Publications by authors named "Mahmut Kaymakci"
Objectives: To examine the clinicopathologic features of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) who had thoracic aorta repair surgery. Findings were compared with those of a cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) requiring thoracic aorta repair.
Methods: All patients evaluated at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, with Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for thoracic aorta repair surgery between 2000- 2021 were identified.
Objective: Isolated tricuspid valve surgery is uncommon and associated with high perioperative morbidity and mortality. We aimed to study the overall outcomes of patients who underwent minimally invasive right thoracotomy tricuspid valve surgery (Mini-TVS), consisting of either tricuspid valve repair (TVre) or replacement (TVR).
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of all Mini-TVS procedures (2017-2022), through which we identified isolated tricuspid valve surgeries.
Objective: To evaluate the incidence and outcomes of large artery (LA) involvement among patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to compare LA involvement to non-GCA patients.
Methods: The study included Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA residents with incident GCA between 1950 and 2016 with follow-up through 31 December 2020, death or migration. A population-based age-matched/sex-matched comparator cohort without GCA was assembled.
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) are large-vessel vasculitides affecting the aorta and its branches. Arterial damage from these diseases may result in ischemic complications, aneurysms, and dissections. Despite their similarities, the management of GCA and TAK differs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is currently categorized under the small vessel vasculitides. There is limited knowledge about large vessel involvement in AAV (L-AAV), mainly described in case reports and small series. L-AAV can involve temporal arteries (TA-AAV), aorta (A-AAV), and periaortic soft tissue (PA-AAV).
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- This study looked at patients who had surgery on their thoracic aorta (the big artery in the chest) and had a condition called giant cell arteritis (GCA).
- Researchers examined medical records and tissue samples from these patients to learn more about their health.
- They found that many of these patients still had active inflammation in their aorta, even though they seemed to be healthy after their GCA diagnosis, which could lead to serious problems like aortic aneurysm (bulging) or dissection (tearing).
Objectives: Clinically isolated aortitis (CIA) refers to inflammation of the aorta without signs of systemic vasculitis or infection. Population-based data on the epidemiology of CIA in North America is lacking. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology of pathologically confirmed CIA.
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