Pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of valve thrombosis in patients with metallic prosthetic heart valve (MHV). Warfarin treatment is the best regimen against thromboembolic complications, but its use…
Background and Aim It is hard to find an ideal device to use for every VSD successfully. If inappropriate device was chosen; complication rate increases, procedure time gets longer that…
Background and Aim Left ventricular (LV) rotation is the dominant deformation during relaxation and links systole with early diastolic recoil. In adult heart transplant recipients,LV twist dynamics are significantly impaired. This study…
Introduction Isolated patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) that is not being a part of a complex congenitally heart disease leads to a dilatation on left heart structures according to amount of…
Background We aimed to evaluate a relationship between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) idiopathic pericardial effusion (IPE) severity. Methods A total of 107 patients…
Objective The form of EBV/CMV co-infection gains rarely multi- pathogenicity and leads to viral myocarditis. Also, it may lead to progressive heart failure or sudden death. The aim of this…
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the most common congenital cardiac defects, accounting for approximately 6% to 10% of all congenital cardiac defects. Transcatheter ASD closure has gradually matured…
A 38-year-old-man was admitted to emergency department with left inguinal pain and fever. He was hospitalized with the diagnosis of nephrolithiasis and urinary tract infection. Antibiotic theraphy (meropenem 3 grams per…
Objective As a highly uncommon congenital defect, cor triatriatum sinister represents only 0.1% of congenital cardiac anomalies. Depending on the degree of obstruction and the accompanying symptoms, cor triatriatum can…
In the past 10 years, stent implantation has become a real alternative to surgery and stent technology has continued to evolve with potential for further modifications since its inception in…
