Cardiologia Croatica. 2021;16(1-2):1-104.

Cardiologia Croatica. 2021;16(1-2):1-104.

Naslovnica / Cover.
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Sadržaj / Table of Contents.
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13th Congress of the Croatian Cardiac Society with international participation under the patronage of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Virtual congress
December 10-13, 2020 / January 21-24, 2021

 

Organizacijski odbori. / Organizing Committees.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):3.

Davor Miličić.
13. kongres Hrvatskoga kardiološkog društva s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem.
13th Congress of the Croatian Cardiac Society with International Participation.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):4.
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Acute coronary syndromes

Admira Bilalić, Josip Anđelo Borovac, Tina Tičinović Kurir, Marko Kumrić, Andrija Matetić, Joško Božić.
Association of proton pump inhibitor use with disease burden and cardiometabolic profile among patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):5.
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Faruk Čustović, Edin Begić, Anela Šubo, Bilal Oglečevac, Denis Mačkić.
Rhabdomyolysis after acute myocardial infarction – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):6.
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Irzal Hadžibegović, Ante Lisičić, Mario Udovičić, Miroslav Raguž, Ilko Vuksanović, Ognjen Čančarević, Vanja Hulak-Karlak, Ivana Jurin, Aleksandar Blivajs, Petra Vitlov, Boris Starčević.
Percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: first insights from a dedicated COVID-19 hospital.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):7.
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Jozica Šikić, Edvard Galić, Jasna Čerkez Habek, Dean Strinić, Zrinka Planinić.
Acute coronary syndrome: differences in men and women.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):8.
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Ines Vinković, Mihajlo Kovačić.
Time to invasive treatment of patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):9.
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Chronic coronary artery disease

Edin Begić, Amer Iglica, Zijo Begić, Nedim Begić, Ada Đozić, Faruk Čustović.
Exercise-induced non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients without significant findings during exercise stress testing – what does it tell us?
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):10.
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Arrhythmology and electrostimulation

Ante Lisičić, Sanda Sokol Tomić, Nikša Bušić, Petra Vitlov, Irzal Hadžibegović.
Implantable device procedures and introduction of ablation in University Hospital Dubrava before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):11.
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Ekrema Mujarić, Edin Begić, Samed Djedović.
Barlow syndrome and postoperative cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter – therapeutic modality.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):12.
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Ivan Prepolec, Vedran Pašara, Borka Pezo-Nikolić, Maja Čikeš, Boško Skorić, Davor Puljević, Davor Miličić, Vedran Velagić.
Electrophysiological characteristics of supraventricular arrhythmias after cardiac transplantation – a case series.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):13.
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Ivan Prepolec, Vedran Pašara, Borka Pezo-Nikolić, Mislav Puljević, Davor Puljević, Davor Miličić, Vedran Velagić.
Preliminary report from an randomized clinical trial on intra-procedural three-dimensional rotational angiography in cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):14.
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Drago Rakić, Leo Luetić, Velimir Pivac, Ivana Cvitković, Zvonko Rumboldt.
Incidence and outcome of sudden cardiac death in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):15.
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Barbara Rubinić, Mia Dubravčić, Hrvoje Jurin, Daniel Lovrić, Borka Pezo-Nikolić, Mislav Puljević, Vedran Velagić, Davor Puljević.
Significant improvement of systolic function after pulmonary vein isolation by cryoablation – a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):16.
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Heart failure

