Browsing by Author "Tandogan I."
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Acute heart failure and near-syncope associated with giant left atrial ball thrombus occluding left ventricular inflow tract
Yalta K.; Yilmaz A.; Turgut O.O.; Yilmaz M.B.; Karadas F.; Bektasoglu G.; Tandogan I. (2008)A 70-year-old female patient was admitted to our department with symptoms and signs of acute heart failure and near syncope. After hospitalization, both transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and subsequent transesophageal ... -
Development of malignant ventricular arrhythmias in a young male with WPW pattern
Erdem A.; Madak N.; Yilmaz A.; Yontar O.C.; Yucel H.; Gul I.; Tandogan I. (2010)In Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW), presence of accessory pathways causes various tachyarrhythmias that lead to different symptoms and clinical conditions in patients. Atrial fibrillation is observed in about 20-30% ... -
The effect of smoking on cardiac diastolic parameters including Vp, a more reliable and newer parameter
Yilmaz A.; Yalta K.; Onur Turgut O.; Birhan Yilmaz M.; Erdem A.; Karada F.; Ozyol A.; Tandogan I. (2007)Background: Previous studies have focused mainly on the acute effects of smoking on the diastolic function of the heart. The present study was conducted to demonstrate the chronic effects of smoking on the diastolic ... -
The effects of mobile phones on pacemaker function
Tandogan I.; Temizhan A.; Yetkin E.; Guray Y.; Ileri M.; Duru E.; Sasmaz A. (2005)Objectives: The electromagnetic field generated by different systems have well-recognized adverse effects on pacemaker functions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the adverse effects of mobile phones on pacemaker ... -
Improvement in Doppler alternans in patients with severe heart failure: Levosimendan versus dobutamin
Yilmaz M.B.; Karadas F.; Erdem A.; Tandogan I. (2008)Mechanical alternans, an ominous sign of terminal systolic heart failure, could be indirectly shown by Doppler analysis. On the other hand, Levosimendan, a novel agent, improves contractility in patients with HF. We searched ... -
Initial syncope associated with alternating attacks of supraventricular tachycardia and atrioventricular block long after surgical correction of tricuspid atresia
Yalta K.; Yontar C.; Karadas F.; Yilmaz M.B.; Turgut O.O.; Yilmaz A.; Erdem A.; Tandogan I. (2008)The Fontan procedure has become a generic term to define a surgical procedure that orients the systemic venous return directly to the pulmonary arteries, and has been used as a palliative operation for pulmonary atresia, ... -
The left anterior descending artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva: A case report
Yilmaz A.; Yalta K.; Turgut O.O.; Yilmaz M.B.; Karadas F.; Erdem A.; Ozyol A.; Tandogan I. (2007)Coronary artery anomalies occur in less than 1% of patients who undergo coronary angiography and they account for 1% to 2% of all cases of congenital heart disease. The most commonly encountered anomaly, the circumflex ... -
Use of the RCB guide in PCI of a chronic total occlusion in an anomalous right coronary artery with high anterior takeoff
Turgut O.; Tandogan I.; Dizman R. (2009)An anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) with a high anterior takeoff is an uncommon and technically challenging vessel to cannulate and to intervene upon. We describe here an unusual case of chronic total occlusion in a ...