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Evaluation of adult versus pediatric transesophageal echocardiography probe efficiency for guiding septal puncture during atrial fibrillation ablation
Güler, Ekrem; Babür Güler, Gamze; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Kızılırmak, Filiz; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Barutçu, İrfan; Türkmen, Muhsin; Kılıçaslan, Fethi (Blackwell Publishing, 2015)PurposeTransesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has a pivotal role in invasive cardiology practice in terms of guiding a variety of procedures. It is challenging to perform TEE examination with sedated patients due to ... -
Evaluation of the relationship between hemoglobin levels and thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score in patients with non-st elevation acute coronary syndrome
Geçmen, Çetin; Güler, Ekrem; Babur, Gamze Güler; Elveran, Ali; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Aguş, Hicaz Zencirkıran; Karaca, İbrahim Oğuz; Keleş, Nurşen; Esen, Özlem; Esen, Ali Metin (2016)Introduction: The relationship between hemoglobin (Hb) levels at admission and the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) risk score in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) was investigated. ... -
Factor XIII Val34Leu polymorphism in patients with cardiac syndrome X
Babür Güler, Gamze; Batgerel, Ulaankhuu; Güler, Ekrem; Karaca, Oğuz; Geçmen, Çetin; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Zencirkıran Ağuş, Hicaz; Esen, Ali Metin; Türkmen, Mehmet Muhsin (Via Medica Journals, 2014)Background: The aim of the study was to examine the frequency of factor XIII polymorphism among patients with cardiac syndrome X (CSX). Methods: This study was designed as a cross-sectional and observational study. Forty-eight ... -
Giant aneurysm of the non-coronary sinus of valsalva
Uğurlucan, Murat; Yıldız, Yahya; Güler, Ekrem; Ulukan, Mustafa Özer; Öztaş, Didem Melis; Ata, Emin Can; Kahraman, Aydın; Erkanlı, Korhan; Türkoğlu, Halil (Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular, 2020)Aneurysms of the sinuses of Valsalva are defined as dilatation of the aortic root region between the aortic annulus and the sinotubular junction. Isolated aneurysms of the sinus of Valsalva are rare cardiovascular pathologies. ... -
Hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade in a patient treated with dabigatran etexilate
Kızılırmak, Filiz; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Güler, Ekrem; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Karaca, Oğuz; Canpolat, Habibe Gamze (Korean Soc Cardiology, 2016)Dabigatran etexilate is one of the new oral anticoagulants approved to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). A variety of bleeding complications with dabigatran have been reported, but reports ... -
IgG4-related aortitis mimicking intramural hematoma
Güler, Gamze Babür; Cantürk, Emir; Güler, Ekrem; Oran, Gülbin; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Akçevin, Atıf; Barutçu, İrfan (Turkish Soc Cardiology, 2016)Introduction: Acute aortic syndromes (AAS) are life-threatening conditions,and despite advances in imaging techniques, their diagnosisand treatment remain challenging. While intramural hematomais much less common than acute ... -
Impact of aortic stiffness on the frequency of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation recurrences
Kızılırmak, Filiz; Babür Güler, Gamze; Güler, Ekrem; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Omaygenç, Mehmet Onur; Çakal, Beytullah; Olgun, Fatih Erkam; Köklü, Erkan; Kılıçaslan, Fethi (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Background The relationship between arterial stiff ness (AS) and atrial fi brillation (AF) incidence is well-known. In this study we aimed to investigate the relationship between AS parameters and AF occurence as well as ... -
Impact of intracoronary adenosine on myonecrosis in patients with unstable angina pectoris undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Kızılırmak, Filiz; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Gökdeniz, Tayyar; Güler, Ekrem; Çakal, Beytullah; Omaygenç, Mehmet Onur; Yılmaz, Fatih; Savur, Ümeyir; Barutçu, İrfan (Springer, 2015)Background In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of prophylactic intracoronary adenosine administered during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) due to unstable angina pectoris on myonecrosis by measuring ... -
Impact of valve surgery on serum osteopontin levels in patients with mitral regurgitation
Güneş, Hacı Murat; Güler, Gamze Babür; Güler, Ekrem; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Hatipoǧlu, Suzan; Zehir, Regayip; Kızılırmak, Filiz; Karaca, Oǧuz; Esen, Ali Metin; Barutçu, İrfan; Türkmen, Muhsin; Can, Mehmet Mustafa; Serebruany, Victor (Karger, 2015)Objective: Osteopontin (OPN), a sialoprotein present within atherosclerotic lesions, especially in calcified plaques, is linked to the progression of coronary artery disease and heart failure. We assessed the impact of ... -
Incremental value of multimodal imaging in the evaluation of complicated prosthetic valve endocarditis
Güner, Ahmet; Ateşli, Alkım; Zencirkıran Aguş, Hicaz; Güler, Ekrem; Babür Güler, Gamze (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2020)A 47-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with complaints of fever (38.3°C), palpitations, chills, and weakness. He had undergone a surgical graft interposition repair of the ascending aorta and aortic valve ... -
Is bioresorbable vascular scaffold acute recoil affected by baseline renal function and scaffold selection?
