Relation between the frequency of CD34? bone marrow derived circulating progenitor cells and the number of diseased coronary arteries in patients with myocardial ischemia and diabetesIlkay Bozdag-Turan
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Rostock, Germany
Cardiovasc Diabetol 10:107. 2011
..Therefore, in our study, we analysed the correlation between the diseased coronary arteries and the frequency of CD34/45+ BM-CPCs in peripheral blood (PB) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD)...
- Evaluation of hemodynamic changes in patients with mitral valve replacement using dobutamine stress echocardiography
A Tulga Ulus
From Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 7:397-403. 2007
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- Dobutamine stress echocardiography and left ventricular mass changes of mechanical aortic valve replacement in four years follow-up
A Tulga Ulus
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Minerva Cardioangiol 55:157-65. 2007
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- Magnesium-enriched coronary sinus retroperfusion during acute coronary artery occlusion
S Fehmi Katircioglu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Coron Artery Dis 13:331-6. 2002
..The protective effect of coronary sinus retroperfusion in cases of ischaemic myocardium is clearly known. It restores the blood flow to the ischaemic tissue, reduces the infarct size, and improves the left ventricular pump function...
- Protein C, S and antithrombin III levels in patients with acute mechanical valve thrombosis
U Tutun
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Panminerva Med 44:359-63. 2002
..This study was conducted to investigate the connection between protein C (PC), protein S (PS), antithrombin III (ATIII) deficiency and prosthetic mechanical valve thrombosis...
- Alterations in cerebrospinal fluid PO(2), PCO(2), and pH measurements during and after experimental thoracic aortic cross-clamping
Fatma Ulus
Department of Anesthesiology, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital for Chest Disease and Thoracic surgery, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Vasc Surg 23:122-7. 2009
..Spinal cord O(2) tension monitoring is an important method to detect ischemic changes...
- Preservation of myocardial functions by pentoxyphylline cardioplegia during and after cardiopulmonary bypass
A T Ulus
Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas, Hospital of Ankara, Turkey
Panminerva Med 42:253-6. 2000
..The aim of the presented study was to evaluate the preservation effect of the pentoxyphylline-blood cardioplegia on myocardial functions during and after the cardiopulmonary bypass in an experimental dog model...
- Effect of central venous pressure on spinal cord oxygenation
A Tulga Ulus
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 17:46-53. 2009
..This might have important implications for the prevention of paraplegia during thoracoabdominal aortic replacement...
- In which period of injury is resveratrol treatment effective: ischemia or reperfusion?
A Tulga Ulus
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Sihheye, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Vasc Surg 21:360-6. 2007
..Also, resveratrol protects against apoptosis, especially when combined with L-NAME...
- How DMSO, a widely used solvent, affects spinal cord injury
Nilufer Nermin Turan
Pharmacology Department, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Vasc Surg 22:98-105. 2008
..DMSO deserves further investigation related with spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion. We should also consider the effect of DMSO when we use it as a solvent or vehicle during experimental I/R models...
- Levosimendan effect on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury following aortic clamping
S Fehmi Katircioglu
Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
J Card Surg 23:44-8. 2008
..The aim of this experimental study was to investigate whether levosimendan has protective effects on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury...
- Cardiac valve replacement with mechanical prostheses in patients aged 65 years and over
Aysen Aksoyek
Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic at Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
J Heart Valve Dis 13:641-50. 2004
..Recent data regarding the performance of mechanical prostheses in patients aged > or =65 years are scant. Hence, the outcome of mechanical prosthesis implantation in this age group has been retrospectively evaluated...
- Effect of Mg2SO4 usage on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury: electron microscopic and functional evaluation
Sadi Kaplan
Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, , Ankara, Turkey
Eur Surg Res 36:20-5. 2004
..We propose that Mg(2)SO(4) may be an additional protective pharmacological agent in thoracal and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery...
- Contractile response of different segments of the latissimus dorsi muscle to chronic stimulation
S Fehmi Katircioglu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 51:344-8. 2003
..This study was planned to investigate if there is any difference in terms of the muscle force between the distal and proximal segments of the latissimus dorsi muscle...
- Levosimendan for ischemic preconditioning in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair
Ozgur Ersoy
Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Ankara, Turkey
J Card Surg 23:251-3. 2008
..Postoperative neurologic deficit is the most devastating complication after surgical thoracic aorta repair. Cerebrospinal fluid drainage and some medications are used for spinal cord protection during and after the operation...
