Volume: 7 Issue: 4 - December 2007

Editorial

Bilgin Timuralp

PubMed ID: 18065329 Pages : 364-364

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Original Investigations

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

PubMed ID: 18065330 Pages : 365-370

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Original Investigations

3. Cardiovascular risk factors in obese women and their first-degree relatives

Fulden Saraç, Ahmet Gökhan Özgen, Candeğer Yılmaz, Mehmet Tüzün

PubMed ID: 18065331 Pages : 371-377

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Original Investigations

4. Relationship between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension

Nihal Akar Bayram, Bülent Çiftçi, Selma Fırat Güven, Hüseyin Bayram, Erdem Diker

PubMed ID: 18065332 Pages : 378-382

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Original Investigations

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

PubMed ID: 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

PubMed ID: 18065334 Pages : 388-389

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Original Investigations

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

PubMed ID: 18065335 Pages : 390-396

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Original Investigations

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

PubMed ID: 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

PubMed ID: 18065337 Pages : 404-410

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Original Investigations

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

PubMed ID: 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

PubMed ID: 18065339 Pages : 415-420

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Editorial Comment

12. Dyslipidemia in school-children

PubMed ID: 18065340 Pages : 421-422

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Review

13. Sexual activity and cardiovascular risk

Bilal Boztosun, Ayhan Olcay, Muzaffer Değertekin

PubMed ID: 18065341 Pages : 423-426

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Review

14. A survey of heart tumors: clinical and echocardiographic approach

Vildan Karpuz, Barış İkitimur, Hakan Karpuz

PubMed ID: 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

PubMed ID: 18065343 Pages : 436-438

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Case Report

16. Pacemaker lead failure due to crush injury

Okan Erdoğan, Meryem Aktoz

PubMed ID: 18065344 Pages : 438-440

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Case Report

17. A cardiac hydatid cyst case seen after operation on pulmonary hydatid cyst

Şinasi Manduz, Nurkay Katrancıoğlu, Kasım Doğan

PubMed ID: 18065345 Pages : 440-441

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Case Report

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

PubMed ID: 18065346 Pages : 442-443

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Case Report

19. Coronary bypass surgery in essential thrombocytemia

Yavuz Yörükoğlu, Meltem Aylı, Ebru Akgül

PubMed ID: 18065347 Pages : 444-445

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Case Report

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

PubMed ID: 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

PubMed ID: 18065349 Pages : 449-450

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Letter to the Editor

22. Patient education and exercise in cardiac rehabilitation

Hale Karapolat

PubMed ID: 18065350 Pages : 450-451

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Letter to the Editor

23. ASD closure with Solysafe device: first experience in Turkey

Kemal Nişli, Naci Öner, Ümrah Aydoğan, Türkan Ertuğrul

PubMed ID: 18065351 Pages : 451-452

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Letter to the Editor

24. Natriuretic peptide family as a “novel candidate marker” for the assessment of diagnosis, therapeutic response and prognosis in cardiovascular disease

Emel Altekin

PubMed ID: 18065352 Pages : 452-453

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Letter to the Editor

25. Ventricular septal rupture and cardiogenic shock in the myocardial infarction case presenting with fever and leukocytosis

Özgür Tanrıverdi

PubMed ID: 18065354 Pages : 453-453

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Letter to the Editor

26. An unusual cause of syncope: hyperthyroidism

Mehmet Özaydın, Yasin Türker, Abdullah Doğan, Ercan Varol, Süleyman M. Aslan, Ahmet Altınbaş

PubMed ID: 18065353 Pages : 453-454

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Letter to the Editor

27. Atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia induced by electrical injury

Yasin Türker, Mehmet Özaydın, Selahattin Akçay, Mustafa Karabacak, Habil Yücel

PubMed ID: 18065355 Pages : 454-455

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Letter to the Editor

28. Total sternal cleft: computerized tomography findings

Onur Sıldıroğlu, Güner Sönmez, Ersin Öztürk, Hakan Mutlu, Mustafa Aparcı, Rauf Görür, Çınar Başekim, Eşref Kızılkaya

PubMed ID: 18065356 Pages : 455-456

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Letter to the Editor

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

PubMed ID: 18065357 Pages : 456-457

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Letter to the Editor

30. Mitral valve replacement in a renal transplant patient

Cüneyt Narin, Erdal Ege, Yüksel Dereli, Ali Sarıgül

PubMed ID: 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

PubMed ID: 18065359 Pages : 459-459

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32. 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

PubMed ID: 18065360 Pages : 460-461

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33. Spontaneous cholesterol embolism confused with peripheral arterial disease

Abdi Bozkurt, Mustafa Demirtaş, Filiz Çevlik, Mevlüt Koç, İlhan Tuncer

PubMed ID: 18065361 Pages : 460-460

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34. Aortic aneurysm: a rare complication of ulcerative colitis

Cemşit Karakurt, Gülendam Koçak, Ayşe Selimoğlu, Metehan Özen

PubMed ID: 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

PubMed ID: 18065363 Pages : 462-462

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Miscellaneous

36. Cases presented at COPE meeting

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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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39. An unusual severe pulmonic stenosis case without significant electrocardiographic changes

Turgay Çelik, Atila İyisoy, Hürkan Kurşaklıoğlu, Hasan Turhan, Ersoy Işık

PubMed ID: 18065320 Pages : 5001-5001

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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

PubMed ID: 18065319 Pages : 5001-5002

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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

PubMed ID: 18065321 Pages : 5002-5003

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42. Coronary to pulmonary artery fistula associated with significant coronary atherosclerosis

Nesligül Yıldırım, Sait M. Doğan, Metin Gürsürer, Mustafa Aydın

PubMed ID: 18065323 Pages : 5003-5003

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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

PubMed ID: 18065322 Pages : 5003-5004

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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

PubMed ID: 18065324 Pages : 5004-5005

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45. Retrograde blood flow from saphenous venous graft to the aorta

Hasan Kocatürk, Ednan Bayram, Sebahattin Ateşal, Abdürrezzak Börekçi

PubMed ID: 18065325 Pages : 5005-5005

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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

PubMed ID: 18065326 Pages : 5006-5006

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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

PubMed ID: 18065328 Pages : 5007-5007

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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

PubMed ID: 18065327 Pages : 5007-5008

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