Effectiveness of kinesiologic taping on function and pain in patients with hemophilia A.

Background: Hemophilic arthropathy frequently results in musculoskeletal adjustments that impair functional capacity.

Aim: We investigated the effects of kinesiologic taping on patients with hemophilic arthropathy in this study.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-six patients were enrolled.

Taurine relaxes human radial artery through potassium channel opening action.

The vascular actions and mechanisms of taurine were investigated in the isolated human radial artery (RA). RA rings were suspended in isolated organ baths and tension was recorded isometrically. First, a precontraction was achieved by adding potassium chloride (KCl, 45 mM) or serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT, 30 µM) to organ baths.

Netrin-1 is associated with macrophage infiltration and polarization in human epicardial adipose tissue in coronary artery disease.

Background: Inflammatory activity originating from the epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) may have a role in coronary artery disease (CAD) pathogenesis. The relationship between macrophage infiltration, polarization in the EAT, and netrin-1 gene expression was investigated.

Methods: Macrophage infiltration and polarization were examined by immunohistochemical methods and expression levels of netrin-1, Unc5b, and cytokines related with M1-macrophage subtype (IL-12 and IL-18) were determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in subcutaneous and epicardial adipose tissue obtained from patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and non-coronary cardiac surgery.

Effects of Balneotherapy and Physical Therapy on Sleep Quality in Patients with Osteoarthritis Aged 50 to 85 Years.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effect of balneotherapy (BT) and physical therapy (PT) on sleep quality in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) aged 50 to 85 years.

Patients And Methods: A total of 199 patients (76 males, 123 females; mean age 67.8±7.

Huge Intravascular Tumor Extending to the Heart: Leiomyomatosis.

Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is a rare neoplasm characterized by histologically benign-looking smooth muscle cell tumor mass, which is growing within the intrauterine and extrauterine venous system. In this report we aimed to present an unusual case of IVL, which is originating from iliac vein and extended throughout to right cardiac chambers. A 49-year-old female patient, who was treated with warfarin sodium due to right iliac vein thrombosis, was admitted to our department with intermittent dyspnea, palpitation, and dizziness.

Oxaliplatin Induced Digital Ischemia and Necrosis.

Introduction. Digital ischemia is a rare complication of several chemotherapeutic medications. We aimed to present a patient with digital ischemia, secondary to a new generation chemotherapeutic drug, oxaliplatin.

Preoperative frontal QRS-T angle is an independent correlate of hospital length of stay and predictor of haemodynamic support requirement following off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Objectives: With the adoption of novel operative techniques and aggressive care protocols that facilitate earlier extubation and mobilization of patients, postoperative length of stay (LOS) following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) has declined. However, there is paucity of information regarding preoperative electrocardiographic predictors of LOS following CABG. In this study, we investigated whether frontal QRS-T angle, which is an abnormal repolarization marker in prediction of various cardiovascular events, was an independent correlate of postoperative hospital LOS for off-pump CABG.

Autonomic imbalance assessed by time-domain heart rate variability indices in primary Raynaud's phenomenon.

Objectives: The pathogenesis of primary Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) seems to be multifactorial and autonomic nervous dysfunction is one factor. Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the most reliable parameters to demonstrate autonomic dysfunction. Our aim was to evaluate the time-domain HRV in patients with primary RP.

Platelet indices may be correlated with severity of vasospastic disorders.

BACKGROUND Vasospastic disorders are common worldwide. In daily practice, routine blood samples are used for several investigations. In this study we aimed to determine the possible correlations between lymphocyte count, platelet indices, and the severity of vasospastic disorders.

How can follow-up of patients with Raynaud phenomenon be optimized?

BACKGROUND Raynaud phenomenon (RP) is common worldwide and presents diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. We aimed to share our experience with optimizing of patient follow-up by using the cold-stimulation test (CST). MATERIAL AND METHODS Data of 81 patients admitted with RP symptomatology were collected.

Sodium nitrite provides angiogenic and proliferative effects in vivo and in vitro.

BACKGROUND Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature. Many factors and substances may stimulate angiogenesis and exhibit proliferative effect. In this study, we aimed to investigate the angiogenic and proliferative effects of sodium nitrite.

Adding Doppler ultrasonography to the follow-up of patients with vasospastic disorder improves objectivity.

Background: Assessing therapeutic efficacy and patient satisfaction objectively and quantitatively has always been a problem in patients with vasospastic disorders. We aimed to present the additive value of ultrasonographic assessment of peripheral arteries secondary to cold stimulation, as a test for treatment efficacy during follow-up.

Material And Methods: Arterial blood flow rates were measured from radial artery with Doppler USG in patients who presented to our department with vasospastic disorders.

Frontal planar QRS/T angle can be a prognostic factor in the early postoperative period of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery.

Background: Wide QRS/T angle reflects the ventricular repolarization heterogeneity and has been found in association with cardiac morbidity and mortality in various study populations. However, literature data about the availability of QRS/T angle in patients undergoing cardiac surgery has not yet been available.

Methods: A total of 157 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass surgery were included in this study.

Elasticity properties of pulmonary artery in patients with bicuspid aortic valve.

Objective: Although the vascular complications of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease cause significant morbidity and mortality, the role of pulmonary artery in this pathogenesis is less understood. We aimed to assess the elastic properties of pulmonary artery with echocardiography in patients with BAV.

Material And Methods: Thirty patients with BAV (26 males) were enrolled in this study.

Pre-treatment before coronary artery bypass surgery improves post-operative outcomes in moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has traditionally been recognised as a predictor of poorer early outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of different COPD stages, as defined by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) spirometric criteria, on the early surgical outcomes in patients undergoing primary isolated non-emergency CABG.

Method: Between January 2008 and April 2012, 1 737 consecutive patients underwent isolated CABG in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine; 127 patients with the diagnosis of moderate-risk COPD were operated on.

Delayed chylopericardium as a rare complication after combined mitral valve and coronary artery bypass surgery.

Chylopericardium is a rare complication of cardiac surgery that is performed from a midline sternotomy. Here we present a case of a 61-year-old male patient with late-onset postoperative chylopericardium following combined coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve surgery, and the applied treatment modality.

Comparison of results of autologous versus homologous blood transfusion in open-heart surgery.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine a method to decrease the use of homologous blood during openheart surgery using a simple blood-conservation protocol. We removed autologous blood from the patient before bypass and used isovolumetric substitution. We present the results of this protocol on morbidity and mortality of surgery patients from two distinct time periods.

Successful Closed Manipulation of Simple Lateral Dislocation of the Elbow Joint: A Case Report.

The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated joint in adults. Simple lateral dislocation of the elbow joint is a rare traumatic injury, and successful closed reduction is difficult and even rarer. Our proposition is to report this rare case of traumatic simple lateral dislocation treated with closed reduction under sedation emphasizing the use of this simple technique initially in order to avoid possible complications with general anesthesia and surgery.

Acute arterial thrombosis following chemotherapy in a patient with a gastric carcinoma.

The pathogenesis of in situ thrombosis in cancer patients is not well known. Possible factors include endothelial damage, decreasing levels of anticoagulant factors and increasing levels of pro-coagulants. In the literature, the incidence of arterial thrombosis in cancer patients is reported to be 3.