| EDITORIAL |
| 1. | What is done, what will be done?
Bilgin Timuralp
PMID: 18065329 Page 364
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| ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION |
| 2. | Prevention of calcification with TPEN in pericardial bioprosthetic heart valve material
H. Ali Döndaş, Nejat Yılmaz, Ülkü Çömelekoğlu, Lülüfer Tamer, Nehir Sucu, Barlas N. Aytaçoğlu, Murat Özeren, Necmi Köse, Murat Dikmengil
PMID: 18065330 Pages 365 - 370
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| 3. | Cardiovascular risk factors in obese women and their first-degree relatives
Fulden Saraç, Ahmet Gökhan Özgen, Candeğer Yılmaz, Mehmet Tüzün
PMID: 18065331 Pages 371 - 377
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| 4. | Relationship between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension
Nihal Akar Bayram, Bülent Çiftçi, Selma Fırat Güven, Hüseyin Bayram, Erdem Diker
PMID: 18065332 Pages 378 - 382
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| 5. | Effect of nebivolol and metoprolol treatments on serum asymmetric dimethylarginine levels in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Aytekin Oğuz, Mehmet Uzunlulu, Elif Yorulmaz, Yavuz Yalçın, Nezih Hekim, Francesco Fici
PMID: 18065333 Pages 383 - 387
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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
| 6. | Does nebivolol improve endothelial dysfunction and will it rescue the reputation of the beta-blockers in the future?
Turgay Çelik
PMID: 18065334 Pages 388 - 389
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| 7. | Minimizing short-term complications in patients who have undergone cardiac invasive procedure: a randomized controlled trial involving position change and sandbag
Emel Yılmaz, Cemil Gürgün, Alev Dramalı
PMID: 18065335 Pages 390 - 396
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| 8. | Evaluation of hemodynamic changes in patients with mitral valve replacement using dobutamine stress echocardiography
A. Tulga Ulus, Ufuk Tütün, Baran Budak, Sakine Erbaş, Nurcan Arat, Seher Bozboğa, Kenan Köse, Mustafa Seren, A. İhsan Parlar, Ayşen Aksöyek, S. Fehmi Katırcıoğlu
PMID: 18065336 Pages 397 - 403
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| 9. | Dietary polyphenol quercetin protects rat hearts during reperfusion: enhanced antioxidant capacity with chronic treatment
Murat İkizler, Nilüfer Erkasap, Sadettin Dernek, Tuğrul Kural, Ziya Kaygısız
PMID: 18065337 Pages 404 - 410
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| 10. | Does cardiopulmonary bypass change serum neuron-specific enolase levels?
Erdem A. Özkısacık, Çağatay Altun, Berent Dişçigil, Uğur Gürcün, Mehmet Boğa, M. İsmail Badak, Aslıhan Karul
PMID: 18065338 Pages 411 - 414
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| 11. | Serum lipid profiles including non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in Turkish school-children
Birsen Uçar, Zübeyir Kılıç, Ener Çağrı Dinleyici, Ömer Çolak, Erdoğan Güneş
PMID: 18065339 Pages 415 - 420
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| EDITORIAL COMMENT |
| 12. | Dyslipidemia in school-children
PMID: 18065340 Pages 421 - 422
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| REVIEW |
| 13. | Sexual activity and cardiovascular risk
Bilal Boztosun, Ayhan Olcay, Muzaffer Değertekin
PMID: 18065341 Pages 423 - 426
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| 14. | A survey of heart tumors: clinical and echocardiographic approach
Vildan Karpuz, Barış İkitimur, Hakan Karpuz
PMID: 18065342 Pages 427 - 435
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| CASE REPORT |
| 15. | Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a long-term follow-up
Zeynep Tartan, Hülya Kaşıkçıoğlu, Fikri Yapıcı, Neşe Çam
PMID: 18065343 Pages 436 - 438
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| 16. | Pacemaker lead failure due to crush injury
