Effects of drug-eluting stents on systemic inflammatory response in patients with unstable angina pectoris undergoing percutaneous coronary interventionNihat Ozer
Cardiology Department, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Heart Vessels 23:75-82. 2008
..045). Drug-eluting stents showed significantly lower plasma hsCRP levels after PCI compared with BMSs. This may reflect the potent effects of DESs on acute inflammatory reactions induced by PCI...
[A rare coronary anomaly detected during primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty: totally occluded left main coronary artery originating from the right coronary artery]Nihat Ozer
Department of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 36:184-6. 2008
..Coronary artery bypass grafting was planned for stenotic lesions in the RCA and at the bifurcation of the left anterior descending artery with the circumflex artery...
- The impact of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genetic polymorphism and patient characteristics upon warfarin dose requirements in an adult Turkish population
Nihat Ozer
Selami Ali Mah Bakkaladem Sok Gedikoglu Apt No 6 6, Uskudar, Istanbul, 34600, Turkey
Heart Vessels 25:155-62. 2010
..1%) produced the best model for estimating warfarin dose (R (2) = 60.4%). VKORC1 genotype and CYP2C9 polymorphism affect daily dose requirements and time to therapeutic INR in Turkish patients receiving warfarin for anticoagulation...
- The relationship between endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism (T-786 C) and coronary artery disease in the Turkish population
Burak Tangurek
Cardiology Department, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Heart Vessels 21:285-90. 2006
..902; confidence interval: 1.272-6.622) (P<0.05). We conclude that the T-786 C polymorphism of eNOS gene might be a risk factor for coronary artery disease in the Turkish population...
- The role of paraoxonase (PON) enzyme in the extent and severity of the coronary artery disease in type-2 diabetic patients
Zeynep Tartan
Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
Heart Vessels 22:158-64. 2007
..003) were significantly associated with Gensini score. Paraoxonase activity decreases parallel to DM duration. The lack of protective effect of PON enzyme on lipid peroxidation may be a factor in acceleration of CAD in DM...
- Metabolic syndrome is a predictor for an ECG sign of no-reflow after primary PCI in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Zeynep Tartan
Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Centre, Tibbiye Caddesi, Hayadarpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 18:441-7. 2008
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- Plasma soluble adhesion molecule levels in coronary artery ectasia
Hale Yilmaz
Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Cardiology 105:176-81. 2006
..In the present study, the plasma soluble adhesion molecules intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) levels in CAE were investigated...
- Giant pulmonary artery aneurysm due to undiagnosed atrial septal defect associated with pulmonary hypertension
Zeynep Tartan
Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 7:202-4. 2007
- Dobutamine induced dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in patients with hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy
Osman Bolca
Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Tohoku J Exp Med 198:79-87. 2002
..DSE is a reliable tool for the diagnosis of dynamic LV obstruction in patients with HNCM. The presence of SAM together with a low septal angle is highly predictive for the presence of a dynamic LVOT obstruction detected by DSE...
