Browsing by Author "Kara, Meryem"
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Cardiac magnetic resonance-guided conducting channel delineation of an aneurysmal ventricular tachycardia with the same circuit in the reverse direction
Kara, Meryem; Işıksalan Özbülbül, Nilgün; Özcan Çetin, Hande Elif; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Topaloğlu, Serkan; Aras, Dursun (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2023)A 54-year-old male patient with remote inferior wall myocardial infarction with inferoseptal left ventricular (LV) aneurysm (Figure 1A, Video 1) was referred for ablation of hemodynamically tolerated ventricular tachycardia ... -
Change in atrial activation patterns during narrow complex tachycardia: What is the mechanism?
Hidayet, Şiho; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Turan, Turhan; Tunçez, Abdullah; Kara, Meryem; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (MediaSphere Medical LLC, 2022)A change in the coronary sinus (CS) activation pattern from an eccentric to a concentric pattern during the ablation of an orthodromic reciprocating tachycardia might falsely suggest the presence of a second (septal) ... -
Dynamic changes in atrial activation sequence during supraventricular tachycardia
Gülcü, Oktay; Merovci, Idriz; Tunçez, Abdullah; Kara, Meryem; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Can, İrem Dilara; Kaplan, Elmas; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A29‐year‐old woman presented with repeated paroxysms ofpalpitations resulting from a rapid narrow QRS complex tachycar-dia (NCT). Her family and personal history were free of anycardiovascular pathology. After the initiation ... -
Entrainment of ventricular tachycardia with V-shaped diastolic activation pattern: Is the pacing site in or out?
Tunçez, Abdullah; Aslan, Ahmet O.; Merovci, İdriz; Öksüz, Fatih; Doğru, Ceren Y.; Kara, Meryem; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A75‐year‐old man with a history of ischemic cardiomyopathywith an ejection fraction of 30% was referred for ablation ofrecurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT). Transthoracic echo-cardiography showed an extensive ... -
Inadvertent right ventricular apical exit after stereotactic body radiotherapy for ventricular tachycardia: Every cloud has a silver lining
Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Kara, Meryem; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Topaloğlu, Serkan; Aras, Dursun (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2023)A 78-year-old man suffering from gastric cancer with ischemic cardiomyopathy and recurrent ICD shocks consented to ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation. He had a previous endocardial VT ablation 1 year ago, and a ... -
An interesting response to His-synchronous ventricular stimulation: What is the mechanism of this supraventricular tachycardia?
Turan, Turhan; Hidayet, Şiho; Tunçez, Abdullah; Sertdemir, Ahmet Lütfü; Deveci, Bülent; Çelik, İbrahim Etem; Kara, Meryem; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A20‐year‐old male with an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator(ICD) that had been implanted 7 years ago due to recurrent and failedablation for fascicular left ventricular tachycardia was referred forseveral inappropriate ... -
Multiple wide QRS tachycardias in the same individual with ischemic cardiomyopathy
Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Kara, Meryem; Merovci, Idriz; Göçer, Kemal; Aksu, Ekrem; Abusaif, Suhaib; Oğuz, Ozan; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2023)A 67 ‐year‐old diabetic man with ischemic cardiomyopathy presented with a recurrent defibrillator shock. His electrocardiograms showed both narrow (NCT) Figure 1A) and wide complex tachycardias (WCT; Figure 1B). He experienced ... -
Precordial double transition pattern with inferior lead discordance in the accessory pathway and ventricular arrhythmias: Do all roads lead to Rome?
Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Kara, Meryem; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)To the editor, We read the article by Deb et al. entitled “Positive QRS complex in limb lead 2 with negative QRS in lead 3 on the surface electrocardiogram (ECG): A novel predictor for the anterior location of right-sided ... -
Simultaneous narrow and wide QRS complex tachycardia: Misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis?
Aslan, Ahmet Oğuz; Merovci, İdriz; Tunçez, Abdullah; Öksüz, Fatih; Kara, Meryem; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A38‐year‐old woman presented with recurrent episodes oftachycardia in the absence of structural heart disease anddocumented with narrow QRS complex tachycardia (NCT) on a24‐h Holter ECG. During the electrophysiological ... -
Transient changes in QRS morphology during a narrow complex tachycardia: What is the mechanism?
Kara, Meryem; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A22‐year‐old man with recurrent episodes of tachycardia inthe absence of structural heart disease underwent an electro-physiological evaluation. A narrow complex tachycardia (NCT)was induced by programmed by ventricular ... -
Transition from two wide to a narrow QRS complex tachycardia: What is the mechanism of tachycardia and transition?
Tunçez, Abdullah; Merovci, İdriz; Efe, Tolga Han; Kara, Meryem; Deveci, Bülent; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A 21 years old man presented with regular palpitations anddocumented both narrow and wide QRS complex tachycardia (NCTand WCT, respectively). At electrophysiological study, the retrogradeconduction was decremental and ... -
Unusual response to His-synchronous ventricular stimulation during a supraventricular tachycardia: Atrial advancement with or without resetting?
Merovci, Idriz; Gülcü, Oktay; Tunçez, Abdullah; Kara, Meryem; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Yüksekkaya, Baran; Ekici, Ertan; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A59‐year‐old man underwent a diagnostic electrophysiology studybecause of rapid palpitations and documented supraventriculartachycardia (SVT) unresponsive to metoprolol therapy. His 12‐leadelectrocardiogram was normal. ... -
Unusual ventricular entrainment response: What is the mechanism?
Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Hacılı, Ayten; Karımlı, Emin; Altıparmak, İbrahim Halil; Kara, Meryem; Şahin, Mürsel; Burak, Cengiz; Kuyumcu, Mevlüt Serdar; Koca, Serhat; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Topaloğlu, Serkan; Aras, Dursun (Wiley, 2019)Entrainment is an important tool for the diagnosis and location of reentry. The usefulness of this maneuver requires that, prior to cessation of ventricular pacing, the atrial rate accelerates to the ventricular pacing ... -
A wide QRS tachycardia with the short and long ventriculoatrial interval in the presence of an atriofascicular pathway: What is the mechanism?
Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Kara, Meryem; Merovci, Idriz; Külekçi, Furkan; Okumuş, Kübra; Sağlam, Onur; Temizhan, Ahmet Yiğit; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A 58-year-old man with no structural heart disease presented with recurrent episodes of paroxysmal palpitation. In the electrophysiology laboratory, during the introduction of the venous sheaths and catheters, the patient ... -
Widening of the QRS complex during the wide complex tachycardia: What is the mechanism?
Aslan, Ahmet Oğuz; Merovci, Idriz; Tunçez, Abdullah; Öksüz, Fatih; Al, Ertan A.; Kara, Meryem; Özcan Çetin, Elif Hande; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Özeke, Özcan; Çay, Serkan; Özcan, Fırat; Aras, Dursun; Topaloğlu, Serkan (Wiley, 2022)A28‐year‐old woman underwent an electrophysiology study (EPS)because of episodes of palpitations with documented narrow (NCT)and wide QRS complex tachycardia (WCT) on a 24‐hHolterECG.During the EPS, the patient was in sinus ...
