Browsing by Author "Olcay, Ayhan"
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An alternative malpractice system suggestion for Turkey: Patient compensation system
Olcay, Ayhan; Güler, Gamze Babür; Güler, Ekrem (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2015)Cocaine use has been related to the occurrence of myocardial infarction in young patients without other coronary risk factors. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) secondary to the occlusion of the left main coronary artery ... -
Author`s reply
Olcay, Ayhan; Güler Babür, Gamze; Güler, Ekrem; Yalın, Kıvanç (AVES, 2016)We are very well aware of the fact that the changing current malpractice system in Turkey will be very hard and exhausting when current political, legal, and sociological perspectives are considered. Not assuming any ... -
Comparison of fluoro and cine angiographic modes in coronary stenting procedure: A preliminary feasibility study
Olcay, Ayhan; Güler, Ekrem; Karaca, İbrahim Oğuz; Kızılırmak, Filiz; Olgun, Fatih Erkam; Yenipınar, Esra; Duman, Dursun (Elsevier, 2014)X-ray exposure of patient during coronary angiography (CA) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may have some deleterious effects. The radiation dose per frame for digital acquisitions can be 15 times greater than ... -
Comparison of fluoro and cine coronary angiography: Balancing acceptable outcomes with a reduction in radiation dose
Olcay, Ayhan; Güler, Ekrem; Karaca, İbrahim Oğuz; Omaygenç, Mehmet Onur; Kızılırmak, Filiz; Olgun, Erkam; Yenipınar, Esra; Çakmak, Hüseyin Altuǧ; Duman, Dursun (HMP Communications, 2015)Use of last fluoro hold (LFH) mode in fluoroscopy, which enables the last live image to be saved and displayed, could reduce radiation during percutaneous coronary intervention when compared with cine mode. No previous ... -
Hospital volume and mortality relation in PCI - Is there a need for modification of ACC/AHA percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines in Asia?
Olcay, Ayhan (2013)The relationship between hospital volume and outcome relation in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is important for patients, policy makers and referring physicians. Hospital volume is the explicit criterion for ... -
Iliac artery perforation and treatment during lumbar disc surgery by simple balloon tamponade
Olcay, Ayhan; Keskin, Kudret; Eren, Fatih (Springer, 2013)Introduction Although vascular injury during lumbar disc surgery is quite rare, it may be life threatening if not recognized and treated immediately. Case We report the case of a woman who had a left common iliac artery ... -
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; ... -
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' ... -
Re: Notes on patient compensation system suggestion
Olcay, Ayhan; Güler, Gamze Babür; Güler, Ekrem; Yalın, Kıvanç (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2016)... -
Slow ad hoc percutaneous coronary intervention strategy and coronary diameters
Olcay, Ayhan; Çakmak, Hüseyin Altuğ; Bigmurad, T. O.; Eren, Fatime; Keskin, Kudret; Yıldız, Ahmet; Cantürk, Emir; Kayhan, Bekir (Elsevier, 2013)Introduction: In the era of coronary stenting, ad hoc percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can be performed in most of the patients with stable or unstable coronary artery disease as safely and successfully. In elective ... -
Successful catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in a patient with congenital absence of inferior vena cava
Karaca, Oǧuz; Omaygenç, Mehmet Onur; Demir, Gültekin Günhan; Olcay, Ayhan; Kılıçaslan, Fethi (Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2014)A 50-year-old womanadmitted with recurrent palpitations due tosupraventricular tachycardia previously documented by ECG. Shewas referred for electrophysiological studyand catheter ablationinitiated by introducingthe venous ...
