Our cath lab started its operation in 1972, and it was L. Poloński, M. Tendera and W. Pluta who performed first cardiac catheterization procedures in the laboratory. Several years later, in 1984, Prof. Pasyk took over and had the lab refurbished and equipped with the most advanced medical devices. That was the time when the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome has become the lab's fundamental task.