Kurum Yazarı "Kalçık, Macit" Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü İçin Listeleme
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Diagnosis, treatment & management of prosthetic valve thrombosis: the key considerations
Gündüz, Sabahattin; Kalçık, Macit; Gürsoy, Mustafa Ozan; Güner, Ahmet; Özkan, Mehmet (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020)Introduction: Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is a life-threatening complication after valve replacement surgery. Although subtherapeutic anticoagulation is the main cause, there are many other conventional and esoteric ... -
Does low molecular weight heparin really protect against prosthetic valve thrombosis during pregnancy with strict anti-Xa monitoring?
Kalçık, Macit; Güner, Ahmet; Kalkan, Semih; Özkan, Mehmet (Elsevier Taiwan, 2021)Dear Editor,We have recently read with great interest the article by EspiauRomera et al. entitled‘‘Mitral valve thrombosis in term pregnancy:A case report and review of the literature’’[1]. -
Echocardiographic measurement of epicardial adipose tissue thickness in patients with microvascular angina
Kalçık, Macit; Yesin, Mahmut; Güner, Ahmet; Bayam, Emrah; Yetim, Mücahit; Doğan, Tolga; Karavelioğlu, Yusuf (Akademiai Kiado Zrt, 2019)Introduction: Impaired coronary microcirculation, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction were reported etiological factors for microvascular angina (MVA). Recently, increased epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness ... -
Echocardiographic predictors of interatrial block in patients with severe chronic kidney disease
Kalçık, Macit; Yetim, Mücahit; Doğan, Tolga; Eser, Barış; Doğan, İbrahim; Bekar, Lütfü; Karavelioğlu, Yusuf (Springer, 2020)Background Interatrial block (IAB), defined as a conduction delay between the right and left atrium, is manifested on the electrocardiogram as a prolonged P-wave duration. Large number of studies recently have been published ... -
Echocardiography Aided by Computed Tomography to Diagnose Obstructive Masses in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves
Kalçık, Macit; Güner, Ahmet; Gündüz, Sabahattin; Özkan, Mehmet (Texas Heart Inst, 2020)To the Editor: We appreciate Kealhofer and colleagues’ report on their beneficial use of cardiac computed tomography (CT) for evaluating prosthetic aortic valve dysfunction.1 We want to contribute further by drawing attention ... -
The effect of complex vascular anatomy on silent new ischemic cerebral lesions in carotid artery stenting procedures (from the COMPLEX-CAS Trial)
Güner, Ahmet; Çelik, Ömer; Topel, Çağdaş; Yalçın, Ahmet Arif; Kalçık, Macit; Uzun, Fatih; Ertürk, Mehmet (Sage Publications Ltd, 2021)Background Carotid artery stenting is a minimally invasive, durable alternative treatment option, which is an alternative to the reference method, carotid endarterectomy, for patients with carotid artery stenosis; however, ... -
Eosinophil percentage as a new prognostic marker in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Güner, Ahmet; Zehir, Regayip; Kalçık, Macit; Uslu, Abdulkadir; Ösken, Altuğ; Kalkan, Ali Kemal; Gültekin Güner, Ezgi (Akademiai Kiado Zrt, 2019)Background: In addition to proinflammatory properties, eosinophils can stimulate platelet activation and enhance prothrombotic pathways. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between the eosinophil percentage ... -
Evaluation of echocardiographic determinants of interatrial block in patients with essential hypertension
Kalçık, Macit; Bekar, Lütfü; Çelik, Oğuzhan; Yetim, Mücahit; Doğan, Tolga; Karaarslan, Osman; Karavelioğlu, Yusuf (Oxford Univ Press, 2019)[Abstract Not Available] -
Evaluation of homocystein and asymmetric dimethyl arginine levels in patients with coronary slow flow phenomenon
Demirci, Erkan; Çelik, Oğuzhan; Kalçık, Macit; Bekar, Lütfü; Yetim, Mücahit; Doğan, Tolga (Akademiai Kiado Zrt, 2019)Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that homocysteine and asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA) levels were strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases including coronary artery disease. The aim of this study ... -
Evaluation of the potential predictors of embolism in patients with left atrial myxoma
Kalçık, Macit; Bayam, Emrah; Güner, Ahmet; Küp, Ayhan; Kalkan, Semih; Yesin, Mahmut; Gürsoy, Mustafa Ozan; Gündüz, Sabahattin; Karakoyun, Süleyman; Özkan, Mehmet (Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019)Introduction: Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary intracardiac tumors. Although myxomas are histologically benign, they are potentially dangerous due to potential risk of systemic and cerebral embolism. In this ... -
