Which Treatment Strategy Is Preferred In The Octogenarians With Acute Coronary Syndrome?

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of invasive and conservative strategy in the management of octogenarians with acute coronary syndrome.

Methods: The retrospective study was conducted after approval from the ethics review committee of University of Health Sciences, Derince Training and Research Hospital, Turkey and comprised data from April 2020 to April 2021 related to octogenarian patients of either gender admitted to University of Health Sciences, Darica Farabi Training and Research Hospital, Turkey with acute coronary syndrome diagnosis. The data was divided into invasive group A and conservative group B.

Cancer antigen-125 levels predict long-term mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Background: Cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) might be a useful biomarker to predict long-term mortality in patients with recent exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: A total of 87 consecutive patients with COPD were evaluated prospectively. Mean age of patients was 68 ± 10 years (55% males, 45% females) with a median follow-up period of 49 months.

Usefulness of admission gamma-glutamyltransferase level for predicting new-onset heart failure in patients with acute coronary syndrome with left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Objectives: Our aim was to determine whether there is a relationship between admission gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and subsequent heart failure hospitalizations in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Study Design: We selected 123 patients with newly diagnosed acute coronary syndrome of ejection fraction (EF) <45%. Patients were followed 15±10 months, and the relationship between admission GGT level and hospitalization because of heart failure during the follow-up was examined.

[Our clinical experience of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and the first case series from Turkey].

Objectives: There is no data about the incidence, progress and prognosis of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) from Turkey. This study aimed to search for the progress and short-term prognosis of TC patients and to increase the familiarity and awareness for TC in Turkey.

Study Design: We included 6 patients who were referred to our center with ST elevation myocardial infarction and diagnosed as TC according to the Mayo Clinic diagnostic criteria.

Relationship between red cell distribution width and right ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressively debilitating disease limiting patients' survival. The prognosis of COPD worsens with the addition of right ventricular (RV) failure. Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of variability in the size of circulating erythrocytes, and is a powerful predictor of outcomes in patients with both chronic and acute left heart failure.

The relationship between mean pulmonary artery pressure and quality of life in patients with mitral stenosis.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate echocardiography-guided hemodynamic determinants of quality of life (QoL) via the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36) questionnaire in patients with mild to moderate mitral stenosis (MS).

Methods: Eighty consecutive patients with rheumatic MS, who were admitted to the outpatient department, were enrolled into the study upon obtaining informed consent. Forty age-sex-matched healthy individuals were enrolled as a control group.

Unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney: single-center experience.

Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is one of the most common renal abnormalities in children. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical course and outcome of patients with MCDK. Ninety pediatric patients with unilateral MCDK followed by the Pediatric Nephrology Department of Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital between 1990 and 2007 were included in this retrospective study.