard clopidogrel therapy and serial dose tailoring in the NCT02096419 trial: a pharmacogenetic substudy.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):205.
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Jure Samardžić, Nada Božina, Boško Skorić, Miroslav Krpan, Marijan Pašalić, Lana Ganoci, Mate Petričević, Davor Miličić.
Platelet reactivity pattern in a patient with multiple pharmacogenetic factors of reduced clopidogrel efficiency.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):206.
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Dora Fabijanović, Ivo Planinc, Jana Ljubas Maček, Boško Skorić, Željko Baričević, Hrvoje Jurin, Jure Samardžić, Hrvoje Gašparović, Maja Čikeš, Davor Miličić.
The relevance of biomarkers 1 year after heart transplantation: is there increased predictive value of high sensitive troponin?
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):207.
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Advanced Heart Failure: Heart Transplantation & MCS

Hrvoje Gašparović, Daniel Unić, Lucija Svetina, Jure Samardžić, Maja Čikeš, Željko Baričević, Boško Skorić, Tomislav Kopjar, Darko Anić, Višnja Ivančan, Željko Sutlić, Bojan Biočina, Davor Miličić.
Impact of reduced creatinine clearance on early heart transplantation outcomes: a propensity score adjusted analysis.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):208.
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Marijan Pašalić, Maja Čikeš, Ivo Planinc, Nina Jakuš, Boško Skorić, Tomislav Čaleta, Željko Baričević, Hrvoje Jurin, Jure Samardžić, Hrvoje Gašparović, Bojan Biočina, Davor Miličić.
Can preoperative platelet count predict overall mortality in patients implanted with a left ventricular assist device?
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):209.
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Ivo Planinc, Dora Fabijanović, Boško Skorić, Jana Ljubas Maček, Hrvoje Jurin, Jure Samardžić, Željko Baričević, Hrvoje Gašparović, Maja Čikeš, Davor Miličić.
Influence of body mass index on survival and length of hospital stay in heart transplantation versus left ventricular assist device recipients.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):210-211.
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Cardiac Imaging in Various Settings

Karlo Golubić, Petra Angebrandt, Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Romana Palić, Anton Šmalcelj.
Is mitral regurgitation a predictor of left atrial thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):212.
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Marko Boban, Damir Raljević, Vesna Pehar Pejčinović, Viktor Peršić.
Adenosine stress test in characterization of ischemic heart disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):213.
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Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Majda Vrkić Kirhmajer, Krešimir Putarek, Ljiljana Banfić.
A case report of asymptomatic transient biventricular dysfunction after pericardiocentesis: importance of echocardiographic follow-up.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):214.
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Nela Kostova, Magdalena Otljanska, Igor Kostov.
Atypical presentation in type A aortic dissection: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):215.
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Miroslav Krpan, Zoran Miovski.
Saphenous vein graft aneurysm nineteen years after aortocoronary bypass surgery: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):216.
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Viktor Peršić, Vesna Pehar Pejčinović, Damir Raljević, Marko Boban.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in separation of athlete’s heart from cardiomyopathy.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):217.
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Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation – state of the art

Zrinka Alfirević, Katija Barać.
Working ability and coronary heart disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):218.
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Mijana Barišić, Viktor Peršić, Damir Raljević, Marica Komošar-Cvetković, Aleksandar Včev, Marko Boban.
Muscle strengths and nutritional considerations after coronary bypass surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus and controls.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):219.
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Ksenija Tušek Bunc.
Patient perspective on coronary artery disease care.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):220-221.
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Ksenija Tušek Bunc.
Which characteristics contribute to health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease?
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):222-223.
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Marija Vavlukis, Kristina Mladenovska, Arlinda Daka, Aleksandar Dimovski, Sasko Kedev.
Effects of rosuvastatin versus atorvastatin alone or in combination, on lipoprotein (a): a single center study.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):224.
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Interactive Clinical Cases

Margarita Brida, Darko Anić, Maja Strozzi, Anton Šmalcelj.
Case report of a young patient with congenital heart disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):225.
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Zvonimir Ostojić, Vlatka Rešković Lukšić, Željko Baričević, Boško Skorić, Joško Bulum, Blanka Glavaš Konja, Martina Lovrić Benčić, Aleksander Ernst, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački.
Atypical cause of purulent pericarditis.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):226.
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Alma Sijamija, Nermir Granov, Nedžad Hadžić, Omer Perva, Alma Agačević.
Cardiac device-related endocarditis.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):227.
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Interventional Arrhythmology / Electrophysiology

