Publications by authors named "S C Oztas"
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 PDFCarbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) have become a major public health problem worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate efficacy of ceftazidime/avibactam and plazomicin on carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates. Susceptibility of imipenem, meropenem, ertapenem, ceftazidime/avibactam and plazomicin was investigated by broth-microdilution method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Ventricular extrasystole (PVC) is characterized by premature ventricular depolarization and is associated with increased risk of arrhythmias and structural heart disease. This study aimed to investigate the association between the PVC burden and left atrial (LA) function in individuals without known cardiac disease.
Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 102 patients with PVCs who were admitted to a cardiology clinic.
Aim: 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.