Publications by authors named "Muhammet Mucip Efe"
Endocan may predict the presence of coronary slow flow and coronary artery disease.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the relationship between endocan levels and coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary slow flow (CSF) in a group of 169 subjects undergoing coronary angiography.
- Both CAD and CSF patients exhibited significantly higher endocan levels compared to a control group, with similar levels between the two conditions, suggesting endocan's role in these diseases.
- Endocan levels, particularly when exceeding 450 pg/mL, are key predictors for both CAD and CSF, highlighting its potential as an important biomarker in these cardiovascular conditions.
Background: Systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII), which is derived from neutrophil, platelet and lymphocyte counts, represents the homeostatic balance among inflammatory, immune and thrombotic status. The systemic immune-inflammatory index is superior to indices such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in predicting prognosis in various malignancies, while it is shown to predict future cardiac events better than traditional risk factors after coronary intervention.
Objectives: Herein, we aimed to evaluate the relationship of the systemic immune-inflammatory index with atherosclerotic burden and in-hospital complications in acute coronary syndrome patients.
Objective: Irisin is a myokine thought to be involved in the pathophysiological process of atherosclerosis with its' cardiovascular protective effects. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have lower levels of irisin. Therefore, we investigated whether there is a connection between irisin, DM, coronary collateral circulation (CCC), and SYNTAX scores representing coronary artery disease (CAD) severity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The coexistence of hyponatremia and atrial fibrillation (AF) increases morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). However, it is not established whether hyponatremia is related to AF or not.
Objective: Our study aims to seek a potential association of hyponatremia with AF in patients with reduced ejection fraction heart failure (HFrEF).
Objective: We retrospectively assessed whether there was a relationship between lung complications and some easily accessible markers to predict the presence of pulmonary consolidation in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Methods: According to the polymerase chain reaction and chest computerized tomography results, the study was categorized into three groups. Group 1 (n=87) included the patients with polymerase chain reaction (+), group 2 (n=55) included the patients with polymerase chain reaction (-) and chest computerized tomography (+), and group 3 (n=77) included the patients with polymerase chain reaction (-) and chest computerized tomography (-), respectively.