Volume: 9 Issue: 4 - August 2009

Editorial

1. On our painful losses, supplement and the letter from Prof. Dr. Çetin Erol

Bilgin Timuralp

PubMed ID: 19666425 Pages : 259-259

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Original Investigation

2. Reversal of doxorubicin-induced vascular dysfunction by resveratrol in rat thoracic aorta: Is there a possible role of nitric oxide synthase inhibition?

Murat Olukman, Cenk Can, Ayşe Erol, Gülperi Öktem, Onur Oral, Mehtap Gülcihan Çınar

PubMed ID: 19666426 Pages : 260-266

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Original Investigation

3. Relationship between two estrogen receptor-? gene polymorphisms and angiographic coronary artery disease

Bilgehan Karadağ, Mehmet Güven, Yalçın Hacıoğlu, Erdinç Öz, Bahadır Batar, Nergiz Domaniç, Turgut Ulutin, Vural Ali

PubMed ID: 19666427 Pages : 267-272

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Original Investigation

4. Evaluation of ultrasonographic fatty liver and severity of coronary atherosclerosis, and obesity in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Mahmut Açıkel, Sadık Sunay, Mustafa Koplay, Fuat Gündoğdu, Şule Karakelleoğlu

PubMed ID: 19666428 Pages : 273-279

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Original Investigation

5. Which cut-off value of high sensitivity C- reactive protein is more valuable for determining long- term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome?

Teoman Kılıç, Ertan Ural, Gökhan Öner, Tayfun Şahin, Metehan Kılıç, Şadan Yavuz, Muhip Kanko, Göksel Kahraman, Ulaş Bildirici, Kamil Turan Berki, Dilek Ural

PubMed ID: 19666429 Pages : 280-289

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Original Investigation

6. The effects of nebivolol on P wave duration and dispersion in patients with coronary slow flow

Yılmaz Güneş, Mustafa Tuncer, Ünal Güntekin, Yemlihan Ceylan

PubMed ID: 19666430 Pages : 290-295

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Editorial Comment

7. Nebivolol in patients with coronary slow flow: the right drug for the right case?

Gabriele Fragasso

PubMed ID: 19666431 Pages : 296-297

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Original Investigation

8. Comparison of antithyroid drugs efficacy on P wave changes in patients with Graves’ disease

Dilek Berker, Serhat Işık, Alper Canbay, Yusuf Aydın, Yasemin Tütüncü, Tuncay Delibaşı, Serdar Güler

PubMed ID: 19666432 Pages : 298-303

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Original Investigation

9. A population- based study on awareness of heart attack in Aydın city-Turkey

Sakine Memiş, Emine Didem Evci, Filiz Ergin, Erdal Beşer

PubMed ID: 19666433 Pages : 304-310

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Original Investigation

10. Discrete supravalvular aortic stenosis in children: Is it necessary to reconstruct the whole aortic root?

Ergin Koçyıldırım, Süleyman Özkan, Demet Karadağ, S. Kenan Köse, Enver Ekici, Coşkun İkizler

PubMed ID: 19666434 Pages : 311-317

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Original Investigation

11. The effects of intra-operative amiodarone loading on the systemic inflammatory response syndrome induced by cardiopulmonary bypass

Ali Rahman, Handan Akbulut, Mustafa Kemal Bayar, Mehmet Özden, Oktay Burma, Ayhan Uysal

PubMed ID: 19666435 Pages : 318-324

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Review

12. Drug-eluting stents in multivessel coronary artery disease: Was one of the important fortresses of surgery conquered?

Arda Şanlı Ökmen, Ertan Ökmen

PubMed ID: 19666436 Pages : 325-330

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Miscellaneous

13. Differential diagnostic algorithm for diseases manifested with heart murmurs syndrome

Leonid B. Naumov

PubMed ID: 19666437 Pages : 331-339

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Scientific Letter

14. Excimer laser assisted implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead extraction: An alternative treatment to the surgery?

Hasan Güngör, Hamza Duygu, Bekir Serhat Yıldız, İlker Gül, Mehdi Zoghi, Mustafa Akın

PubMed ID: 19666438 Pages : 340-341

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Scientific Letter

15. Assessment and follow-up of coronary abnormalities in Turkish children with Kawasaki disease

İlkay Erdoğan, Alpay Çeliker, Süheyla Özkutlu, Dursun Alehan, Tevfik Karagöz

PubMed ID: 19666439 Pages : 342-344

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Case Report

16. Periodic recurrence of wide QRS tachycardia in myocardial infarction and vasospasm: utility of heart rate variability to assess autonomic nervous system activity on vasospasm-induced lethal arrhythmia

