| EDITORIAL |
| 1. | With gratitude to our referees, three Murat's and internet visitors
PMID: 15755692 Pages 1 - 2
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| ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION |
| 2. | Is slow coronary flow related with inflammation and procoagulant state
Mustafa Yazıcı, Emre Aksakal, Sabri Demircan, Mahmut Şahin, Olcay Sağkan
PMID: 15755693 Pages 3 - 7
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| 3. | The serial changes in plasma homocysteine levels and it’s relationship with acute phase reactants in early postmyocardial infarction period
Murat Sucu, Abdulaziz Karadede, Gülten Toprak, Nizamettin Toprak
PMID: 15755694 Pages 8 - 12
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| 4. | Analytical performance of a direct assay for LDL-cholesterol: a comparative assessment versus Friedewald’s formula
Işık Türkalp, Zafer Çil, Didem Özkazanç
PMID: 15755695 Pages 13 - 17
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| 5. | Effect of octreotide in the prevention of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity
Cem Barçın, Hürkan Kurşaklıoğlu, Mükerrem Safalı, Atilla İyisoy, Sedat Köse, Nadir Barındık, Ersoy Işık
PMID: 15755696 Pages 18 - 23
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| 6. | Comparison of multiple prediction models for hypertension (Neural network, logistic regression and flexible discriminant analyses)
Mevlüt Türe, İmran Kurt, Ebru Yavuz, Turhan Kürüm
PMID: 15755697 Pages 24 - 28
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| EDITORIAL COMMENT |
| 7. | Predictive models and hypertension
Kazım Özdamar
PMID: 15755698 Page 29
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| ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION |
| 8. | Hemodynamic performance of mechanical aortic valves in narrow aortic annulus cases
Aytül Belgi, Seyhan Çetin, Emre Altekin, Bekir Kalaycı, Selim Yalçınkaya, Mehmet Kabukçu, Oktay Sancaktar, Filiz Ersel Tüzüner
PMID: 15755699 Pages 30 - 33
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| 9. | Effects of topical applications of aprotinin and tranexamic acid on blood loss after open heart surgery
Alptekin Yasım, Ramazan Aşık, Erhan Atahan
PMID: 15755701 Pages 36 - 40
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| REVIEW |
| 10. | The effects of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome on cardiovascular system
Dursun oğlu, Neşe Dursunoğlu
PMID: 15755702 Pages 41 - 45
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| 11. | Cardiovascular manifestations and treatment in Marfan syndrome
Vedat Erentuğ, Adil Polat, Kaan Kırali, Esat Akıncı, Cevat Yakut
PMID: 15755703 Pages 46 - 52
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
| 12. | Conditions when coronary angiography should not/is not necessarily be performed
Yılmaz Nişancı
PMID: 15755704 Pages 53 - 55
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| CASE REPORT |
| 13. | Left circumflex artery to the right bronchial artery coronary artery fistula
Özgür Avşar, İbrahim Demir, Özgür Ekin, Hüseyin Yılmaz
PMID: 15755705 Pages 56 - 58
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| 14. | A combined surgical and endovascular procedure for thoracic aortic aneurysm in a high risk patient
Vural Özcan, Sabit Sarıkaya, Mustafa Zengin, Fürüzan Numan
PMID: 15755706 Pages 59 - 61
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| 15. | A case of less invasive closed mitral commissurotomy with aid of transesophageal echocardiography
Soner Sanioğlu, Onur Sokullu, Ali Tabakan, Fuat Bilgen, Günseli Abay, Oral Hastaoğlu
PMID: 15755707 Pages 62 - 63
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| SCIENTIFIC LETTER |
| 16. | Peak pulse pressure during exercise and left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes
Erdem Kaşıkçıoğlu, Hüseyin Oflaz, Hülya Akhan, Abidin Kayserilioğlu, Sabahattin Umman
PMID: 15755708 Pages 64 - 65
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| 17. | Coronary artery system in a dog
İlker Alat, Gülnur Erdem, Mehmet Beşir Akpınar
PMID: 15755709 Pages 66 - 67
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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
| 18. | The organ effects of systemic inflammation response activated during open heart surgery and current treatment methods
Birkan Akbulut
PMID: 15755710 Pages 68 - 69
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| EDITORIAL COMMENT |
| 19. | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the pathological features and the molecular pathogenesis
Vedat Davutoğlu
PMID: 15755711 Pages 70 - 71
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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
| 20. | On cardiology education
Ayhan Olcay
PMID: 15755712 Page 72
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| 21. | Distribution of risk factors according to socioeconomic status in male and female cases with coronary artery disease
Meltem Sömez
PMID: 15755713 Pages 73 - 74
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| 22. | Evaluation of diastolic function by transmitral color M-mode flow propagation velocity in hypertensive patients
Cihangir Kaymaz
PMID: 15755714 Pages 75 - 76
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| E-PAGE ORIGINAL IMAGES |
| 23. | Surgical treatment of congenital right coronary artery aneurysm and fistula in a patient with previous aortic dissection repair
Ersin Erek, Yusuf Kenan Yalçınbas, Ece Salihoğlu, Tayyar Sarıoğlu
PMID: 15755715 Pages 77 - 78
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| 24. | Giant left main coronary aneurysm with coronary artery ectasia
Ahmet Altınbaş, Gürkan Acar, Süleyman Murat Aslan
PMID: 15755716 Pages 79 - 80
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| 25. | Chest pain, dynamic electrocardiography changes and ventricular arrhythmia in a patient with thoracic disc hernia
Nezihi Barış, Özgür Aslan, Bahri Akdeniz, Özer Badak, Önder Kırımlı, Özhan Göldeli, Sema Güneri
PMID: 15755717 Pages 81 - 82
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| 26. | Pulmonary valve endocarditis
Tekin Yıldırım, Selim Yalçınkaya, Sinan Arslan
PMID: 15755718 Page 83
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| 27. | Chronic dissective aortic aneurysm as a result of cannulation performed 20 years ago
Muzaffer Bahçıvan, Ferşat Kolbakır, Hacı Akar
PMID: 15755719 Page 84
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| 28. | Isolated left ventricular diverticulum in an adult: dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI findings
Cihan Duran, Mecit Kantarcı, Kutlay Karaman
PMID: 15755720 Pages 85 - 86
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| 29. | A rare case of traumatic dissection and rupture of the distal thoracic aorta
Bayer Çınar, Hakkı Aydoğan, Onur Göksel, Şebnem Çetemen, Uğur Filizcan, Ergin Eren
PMID: 15755721 Page 87
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
| 30. | Relationship between myocardial fibrosis and repolarization abnormalities in patients with systemic right ventricle
Ömer Göktekin
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