Josip Anđelo Borovac, Joško Božić, Darko Duplančić, Zora Sušilović Grabovac, Duška Glavaš.
Temporal trends in baseline characteristics and treatment modalities of patients with heart failure at the University Hospital Centre Split – where are we now?
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):17-8.
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Faruk Čustović, Edin Begić, Denis Mačkić, Sanko Pandur.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy – therapeutic modality.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):19.
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Mia Dubravčić, Maja Čikeš, Hrvoje Jurin, Daniel Lovrić, Jure Samardžić, Jana Ljubas Maček, Ivo Planinc, Marijan Pašalić, Nina Jakuš, Dora Fabijanović, Davor Miličić, Boško Skorić.
Pregnancy in a post-cardiac transplant patient.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):20.
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Mia Dubravčić, Dubravka Šipuš, Dora Fabijanović, Hrvoje Jurin, Daniel Lovrić, Jure Samardžić, Jana Ljubas Maček, Ivo Planinc, Marijan Pašalić, Nina Jakuš, Maja Čikeš, Davor Miličić, Boško Skorić.
Ten years of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support at University Hospital Centre Zagreb.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):21-2.
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Mila Jakovljević.
Complementary supportive therapy for symptomatic patients with left ventricular dilatation and reduced ejection fraction.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):23.
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Anita Jukić, Katarina Kutleša, Damir Fabijanić.
Characteristics of patients hospitalized for heart failure at the University Hospital Centre Split stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):24.
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Petra Mjehović, Maja Čikeš, Mia Dubravčić, Dora Fabijanović, Nina Jakuš, Hrvoje Jurin, Daniel Lovrić, Jana Ljubas Maček, Marijan Pašalić, Ivo Planinc, Jure Samardžić, Boško Skorić, Davor Miličić.
COVID-19 in heart transplant recipients.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):25-6.
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Ivo Planinc, Dubravka Šipuš, Nina Jakuš, Dora Fabijanović, Boško Skorić, Hrvoje Jurin, Jure Samardžić, Jana Ljubas, Marijan Pašalić, Daniel Lovrić, Fran Borovečki, Maja Čikeš, Davor Miličić.
Genetics in the advanced heart failure population – University Hospital Centre Zagreb experience.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):27.
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Anto Stažić, Mirna Doknjaš, Jerko Arambašić, Kristina Kralik, Kristina Selthofer-Relatić.
Pharmacotherapy in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction – results from clinical practice.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):28.
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Dubravka Šipuš, Ivo Planinc, Boško Skorić, Marijan Pašalić, Hrvoje Jurin, Daniel Lovrić, Jure Samardžić, Jana Ljubas Maček, Hrvoje Gašparović, Bojan Biočina, Davor Miličić, Maja Čikeš.
Paracorporeal right ventricular assist device for acute and chronic right heart failure in carriers of durable left ventricular assist devices.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):29-30.
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Dubravka Šipuš, Ivo Planinc, Boško Skorić, Vedran Velagić, Daniel Lovrić, Hrvoje Jurin, Marijan Pašalić, Jure Samardžić, Jana Ljubas Maček, Hrvoje Gašparović, Bojan Biočina, Davor Miličić, Maja Čikeš.
Left ventricular unloading using a percutaneous paracorporeal left ventricular assist device – University Hospital Centre Zagreb experience.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):31-2.
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Mario Udovičić, Danijela Grizelj, Vanja Ivanović Mihajlović, Hrvoje Falak, Ana Jordan, Igor Rudež, Davor Barić, Daniel Unić, Robert Blažeković, Josip Varvodić, Dubravka Jonjić, Boris Starčević.
Heart transplantation results from the Department of Cardiology at Dubrava University Hospital.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):33.
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Valvular heart disease

Dario Dilber.
Sinus of valsalva aneurysm – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):34-5.
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Irzal Hadžibegović, Danijel Unić, Ivana Jurin, Nikola Bradić, Boris Starčević, Igor Rudež.
Percutaneous transfemoral approach and additional vascular access selection influence hospital stay and survival after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):36.
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Diabetes and cardiovascular protection

Besim Memedi, Agron Zuferi.
Investigating the effect of fructose on glucose, insulin, adiponectin, leptin and triglyceride tolerance in adult laboratory rats.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):37.
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Arterial hypertension

Rea Levicki, Martina Lovrić Benčić, Martina Matovinović, Lada Bradić, Kristina Gašparović, Tamara Božina, Nada Božina, Jadranka Sertić, Bojan Jelaković.
Association of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T CT gene polymorphism with a non-dipping blood pressure pattern in morbidly obese patients.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):38-39.
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Interventional cardiology

