Wieslawa Kwiatkowska

Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny We Wrocławiu · Angiology

Fibronectin (FN) may be involved in time- and stage-dependent and inter-related controlled processes of inflammation, coagulation, and wound healing accompanying peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In the present study, FN and FN-containing extra-domain A (EDA-FN), macromolecular FN-fibrin complexes, and FN monomer were analysed in the plasma of 142...

Abstract Introduction HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in connection with atherosclerosis and thromboembolic complications. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is still unclear in this group of patients. Studies on pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in the general population emphasize the role of the extrins...

Correlation between TF and TFPI in study group (SG) and control group (CG). (TIF)

Study group, comparison of subgroups with TF<450pg/ml and >450pg/ml. (PDF)

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated lipodystrophy syndrome (LS) is defined as a redistribution of adipose tissue, metabolic and endocrine abnormalities, resulting from combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). Aim of this study was to evaluate LS in HIV-infected patients from Lower Silesia, Poland. Material and methods: One hu...

Introduction: Despite a great progress in antiretroviral therapy (ARV) there are many human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with lipodystrophy syndrome (LS). However, there are still no clearly defined criteria to diagnose dystrophic changes. It would be valuable to introduce a non-invasive and inexpensive method to clinical practice...

The purpose of this study was to assess the vasoconstrictive effects of adenosine in the kidney microcirculation in hypertensive patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS). Twelve patients with resistant hypertension and moderate RAS were selected for the study. In all patients, systolic, diastolic and mean translesional pressure gradients, distal p...

Background: Addiction to intravenously administered drugs has been a serious epidemiological problem for years. Among the related health complications, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the most important. This paper provides an illustrative presentation of DVT in intravenous drug users (IDUs), HIV-positive subjects among them. Methods: We se...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a clinical manifestation of atherosclerosis and mainly refers to elderly patients, having a negative impact on their functionality and quality of life. The findings of previous studies in HIV-infected patients have shown that cardiovascular risk is higher and PAD occurs more frequently than in the general popula...

A number of abnormalities related to chronic infection and antiretroviral treatment may be observed in a population of HIV-positive patients. A particular state of coexisting, interacting and interrelated disorders referred to as metabolic syndrome is observed in 7–45% of patients infected with HIV. Its presence is related to the abnormalities of a...

The history of HIV infection has always been associated with patient nutritional problems, initially in the form of wasting syndrome, and since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy such metabolic disorders as lipodystrophy, obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia that are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases have been obse...

HIV infected patients, especially those treated with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, show an increased risk and incidence of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries, expressed as the value of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and the amount of atherosclerot...

Background: Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare variant of brain vascular disease. Case Report: We present a rare case of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in a 29-year-old woman taking oral contraceptives with migraine-like headaches and vomiting. Among the clinical symptoms, the following dominated: dilation of the superficial cranial veins...

We presented a case of 35-year-old male with familial protein S deficiency with history of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. He was admitted to our department with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The diagnosis of ACS was based on the typical chest pain, ECG changes and raised plasma enzyme activity. The patient was treated successfully...

In the last few years a quick development of non-invasive medical diagnostic methods has been observed. One of these has been high-resolution ultrasonic imaging. It can demonstrate the layers of the arterial wall with a high degree of clarity. The paper briefly describes utilising fractal magnification for measurement of the intima-media thickness...

Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) has been reported to become less common in general population but more common in women, and in elderly patients. The authors looked at the clinical characteristics of TAO in Poland where there was no significant decrease of smoking and the extent of aging of the general population is less profound. They retrospectiv...

Systemic lupus erythematodes is a disease commonly associated with peripheric circulation disturbances. The goal of the study was the evaluation of the role of the following nuclear antibodies: anti-Ro (SS-A), anti-La (SS-B) and anti-Sm in the endothelium damage process in the SLE patients with symptoms of microcirculation disturbances. The concent...

Several characteristics of thromboangiitis obliterans are unique and confirm the existence of the disease as a distinct pathological entity. Its predilection for young smoking males, peripheral type of vascular involvement, recurrences of superficial thrombophlebites, and typical histolopathology form the principals of the disease although the etio...

The analysis of the stress manoeuver tests in patients with upper limb ischemia due to the thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) was performed. Stress manoeuvre tests (Adson, hiperabduction, costo-clavicular, modified Adson test and AER test) were found useful in the diagnosis of TOS. However they do not allow to differentiate the mechanism of compression...

The term thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) defines neuro-vascular disorders produced in the upper extremities due to the external compression of the brachial plexus, subclavian artery and vein (neurovascular bundle) within the thoracic outlet. Thoracic outlet syndrome may be produced by bone malformations, fibromuscular anomalies, neck, and shoulder i...

A case is described of polymyalgia rheumatica in which Raynaud's sign appeared at the beginning of the disease parallel with changes of rheumatoid arthritis type without other features of arterial system involvement in particular without clinical features of the involvement of the subclavian or axillary artery. The sign of temporal artery involveme...