A new method of arterial stiffness measurement in pseudoexfoliation syndrome: cardio-ankle vascular index.

Purpose: To investigate whether pseudoexfoliation syndrome affects arterial stiffness by using cardio-ankle vascular index measurement.

Methods: This cross-sectional case-control study included 55 patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome and 106 age- and gender-matched healthy control subjects. All subjects underwent a complete ophthalmic exa mination of both eyes and cardio-ankle vascular index measu rements.

A randomized trial comparing left distal radial versus femoral approach for coronary artery bypass graft angiography: a pilot study.

Background: Left distal transradial angiography (ldTRA) is a new technique for radial coronary angiography and may be an alternative to conventional transfemoral angiography (TFA) in patients who had previously undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. In this study we compared ldTRA with TFA in patients who had undergone CABG surgery in terms of procedural details.

Methods: Fifty-seven consecutive patients with history of previous CABG among 459 patients who were admitted to coronary angiography unit (elective and acute coronary syndromes) in our center between October 2019 and February 2020 were included in the study.

Relationship between door-to-balloon time and clinical experience level of emergency department physicians.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the experience level of physicians initially making the clinical diagnosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the emergency department and door-to-balloon time (DBT).

Material And Methods: The study group comprised 522 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction who were immediately treated in the catheter laboratory. Information about DBT, the experience level of the physicians who initially clinically diagnosed the patients and clinical benefit parameters were collected.

Association between Cardio-ankle Vascular Index and Contrast-induced Nephropathy.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), which is a marker of arteriosclerosis and the development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Cardiology, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, from May to December 2019.

Percutaneous angioplasty in the treatment of thrombosed hemodialysis fistulas: A single-center experience with 1 year of follow-up.

Objective: Thrombosis of a hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a serious complication that needs urgent treatment. Most cases are treated surgically, but recently, endovascular strategies have become a viable alternative. This study is an evaluation of the success and patency rate of percutaneous balloon angioplasty of thrombosed hemodialysis fistulas using a drug-coated balloon (DCB) contrasted with a standard balloon (SB).