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Clinical evaluation of leukocyte filtration as an alternative anti-inflammatory strategy to aprotinin in high-risk patients undergoing coronary revascularizationBora Farsak
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bayindir Hospital, Sogutozu, 06530, Ankara, Turkey
Surg Today 42:334-41. 2012..Therefore, there is increased research on alternatives. This study investigated the relative benefits of strategic leukofiltration on polymer-coated extracorporeal circuits (ECC), aprotinin, and combined therapy in high-risk patients...
Midterm angiographic results of off-pump coronary artery bypass graftingBora Farsak
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bayindir Hospital, Atatürk Sitesi Camuk Apt C Blok No 3, OR AN 06450, Ankara, Turkey
Heart Surg Forum 5:358-63. 2002..This study was undertaken to assess the midterm outcome of beating-heart coronary anastomosis...
Angiographic assessment of sequential and individual coronary artery bypass graftingBora Farsak
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bayindil Hastanesi Ankara, Kizilirmak mah 28 sok, No 2 Söğütözü, Ankara, Turkey
J Card Surg 18:524-9; discussion 530-1. 2003..In trying to answer the question about the controversial use of sequential grafts, we determined the mid-term angiographic outcome of patients in whom coronary artery bypass was performed with different types of vein grafts...
Clinical performance and biocompatibility of poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate)-coated extracorporeal circuitsSerdar Gunaydin
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bayindir Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Thorac Surg 74:819-24. 2002..Poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate) is an amphiphilic organic polymer consisting of a hydrophobic backbone with pendant hydrophilic groups that has been reported to reduce protein and platelet adsorption in in vitro and ex vivo studies...
Preoperative fibrinogen levels as a predictor of postoperative bleeding after open heart surgeryHalil Ibrahim Ucar
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Heart Surg Forum 10:E392-6. 2007..Most hemostatic factors are intercorrelated with postoperative bleeding, and fibrinogen seems the most fundamental hemostatic risk factor for open heart surgery...
Predictive significance of plasma levels of interleukin-6 and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgeryHalil Ibrahim Ucar
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Heart Surg Forum 10:E131-5. 2007..We conducted a study to investigate the correlation between postoperative AF and IL-6 and high-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP)...
Posterior pericardiotomy reduces the incidence of supra-ventricular arrhythmias and pericardial effusion after coronary artery bypass graftingBora Farsak
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bayindir Hospital, Kizilirmak mah 28 sok, No 2 Söğütözü, 06520 Ankara, Turkey
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 22:278-81. 2002....
Effectiveness of intraaortic balloon pumping in patients who were not able to be weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass after coronary artery bypass surgery and mortality predictors in the perioperative and early postoperative periodHilmi Tokmakoglu
Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Bayindir Hospital, Turkey
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 3:124-8. 2003....
Clinical and biomaterial evaluation of hyaluronan-based heparin-bonded extracorporeal circuits with reduced versus full systemic anticoagulation in reoperation for coronary revascularizationSerdar Gunaydin
University of Kirikkale, Kirikkale, Turkey
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 10:135-42. 2009..This prospective randomized study compares full and reduced heparinization on novel hyaluronan-based heparin-bonded circuits vs. uncoated controls under challenging clinical setting including biomaterial evaluation...
Extremely low birth weight infants with patent ductus arteriosus: searching for the least invasivenessMehmet Oc
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Heart Surg Forum 15:E302-4. 2012..Nursing care is simplified, costs are reduced, and the number of chest x-rays needed postoperatively is reduced. We believe that surgical closure of PDA without chest tube drainage can be accomplished safely in premature infants...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissections: three case reports and review of literatureBora Farsak
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Selcuklu Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Heart Surg Forum 15:E232-5. 2012..Two of the patients are men and the third patient is a non-pregnant 69-year-old woman. The cases were presented and discussed with review of the pertinent literature...
Protective role of intracoronary shunt in off-pump coronary bypass operationsMustafa Tok
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Saudi Med J 29:573-9. 2008..To investigate if there are any advantages in using intracoronary shunts compared to shuntless operations, in the context of whether it has a protective role for the myocardia...
Non-valvular isolated pulmonary artery vegetationsBora Farsak
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bayindir Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Med Sci Monit 8:CS39-41. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: With ongoing improvements in diagnostic tools, especially in echocardiography, antibiotic therapy and surgery, CHD can now be treated successfully in early infancy or childhood...
Coronary artery bypass with saphenous vein graft in a middle-aged patient with polyarteritis nodosaHalil Ibrahim Ucar
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 7:231-2. 2007
[Endovascular treatment of aortic lesions using the Medtronic Talent system: single center experience with mid-term follow-up]Barbaros E Cil
Hacettepe Universitesi Hastaneleri, Radyoloji Anabilim Dali, Ankara, Turkiye
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 8:134-8. 2008....
C677T mutation of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and serum homocysteine levels in Turkish patients with coronary artery diseaseHulya Yilmaz
Institute of Experimental Medical Research, Department of Molecular Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Cell Biochem Funct 24:87-90. 2006..In spite of the clear effect of the MTHFR polymorphism on elevated homocysteine levels, we did not observe any associations among the MTHFR genotypes with a the risk of CAD in the Turkish population...
