Peripheral artery disease assessed by ankle-brachial index in patients with established cardiovascular disease or at least one risk factor for atherothrombosis--CAREFUL study: a national, multi-center, cross-sectional observational studyAhmet K Bozkurt
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School, Turkey
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 11:4. 2011
..To investigate the presence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) via the ankle brachial index (ABI) in patients with known cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular diseases or with at least one risk factor for atherothrombosis...
- Subcutaneous hydatidosis due to iatrogenic spreading of cystic fluid during surgery
A K Bozkurt
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 42:849-51. 2001
..The subcutaneous cyst was located over the incision, and it is likely that resulted from accidental rupture of the primary cyst and spreading of scolices during surgery...
- A randomized trial of intravenous iloprost (a stable prostacyclin analogue) versus lumbar sympathectomy in the management of Buerger's disease
A K Bozkurt
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
Int Angiol 25:162-8. 2006
..The aim of this study was to compare the effects of iloprost and lumbar sympathectomy (LS) in the treatment of Buerger's disease...
- The effects of clopidogrel and calcium dobesilate on intimal hyperplasia following vascular injury
T Cortelekoglu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Acta Chir Belg 106:206-10. 2006
..The aim of this study is to examine the effect of these agents on intimal hyperplasia occurring after experimental balloon catheter injury...
- Surgical treatment of Buerger's disease
A Kursat Bozkurt
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
Vascular 12:192-7. 2004
..Bypass surgery should be considered for patients with severe ischemia who have target vessels. Sympathectomy still has a role to improve distal flow...
- Cardiac echinococcosis in a 3-year-old child
A K Bozkurt
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 45:125-7. 2004
..The patient was submitted to cystectomy on beating heart with a straightforward postoperative period...
- Tracheal reconstruction with autogenous composite nasal septal graft
A Kursat Bozkurt
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Ann Thorac Surg 74:2200-1. 2002
..The preliminary experience with this technique in 3 patients was satisfactory. The procedure can be used for patients who are not candidates for standard resection and end-to-end anastomosis...
- Multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms due to infective endocarditis
A Kursat Bozkurt
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Ann Thorac Surg 75:593-6. 2003
..In the next operation the ventricular septal defect was closed and vegetations located on the tricuspid valve were removed. On follow-up spontaneous thrombotic resolution occurred in the right-sided aneurysms...
- Schwannoma as a cause of Pancoast's syndrome
A K Bozkurt
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Istanbul, , Turkey
Intern Med J 32:108-9. 2002
- Calcium dobesilate ameliorates lung injury following lower limb ischemia/reperfusion
A K Bozkurt
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Turkey
Drugs Exp Clin Res 28:127-32. 2002
..004) and calcium dobesilate (p = 0.003) groups. These observations indicated that calcium dobesilate acted effectively in the prevention of lung damage following ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat skeletal muscle...
- Alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E) and iloprost attenuate reperfusion injury in skeletal muscle ischemia/reperfusion injury
A K Bozkurt
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Istanbul, Cerrahpas a Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 43:693-6. 2002
..The aim of this study was to clarify the role of a-tocopherol (vitamin E) and iloprost on skeletal muscle ischemia/reperfusion injury...
- Spinal cord ischemia associated with cardiac arrest
A Kursat Bozkurt
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 10:85-6. 2002
..A 48-year-old man underwent a straightforward retroperitoneal aortofemoral bypass operation. The following day, he developed cardiac arrest and was resuscitated successfully, but permanent paraplegia was observed soon afterwards...
- Massive hemoptysis from pulmonary artery aneurysms
A Kursat Bozkurt
University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Can Respir J 9:33-4. 2002
..The author reports a case of a patient with bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms, in whom the nature of the lesions was not known. Pulmonary artery aneurysms should be included in the differential diagnosis of lung masses...
- Trace elements and toxic heavy metals play a role in Buerger disease and atherosclerotic peripheral arterial occlusive disease
C Arslan
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Int Angiol 29:489-95. 2010
..The aim of the present study was to define the roles of trace elements and toxic heavy metals in Buerger disease and atherosclerotic peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD)...
- Impaired plasma viscosity via increased cholesterol levels in peripheral occlusive arterial disease [correction of disase]
M Ercan
Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Biophysics, Istanbul University, 34730 Bakirkoy Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 29:3-9. 2003
..In case of dyslipidemia in POAD patients an elevated plasma viscosity should be considered as coexisting risk factor...
- Attenuation of acute lung injury following lower limb ischemia/reperfusion: the pharmacological approach
C Koksal
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 47:445-9. 2006
..A well known antioxidant dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) was also tested for comparison...
- Serine protease inhibitor aprotinin ameliorates renal injury in a rat model of ischemia-perfusion injury
H Altan
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Transplant Proc 41:1512-6. 2009
..Renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury may occur after renal transplantation, thoracoabdominal aortic surgery, and renal artery interventions...
- The role of antioxidant supplementation in cardiac transplantation: an experimental study in rats
K Kazimoglu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, SureyyapasaThoracic and Cardiovascular Disease Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Transplant Proc 36:2939-43. 2004
..The contractility deteriorated further when IP6+SOD+CAT were used together; however, SOD+CAT improved cardiac mechanical functions, and significantly reduced myocardial damage...
- Hemorrheological variables in critical limb ischemia
C Koksal
Cardiovascular Surgery Department Sureyyapasa SSK Thoracic and Cardiovascular Disease Hospital, Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey
Int Angiol 21:355-9. 2002
..The objective of this study was to investigate the changes in red blood cell rigidity, blood viscosity and plasma viscosity as contributing factors in the development of hypoxia in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI)...