Okan Erdoğan, Meryem Aktoz
PMID: 18065344 Pages 438 - 440
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| 17. | A cardiac hydatid cyst case seen after operation on pulmonary hydatid cyst
Şinasi Manduz, Nurkay Katrancıoğlu, Kasım Doğan
PMID: 18065345 Pages 440 - 441
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| 18. | Three-year follow up of recurrent cardiac echinococcosis simulating myxoma: report of a rare case
Mehmet S. Ülgen, Mehmet Yazıcı, Mehmet Kayrak, M. Akif Düzenli, Fatih Koç
PMID: 18065346 Pages 442 - 443
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| 19. | Coronary bypass surgery in essential thrombocytemia
Yavuz Yörükoğlu, Meltem Aylı, Ebru Akgül
PMID: 18065347 Pages 444 - 445
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| 20. | Two-stage successful surgery in an aortic coarctation case operated initially for ascending aortic aneurysm
Bilgehan Erkut, Cevdet Uğur Koçoğulları, Ahmet Özyazıcıoğlu, Hikmet Koçak
PMID: 18065348 Pages 445 - 448
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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
| 21. | Angiotensinogen M235T gene polymorphism in essential hypertension/Angiotensinogen M235T polymorphism and left ventricular indices in treated hypertensive patients with normal coronary arteries
İbrahim Başarıcı, Gültekin Süleymanlar
PMID: 18065349 Pages 449 - 450
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| 22. | Patient education and exercise in cardiac rehabilitation
Hale Karapolat
PMID: 18065350 Pages 450 - 451
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| 23. | ASD closure with Solysafe device: first experience in Turkey
Kemal Nişli, Naci Öner, Ümrah Aydoğan, Türkan Ertuğrul
PMID: 18065351 Pages 451 - 452
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| 24. | Natriuretic peptide family as a “novel candidate marker” for the assessment of diagnosis, therapeutic response and prognosis in cardiovascular disease
Emel Altekin
PMID: 18065352 Pages 452 - 453
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| 25. | Ventricular septal rupture and cardiogenic shock in the myocardial infarction case presenting with fever and leukocytosis
Özgür Tanrıverdi
PMID: 18065354 Page 453
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| 26. | An unusual cause of syncope: hyperthyroidism
Mehmet Özaydın, Yasin Türker, Abdullah Doğan, Ercan Varol, Süleyman M. Aslan, Ahmet Altınbaş
PMID: 18065353 Pages 453 - 454
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| 27. | Atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia induced by electrical injury
Yasin Türker, Mehmet Özaydın, Selahattin Akçay, Mustafa Karabacak, Habil Yücel
PMID: 18065355 Pages 454 - 455
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| 28. | Total sternal cleft: computerized tomography findings
Onur Sıldıroğlu, Güner Sönmez, Ersin Öztürk, Hakan Mutlu, Mustafa Aparcı, Rauf Görür, Çınar Başekim, Eşref Kızılkaya
PMID: 18065356 Pages 455 - 456
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| 29. | Intraoperative appearance of a homograft aortic valve 16 years after the implantation
Mehmet Emin Özdoğan, Dilek Erer, Erkan İriz, Mustafa Büyükateş, Levent Oktar, Yusuf Ünal, Adnan Abacı
PMID: 18065357 Pages 456 - 457
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| 30. | Mitral valve replacement in a renal transplant patient
Cüneyt Narin, Erdal Ege, Yüksel Dereli, Ali Sarıgül
PMID: 18065358 Pages 457 - 458
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| 31. | Live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of the papillary muscle abnormality with mitral regurgitation
Nurcan Arat, Zehra Gölbası, Erdoğan İlkay, İrfan Sabah, Ayşenur Paç
PMID: 18065359 Page 459
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| 32. | Spontaneous cholesterol embolism confused with peripheral arterial disease
