Gastrointestinal complications after transperitoneal abdominal aortic surgeryUfuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 11:3-6. 2003
..No risk factors were identified for the occurrence of gastrointestinal complications. These results show that gastrointestinal complications after transperitoneal aortic surgery prolong hospital stay and may have serious consequences...
- Aorta after stent grafting for mycotic aneurysm
Ufuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Turkey
Arq Bras Cardiol 97:e78-81. 2011
..The descending aortic rupture was also managed successfully by endovascular measures...
- Complication of Behcet's disease: spontaneous aortic pseudoaneurysm
Murat Ugurlucan
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Capa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey
J Card Surg 21:589-91. 2006
..Appropriate surgical interventions are critical and must be planned strategically. Here, we will describe a very rare complication of the disease; spontaneous aortic pseudoaneurysm in a 33-year-old patient...
Glutamine enhances the heat shock protein 70 expression as a cardioprotective mechanism in left heart tissues in the presence of diabetes mellitusMurat Ugurlucan
Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
Expert Opin Ther Targets 14:1143-56. 2010
..Effects of diabetes mellitus on myocardium were investigated, by assessing levels of heat shock protein (HSP) 70, and efficacy of glutamine was tested...
- Infrarenal aortic coarctation
Ufuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Wien Med Wochenschr 160:372-5. 2010
..Here, we report a 49-year-old male patient diagnosed with abdominal aortic coarctation together with the review of the literature. He underwent successful revasvcularization of the lower extremities...
- Aortoentric fistula following ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: aortobifemoral dacron bypass graft is detected by colonoscopy
Ufuk Alpagut
Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
J Card Surg 24:62-3. 2009
..Colonoscopy clearly showed the pathology leading to acute abdomen: Intestinal fistulization of the graft...
- Concomitant coronary and peripheral arterial disease: single-stage revascularization
Onur S Goksel
University of Istanbul, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
J Card Surg 23:246-7. 2008
..We believe that a single-stage approach may be performed in the unstable patient as presented in this report...
- Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies in patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease
Ufuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Heart Surg Forum 10:E424-7. 2007
..In this report, we sought to evaluate an alternative novel route of graft system application for endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms...
- Aortic arch branches are occluded: which artery nourishes the brain?
Ufuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
J Card Surg 22:240-1. 2007
..In this report, we present a 47-year-old woman whose aortic arch branches were totally occluded and the cerebral circulation is dependent on a dilated right vertebral artery...
- Arteriovenous fistula leading to severe tortuosity and aneurysm formation
Murat Ugurlucan
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
J Card Surg 24:109. 2009
..In this report we present the images of a 58-year-old male patient with a 25-year history of gun shot injury and arteriovenous fistula formation at the femoral region...
- Does gender influence the patency of infrainguinal bypass grafts?
Ufuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Angiology 59:278-82. 2008
..However, infrainguinal arterial reconstruction procedures performed in women have a worse outcome when compared with that in men...
- Mid-term outcome with surgery for type B aortic dissections: a single center experience
Onur S Goksel
Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
J Card Surg 23:27-30. 2008
..In this aspect, we have reviewed our single-center experience in surgery for type B dissections and compared the current data presented by other centers...
- Aortic stiffness in diabetes mellitus--association with glutamine and heat shock protein 70 expression: a pilot study based on an experimental rodent model
Murat Ugurlucan
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Atasehir, Zumrut Sitesi, Blok 9, Daire 9, 81120 Atasehir Istanbul, Turkey
Expert Opin Ther Targets 13:267-74. 2009
..Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are involved in the protection of cells under stress. We evaluated aortic stiffness in DM and the effects of glutamine (which induces HSP 70) on HSP 70 levels in experimental DM...
- Major arterial involvement and review of Behcet's disease
Ufuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Ann Vasc Surg 21:232-9. 2007
..Surgical treatment should not to be applied in the acute phase of the disease and systemic therapy including colchicine, aspirin,and corticosteroids should be considered for all patients...
- Visceral artery aneurysms
Yusuf Kalko
Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Bezm I Alem Vakif Gureba Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Heart Surg Forum 10:E24-9. 2007
..The aim of this study was to review our experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of visceral artery aneurysms...
Endoluminal stenting of mycotic saccular aneurysm at the aortic archUfuk Alpagut
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Medical Faculty, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey
Tex Heart Inst J 33:371-5. 2006
..In this report, we present the case of a patient who was treated successfully with an endovascular graft for a mycotic saccular aneurysm located just below the left subclavian artery...
