Publications by authors named "Ramazan Duz"
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- Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is essential for managing acute and chronic coronary syndromes, helping to lower mortality rates and prevent further complications.
- A study followed 1500 patients on a specific fixed-dose DAPT (ASA + clopidogrel) to evaluate its effectiveness and safety, primarily focusing on hospitalization and bleeding risks.
- Results indicated that the fixed-dose combination therapy was effective, with low rates of hospitalization for cardiovascular issues and minimal bleeding complications in appropriately selected patients.
Objective: Heart failure is a leading cause of death and the most common diagnosis leading to hospitalization. Its awareness is lower than that of other cardiovascular diseases, both in the general population and among patients with heart failure (HF). This study aimed to establish the current level of knowledge about HF in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) in Türkiye.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aims to investigate the relationship between different phases of bipolar disorder (depressive, manic, and euthymic) and myocardial deformation, assessed by echocardiography, compared to healthy controls. It seeks to elucidate whether these phases of bipolar disorder are associated with different myocardial strain patterns, thus contributing to the understanding of cardiovascular implications in bipolar disorder. A cross-sectional design was employed at Dursun Odabaş Medical Centre, Psychiatry Clinic of Van Yüzüncü Yl University.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Coronary care units are sophisticated clinics established to reduce deaths due to acute cardiovascular events. Current data on coronary care unit mortality rates and predictors of mortality in Turkey are very limited. The MORtality predictors in CORonary care units in TURKey (MORCOR-TURK) trial was designed to provide information on the mortality rates and predictors in patients followed in coronary care units in Turkey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: We aimed to evaluate the awareness of pneumococcal vaccination (PCV13, PPSV23) in general cardiology outpatient clinics and impact of physicians' recommendations on vaccination rates.
Methods: This was a multicenter, observational, prospective cohort study. Patients over the age of 18 from 40 hospitals in different regions of Turkey who applied to the cardiology outpatient clinic between September 2022 and August 2021 participated.
Background: This study examined whether the severity of mitral valve stenosis (MVS) is associated with oxidative stress (OS) markers in the blood, and other hematological and clinicodemographic parameters.
Methods and results: This prospective study was conducted between March and May 2022. Seventy-five patients with newly diagnosed MVS (25 mild, 25 moderate, 25 severe) were included.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) ranges from 3% to 25%. However demographic, clinical, and angiographic characteristics of AF patients who admitted with de novo MI are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of patients presenting with de novo MI with AF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: In this study, we aimed to analyze the TURKMI registry to identify the factors associated with delays from symptom onset to treatment that would be the focus of improvement efforts in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Turkey.
Methods: The TURKMI study is a nation-wide registry that was conducted in 50 centers capable of 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). All consecutive patients (n=1930) with AMI admitted to coronary care units within 48 hours of symptom onset were prospectively enrolled during a predefined 2-week period between November 1, 2018, and November 16, 2018.
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- Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is recently defined and can occur despite normal coronary conditions, but its prevalence was previously unstudied in Turkey.
- The MINOCA-TR study involved 1,626 patients from 32 hospitals who met criteria for MI and underwent coronary angiography, revealing a 6.7% prevalence of MINOCA among those screened.
- MINOCA patients tended to be younger, had a higher proportion of females, and presented with fewer common risk factors compared to non-MINOCA patients, indicating distinct demographic and clinical characteristics.
Background: Coronary slow-flow (CSF) is an angiographic phenomenon characterised by delayed opacification of vessels in the absence of any evidence of obstructive epicardial coronary disease. QT interval dispersion (QTD) reflects regional variations in ventricular repolarisation and cardiac electrical instability and has been reported to be longer in patients with CSF.
Aim: To examine QT duration and dispersion in patients with CSF and the effects of nebivolol on these parameters.
Background: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet-to- lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have been shown to be helpful in predicting adverse cardiovascular events. However, to date, in the literature, there have been no studies demonstrating the relationship between EAT, MPV, PLR, NLR, and thromboembolism risk in atrial fibrillation (AF). Therefore, we examined the relationship between EAT, MPV, PLR, NLR, and CHA2DS2-VASc score used for the evaluation of thromboembolism risk in patients with AF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is an emerging inflammatory indicator which is closely associated with adverse cardiovascular events. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the relationship between PLR and the severity of calcific aortic stenosis (AS).
Material And Methods: The study was designed as a retrospective study.