Browsing by Author "Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan"
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Acute and long-term follow-up results of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty: a single-center study
Korkmaz, Sule; Demirkan, Burcu; Guray, Yesim; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Aksu, Tolga; Sasmaz, Hatice (TURKISH SOC CARDIOLOGY, 2011)Objective: Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) is the method of choice in treatment of patients with hemodynamically significant mitral stenosis. We aimed to analyze acute and long-term clinical and echocardiographic ... -
Acute Effects of Levosimendan and Dobutamine on QRS Duration in Patients with Heart Failure
Yontar, Osman Can; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Yalta, Kenan; Erdem, Alim; Tandogan, Izzet (ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS CARDIOLOGIA, 2010)Background: Levosimendan is a novel inotropic agent that enhances cardiac contractility without increasing cellular calcium intake, so that it is not supposed to cause intracellular calcium overload and related arrhythmias. ... -
Advanced heart failure and future of mechanical assist devices: a Consensus Report on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Akar, Ahmet Ruchan; Ekmekci, Ahmet; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Sade, Leyla Elif; Eren, Mehmet; Orhan, R. Gokcen; Ozbaran, Mustafa; Yagdi, Tahir; Kucuker, Seref Alp; Gurbuz, Ali; Tokgozoglu, Lale (BAYCINAR MEDICAL PUBL-BAYCINAR TIBBI YAYINCILIK, 2016)Heart failure is a progressive disease. A considerable portion of patients reach an advanced or terminal phase later or sooner, despite all of the developments in diagnosis, management, and follow-up and alternatives which ... -
After the GEMINI-ACS-1 trial
Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan (TURKISH SOC CARDIOLOGY, 2017)The GEMINI-ACS-1 trial has recently been published. It was designed to test whether low dose rivaroxaban as an antithrombotic agent is as safe as aspirin in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The trial is important ... -
Aortic intracardiac echocardiography-guided septal puncture during mitral valvuloplasty
Akkaya, Emre; Vuruskan, Ertan; Zorlu, Ali; Sincer, Isa; Kucukosmanoglu, Mehmet; Ardic, Idris; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2014)Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and venous intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) are traditionally used to visualize the interatrial septum (IAS) and the tenting effect of the fossa ovalis in patients undergoing ... -
Association Between ApoE4 Allele and Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Pilot Study
Katrancioglu, Nurkay; Manduz, Sinasi; Ozen, Filiz; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Atahan, Erhan; Ozdemir, Ozturk; Berkan, Ocal (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2011)Materials and Methods: We aimed to search the relative frequencies ApoE alleles among patients with DVT and healthy participants. We enrolled 59 consecutive patients with DVT and 59 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. ... -
Association between oxidative stress index and post-CPR early mortality in cardiac arrest patients: A prospective observational study
Yucel, Hasan; Turkdogan, Kenan Ahmet; Zorlu, Ali; Aydin, Huseyin; Kurt, Recep; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan (TURKISH SOC CARDIOLOGY, 2015)Objective: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a series of lifesaving actions that improve the chance of survival following cardiac arrest (CA). Many clinical and laboratory parameters, such as the presence of asystole, ... -
Association of right heart with CA-125 levels in patients with heart failure
Refiker, Meltem; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2010)… -
Associations between common 3435 C > T variants of the multi-drug resistance [MDR-1 (ABCB1)] gene and abdominal aortic aneurysm: a pilot study
Manduz, Sinasi; Katrancioglu, Nurkay; Karahan, Oguz; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Ozdemir, Ozturk; Berkan, Ocal (EKIN TIBBI YAYINCILIK LTD STI-EKIN MEDICAL PUBL, 2011)Background: The aim of the study was to reveal the effect of the C3435T MDR-1 gene polymorphism in AAA, which has been postulated to play a role in the inflammatory process and protection against oxidative stress. Methods: ... -
Asymptomatic total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with double drainage in a young adult: A case report
Yalta, Kenan; Turgut, Okan Onur; Yilmaz, Ahmet; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Manduz, Sinasi; Karadas, Filiz; Dogan, Kasim; Tandogan, Izzet (FORUM MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING, LLC, 2007)Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is an uncommon congenital anomaly in which all pulmonary venous return drains to the right atrium or one of its tributaries. Survival beyond infancy without surgical palliation ... -
Atrial fibrillation and D dimer levels for patients with acute decompensated heart failure
Kaya, Hakki; Beton, Osman; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2016)… -
Atypical antipsychotic use is an independent predictor for the increased mean platelet volume in patients with schizophrenia: A preliminary study
Semiz, Murat; Yucel, Hasan; Kavakci, Onder; Yildirim, Osman; Zorlu, Ali; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Kucukdurmaz, Zekeriya; Canan, Fatih (ISFAHAN UNIV MED SCIENCES, 2013)Background: Cardiovascular diseases, cardiovascular risk factors, and mortality due to these situations are more frequently encountered in schizophrenic patients when compared with the general population. The mean platelet ... -
The awareness, efficacy, safety, and time in therapeutic range of warfarin in the Turkish population: WARFARIN-TR
Celik, Ahmet; Izci, Servet; Kobat, Mehmet Ali; Ates, Ahmet Hakan; Cakmak, Abdulkadir; Cakilli, Yasin; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Zoghi, Mehdi (TURKISH SOC CARDIOLOGY, 2016)Objective: The awareness, time in therapeutic range (TTR), and safety of warfarin therapy were investigated in the adult Turkish population. Methods: This multicenter prospective study includes 4987 patients using warfarin ... -
Being obese with poor coronary collaterals in cardiogenic shock
Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2008)… -
Beta blockers in systolic heart failure: Do physicians need more courage?
Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Refiker, Meltem (MOSBY-ELSEVIER, 2007)… -
Bleeding complications during cardiac electronic device implantation in patients receiving antithrombotic therapy: is there any value of local tranexamic acid?
Beton, Osman; Saricam, Ersin; Kaya, Hakki; Yucel, Hasan; Dogdu, Orhan; Turgut, Okan Onur; Berkan, Ocal; Tandogan, Izzet; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan (BMC, 2016)Background: The perioperative use of antithrombotic therapy is associated with increased bleeding risk after cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation. Topical application of tranexamic acid (TXA) is effective ...