Bonpei Takase, Kazuo Kimura, Akira Hamabe, Akimi Uehata, Hattori Hidemi, Masayuki Ishihara, Akira Kurita

PubMed ID: 19666440 Pages : 345-347

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Case Report

17. Aortic dissection provoked by electrical storm

Oladipupo Olafiranye, Louis Salciccioli, Jason M. Lazar

PubMed ID: 19666441 Pages : 347-348

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Case Report

18. Intravascular imaging of ruptured plaque by visual histology intravascular ultrasound in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Mehmet Çilingiroğlu, Nuri Akkuş

PubMed ID: 19666442 Pages : 349-350

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Case Report

19. Successful treatment of infected left ventricular pseudoaneurysm related to empyema

Ahmet Ümit Güllü, Yara Banz, Eva Krähenbühl, Thierry Carrel, Jurg Schmidli

PubMed ID: 19666443 Pages : 351-352

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Letter to the Editor

20. E-learning in cardiology education

Erol Gürpınar, İbrahim Başarıcı

PubMed ID: 19666444 Pages : 353-353

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Letter to the Editor

21. Hemodynamic performance of mechanical aortic valves in narrow aortic annulus cases

Mert Kestelli, İsmail Yürekli, Ahmet Özelçi, Orhan Gökalp, Şahin Bozok, Engin Tulukoğlu, Ali Gürbüz

PubMed ID: 19666446 Pages : 354-354

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Letter to the Editor

22. Does radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting impair the hand circulation?

Şenol Yavuz

PubMed ID: 19666445 Pages : 354-355

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Letter to the Editor

23. Response to the case report of pulmonary artery coil migration after management of patent ductus arteriosus in a 65-year-old female patient

Ayhan Pektaş, Serdar Kula

PubMed ID: 19666447 Pages : 355-356

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Letter to the Editor

24. Do bone morphogenic protein-4 antagonists have any role in the treatment of human hypertension?

Ekrem Yeter, Mustafa Kurt, Bülent Özçakar, Ali E. Denktaş

PubMed ID: 19666448 Pages : 356-357

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Letter to the Editor

25. Tako-tsubo syndrome complicating with atrial fibrillation

Namık Özmen, Bekir Serhat Yıldız, Alptuğ Tokatlı

PubMed ID: 19666449 Pages : 357-358

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Letter to the Editor

26. Warfarin resistance induced by oxcarbamazepine

Oral Nevruz, Oben Baysan, Mehmet Yokuşoğlu

PubMed ID: 19666450 Pages : 358-359

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Letter to the Editor

27. Mitral valve perforation: Is there a possible role for silent infective endocarditis?

Adem Güler, Oben Baysan, Mehmet Yokuşoğlu, Celal Genç, Hayrettin Karaeren

PubMed ID: 19666451 Pages : 359-360

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Letter to the Editor

28. Utility of mild hypothermia during carotid artery surgery in patients with unilateral stenosis and contralateral total occlusion

Haydar Yasa, Levent Yılık, Kazım Ergüneş, Nagihan Karahan, Ufuk Yetkin, Çayan Çakır, Cengiz Özbek, Ali Gürbüz

PubMed ID: 19666452 Pages : 359-359

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Letter to the Editor

29. A concern on cardiac involvement in swine flu

Viroj Wiwanitkit

PubMed ID: 19666453 Pages : 360-361

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Miscellaneous

30. In memory of Prof. Dr. Acar Tokcan (1942-2009)

Tümer Ulus

Pages : 362-362

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31. Successful occlusion of reentry ring like coronary artery fistula with glue injection

Murat Çaylı, Durmuş Yıldıray Şahin, Erol Akgül, Mustafa Demirtaş

PubMed ID: 19666421 Pages : 5010-5010

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32. Direct invasion of non-small cell lung cancer metastases to the right heart

Tayfun Şahin, Ulaş Bildirici, Umut Çelikyurt, Sabiye Sevinç, Kazım Uygun, Dilek Ural

PubMed ID: 19666420 Pages : 5010-5011

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33. Right ventricle and tricuspid valve metastasis in a patient with renal cell carcinoma

Mohammad Otahbachi, Cihan Çevik, Piraon Sutthiwan

PubMed ID: 19666422 Pages : 5011-5012

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34. Incidental detection of a lung tumor on Thallium-201 myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging

Georgios Meristoudis, Ioannis Ilias, Julia Christakopoulou

PubMed ID: 19666423 Pages : 5012-5013

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35. An uncommonly seen congenital heart defect: aortopulmonary window with pulmonary hypertension in a 19-year old male patient

Şenay Funda Bıyıkoğlu, Göksel Çağırcı, Ayça Ata Boyacı, Erdal Duru, Aysel Türkvatan

PubMed ID: 19666424 Pages : 5013-5013