@ARTICLE{Witkowski_Andrzej_The_2015, author={Witkowski, Andrzej and Rużyłło, Witold}, number={Nr 4 (48) 2015}, journal={ACADEMIA. The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, pages={41-43}, howpublished={online}, year={2015}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, language={eng}, abstract={Despite a significant drop in mortality rates, cardiovascular diseases remain the number-one cause of death in Poland. Funding for novel procedures, such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), is nevertheless insufficient, compared to the scale of the problem in Poland and average implantation rates in Europe. That is one of the factors motivating the European Society of Cardiology's and European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions "Valve for Life" Initiative.}, title={The Heart at Stake}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/126184/PDF-MASTER/14_ACADEMIA_4_48_2015_Witkowski_The_Heart.pdf}, }