The predictive ability of Controlling Nutritional Status score on in-hospital mortality in patients admitted to coronary care unit.

Objective: Controlling Nutritional Status score was previously described and has been used in predicting short- and long-term outcomes in different patient populations. The aim of this study was to test the relationship between Controlling Nutritional Status score and in-hospital mortality in coronary care unit patients (MORCOR-TURK population).

Methods: In this multicenter and national study, all patients with an available Controlling Nutritional Status score were included in the analysis.

Rationale, Design, and Methodology of the MORCOR-TURK Trial: Predictors of In-hospital MORtality in CORonary Care Patients in Turkey.

Background: Coronary care units are sophisticated clinics established to reduce deaths due to acute cardiovascular events. Current data on coronary care unit mortality rates and predictors of mortality in Turkey are very limited. The MORtality predictors in CORonary care units in TURKey (MORCOR-TURK) trial was designed to provide information on the mortality rates and predictors in patients followed in coronary care units in Turkey.

The relationship between premature ventricular complexes and index of cardiac-electrophysiological balance.

Objective: Premature ventricular complexes are common in healthy individuals' ambulatory monitoring. The index of cardiac-electrophysiological balance may predict malignant ventricular arrhythmias. This study investigated the relation between Premature ventricular complex burden and index of cardiac-electrophysiological balance in 24-h Holter monitoring.

Concomitant Multiple Coronary Artery Embolizations and Bilateral Lower Limb Ischemia due to Dislodged Left Atrial Myxoma-Like Thrombus.

The differential diagnosis of intracardiac masses is challenging. Cardiac myxomas are benign primary heart tumors and most often are confused with thrombi in diagnosis. In some cases, the embolic complication of intracardiac masses can be fatal.

Assessment of triglyceride/glucose index with respect to coronary slow flow.

Background: Coronary slow flow (CSF) is determined by delayed opacification of the epicardial coronary arteries without obstructive disease. The triglyceride glucose index (TGI) has been suggested as a useful marker of insulin resistance. Previous studies have shown that TGI is associated with cardiovascular disease, but no study has examined the relationship between TGI and CSF.