Abdi Bozkurt, Mustafa Demirtaş, Filiz Çevlik, Mevlüt Koç, İlhan Tuncer
PMID: 18065361 Page 460
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| 33. | Case of Phlegmasia cerulea dolens as a rare complication in deep venous thrombosis
Erkan İriz, Dilek Erer, Pınar Köksal, İrfan Taşoğlu, Volkan Sinci, Mehmet Emin Özdoğan
PMID: 18065360 Pages 460 - 461
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| 34. | Aortic aneurysm: a rare complication of ulcerative colitis
Cemşit Karakurt, Gülendam Koçak, Ayşe Selimoğlu, Metehan Özen
PMID: 18065362 Pages 461 - 462
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| 35. | Spontaneous dissection of left anterior descending artery and cardiac apical mass without aneurysm
Cevdet Uğur Koçoğulları, Hasan Kocatürk, Hikmet Koçak
PMID: 18065363 Page 462
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
| 36. | Cases presented at COPE meeting
Page 463
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| AUTHOR INDEX |
| 37. | Author Index
Pages 464 - 468
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| SUBJECT INDEX |
| 38. | Subject Index
Pages 469 - 475
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| E-PAGE ORIGINAL IMAGES |
| 39. | An unusual severe pulmonic stenosis case without significant electrocardiographic changes
Turgay Çelik, Atila İyisoy, Hürkan Kurşaklıoğlu, Hasan Turhan, Ersoy Işık
PMID: 18065320 Page E1
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| 40. | A severe coarctation of the aorta incidentally diagnosed during cardiac catheterization of a 40-year-old male patient presenting acute coronary syndrome
Asuman Yeşilay, Serkan Topaloğlu, Dursun Aras, Kazım Başer, Halil Lutfi Kısacık, Şule Korkmaz
PMID: 18065319 Pages E1 - E2
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| 41. | Calcified giant congenital non-coronary sinus Valsalva aneurysm ruptured into the left ventricular outflow tract
Ali Vefa Özcan, Harun Evrengül, İbrahim Gokşin, Gokhan Önem
PMID: 18065321 Pages E2 - E3
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| 42. | Coronary to pulmonary artery fistula associated with significant coronary atherosclerosis
Nesligül Yıldırım, Sait M. Doğan, Metin Gürsürer, Mustafa Aydın
PMID: 18065323 Page E3
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| 43. | Aortopulmonary window associated with anomalous right coronary artery: a rare combination
Utku Arman Örün, Hakan Aydın, Burhan Öcal, Filiz Şenocak, Kanat Özışık, Ali Kutsal
PMID: 18065322 Pages E3 - E4
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| 44. | Transcatheter closure of large fistula between right coronary artery and pulmonary artery using Amplatzer vascular plug in a patient with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect
Ahmet Çelebi, Yalım Yalçın, Cenap Zeybek, Abdullah Erdem, Tuğçin Bora Polat, Celal Akdeniz
PMID: 18065324 Pages E4 - E5
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| 45. | Retrograde blood flow from saphenous venous graft to the aorta
Hasan Kocatürk, Ednan Bayram, Sebahattin Ateşal, Abdürrezzak Börekçi
PMID: 18065325 Page E5
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| 46. | Paradoxical embolism after thrombolytic treatment in a patient with pulmonary embolism and right atrial thrombus
İbrahim Halil Kurt, Abdi Bozkurt
PMID: 18065326 Page E6
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| 47. | An anomalous left coronary artery detected by multislice computed tomography
M. Gürkan Kutucularoğlu, A. Savaş Çelebi, Özlem Özcan, Erdem Diker
PMID: 18065328 Page E7
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| 48. | An uncommon coincidence of congenital quadricuspid aortic valve accompanied by hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Ahmet K. Bilge, Zehra Buğra, Yelda Tayyareci, Özcan Rüzgar, Sabahattin Umman, Mehmet Meriç
PMID: 18065327 Pages E7 - E8
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