INTRODUCTION: Observational studies have shown low bleeding rates in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) treated by left atrial appendage closure (LAAC); however, data from randomized studies are lacking. This study ...
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Multivessel primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is still often used in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and cardiogenic shock (CS). The study aimed to ...
AIMS: Multiple sclerosis treatment strategies are changing in the Czech Republic. According to data from 2013-2021, the proportion of patients starting high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies is increasing. In this survey, ...
Background: Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-Ll expression ~ 50% can be treated with immunotherapy alone or with a combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy. One of these options is treatment ...
COVID-19 represented a significant challenge to cardiovascular (cV) medicine research, treatment, prevention, and, to a considerable extent, case management. The global pandemic viral infection increased the risk of ...
BackgroundMutational cascades in colorectal cancer (CRC) between the primary tumor (pCRC) and liver metasta-sis (LM) are poorly understood in individual patients. We focused on differences in specific APC and TP53 mutations ...
BACKGROUND: In 2023, a significant increase in Streptococcus pyogenes, Group A Streptococcus (GAS) culture positivity was observed in Czech microbiological laboratories. We conducted a multicentre study to obtain epidemiological ...
Renal cell cancer (RCC) is typically a disease of older adults, who often have comorbidities requiring the use of multiple concomitant medications. Even though the patients with metastatic RCC (mRCC) are often exposed to ...
High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common subtype of ovarian cancer and is among the most fatal gynecological malignancies worldwide, due to late diagnosis at advanced stages and frequent therapy ...
Molecular surveillance was widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic to detect rapidly emerging variants and monitor the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within communities. In 2021, the Czech COVID-19 Genomics Consortium (COG-CZ) ...