Güneş, Hacı Murat; Kızılırmak Yılmaz, Filiz; Gökdeniz, Tayyar; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Güler, Ekrem; Babür Güler, Gamze; Karaca, Oğuz; Çakal, Beytullah; İbişoğlu, Ersin; Boztosun, Bilal (Elsevier Ireland Ltd., 2016)Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and acute post-scaffold recoil (PSR) in patients undergoing bioresorbable scaffold (BVS) implantation. ... -
Is the presence of left atrial diverticulum associated with recurrence in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation?
Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Şeker, Mehmet; Savur, Ümeyr; Babur Güler, Gamze; Güler, Ekrem; Doğan, Mehmet; Erol, Cengiz; Kılıçaslan, Fethi (2019)INTRODUCTION: Catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) has been a major cornerstone in the management of AF. Despite promising advances in CA techniques, long-term results reveal a high rate of recurrence after ... -
Long-term outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and implanted with bioresorbable scaffold
İbişoğlu, Ersin; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Kızılırmak, Filiz; Çakal, Beytullah; Karaca, Oğuz; Omaygenç, Mehmet Onur; Güler, Ekrem; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Olgun, Fatih Erkam; Savur, Ümeyir; Naki, Deniz Dilan; Boztosun, Bilal (Yuzuncu Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, 2022)A bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) has been used in the latest stages of stent technology and is a less-known material than drug-eluting stents (DES). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the long-term clinical outcomes of BRS ... -
Mitral kapak kaynakli papiller fibroelastom
Canbay, Çağla; Öztaş, Didem Melis; Güler, Ekrem; Karatay, Hüseyin; Güler Babür, Gamze; Arasan, Orhan; Özlük, Yasemin; Uğurlucan, Murat (Ortadoğu Reklam Tanıtım Yayıncılık Turizm Eğitim İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., 2016)Papiller fibroelastom, nadir görülen benign kardiyak tümörlerdendir. Kardiyak deformite ya da emboliye sebep olmadıkları sürece, hastalar uzun yıllar tedavi ihtiyacı gerektirmeden takip edilebilmektedir. Genellikle ... -
Myocardial injury biomarkers after radiofrequency catheter and cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation and their impact on recurrence
Kızılırmak, Filiz; Gökdeniz, Tayyar; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Çakal, Beytullah; Babur Güler, Gamze; Güler, Ekrem; Olgun, Fatih Erkam; Kılıçaslan, Fethi (Via Medica, 2017)Background: Myocardial injury induced by catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) leads to elevated biomarker levels. Aim: This prospective study examined levels of myocardial injury biomarkers (creatinine kinase ... -
Near zero fluoroscopy radiation exposure during successful catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia from the non-coronary aortic cusp using 3-dimentional electroanatomic mapping system
Güler, Ekrem; Karaca, Oğuz; Kızılırmak, Filiz; Babür Güler, Gamze; Kılıçaslan, Fethi (AVES, 2014)Atrial tachycardia (AT) rarely originates from the paraHisian region (1). Catheter ablation of paraHisian AT carries a substantial risk of atrioventricular (AV) block. Cryoablation offers a safer ablation strategy for these ... -
Non-surgical treatment of a right ventricle puncture during diagnostic pericardiocentesis
Güler, Ekrem; Güler, Gamze Babür; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Kızılırmak, Filiz (Kare Publishing, 2015)Summary– Pericardiocentesis is a life-saving procedure performed in cardiac tamponade cases occurring in infec- tive, inflammatory or malignancy conditions, or following percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac device ... -
Notes on patient compensation system suggestion reply
Olcay, Ayhan; Güler Babür, Gamze; Güler, Ekrem; Yalım, Kıvanç (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2016)We have read with great interest the letter to the editor entitled “An alternative malpractice system suggestion for Turkey: Patient compensation system” by Olcay et al. (1) that was published in Anatolian J Cardiol 2015; ... -
A novel predictor of radial spasm: Arterial stiffness
Omaygenç, Mehmet Onur; Karaca, İbrahim Oğuz; İbişoğlu, Ersin; Güneş, Hacı Murat; Kızılırmak, Filiz; Çakal, Beytullah; Güler, Ekrem; Barutçu, İrfan; Boztosun, Bilal (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018)ObjectiveIn this study, we aimed to assess the relationship between radial artery spasm (RAS) and arterial stiffness (AS) measured by the oscillometric method.Materials and methodsA total of 123 consecutive patients scheduled ... -
The opinion of Turkish cardiologists on current malpractice system and an alternative patient compensation system proposal: PCS study group
Olcay, Ayhan; Emren, Sadık Volkan; Güler, Gamze Babür; Güler, Ekrem; Ertunç, Vedat; Berilgen, Rida; Aslan, Abdullah; Şimşek, Ersin Çağrı; Gölcük, Şükriye Ebru; Yalın, Kıvanç (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2017)Objective: Cardiologists participate in the diagnosis and interventional treatment of numerous high-risk patients. The goal of this study was to investigate how the current malpractice system in Turkey influences cardiologists' ...