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Evans syndrome with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction complicated by hemopericardium
(Elsevier B.V., 2016)
Evans syndrome (ES) is a rare hematological disease characterized by autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenia, and/or neutropenia, all of which may be seen simultaneously or subsequently. Thrombotic events in ...
A totally extruded pacemaker
(Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2015)
Total extrusion of a pacemaker generator is an extremely rare and potentially fatal complication of pacemaker implantation. An 82-yearold female patient was brought to our out-patient clinic by relatives who had noticed ...
The role of protein Z and protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor polymorphisms in the development of prosthetic heart valve thrombosis
(2017)
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Protein Z (PZ) is a vitamin K-dependent factor that is synthesized mainly by the liver. It acts as an activator of serpin, the protein Z-dependent inhibitor (ZPI), which inhibits factor Xa. ...
Successful transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a patient with bioprosthetic valvular degeneration and severe regurgitation
(Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2019)
The implantation of aortic transcatheter heart valves has been successfully performed throughout the world in hundreds of patients with severe dysfunction of a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis or those at high surgical ...
Unusual cause of chest pain mimicking acute myocardial infarction: Congenital left ventricular aneurysm
(Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015)
A 36-year-old man without any cardiac history presented to the emergency room with ongoing chest pain. The Electrocardiography (ECG) showed diffuse ST segment elevations on the anterior leads compatible with acute anterolateral ...
Which one is worse? Acute myocarditis and co-existing non-compaction cardiomyopathy in the same patient
(Premchand Shantidevi Research Foundation, 2015)
Non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a relatively rare cardiac condition known to be found in 0.12 per 100,000 cases characterized by increased trabeculations in the ventricular wall due to embryologic malformation predisposing ...
Endovascular repair of a popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm following total knee arthroplasty
(Premchand Shantidevi Research Foundation, 2015)
A 68-year-old man was referred for a pulsatile and painful mass at the left popliteal fossa. He had gonarthrosis that was treated with total knee arthroplasty three months ago. Postoperatively, the patient had prolonged ...
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation in a blast-phase chronic myeloid leukemia patient with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae tricuspid valve endocarditis: A case report
(Spandidos Publications, 2016)
In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the occurrence of blastic transformation is rare. Treatment outcome is generally poor. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is the only potentially curative treatment option ...
Percutaneous retrieval of an embolized catheter tip with the balloon dilatation technique
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016)
Introduction: Increasing numbers of complex percutaneous coronary interventions have been accompanied by various intra-procedural complications. The fracture and embolization of devices or their fragments are potentially ...
Use of a double-covered stent-in-stent technique to manage persistent coronary perforation
(Bilimsel Tıp Yayınevi, 2015)
A sixty-four year old man with a previous history of CABG was referred for coronary angiography that revealed a critical stenosis of the right posterior descending artery at the anastomosis point of the saphenous vein graft ...
