Browsing by Author "Karadas F."
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Torsades de pointes with a severely prolonged QT interval induced by an initial low dose sotalol intake
Yalta K.; Turgut O.; Yilmaz A.; Yilmaz M.B.; Kendirlioglu O.; Karadas F. (2007)Many drugs, including sotalol, have been implicated in prolonging QT interval and triggering torsades de pointes, a potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmia, especially during chronic therapy or in case of acute high dose ...