Maciej Banach

Name: Maciej Banach Position: Assistant Department: 1st Chair of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Institution: Medical University, Łódź, Poland E-mail: mbanach@versita.com Homepage: www.maciejbanach.medserwis.pl

Responsibilities at Versita:

• builds team of Editors in subfields of medicine
• develops and maintains contacts with many researchers, especially with potential authors
• searches for good submissions
• fills each issue with a sufficient number of good papers
• manages paper processing system
• recommends to Editor-in-Chief decision to accept or reject submissions

Recent publications:

M. Banach, J. Drożdż, P. Okonski, J. Rysz:
Immunological aspects of the statins’ function in patients with heart failure.
Cell Mol. Immunol., Vol. 2(6), (2005), pp. 433-437.

M. Piechowiak, M. Banach, J. Ruta et al.:
Risk factors of atrial fibrillation in adult patients in long-term observation following surgical closure of atrial septal defect type II.
Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Vol. 54(4), (2006), pp. 259-263.

Kowalski J, Barylski M, Banach M, et al.:
Neutrophil superoxide anion generation during atorvastatin and fluvastatin therapy used in coronary heart disease primary prevention.
J. Cardiovasc. Pharm., Vol. 48(4), (2006), pp. 143-147.

J. Rysz, R. Stolarek, M. Banach et al.:
TNF-alfa priming effect on polymorphonuclear leukocytes reactive oxygen species generation and adhesion molecule expression in hemodialyzed patients.
Arch. Immunol. Ther. Exp., Vol. 54(3), (2006), pp. 209-215.

M. Banach, J. Rysz, J. Drozdz et al.:
Risk factors of atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting – preliminary report.
Circ. J., Vol. 70(4), (2006), pp. 438-441.

J. Rysz, E. Potargowicz, M. Banach et al.:
Increased whole blood chemiluminescence in patients with chronic renal failure independent of hemodialysis treatment.
Arch. Immunol. Ther. Exp., Vol. 54(5) (2006), pp. 347-355.

J. Kazmierski, M. Kowman, M. Banach et al.:
Preoperative predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery: a preliminary study.
Gen. Hosp. Psychiatry., Vol. 28(6), (2006), pp. 536-538.

M. Piechota, M. Banach, R. Irzmański et al.:
N-terminal brain natriuretic propeptide levels correlate with procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels in septic patients.
Cell. Mol. Biol. Lett., Vol. 12(1): (2007), (in press)

M. Piechota, M. Banach, R. Irzmanski et al.:
Plasma endothelin-1 levels in septic patients.
J. Intensive Care Med., Vol. 22(2) (2007), (in press).

R. Irzmański, M. Banach, M. Piechota et al.: Atrial, Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Endothelin-1 concentration in patients with idiopathic arterial hypertension. The dependence on the selected morphological parameters. Clin. Exp. Hypertens., Vol. 29 (2007), (in press)