Publications by authors named "I Ungan"
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) ranges from 3% to 25%. However demographic, clinical, and angiographic characteristics of AF patients who admitted with de novo MI are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of patients presenting with de novo MI with AF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis recent Turkish Myocardial Infarction registry reported that guidelines are largely implemented in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) in Turkey. We aimed to obtain up-to-date information for short- and midterm outcomes of acute MI. Fifty centers were selected using probability sampling, and all consecutive patients with acute MI admitted to these centers (between November 1 and 16, 2018) were enrolled.
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- Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is recently defined and can occur despite normal coronary conditions, but its prevalence was previously unstudied in Turkey.
- The MINOCA-TR study involved 1,626 patients from 32 hospitals who met criteria for MI and underwent coronary angiography, revealing a 6.7% prevalence of MINOCA among those screened.
- MINOCA patients tended to be younger, had a higher proportion of females, and presented with fewer common risk factors compared to non-MINOCA patients, indicating distinct demographic and clinical characteristics.
The aim of this study was to evaluate serum interleukin (IL)-17A levels in patients with coronary artery ectasia (CAE), the relationship between IL and 17A and CAE, and to determine the relationship between the severity of coronary ectasia and the level of IL-17A. In total, 41 patients (19 female and 22 male) with ischemic symptoms whose non-invasive cardiac tests were positive for myocardial ischemia, and in whom coronary artery ectasia were detected after coronary angiography, and 45 patients (32 female and 13 male) with normal coronary arteries were included in this study. Echocardiographic assessments were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe correlation between plasma human neutrophil peptide 1-3 levels and severity of coronary artery disease.
Arch Med Sci Atheroscler Dis
December 2016
Introduction: Inflammation plays a key role in atherosclerosis, and discovering new biomarkers of inflammation is becoming important in order to uncover the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD). Recent studies have focused on polymorphonuclear neutrophils. It has been suggested that human neutrophil peptide 1-3 (HNP1-3) is proatherogenic.
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