The relationship between exercise capacity and masked hypertension in sedentary patients with diabetes mellitus.

Aim: Although exaggerated blood pressure responses (EBPR) to exercise have been related to future hypertension and masked hypertension (MHT), the relationship between exercise capacity and MHT remains unclear. A sedentary life style has been related to increased cardiovascular mortality, diabetes mellitus (DM), and hypertension. In this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between exercise capacity and MHT in sedentary patients with DM.

Predictive value of total atrial conduction time measured with tissue Doppler imaging for postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Objective: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) complicating coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) increases morbidity and stroke risk. Total atrial conduction time (PA-TDI duration) has been identified as an independent predictor of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to assess whether PA-TDI duration is a predictor of AF after CABG.

Coronary artery ectasia is associated with atrial electrical and mechanical dysfunction: an observational study.

Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate total atrial conduction time and left atrial (LA) mechanical function in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia (ICAE).

Methods: Sixty patients with ICAE without any visible coronary stenosis were enrolled to this cross-sectional observational study. The control group consisted of 40 age- and gender-matched patients.

Evaulation of atrial conduction abnormalities and left atrial mechanical functions in patients with subclinical thyroid disorders.

Introduction: Changes of thyroid hormones levels may lead to effects, not only in ventricular function, but also atrial function. The aim of this study was to investigate left atrial (LA) mechanical functions, atrial electromechanical coupling and P wave dispersion in patients with subclinical thyroid disorders.

Material And Methods: Eighty patients with subclinical thyroid disorders and forty controls were included.

[The effect of nondipper blood pressure pattern on target organ damage in patients with metabolic syndrome].

Objectives: Both metabolic syndrome (MetS) and nondipping status (insufficient reduction in nocturnal blood pressure) have been linked with target organ damage. We evaluated the effect of nondipping status on target organ damage in subjects with MetS.

Study Design: Eighty-two patients diagnosed as having MetS were divided into two groups according to the findings of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as dipper (n=35, 19 women, 16 men; mean age 48.