Ljetni dvobroj časopisa Cardiologia Croatica za 2025. godini izašao je na 36 stranica. Donosimo
proširene kongresne sažetke 7. kongresa Radne skupine za bolesti srčanih zalistaka Hrvatskoga
kardiološkog društva s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem CROVALV 2025 koji se održava od 11. do 13.
rujna 2025. u Zagrebu. Broj završavamo sponzoriranim člankom s temom fiksnih kombinacija
lijekova na bazi perindoprila u liječenju arterijske hipertenzije.

Pozivamo članove Hrvatskog kardiološkog društva da ažuriraju svoje podatke za pretplatu na
časopis – molimo poslati aktualnu poštansku adresu na adresu elektroničke pošte
kardio[at]kardio.hr na koju zaprimamo i buduće članke.
Urednički odbor Cardiologia Croatica

Cardiologia Croatica. 2025;20(7-8):181-216.

Naslovnica / Cover.
Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):181.

Sadržaj / Table of Contents.
Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):182.

CROVALV 2025
7. kongres Radne skupine za bolesti srčanih zalistaka Hrvatskoga kardiološkog društva s
međunarodnim sudjelovanjem
7^th  Congress of the Working Group on Valvular Diseases of the Croatian Cardiac Society
with international participation

September 11-13, 2025, Zagreb, Croatia  

Organizacijski odbori. / Organizing Committees.
Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):183.

Jozica Šikić, Zrinka Planinić.

CROVALV 2025.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):184.

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Mitral valve / diagnostic challenges

Dario Dilber, Vesna Pehar Pejčinović, Iva Uravić Bursać.

The role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in valvular heart disease: mitral annulus disjunction analysis using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):185-6.

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Mitral valve / treatment challenges

Jasmina Ćatić.

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair beyond the Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients with Functional Mitral Regurgitation trial (COAPT): are the exceptions becoming the rule? 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):187.

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Krešimir Kordić, Ozren Vinter, Ivica Šafradin, Nikola Bulj, Matias Trbušić. 

Mitral valve endocarditis in a patient with pre-existing severe primary mitral regurgitation.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):188. 

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Aortic valve / diagnostic challenges

Jozica Šikić, Zrinka Planinić, Jelena Faletar Barišić.

Severe aortic stenosis in a patient with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):189. 

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Aortic valve / treatment challenges

Dijana Bešić, Mario Špoljarić, Marin Viđak, Irzal Hadžibegović, Marija Križanović, Šime Manola, Ivana Jurin.

Paravalvular leak following transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a tertiary center registry-based study. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):190.

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Antun Car.

Sequential surgeries for aortic valve fibroelastoma and Zenker’s diverticulum within two months: a rare clinical course. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):191. 

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Tea-Terezija Cvetko, Jasmina Ćatić, Ivana Jurin, Danijela Grizelj, Irzal Hadžibegović, Tomislav Šipić, Jelena Kursar.

Interventional management of isolated aortic regurgitation: therapeutic options in the era of off-label transcatheter aortic valve implantation. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):192. 

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Irzal Hadžibegović, Daniel Unić, Ivana Jurin, Nikola Pavlović, Tomislav Šipić, Marin Pavlov, Savica Gjorgjievska, Igor Rudež, Šime Manola.

The most important secondary element in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: safe vascular access. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):193. 

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Ivana Jurin, Daniel Unić, Šime Manola, Tomislav Šipić, Savica Gjorgjievska, Igor Rudež, Marin Pavlov, Nikola Pavlović, Irzal Hadžibegović.

What have we learned from risk scores when selecting patients for transcatheter aortic valve implantation? 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):194.

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Andrija Matetić, Frane Runjić, Ivica Kristić, Nikola Crnčević, Darija Baković Kramarić.

First BASILICA procedure in Croatia: a case report.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):195-6. 

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Tricuspid valve / treatment challenges

Zrinka Planinić, Haris Ahmić, Mirko Tomić, Jozica Šikić.

Reverse Remodeling of the Right Side of the Heart Following
Rhythm Control in a Patient with Severe Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):197. 

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Combined and multiple valve diseases 

Jozica Šikić, Jasna Čerkez Habek, Zrinka Planinić, Jelena Faletar Barišić.

A heart on the edge: aortic dilatation, severe combined aortic and mitral regurgitation with reduced ejection fraction dilated cardiomyopathy. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):198.

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Congential valve disease 

Jasna Čerkez Habek, Ines Zadro Kordić, Ante Petrović, Jozica Šikić.

Gerbode defect: a rare congenital condition in the context of right ventricular heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):199. 

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Obesitas

Katica Cvitkušić Lukenda, Marijana Knežević Praveček, Krešimir Gabaldo, Blaženka Miškić.

The role of obesity in the development and progression of aortic stenosis.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):200. 

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Arrhythmias in valvular heart disease 

Nora Knez, Tomislav Tokić, Hrvoje Gašparović.

Strain Before the Storm: Peak Atrial Longitudinal Strain as a
Predictor of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Valve Surgery. 

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):201. 

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Zrinka Planinić, Ines Zadro Kordić, Ante Petrović, Jozica Šikić.

Complete heart block as a manifestation of combined mitral valve and aortic root infective endocarditis.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):202. 

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Heart failure in valvular heart disease 

Sandra Šarić, Marko Stupin, Iva Jurić, Damir Kirner, Kristina Selthofer-Relatić.

Left ventricular remodeling in chronic mitral regurgitation.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):203. 

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STRANICA SPONZORA / SPONSOR’S PAGE

Jana Brguljan-Hitij, Zbigniew Gaciong, Dragan Simić, Peter Vajer, Parounak Zelveian, Irina E. Chazova, Bojan Jelaković on behalf of PRECIOUS trial investigators.

Kontrola arterijske hipertenzije u muškaraca i žena: uloga liječenja fiksnim kombinacijama lijekova na bazi perindoprila u jednoj tableti.

Hypertension Control in Men and Women: The Role of Perindopril-based Single-pill Combination Treatment.

Cardiol Croat. 2025;20(7-8):204-9.

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