Variation in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels over 24 hours in patients with stable coronary artery diseaseMevlut Koc
Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, 01330 Adana, Turkey
Tex Heart Inst J 37:42-8. 2010
..Different cutoff values for temporal hs-CRP levels correlated with the severity of CAD. Serum levels of hs-CRP varied over 24 hours, whether patients had CAD or normal coronary arteries...
- [Development of biventricular large apical thrombi and cerebral embolism in a young woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy]
Mevlut Koc
Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 39:591-4. 2011
..She had no neurologic deficit. Treatment for heart failure was continued due to persistence of global hypokinesis and left ventricular dilatation...
- [Usefulness of high-sensitivity CRP increases during circadian rhythm for prediction of long-term cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary artery disease]
Mevlut Koc
Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 39:568-75. 2011
..We investigated the value of circadian variations in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels in prediction of long-term cardiovascular events (CVE) in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD)...
- Right and left ventricular adaptation to training determined by conventional echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging in young endurance athletes
Mevlut Koc
Cukurova University, School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Adana, Turkey
Acta Cardiol 62:13-8. 2007
..On the other hand, studies concerning the right ventricle (RV) are limited. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of endurance training on LV and RV systolic and diastolic function...
- Usefulness of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide increase with exercise for predicting cardiovascular mortality in patients with heart failure
Mevlut Koc
Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Am J Cardiol 101:1157-62. 2008
..Absolute increase in NT-pro-BNP is a reliable parameter in predicting a low LV ejection fraction and may help in the identification of patients at high risk for mortality...
- Clinical utility of serum cystatin C in predicting coronary artery disease
Mevlut Koc
Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Adana, Turkey
Cardiol J 17:374-80. 2010
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- Cutoff values of NT-proBNP for the prediction of low functional capacity, decreased ejection fraction and cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure
Mevlut Koc
Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
Cardiol J 16:43-9. 2009
..The aim of the present study was to determine the predictive cutoff values of NT-proBNP for predicting these parameters...
- Low pulse pressure as a predictor of death in patients with mild to advanced heart failure
Tansel Yildiran
Department of Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey
Tex Heart Inst J 37:284-90. 2010
..7% specificity. Pulse pressure is easily calculated and enables the prediction of cardiovascular death in patients with mild to advanced heart failure. Pulse pressure can be used reliably as a prognostic marker in clinical practice...
- [The frequency of aspirin resistance by a modified thrombelastography method and its relationship with clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with stable coronary artery disease]
Durmus Yildiray Sahin
Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 40:33-40. 2012
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- Left atrial size may predict exercise capacity and cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure
Esmeray Acarturk
Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey
Tex Heart Inst J 35:136-43. 2008
..010-1.189; P <0.027). Indexed left atrial diastolic and left atrial systolic size predict exercise capacity and cardiovascular events, respectively, in New York Heart Association functional class I through III heart failure patients...
- The effect of different atrioventricular delays on left atrium and left atrial appendage function in patients with DDD pacemaker
Mehmet Kanadasi
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University Adana, Turkey
Echocardiography 28:626-32. 2011
..The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of different AVDs on LA and LAA functions in DDD pacemaker implanted patients with atrioventricular block...
- The effect of early statin treatment on inflammation and cardiac events in acute coronary syndrome patients with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Mehmet Kanadasi
Department of Cardiology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, 01330, Adana, Turkey
Heart Vessels 21:291-7. 2006
..Atorvastatin started in the first 24 h reduces inflammation and improves the prognosis during both the inpatient period and the first 6 months of clinical follow-up in ACS patients with low LDL cholesterol levels...
- Daily blood pressure control is not sufficient to regress cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction: a bi-ventricular tissue Doppler echocardiographic study
Mustafa Balal
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Cukurova University, Balcali Adana, Turkey
Nephrology (Carlton) 12:140-6. 2007
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- Left ventricular hydatid cyst presenting with acute ischemic stroke: case report
Esmeray Acarturk
Department of Cardiology, Cukurova University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 17:1009-10. 2004
..The presentation of an acute stroke secondary to embolization from a cardiac hydatid cyst is also rare. We report a young boy with left ventricular hydatid cyst who presented with acute ischemic stroke...
