DEPARTMENT NAME
Intensive Cardiac Therapy Clinic

CONTACT DETAILS FOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Professor Marzenna Zielińska MD, PhD
[email protected]
+48 42 201 42 60

Intensive Cardiac Therapy Clinic,
Department of Interventional Cardiology and Electrocardiology
Central Clinical Hospital
ul. Pomorska 251
92-213 Lodz, Poland 

TEAM MEMBERS
Professor Marzenna Zielińska MD, PhD
Head of The Intensive Cardiac Therapy Clinic,
Head of The Department of Interventional Cardiology and Electrocardiology

Krzysztof Chiżyński MD, PhD – Associate Professor
Michał Kidawa MD, PhD – Reader
Anna Ledakowicz-Polak MD, PhD – Reader
Michał Kacprzak MD, PhD – Reader
Włodzimierz Koniarek MD, PhD – Senior Lecturer
Karolina Supeł MD, PhD – Lecturer
Katarzyna Przybylak PhD – Lecturer

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY
The Clinic team conducts Cardiology classes with medical and paramedic students. It also gives integrated curriculum classes and two elective classes: ‘I am not afraid of ECGs’ and ‘Difficult patients in Cardiology’. Students may also perform research, write diploma theses and PhD studies.

The scientific interests of the team are focused primarily on the contemporary problems of intensive and acute cardiac care.

DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS: PROJECTS AND PAPERS

1. Platelet reactivity and mean platelet volume as risk markers of thrombogenesis in atrial fibrillation. Makowski M, Smorag I, Makowska J, Bissinger A, Grycewicz T, Paśnik J, Kidawa M, Lubiński A, Zielińska M, Baj Z. Int J Cardiol. 2017.
2. The prognostic value of MR-proadrenomedullin in patients with acute coronary syndrome complicated by cardiogenic shock. Supeł K, Kacprzak M, Zielińska M. Biomarkers. 2017.
3. Ischaemic preconditioning – Current knowledge and potential future applications after 30 years of experience. Stokfisz K, Ledakowicz-Polak A, Zagorski M, Zielinska M. Adv Med Sci. 2017.
4. Prognostic value of myeloperoxidase concentration in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Kacprzak M, Zielinska M. Int J Cardiol. 2016.
5. Vitamin D level and extent of coronary stenotic lesions in patients with first acute myocardial infarction. Goleniewska B, Kacprzak M, Zielińska M. Cardiol J. 2014.