- Resveratrol, a red wine polyphenol, protects spinal cord from ischemia-reperfusion injury
Ugursay Kiziltepe
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, S B Dr Muhittin Ulker Emergency and Traumatology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
J Vasc Surg 40:138-45. 2004
..After neurologic evaluation at the 48th hour of reperfusion, lumbar spinal cords were removed for histopathologic examination and malondialdehyde measurement as a marker of oxidative stress...
- Coronary atherosclerosis distribution and the effect of blood glucose level on operative mortality/morbidity in diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a single center experience
Ufuk Tutun
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 7:158-63. 2007
..The study aim was to investigate the effect of blood glucose level on atherosclerotic lesion distribution and the contribution to the operative mortality/morbidity in diabetic patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...
- Resveratrol shows vasoprotective effect reducing oxidative stress without affecting metabolic disturbances in insulin-dependent diabetes of rabbits
Fatma Akar
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Etiler, Ankara, Turkey
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 25:119-31. 2011
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- Penetrating cardiac injuries
Aysen Aksoyek
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 13:135-41. 2007
..This study was planned to evaluate patients with penetrating cardiac injury...
- A new technique for the old arterial graft: internal thoracic artery
Ufuk Tutun
Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
J Card Surg 23:159-62. 2008
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- Comparison of metabolic responses to deep hypothermic total circulatory arrest and retrograde cerebral perfusion in an experimental model
S Fehmi Katircioglu
, Ankara, Turkey
Cardiovasc Surg 10:608-14. 2002
..All parameters showed that retrograde cerebral perfusion preserved the brain functions better comparing with total circulatory arrest. The time necessary for aortic surgery may be provided by the retrograde cerebral perfusion technique...
- Effect of carbon dioxide insufflation on free internal thoracic artery flows: is it a vasodilator?
Mehmet Ozkan
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ozel Karadeniz Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 128:354-6. 2004
..When the internal thoracic artery is harvested in a carbon dioxide-insufflated fashion, arterial spasm and reduced early flow may be avoided, even without vasodilator agents such as papaverine...
- The renin-angiotensin system genetic polymorphisms and rheumatic mitral valve disease
Kanat Ozisik
Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara, Turkey
J Heart Valve Dis 13:33-7. 2004
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- Comparison of reoperation findings of the Carpentier-Edwards (standard) bioprosthesis and the St Jude bioimplant (formerly Liotta) in the mitral position
B Yamak
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Cardiovasc Surg 7:730-4. 1999
..The St Jude bioprosthesis tended to develop leaflet tears and linear calcification in female patients, and nodular calcification in male patients...
- Mg++SO4 treatment improves the hemodynamics following the acute myocardial ischemia and reperfusion
K Karapinar
SSK Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Panminerva Med 44:129-33. 2002
..CONCLUSIONS: In this study it was shown that Mg++SO4 usage after 1 hour arterial occlusion and 2 hours reperfusion protects the heart from the adverse effects of ischemia/reperfusion and had a better central hemodynamics...
- A clinical dilemma: cardiac and pericardiac echinococcosis
C L Birincioglu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Thorac Surg 68:1290-4. 1999
..Cardiac and pericardial echinococcosis as a life-threatening disease may present with a clear picture most of the time, however it may also become a clinical puzzle...
- The protective effects of resveratrol and L-NAME on visceral organs following aortic clamping
B Budak
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Vasc Surg 23:675-85. 2009
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- Reduction of the infarcted area with the use of simplified coronary sinus retroperfusion during experimental coronary artery occlusion
S F Katircioglu
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Turkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital and Veterinary Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Int J Cardiol 73:115-21. 2000
..In light of these studies, we conclude that simplified coronary sinus retroperfusion appears to be an effective method that must be taken into consideration...
- Cardiopulmonary bypass as a cause of free radical-induced oxidative stress and enhanced blood-borne isoprostanes in humans
A T Ulus
Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Ozel Yasam Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Free Radic Biol Med 34:911-7. 2003
..These findings establish an increased free radical-induced oxidative stress activity rather than inflammatory response after CPB...
- Implantation of novel small-diameter polyurethane vascular prostheses interposed in canine femoral and carotid arteries
K Karapinar
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, SSK Diskapi Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Eur Surg Res 36:241-8. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Compared to literature data on small-diameter grafts in the same position, ADIAM's Biomechanical grafts performed clearly better. Compliance data suggest a correlation between elastic compliance and patency...
- Analysis of restenosis following closed mitral valvotomy; healing of wounds
A Tulga Ulus
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 8:67-8. 2008