Lara Gudelj, Matias Trbušić.
Transbrachial approach as the first alternative to transradial approach for coronary angiography.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):40.
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Irzal Hadžibegović, Mario Sičaja, Ivana Jurin, Jasmina Ćatić, Sandra Jakšić Jurinjak, Neven Čače.
Changes in percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure after the 2019 consensus: single center analysis of referrals and indications.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):41
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Petra Mjehović, Ana Reschner Planinc, Dubravka Šipuš, Maja Čikeš, Hrvoje Jurin, Joško Bulum, Davor Miličić, Boško Skorić.
Congenital coronary artery fistulas as a cause of angina pectoris.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):42.
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Zvonimir Ostojić, Klara Klarić, Marijan Pašalić, Kristina Marić Bešić, Maja Strozzi, Ivan Škorak, Hrvoje Jurin, Boško Skorić, Eduard Margetić, Joško Bulum.
Angiographic and clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention using a drug coated balloon in small coronary artery disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):43
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GUCH

Zijo Begić, Nedim Begić, Edin Begić.
Exercise stress test in the pediatric population – single center experience.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):44.
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Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Lea Jerkić, Maja Hrabak Paar, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački, Martina Lovrić Benčić.
Marked levoposition of the heart – a clue to diagnosis of complete pericardial agenesis.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):45.
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Luka Perčin, Maja Strozzi, Darko Anić, Mislav Planinc, Goran Međimurec, Tomislav Tokić, Kristina Marić Bešić.
Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus in a 19-year-old patient presenting with cardiac arrest: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):46-7.
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Echocardiography, MSCT, MRI

Ana Fabris.
Exercise stress echocardiography with cardiac function parameters in the assessment of coronary microcirculation.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):48.
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Ana Fabris.
Exercise stress echocardiography with cardiac function parameters in coronary artery bypass grafting function assessment.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):49.
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Fatmir Ferati, Anida Ferati, Ardian Preshova, Mentor Karemani, Nexhbedin Karemani.
Two different ways of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm formation after myocardial infarction – case reports.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):50-1.
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Diana Rudan, Miroslav Raguž, Ivana Jurin, Hrvoje Falak, Tomislav Svaguša, Dominik Buljan, Jelena Kursar, Nikša Bušić, Danijela Grizelj, Mario Udovičić, Irzal Hadžibegović.
Outpatient cardiology clinic: future importance of out-of-hospital work-up and treatment in cardiology.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):52.
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Mladen Jukić.
The role of cardiac CT during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):53.
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Drago Rakić, Zrinka Jurišić, Cristian Bulat, Ivana Cvitković, Zvonko Rumboldt.
Left atrial myxoma causing transient ischemic attack – a case presentation.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):54.
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Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation

Mario Ivanuša.
Adaptation of outpatient cardiovascular rehabilitation in Zagreb to the emerging conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the large earthquake in March.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):55-6.
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Experimental and translational cardiology

Robert Mujkić, Darija Šnajder Mujkić, Ivana Ilić, Anđela Grgić, Edi Rođak, Dalibor Divković, Kristina Selthofer-Relatić.
Early childhood fat tissue changes – future risk for metabolic related diseases: subcutaneous and visceral fat adipose tissue CD163+ cells expression and collagen deposition in young male children.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):57.
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Registries and observational surveys

Irzal Hadžibegović, Ivana Jurin, Marko Lucijanić, Anđela Jurišić, Ana Jordan, Boris Starčević.
Large single center registry of anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation: who is protected among a thousand patients?
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):58.
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Ivana Jurin, Marko Lucijanić, Anđela Jurišić, Zrinka Šakić, Sanda Sokol Tomić, Irzal Hadžibegović.
Differences in anticoagulation pattern, thrombotic and mortality risk in patients with atrial fibrillation and mid-range ejection fraction.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):59.
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Ivana Jurin, Marko Lucijanić, Vedran Radonić, Tomislav Letilović, Jasmina Ćatić, Ana Jordan, Petra Vitlov, Irzal Hadžibegović.
Patients with dementia and atrial fibrillation are less likely to receive direct oral anticoagulants.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):60.
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Ivana Jurin, Marko Lucijanić, Vedran Radonić, Tomislav Letilović, Diana Rudan, Tomislava Bodrožić Džakić-Poljak, Irzal Hadžibegović.
The risk of falling and falling consequences in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving different types of anticoagulant drugs.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):61.
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Lana Maričić, Dražen Mlinarević, Jerko Arambašić.
Follow-up of patients with a thromboembolic incident over a period of three years – a single-center experience.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):62.
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Vedran Pašara, Ivan Prepolec, Richard Matasić, Borka Pezo-Nikolić, Miroslav Krpan, Mislav Puljević, Davor Puljević, Martina Lovrić Benčić, Davor Miličić, Vedran Velagić.
His-bundle lead implantation program: a 2-year single-centre experience.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):63.
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Vedran Pašara, Ivan Prepolec, Borka Pezo-Nikolić, Davor Puljević, Davor Miličić, Vedran Velagić.
Single-centre experience of catheter ablation for arrhythmias in grown-up congenital heart disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):64.
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Mario Udovičić, Danijela Grizelj, Mariam Samara, Hrvoje Falak, Ana Jordan, Petra Vitlov, Diana Rudan.
The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the catchment area of University Hospital Dubrava.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):65.
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Novelties in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy

