Duplication of the right coronary artery in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial bridging.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic myocardial disorder. In such patients, myocardial bridging is the most frequent encountered coronary arterial anomaly. Patients may, however, on occasion, present with other much rarer malformations of the coronary arteries.

Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count in coronary arteries without visible atherosclerosis in coronary angiography of patients with stable coronary artery disease.

Objective: To investigate the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count (TFC) in the coronary arteries without visible atherosclerosis in coronary angiography of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: Eighty-three patients (mean age 58+/-10, 31 [37%] males), who underwent coronary angiographic evaluation for stable angina in Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, Cardiology clinic between 2006-2007 were enrolled. Forty patients with normal coronary arteries were defined as group I.

The comparison of early and late outcome of direct and conventional stenting of patients with st elevation myocardial infarction.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare direct and conventional stenting procedure in the subacute stable phase on short- and long-term results in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Methods: Eighty-eight clinically stable ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients were enrolled into the study. The patients were classified as group I (direct stenting) and group II (conventional stenting - stenting after balloon dilatation).

The optimal time of elective percutaneous coronary intervention for stable patients after ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Objective: To find the optimal time (early: < or =3 days; late: >3 days) for revascularization in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients in the subacute phase.

Methods: Ninety-nine STEMI patients who were admitted to Gazi University Faculty of Medicine between 2000 and 2004 were enrolled into this study. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to time from the beginning of symptoms to the percutaneous coronary intervention.

Metoprolol does not effect myocardial fractional flow reserve in patients with intermediate coronary stenoses.

Objective: Myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFR) is utilized to determine the hemodynamic significance of coronary stenoses. We sought to determine the effect, if any, of metoprolol on FFR in patients with coronary stenoses of intermediate severity.

Methods And Results: Eighteen patients (10 males, mean age, 59.

Heart rate variability in neurally mediated reflex syncope.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in patients with neurally mediated reflex syncope.

Methods: Thirty-three patients (10 men, age range 16-50 years) who were scheduled to undergo head-upright tilt test (HUTT) with a typical history of vasovagal syncope (VVS) underwent 24-hour Holter monitoring in an attempt to study HRV parameters. Sixteen individuals without syncope and similar baseline characteristics made up the control group.