Scientific development fields of interest
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
The research programs focus on (among others):
- Detecting mutations in patients with cardiomyopathies, secondary hypertension;
- Assessing polymorphisms of known genes in premature atherosclerosis in women, in cardiomyopathies, and severe heart failure;
- Analyzing explanted heart tissue in dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathies.
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
The research mainly focuses on:
- Studies on the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque;
- Therapeutic angiogenesis with the use genes for VEGF and FGF administered subcutaneously in 'no option patients';
- Assessing the efficacy and safety of using intracoronary autologous bone marrow transplantations in treating patients with early post-infarction left ventricular dysfunction;
- Influenza vaccination in acute cardiac event prevention.
FINDING AND VERIFYING NEW METHODS FOR NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS OF HEART DISEASES
The main interests include:
- Using modern echocardiographic techniques and technologies in the diagnosis and quantitative evaluation of primary and secondary myocardium pathologies;
- Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of 64-clice CT scans in noninvasive coronarography in patients with acquired valvular diseases qualified for surgical repair;
- Assessing the usefulness of the Doppler method to visualize the renal arteries and abdominal aorta in patients who have undergone a surgical repair for Type-A aortic dissection.
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES AND NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF ARRHYTHMIA
Our researchers focus on:
- Identifying mechanisms and factors predisposing patients to focal atrial fibrillation;
- Improving the methods of diagnostics and electrotherapy of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias;
- Evaluating the natural history in patients with recurrent tachyarrhythmia;
- Preparing optimal methods of qualifying for and evaluating the efficacy of the resynchronizing stimulation therapy.
ACQUIRED AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Research is mainly focused on:
- Interventional treatment of congenital and acquired heart disease;
- Biomarkers importance in monitoring acquired heart disease;
- Evaluating methods of molecular biology in diagnostics of infective endocarditis.
HEART FAILURE
Research programs focus on:
- Improving care for patients with severe heart failure, and assessing and optimizing indications for heart transplantation;
- Treating severe heart failure with artificial heart ventricles;
- Treating post-infarction left ventricle aneurysms with Menicanti method
- Biomarkers importance in patients with severe heart failure;
- Dilated cardiomyopathy etiopathogenesis.
ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Research is mainly focused on:
- High-specialty diagnostics of secondary arterial hypertension;
- Follow-up hypertensive patients who have undergone repair surgery for thoracic aortic dissection;
- Assessing the clinical significance of blood pressure changes measured non-invasively;
- Assessing the clinical significance of sleep disturbances in hypertensive patients and how these disturbances coincide with blood pressure changes.
CARDIOSURGERY
Research programs focus on:
- Treating valvular disease by implanting non-stent valves and homografts;
- Minimally invasive treatment of coronary artery disease;
- Surgical treatment of aorta diseases (hybrid surgery);
- Assessing how brain oxygenation influences the neurological condition of patients who have undergone cardiosurgery;
- Analyzing quality of life of patients after surgery for congenital heart disease.
EPIDEMIOLOGY, HEALTH PROMOTION AND CARDIOLOGIC RAHABILITATION
Research studies include:
- Evaluating the knowledge, attitude and skills of health professionals (including nurses) in health promotion, cardiovascular diseases prevention;
- Monitoring determinants of cardiovascular diseases, how well they are controlled, and their time trends; coincidence with morbidity and mortality;
- Prevalence of cardiovascular disease classic and new risk factors in Polish population;
- Applying telemedicine in cardiac diagnostics and rehabilitation;
- Adjusting the form of physical training to therapy progress (primary angioplasty, cardioverter-defibrillator, synchronic therapy);
- Non-invasive evaluation of the autonomic system as the indicator of complex cardiologic rehabilitation efficacy.