Publications by authors named "N Ceviz"
Congenital heart disease (CHD) plays a key role in oral and dental health regarding its own impacts on teeth (i.e., enamel hypoplasia), infective endocarditis and choice of dental treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The inflammation of the heart muscle is referred to as acute myocarditis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has become the primary method for a non-invasive assessment of myocardial inflammation. However, there are several drawbacks of CMR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanges in the frequency and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever in the COVID-19 era: a retrospective analysis from a single center.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
September 2022
Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in significant changes in the frequency of many diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the changes in the frequency and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in this period and determine the effect of health measures taken against COVID-19 on this change.
Methods: The cases with initial attack of ARF between January 2016 and March 2022 in Ataturk University, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, were determined from the clinic's database, and case per month ratios were calculated for each period, retrospectively.
Aim: In this study, it was aimed to examine the serum endocan levels in patients with rheumatic aortic regurgitation and to investigate whether it has a value in differentiating it from aortic regurgitation due to bicuspid aortic valve.
Methods: Blood samples were collected from patients with rheumatic aortic regurgitation (Group 1), incidentally diagnosed patients with borderline or definite rheumatic aortic regurgitation (Group 2), children with bicuspid aortic valve accompanied by aortic regurgitation (Group 3) and healthy children (Group 4) of similar age.
Results: There were 12 children in Group 1, 13 in Group 2, 25 in Group 3, and 25 in Group 4.
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates arrhythmias and conduction disturbances in children with myopericarditis, a condition often considered benign but lacking specific research on heart rhythm issues.
- The researchers reviewed medical records of children diagnosed with myopericarditis from 2016 to 2021 and used both surface electrocardiography and 24-hour Holter monitoring for assessment.
- Results showed that while troponin levels were significantly elevated at admission, surface ECGs were normal for all patients, and only 4 out of 27 showed clinically insignificant arrhythmias during Holter monitoring, reinforcing myopericarditis as a generally benign condition in this population.