Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz

..This study was conducted to investigate the effects of levosimendan (L) and dobutamine (D) on renal function in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure (HF)...

..Various aspects of sleep are negatively affected by beta-blockers. We compared the impact of two beta-blockers, metoprolol succinate (extended release) and nebivolol, on sleep quality in patients with stage 1 hypertension...

..Levosimendan seems to offer more beneficial effects compared to dobutamine in a specific group of patients with biventricular failure...

..35 +/- 7%, p = 0.023). There exist several factors associated with underuse of this highly recommended medication in patients with HF...

..Since, it is important to consider patients' needs and believes to prevent breaking off the relationship of patients and physicians, we conducted a survey on patients admitted to our outpatient Cardiology department...

..CA-125 is an old marker, recently shown to be associated with systolic heart failure. We aimed to search for factors influencing its plasma level...

..It is identified by two types on surface electrocardiogram as fine and coarse AF. We aimed to search the association of subtypes of AF with clinical parameters...

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..Heart failure induces AF, AF aggravates HF and therefore they generally coexist. We conducted a study to investigate if there is any differential effect of Levosimendan in HF patients with chronic AF and without AF...

..993, 95% CI 1.541 to 5.813, p = 0.001) were independent predictors of angiographically determined poor CCs. In conclusion, MS seems to be independently associated with poor CCs in patients with an occluded right coronary artery...

..It was recently shown that levosimendan is beneficial in improving renal function. However, it remains to be established that the beneficial effect is differentially related to renal status during index event...

..However, its role in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is unknown. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between GGT and early mortality in patients with acute PE...

..Here we attempted to test whether RDW could provide an early marker of RV failure in patients with COPD...

..To investigate the relation between parathyroid hormone (PTH) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HF-PEF) in outpatients...

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..Regardless of the presence of pulmonary hypertension, elevations in CA-125 during myocardial infarction were significantly correlated with the severity of left ventricular systolic dysfunction on transthoracic echocardiography...

..796; P<.001). The study reported here clearly demonstrates the noninferiority of the ratio of IVCT/LVET to MPI and the possibility of its substitution for MPI in the evaluation of LV systolic function...

..019, P = 0.006), and right ventricular dilatation (HR = 8.676, P = 0.003) were associated with an increased risk of new-onset AF. In conclusion, D-dimer could predict development of AF in patients with hospitalized systolic HF...

..Structural changes in the left ventricle may lead to asynchronous contraction, causing conduction delay and a prolonged QRS on the surface electrocardiogram...

..We examined the relationship between glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level and coronary flow rate in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and angiographically normal coronary arteries...

..The study aim was to investigate the relationship between HRT and isolated acquired mitral stenosis (MS) on the basis of symptoms considered important in prognosis and for determining mechanical relief of the stenotic valve...

..This study was conducted to investigate the possible relation between the severity of ST segment elevation and the proximity of the culprit lesion along the right coronary artery (RCA) course in AIMI...

..CONCLUSION: Metabolic syndrome seems to increase the risk of significant coronary artery disease in patients with peripheral artery disease...

..The aim of this study was to assess the effect of coronary collateral circulation on left ventricular systolic function in coronary artery disease...

..The case presented here suffered acute diastolic heart failure and near-syncope due to obstruction of the LVIT above the mitral orifice by a giant LABT...

..We aimed to determine the association between atrial NP (ANP) and late postoperative AF after surgery for AS along with temporal changes in plasma ANP levels and left atrial (LA) volumes...

..In conclusion, high RDW was associated with worse hemodynamic parameters, and RDW seems to aid in the risk stratification of patients with acute PE...

..The case presented here was diagnosed as having dextrocardia with situs inversus and concomitant left ventricular outflow tract myxoma which has been very rarely encountered, particularly consistent with the scarcity of reported cases...

..We aimed to evaluate echocardiography-guided hemodynamic determinants of quality of life (QoL) via the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36) questionnaire in patients with mild to moderate mitral stenosis (MS)...

..The patient in the case presented here was found to have a left anterior descending artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva - a situation that is very rarely encountered...

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..The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between admission MMP-9 level and early mortality in CA patients...

..We aimed to investigate whether product of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and hemoglobin (Hb) predicts outcomes in patients with HF...

..Several molecules are being developed for the management of AF. However, only a few novel agents confer promising results with respect to safety and efficacy issues in the major studies...

..We aimed to analyze acute clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic results and long-term event-free survival of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) in the treatment of hemodynamically significant mitral stenosis (MS)...

..We examined whether there was any negative effect of metabolic syndrome on saphenous vein graft patency in a relatively short term (< or =5 years)...

..043, B = 1.8). Metabolic syndrome appears to influence the development of coronary collaterals among obese patients with stable coronary artery disease...

..Hence, early recognition might be important for tailoring therapy. An old biomarker, CA-125, seems to be associated with the right heart. We aimed to show the relationship between CA-125 levels and RV failure in patients with COPD...

..In conclusion, d-dimer measurement could help risk stratification in patients with systolic HF...

..We aimed to evaluate whether there were electrocardiographic parameters designating mortality among these patients...

..However, most of these studies included a majority of male subjects, and women were underrepresented...

..This is a rare case of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with no reported symptoms in contrast to the majority of patients who are symptomatic during the first year of life...

..On the other hand, impaired renal function is a frequent problem. We searched the association between the 2 entities...

..In conclusion, measurement of serum PTH could provide complementary information and a simple biomarker strategy to categorize patients with advanced HF based on increased PTH levels, allowing rapid risk stratification in these patients...

..Despite increasing knowledge about viral hemorrhagic fevers, the pathogenesis of CCHF and causes of death have not been well described. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the cardiac functions of CCHF patients...

..We present a brief review of the literature concerning the aetiology, clinical findings and therapeutic approach to this rare entity...

..Accordingly, in this study, we investigated the effects of content of knowledge on medication adherence and knowledge-based predictors of adherence to treatment in hypertensive patients...

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..Depression has been found to be a predictor of rehospitalization and mortality in heart failure (HF). Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a novel promising biomarker that can predict hospitalization, functional status and mortality in HF...

..Loop diuretics are recommended to treat congestion in heart failure (HF), despite limited quality evidence. High-dose (HD) loop diuretics seem to worsen outcomes in chronic HF, though; data for acute HF are scarce, with equivocal results...

..ApoE gene polymorphisms seem to have some impact among patients with cardiovascular disease; however, association between DVT and ApoE gene polymorphism has not been evaluated...

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..Continuous monitoring of hemodynamic markers may have a role in prediction of outcomes...

..In this review, we provide an overview of when to stop and when to start beta-blockers in patients with acute heart failure...

..We report a case of a 68-year-old-man who developed intracranial bleeding following clopidogrel usage that, until now such a complication has not been yet reported...

..However, relation between CCR2 polymorphism and AAA formation in human has not yet been investigated. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between AAA and CCR2-V64I gene polymorphism...