Hikmet Yorgun

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of CAA in subjects undergoing MSCT coronary angiography for the assessment of coronary artery disease...

..In this study, we aimed to evaluate the incidence of pulmonary abnormalities and document early follow-up results in subjects undergoing multislice computed tomography coronary angiography for the assessment of coronary artery disease...

..32, 95% CI 1.01-1.73, P <.05). Atherosclerotic plaque burden of the descending aorta was associated with the extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis...

..It was the aim of this study to report an aborted cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and electrocardiographic changes consistent with Brugada syndrome due to liquorice-induced hypokalemia...

..Since no pathologic condition associated with this radiologic appearance could be found, lipomatous infiltration was thought based on these cardiac MRI findings...

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..We investigated the relationship between coronary collateral formation and circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) in patients undergoing coronary angiography...

..We evaluated our paclitaxel-eluting stent (Genius TAXCOR I) implantations and follow-up results in patients with coronary artery disease...

..In this study we aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) guidance during percutaneous closure of PFO in using the Amplatzer and Occlutech Figulla PFO occluder devices...

..Further prospective clinical studies are needed to clarify the exact physiopathologic role of UA in CAD...

..Herein, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of the Occlutech® Figulla devices for PFO and ASD closure in a reference tertiary center...

..In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of CAD in a group of patients with RVD and undergoing coronary angiography before valvular surgery...

..The aim of this study was to determine differences in presence, extent and morphology of coronary atherosclerotic plaques (CAP) detected by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) between symptomatic patients with and without diabetes...

..Therefore, this index may be clinically useful in the identification of high-risk patients...

..The aim of the present study was to evaluate heart rate recovery as an index of parasympathetic tonus for the diagnosis of neurocardiogenic syncope...

..With developing technology, transvenous lead extraction (TLE) has undergone an explosive evolution due to incremental problems related to lead infection and malfunction...

..The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) with conventional coronary angiography to detect graft patency and stenosis...

..We evaluated short- and mid-term results of percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) using various closure devices...

..But there are limited data about intermediate and long-term results. In this manuscript, we aimed to review our experience about the closure of CAF with several percutaneous methods in our center...

..The aim of this study is to compare the elastic properties of the aorta in male patients with hypogonadism and eugonadal healthy control subjects...

..Here, we aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of 16- and 64-slice MDCT for graft patency and stenosis...

..Here, we present a case of simultaneous subacute thrombosis of two bare metal stents in different coronary arteries early after clopidogrel cessation...

..In this report, we present our initial experience in percutaneous lead extraction with a novel hand-powered sheath, the Evolution mechanical dilator sheath...

..Herein, we report a case with patent thoracic side branch of LIMA graft, occlusion of this side branch by Amplatzer Vascular Plug because of documented myocardial ischemia, and long term follow-up results...

..To report a case with dynamic ST segment elevation suggestive of anteroseptal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that proved to be bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE)...

..The diagnosis of cardiac hydatid cyst was confirmed by pathological examination. During a six-month follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic, with no cystic appearance on transthoracic echocardiography...

..These reports highlight a rare early sequela and the importance of transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring during the percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect...

..To evaluate the diagnostic value of mean annular velocity (MAV) and strain score index (SSI) for determination of the left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with first acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...

..However, despite the absence of clinically significant adverse cardiac effects under lapatinib therapy, the incidence of cardiotoxicity reported in our study was higher than previous lapatinib studies...

..We aimed to evaluate the effect of subclinical hyperthyroidism (SH) and antithyroid treatment on atrial conduction time...

..This study examined the effects of low dialysate sodium on endothelial dysfunction (ED) as measured by flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of brachial artery in haemodialysis (HD) patients...

..Last coronary angiography four years and three months after initial intervention showed multiple CAA at diagonal branch and LAD. This case report is an example of late formation of CAA by sirolimus-coated coronary stent...