Predestinating Role of Cardiac Ganglia on Heart Life Expectancy in Rabbits After Brain Death Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: An Experimental Study.

Background: Cardiac ganglia are rechargeable batteries of the heart. The essential role of cardiac ganglia on cardiac life expectancy has not been examined following brain death. The aim of this study was to determine cardiac ganglia numbers and neuron density following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).

[Snapshot evaluation of heart failure in Turkey: Baseline characteristics of SELFIE-TR].

Objective: Heart failure (HF) is an important health issue of the 21st century and the prevalence in Turkey has been reported as 2.9%. A national profile, frequency data, characteristics of different phenotypes, and risk factors have not yet been well established.

Coronary fat embolism following subarachnoid hemorrhage: an experimental study.

Background: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) can lead to neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE), and chylomicron metabolism may be altered unfavorably in acute lung injury. This study aimed to investigate the possible effect of NPE on the development of coronary fat embolism.

Methods: This study was conducted on 27 rabbits, 5 of which were used as the control (n=5).

Comparison of standard and Lewis ECG in detection of atrioventricular dissociation in patients with wide QRS tachycardia.

Background: The atrioventricular (AV) dissociation, which is frequently used in differential diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardia (WQCT), is the most specific finding of ventricular tachycardia (VT) with lower sensitivity. Herein, we aimed to show the importance of Lewis lead ECG records to detect 'visible p waves' during WQCT.

Method: A total of 21 consecutive patients who underwent electrophysiologic study (EPS) were included in the study.

Clinical importance of hyperemic coronary blood flow (thrombolysis in myocardial infarction-intravenous flow) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

We aimed to investigate clinical, demographic and angiographic factors associated with hyperemic coronary blood flow (HCBF) and the relation of HCBF with mortality at 30 days. Our study included 809 consecutive patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We divided corrected thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count (TFC) values into three tertiles: less than 14, 14-28 and more than 28.

The safety and efficacy of 12 versus 24 hours of tirofiban infusion in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Aim: We aimed to investigate the 6-month efficacy and safety of postprocedural 12-hour tirofiban administration versus 24-hour tirofiban administration in patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 349 patients with STEMI who underwent primary PCI. Following the administration of bolus tirofiban after primary PCI, those receiving a 12-hour tirofiban infusion as the maintenance dose were classified as group 1 (n = 123) while those receiving a 24-hour infusion were classified as group 2 (n = 226).

The role of the nonspecific inflammatory markers in determining the anatomic extent of venous thromboembolism.

We aimed to investigate the relationship between the extent of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and nonspecific inflammatory markers such as neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). We retrospectively enrolled 77 patients with VTE (distal deep vein thrombosis [DVT], n = 19; proximal DVT, n = 32; and pulmonary thromboembolism [PTE], n = 26) and 34 healthy controls. In the performed analysis of variance, the levels of white blood cell, NLR, and hs-CRP were clearly different among the groups (control, distal and proximal DVT, and PTE) (P < .

Determinants of angiographic thrombus burden in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Aims: We aimed to investigate the determinants of angiographic thrombus burden in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI).

Methods: The study population consisted of 662 patients with nonanemic STEMI who underwent pPCI. Clinical, laboratory, and demographic properties of the patients were recorded.

Assessment of agreement between transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography techniques for left ventricular longitudinal deformation imaging and conventional Doppler parameters estimation: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Studies investigating the comparison and interchangeability of transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) regarding left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function are limited. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate agreement between TTE and TEE in the assessment of LV systolic functions by longitudinal myocardial deformation imaging (strain-S and strain rate-Sr) and LV diastolic functions by conventional Doppler parameters.

Methods: Thirty-five patients underwent a clinically indicated cross-sectional study on agreement between two methods.

The relation of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase levels with coronary lesion complexity and long-term outcome in patients with stable coronary artery disease.

Background: Relation of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels with extent, severity, and complexity of coronary artery disease has not been adequately studied. Therefore, we evaluated the relationship between GGT levels and coronary complexity, severity and extent assessed by SYNTAX score and long-term adverse events.

Methods: We enrolled 442 consecutive patients with stable angina pectoris who underwent coronary angiography.

Coexistence of idiopathic left ventricular aneurysm and aneurysm of right coronary artery.

A 40-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea and atypical chest pain. Left ventricle (LV) apico-lateral wall aneurysm and right coronary artery aneurysm were found. We could find no etiological reason for this condition.

[Assessment of regional left ventricular functions by strain and strain rate echocardiography in type II diabetes mellitus patients without microvascular complications].

Objectives: We evaluated regional left ventricular myocardial functions by strain (S) and strain rate (Sr) echocardiography in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) without microvascular complications.

Study Design: The study included 40 DM patients (20 women, 20 men; mean age 52.4 ± 7.

The effect of pulmonary hypertension on left ventricular diastolic function in chronic obstructive lung disease: a tissue Doppler imaging and right cardiac catheterization study.

Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) caused by chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) essentially involves the right heart. Also left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic functions may be affected.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of on LV diastolic function in patients with COLD.

Evaluation of ultrasonographic fatty liver and severity of coronary atherosclerosis, and obesity in patients undergoing coronary angiography.

Objective: Aims were to examine associations (1) between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) and obesity, (2) between CAD and NAFLD with aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma glutamiltransferase (GGT) levels.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the study group consisted of 355 patients (mean age: 57.5+/-11.

A case with the longest angiographically documented left main coronary artery.

The left main coronary artery (LMC) is generally considered to be between 5 and 15 mm long. We report a case with the longest angiographically documented LMC (41 mm) in a patient with acute inferior myocardial infarction.

Cardiac echinococcosis: recurrent intramyocardial-extracardiac hydatid cysts with pericardial protrusion.

A 26-year-old male patient was diagnosed with an isolated recurrent intramyocardial-extracardiac hydatid cyst with pericardial protrusion after being admitted with chest pain and palpitation. He had undergone surgical resection of an intramyocardial pericardial hydatid cyst without cardiopulmonary bypass 10 years earlier. In the current admission, the results from transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography and multislice computed tomography were confirmed by serological and histopathological tests.

Comparison of serum levels of inflammatory markers and allelic variant of interleukin-6 in patients with acute coronary syndrome and stable angina pectoris.

Objectives: Although the relationship between atherosclerosis and inflammatory cells has been recognized in recent years, the effect of interleukin-6 (IL-6) genetic variants associated with atherosclerosis is still controversial. Therefore, we investigated the association between IL-6 polymorphism and levels of IL-6 in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: We conducted a case-control study on 294 unrelated participants who were referred to the cardiology department of the university hospital for coronary angiography because of suspected ischemic heart disease.

Can transesophageal pulse-wave tissue Doppler imaging be used to evaluate left ventricular function?

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of transesophageal tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE) in evaluation of the left ventricular functions. To this end, the data obtained by transoesophageal tissue Doppler echocardiography and by transthoracic tissue Doppler echocardiography were compared simultaneously.

Methods: Nineteen consecutive patients (7 female and 12 male) underwent a clinically indicated study.

Strain and strain rate imaging in evaluating left atrial appendage function by transesophageal echocardiography.

Background: This study was planned to assess whether strain rate (Sr) and strain (S) echocardiography is a useful method for functional assessment of the left atrial appendage (LAA).

Material And Methods: Fifty-seven consecutive patients underwent a clinically indicated study. LAA late empty velocity (LAAEV) was calculated as a gold standard for left atrial appendage function.

Carvedilol therapy is associated with an improvement in left atrial appendage function in patients with congestive heart failure.

Heart failure is one of the leading death reasons in the world. Left atrial appendage (LAA) is of great importance in maintaining cardiac function. We examined the effect of carvedilol therapy on left atrial appendage functions in patients with symptomatic congestive heart failure.

Left atrial remodeling in acute anterior myocardial infarction.

Background: Our goal in this study was to examine the changes in the left atrial functions over a period of 3 months by using left atrial volume measurements in patients with anterior myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods And Results: Seventy-three patients with anterior MI who consulted our hospital in the first 12 hours starting from the onset of the chest pain and who exhibited ST elevation were enrolled in the study. The left atrial functions of the patients were evaluated by transthoracic echocardiography for a total number of four times; first at the time of the visit to the hospital, then in the first week, and then in the first and third months.

Effect of beta-blocker therapy on left atrial function in patients with heart failure: comparison of metoprolol succinate with carvedilol.

Objective: We aimed to compare the effects of carvedilol and metoprolol succinate on left atrial (LA) function in patients with chronic heart failure.

Methods: Thirty three patients (6 females, 27 males) who had not received beta blocker treatment previously and whose left ventricular ejection fraction was below 40% were included in this study. LA volumes were measured echocardiographically just before the time of mitral valve opening (V (max)), onset of atrial systole (p-wave at the electrocardiography = V (p)) and mitral valve closure (V (min)) according to the biplane area length method at baseline and in the 3rd month after the administration of beta blockers.

Asymptomatic cardiac lipoma originating from the interventricular septum diagnosed by multi-slice computed tomography.

A 45 year-old asymptomatic man was admitted to preoperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery. Physical examination and ECG were normal. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a 17 x 35 mm suspicious hyperechoic mass in the interventricular septum.

The first spontaneous coronary artery perforation due to disruption of atherosclerotic plaque.

Spontaneous coronary artery rupture is rarely seen and most of the reorted cases in the world literature are related to rupture of a coronary artery aneurysm or of a saphenous vein graft. There is no report in the literature of a patient with spontaneous coronary artery perforation due to disruption of coronary atherosclerotic plaque. We can confirm that our patient is the first to be successfully treated with intracoronary grafted stent implantation for spontaneous coronary artery perforation as a result of disruption of atherosclerotic plaque.