Evaluation of the relationship between platelet indices and spontaneous echo contrast in patients with mitral prosthetic heart valves
Kalçık, Macit; Sayar, Ahmet Güner; Bayam, Emrah; Yesin, Mahmut; Kalkan, Semih; Gürsoy, Mustafa Ozan; Özkan, Mehmet Akif (2020)Objective: Spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) is defined as dynamic, smoke-like echoes within the cardiac cavities with a characteristic swirling motion seen on echocardiography. Clinical studies have demonstrated that SEC ... -
Fundamental role of echocardiographic evaluation in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis
Güner, Ahmet; Kalçık, Macit; Özkan, Mehmet (Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019)We have recently read with great interest the article by Carneiro et al entitled “Fungal prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and endarteritis: An unusual cause of aortic root vegetations”.1 The authors reported a case of ... -
How Did the Updated 2019 European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society Risk Categorization for Patients with Diabetes Affect the Risk Perception and Lipid Goals? A Simulated Analysis of Real-life Data from EPHESUS Study
Başaran, Özcan; Doğan, Volkan; Mert, Kadir Uğur; Bekar, Lütfü; Kalçık, Macit; ... (KARE PUBL, 2023)Background: The recent 2019 European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society practice guidelines introduced a new risk categorization for patients with diabetes. We aimed to compare the implications of the ... -
Identification of mechanical prosthetic heart valves based on distinctive cinefluoroscopic and echocardiographic markers
Kalçık, Macit; Güner, Ahmet; Yesin, Mahmut; Bayam, Emrah; Kalkan, Semih; Gündüz, Sabahattin; Özkan, Mehmet (Sage Publications Ltd, 2019)The past 65 years have witnessed remarkable progress in the development of safe, hemodynamically favorable mechanical heart valves. Today, there are a large number and variety of prostheses in use and many prostheses have ... -
Impaired repolarization parameters may predict fatal ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (from the CILICIA Registry)
Güner, Ahmet; Kalçık, Macit; Çelik, Mehmet; Uzun, Fatih; Çizgici, Ahmet Yaşar; Zencirkıran Ağuş, Hicaz; Kalkan, Mehmet Emin (Churchill Livingstone Inc Medical Publishers, 2020)Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is significantly associated with high risk of fatal ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Increased frontal QRST angle (fQRSTa), Tpe interval, and Tp-e/QTc ratio are described as ... -
Improvement of endothelial function early after thrombolytic therapy in patients with prosthetic heart valve thrombosis
Çakal, Beytullah; Kalçık, Macit; Güner, Ahmet; Gürsoy, Mustafa Ozan; Yesin, Mahmut; Karakoyun, Süleyman; Özkan, Mehmet (2020)Objective: Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a serious complication among patients with prosthetic heart valves. Thrombolytic therapy (TT) is now widely used as first-line treatment for PVT. Endothelial dysfunction has ... -
Increased Ventricular Activation Time in Patients with the Diagnosis of Cardiac Syndrome X
Kalçık, Macit; Bayam, Emrah; Güner, Ahmet; Yesin, Mahmut; Yetim, Mücahit; Doğan, Tolga; Karavelioğlu, Yusuf; Bekar, Lütfü (2019)Introduction: Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is defined as typical angina with detectable ischaemia on noninvasive stress tests without any evidence of coronary artery stenosis during coronary angiography. Impaired coronary ... -
Incremental value of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of patients before percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects
Kalçık, Macit; Güner, Ahmet; Özkan, Mehmet (2019)We have recently read with great interest the article by Chen et al. (1) entitled ‘‘Transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects guided completely by transthoracic echocardiography: A single cardiac center experience ... -
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is essential for left atrial appendage closure
Gültekin Güner, Ezgi; Çörekçioğlu, Büşra; Ulutaş, Ahmet E.; Kalçık, Macit; Güner, Ahmet; Ertürk, Mehmet (Wiley, 2021)To the Editor,We have recently read with great interest the article by Jianget al.1entitled“Left atrial appendage exclusion is effective in re-ducing postoperative stroke after mitral valve replacement.”Weappreciate the ... -
Intravascular ultrasound is essential for left main coronary artery bifurcation stenting
Güner, