Publications by authors named "H Tezcan"

Objectives: This study aims to systematically evaluate the quality and reliability of YouTube videos on cardiac rehabilitation, addressing a gap in the literature regarding the assessment of online health resources in this field.

Design And Setting: The study is a cross-sectional analysis. This research was conducted entirely online, utilizing the YouTube platform for data collection.

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Objectives: Patients undergoing liver transplant are at an increased risk of morbidity and mortality due to the development of infections. We aimed to evaluate the risk factors affecting the incidence of infectious diseases after liver transplant and to present the epidemiological data.

Materials And Methods: We investigated patients aged ≥18 years who underwent liver transplant between 2012 and 2020 at our center.

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Article Synopsis
  • Long COVID is when people still have problems weeks after getting sick with COVID-19, and one common issue is damage to the heart.
  • This study looked at a special heart test called MPI to see if it could help find out which long COVID patients might be at higher risk for heart problems.
  • The researchers found that long COVID patients generally had more issues with heart stress tests, and having long COVID was the best sign that a patient might have heart issues.
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Central nervous system (CNS) infection is a medical emergency with an important cause of mortality worldwide. The 79 patients with confirmed acute CNS infection (48 bacterial and 31 viral meningitis) were evaluated. Bacterial meningitis score, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)/serum glucose ratio, and CSF/serum albumin ratio had the highest area under the curves (0.

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Introduction: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors have been shown to reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) occurrence in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). In this prospective study, we aimed to analyze the effect of SGLT-2 inhibitors as an add-on therapy to metformin on P wave indices and atrial electromechanics in patients with type 2 DM.

Methods: A total of 144 patients enrolled.

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