Snezana Lazic, Sanja Markovic, Maja Sipic, Bratislav Lazic.
Correlation between thromboembolic score and anteroposterior diameter of left atrium and left ventricle ejection fraction in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):228.
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Sanja Markovic, Snezana Lazic, Maja Sipic, Bratislav Lazic.
Thromboprophylaxis in various clinical forms of atrial fibrillation.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):229.
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Mislav Puljević, Vedran Velagić, Borka Pezo-Nikolić, Davor Puljević.
Hemodynamically unstable wide QRS complex tachycardia: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):230-231.
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Mislav Puljević, Davor Puljević, Borka Pezo-Nikolić, Vedran Velagić.
Rotational angiography with 3D reconstruction: new imaging method in electrophysiology in University Hospital Centre Zagreb.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):232.
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Interventional Cardiology Update: Coronary Interventions

Petra Angebrandt, Marijan Pašalić, Ivo Planinc, Dora Fabijanović, Maja Čikeš, Hrvoje Jurin, Željko Baričević, Jure Samardžić, Davor Miličić, Boško Skorić.
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to recovery in a patient with cardiogenic shock due to acute left main coronary artery occlusion.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):233.
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Krešimir Gabaldo, Đeiti Prvulović, Božo Vujeva, Irzal Hadžibegović.
Optimal treatment strategy using appropriate use criteria.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):234.
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Matea Hudolin, Zdenka Čurić, Marko Ćurković, Tomislav Letilović.
Assessment of a home-made pain/discomfort questionnaire in patients undergoing coronary angiography: a feasibility study.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):235.
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Helena Jerkić, Mario Stipinović, Stjepan Kranjčević, Damir Kozmar, Darko Počanić, Tomislav Letilović.
Achieving LDL target reduces intensity of periprocedural myonecrosis.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):236.
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Mario Sičaja, Boris Starčević.
Utilization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions: experience from the Clinical Hospital Dubrava.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):237.
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Ischaemic Heart Disease

Alden Begic, Amina Bico, Lana Lekic, Admir Tanovic, Demir Bejtovic, Mehmed Kulic, Mirza Dilic.
Polyvascular atherosclerotic disease and multiple risk factors: focus on arterial hypertension.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):238.
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Mislav Puljević, Joško Bulum, Aleksander Ernst, Davor Miličić, Davor Puljević.
The value of microvolt T-wave alternans in the diagnosis of reversible myocardial ischemia in patients without structural cardiac disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):239.
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Igor Šesto, Krešimir Štambuk, Hrvoje Stipić, Tomislav Šipić, Ante-Zvonimir Korda, Igor Alfirević, Davor Richter, Janko Szavits Nossan, Goran Milašin, Mihajlo Šesto.
Role of medical therapy in critical coronary disease, a single center experience.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):240.
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New Advances in Cardiac Pacing & AICD, CRT

Marko Mornar Jelavić, Zdravko Babic, Hrvoje Hećimović, Vesna Erceg, Hrvoje Pintarić.
Importance and indications of tilt-table testing in patients with unexplained syncope.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):241.
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Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Diagnostics and Treatment

Mateja Sabol Pušić, Branko Ostrički, Andrej Pal, Vinko Vidjak.
May-Thurner syndrome presenting with deep vein thrombosis in a 42-old female.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):242.
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Majda Vrkić Kirhmajer, Dražen Perkov, Ljiljana Banfić, Albert Despot, Luka Novosel, Mario Lušić.
Nutcracker syndrome or pelvic venous congestion syndrome with Nutcracker anatomy: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):243.
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Recent Advances in Basic and Translational Cardiology

Eszter Repasi, Eva Kerekes, Kinga Shenker-Horvath, Akos Koller, Zsolt B. Nagy.
Role of genetic variations of angiotensin converting enzyme in modulation of blood pressure, body composition and dietary requirements in athletes involved in different sports.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):244.
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Andrea Rzepiel, Eva Kerekes, Kinga Shenker-Horvath, Nora Varga, Akos Koller, Zsolt B. Nagy.
Identification of thromboembolic genetic risk factors in young athletes to develop individual-specific prevention of thrombosis.
Cardiol Croat. 2015;10(9-10):245.
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Index of Authors

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