Objectives The present study aimed to evaluate the late term changes in radial artery luminal diameter (RAD) and vasodilatation response following transradial coronary intervention (TRI). Background TRI inducing a trauma…
Background Chronic heart failure is a common health problem with poor prognosis, high mortality rate and the incidence of this disease is increasing continuously. Prognosis of chronic systolic heart failure…
Aim NTproBNP is a serum biomarker of congestive heart failure (CHF) that is originated from ventricles due to myocardial stretch. Galectin is a novel serum biomarker of myocardial fibrosis and…
Background In addition to the conventional treatment by drugs, the CRT has proven its effectiveness for survival and quality of life in patients (pts) with congestive heart failure. Objectives The…
Objectives We aimed to evaluate the correlation between the pre-procedural serum lipid levels and the extent of periprocedural myocardial injury (PMI) in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Background…
Objective It has been aimed to investigate the Galectin-3 (GAL-3) levels and clinical responses after addition of spironolactone as a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) to the current treatment in patients…
Objective Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) as a clinical syndrome represents a major public health problem in industrialized countries due to increasing costs and limited resources. Recurrent unplanned hospitalizations (hosps) are…
Purpose There is only limited data on long-term results for the patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) in Turkey. In the present study, we analyzed one-year follow-up results of…
Introduction Improved neurological outcomes have been reported after therapeutic hypothermia for comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. Therefore therapeutic hypothermia is indicated as soon as possible after resuscitation of cardiac arrest…
Objectives Fragmented QRS(fQRS), defined as additional spikes within the QRS complex, has been proven as an indicator of worse outcomes in a variety of cardiovascular disorders. However, the importance of…
