Cardiology Letters, 2018 (vol. 27), issue 4
Editorial
Comment on 2017 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)
Maďarič J, Mondek P
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):171-173 
Heart failure 2017
GonÇalvesová E
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):192-193 
Experimental study
Compensatory effects of nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in thoracic aorta in conditions of essential hypertension
Čačáyniová S, Berényiová A, Cebová M, Kristek F1&dagger, Drobná M, Ondriaš K, Grman M
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):185-191 
Several studies have already confirmed the cross-talk between nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) signaling systems in normotensive rats, but results in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) are limited. The aim of this study was to describe the vasoactive effects of endogenous NO and exogenous Na2S and their interaction in vasomotor responses of the thoracic aorta (TA) in young (4 weeks old) and adult (16 weeks old) normotensive Wistar rats and SHRs. Although hypertrophy of the heart was observed in young and adult SHRs, the sBP was increased only in adulthood. The contractile responses of the TA were decreased in young as in adult SHRs...
Retrospective analysis
Pulmonary embolism
Belicová M, Jankovičová V, Ochodnický M, Mokáň M
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):204-211 
The authors submit a retrospective analysis of patients with pulmonary embolism hospitalized at the 1st Internal Clinic, Univerzity Hospital in Martin, within the years 1996-2017. Aim: Evaluation of incidence, characteristic, diagnosis and treatment of patients. Patients and methods: In this 22-years period a total 69059 patients were hospitalized, 699 of them (359 men) with pulmonary embolism. Results: Patients with explicitly confirmed pulmonary embolism created 1.01% of all hospitalized patients with the average age of 60.2 years. The average age of men compared to women was lower (56.6 vs 65.9). 14.88% of patients were diagnosed as having pulmonary...
Reflection
9th Conference of The International Coenzyme Q10 Association 21. - 24. jún 2018, New York, USA
Gvozdjáková A
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):212-215 
Current review
Kardiológia v roku 2017. Aorta a periférna cirkulácia
Victor Aboyans, Sigrid Braekkan, Lucia Mazzolai, Henrik Sillesen, Maarit Venermo, $Marco De Carlo, ESC Working Group on Aorta Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):174-183 
Kardiológia v roku 2017. Srdcové zlyhávanie
Lars H. Lund, Lars Køber, Karl Swedberg, Frank Ruschitzka
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):194-203 
Letter to the editor
The year in cardiology 2017: aorta and peripheral circulation
Kaško M
Cardiology Letters 2018, 27(4):184 