Almin Handanagić, Edin Begić, Alma Handanagić.
Amiodarone-induced blue-gray facial pigmentation – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):66.
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Ivana Jurin, Marko Lucijanić, Anđela Jurišić, Aleksandar Blivajs, Boris Starčević, Irzal Hadžibegović.
Does body mass index influence clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation who receive direct oral anticoagulant therapy.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):67.
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Vjeran Nikolić Heitzler.
Aspirin therapy in the primary prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke – yes or no.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):68.
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Peripheral vascular diseases

Ljiljana Banfić.
COVID-19 and vascular diseases.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):69.
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Josip Figl, Tomislav Meštrović, Ivan Brižić, Damir Halužan, Dino Papeš, Predrag Pavić, Andrea Crkvenac Gregorek, Irena Šnajdar, Ivan Škorak.
Femoral to crural and distal-leg bypasses – five-year-period analysis in University Hospital Centre Zagreb.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):70.
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Ana Marija Slišković, Mislav Puljević, Ana Šutalo, Ante Bosnić, Ljiljana Banfić, Majda Vrkić Kirhmajer.
Prevalence of non-COVID-19 venous thromboembolism during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: our experience.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):71.
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Ana Šutalo, Ana Marija Slišković, Mislav Puljević, Ante Bosnić, Ljiljana Banfić, Majda Vrkić Kirhmajer.
Extended anticoagulation in cancer-associated thrombosis.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):72.
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Igor Tagasovski, Andrea Crkvenac Gregorek, Sanda Huljev Frković, Dražen Perkov, Majda Vrkić Kirhmajer.
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome – a promising role of sirolimus? Case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):73.
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Ana Marija Slišković, Ana Šutalo, Sanda Huljev Frković, Andrea Crkvenac Gregorek, Ljiljana Banfić, Majda Vrkić Kirhmajer.
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):74.
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Mislav Vrsalović, Tonći Batinić, Nikola Kos, Ksenija Vučur, Boris Car.
First Croatian Prospective Peripheral Artery Disease Registry (CRO-PAD): What have we learned in the past 10 years?
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):75.
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Acute and intensive cardiology

Ivan Jerković, Maja Mizdrak, Josip Anđelo Borovac, Joško Božić, Vedran Kovačić, Tina Tičinović Kurir.
COVID-19 pneumonia and disease severity in patients hospitalized during the first pandemic wave at University Hospital Centre Split: cardiovascular biomarkers strongly correlate with risk of poor outcomes.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):76-7.
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Alen Džubur, Edin Begić, Alden Begić, Mirza Babić, Azra Durak-Nalbantić.
Blood pressure and PAOI score in patients with pulmonary embolism.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):78-9.
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Filip Puškarić, Nikolina Maglić, Zvonimir Ostojić, Ivo Planinc, Joško Bulum, Davor Miličić, Maja Čikeš.
Sex differences in discharge therapy in young patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):80-2.
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Marina Vučijak-Grgurević, Edin Begić, Azra Durak-Nalbantić, Faris Zvizdić.
Elevated lactate dehydrogenase and D-dimer levels as a sign of aortic dissection.
Cardiol Croat. 2021;16(1-2):83.
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Index of Authors.
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Što je novo u posljednjim smjernicama o liječenju dislipidemija Europskoga kardiološkog društva i Europskoga društva za aterosklerozu?
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