Modified flower petal technique in the treatment of Medina type 0,0,1 or 0,1,0 lesions.

Aims: The optimal strategy for patients with isolated ostial bifurcation lesions has not yet been determined. We propose the modified flower petal technique for the treatment of Medina type 0,0,1 or 0,1,0 coronary bifurcation lesions.

Methods And Results: We selected 64 patients who had Medina type 0,0,1 or 0,1,0 coronary bifurcation lesions.

TAP-Stenting Technique for Bifurcation Stenosis of Celiac Artery.

We report a clinical course of a patient who developed severe ischemic liver injury and total occlusion of the celiac artery (CA). A 40-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. Computed tomography indicated total occlusion of the CA.

Left ventricle geometry affects coronary flow reserve in diabetic patients.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between coronary flow reserve (CFR) and left ventricle (LV) geometric patterns in patients with newly-diagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM).

Study Design: We studied 116 patients with newly-diagnosed DM and 31 healthy control subjects. Echocardiographic examination was performed on all subjects.

Lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level is associated with impaired myocardial performance and left ventricle hypertrophy in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.

Objective: Vitamin D deficiency is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. The relationship between vitamin D level and left ventricle (LV) myocardial performance index (MPI=Tei index), which incorporates both LV systolic function and diastolic function, was not investigated in previous studies. We hypothesized that vitamin D level may be associated with LV function and geometry.

Epicardial fat thickness in stable coronary artery disease: its relationship with high-sensitive cardiac troponin T and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide.

Objectives: Epicardial adipose tissue is related to coronary atherosclerosis, left ventricle hypertrophy, myocardial dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, and inflammation, which produces a variety of cytokines that influence key pathogenic mechanisms of atherogenesis. The main goal of this study is to examine the relationship between epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and cardiovascular risk markers as well as the complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with stable CAD.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively included 439 stable CAD patients undergoing coronary angiography in the present study (mean age: 62.

The association between aortic distensibility and coronary flow reserve in newly diagnosed diabetic patients.

Introduction: Aortic distensibility (AD) is an important parameter affecting coronary hemodynamics. Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) is a reliable marker of coronary endothelial function in diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between AD and CFVR in newly diagnosed diabetic patients.

Automated functional imaging in atrioventricular delay time optimisation in patients with dual chamber pacemakers.

Background: Optimisation of atrioventricular (AV) delay time has positive effects on left ventricular (LV) functions in patients with a DDD pacemaker. However, the method used for optimisation is still debated.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of different AV delay times on various LV systolic performances by using automated functional imaging (AFI) in patients with a DDD pacemaker and preserved LV systolic function.

Estimated glomerular filtration rate is associated with both arterial stiffness and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.

Even a slight decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Arterial stiffness, left ventricular hypertrophy and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease, which are particularly common in end-stage renal disease. We aimed to evaluate the association between GFR with arterial stiffness, left ventricle mass (LVM) and NT-proBNP in hypertensive subjects with normal to mildly impaired renal function.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and extent and complexity of coronary artery disease.

Background: There are limited number of studies about relationship between serum vitamin D level and presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). We assessed the relationship between the extent and complexity of CAD assessed by SYNTAX score and 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in patients with stable CAD.

Methods: In the study, 209 consecutive patients with stable CAD (age: 63.

Serum bilirubin level and aortic intima-media thickness in patients without clinical manifestation of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

We investigated the association between serum bilirubin level and thoracic aortic intima-media thickness (IMT). The study population consisted of 417 patients without coronary artery disease, who underwent transesophageal echocardiography examination for various indications. The highest aortic IMT values were observed in the bilirubinlow group compared with the bilirubinhigh group (P < .

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with both arterial and ventricular stiffness in healthy subjects.

Background: Vitamin D regulates the renin-angiotensin system, suppresses proliferation of vascular smooth muscle and improves endothelial cell dependent vasodilatation. These mechanisms may play a role on pathogenesis of arterial and left ventricular stiffness.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with arterial and left ventricular stiffness in healthy subjects.

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and abnormal geometric patterns of left ventricle in untreated hypertensive patients.

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) predicts cardiovascular events and mortality in hypertensive patients. Relationship between NT-proBNP level and left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is well known in hypertensive patients. However, the studies investigating relationship between LV geometric patterns and serum NT-proBNP level have conflicting results and are in a limited number.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level is associated with arterial stiffness, left ventricle hypertrophy, and inflammation in newly diagnosed hypertension.

Objectives: Vitamin D may modulate vascular inflammation, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, the renin-angiotensin system, and cardiomyocyte proliferation, myocardial fibrosis, and proliferation. These mechanisms may play a role on arterial stiffness and left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH) in hypertensive patients. We aimed to evaluate the association between serum vitamin D with arterial stiffness and LVH in patients with hypertension.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level is associated with aortic distensibility and left ventricle hypertrophy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.

We aimed to evaluate the association between serum vitamin D status and elastic properties of aorta in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). We studied 136 patients with newly diagnosed DM (mean age: 62.9 ± 10.

Coronary flow reserve and myocardial performance index in newly diagnosed diabetic patients.

Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at high risk of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. A reduction of coronary flow reserve (CFR) has been demonstrated in diabetic patients without coronary artery stenosis. In this study, we investigated the association between LV myocardial diastolic and systolic functions and the CFR in newly diagnosed diabetic patients in the absence of coronary artery disease.

Myocardial performance index and aortic distensibility in patients with different left ventricle geometry in newly diagnosed essential hypertension.

Background: Abnormal left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns, particularly concentric LV hypertrophy, are associated with a greater risk of hypertensive complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between LV myocardial performance index (LVMPI) and aortic distensibility (AD) with different LV geometric patterns in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension (HT).

Methods: We studied 181 patients with newly diagnosed HT (mean age 51.

SYNTAX score is a predictor of angiographic no-reflow in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with a primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Objectives: The no-reflow phenomenon has a negative prognostic value in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The SYNTAX score (SS) quantifies the extent and complexity of angiographic disease and predicts long-term mortality and morbidity in STEMI. We aimed to assess the no-reflow and its possible relationships with SS and clinical characteristics in patients with STEMI treated with a primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).

Contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

We assessed the relationship between contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) and SYNTAX score (SS) and serum uric acid (SUA) levels in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). A total of 835 STEMI patients in whom primary percutaneous coronary intervention was performed in our cardiology clinic were included in this study (615 male, 220 female; mean age 58.1 ± 12.

Association of mean platelet volume and pre- and postinterventional flow with infarct-related artery in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Platelets play a role in the pathogenesis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We assessed the relationship between mean platelet volume (MPV) on admission and pre- and postinterventional flow with the infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients with STEMI. We prospectively included 840 patients with STEMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is associated with the severity of coronary artery disease in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

We assessed the relationship between the severity of coronary artery disease assessed by SYNTAX score (SS) and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (N:L ratio) in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In total, 840 patients with STEMI in whom primary percutaneous coronary intervention was performed were prospectively included (622 male, 218 female; mean age 58.6 ± 12.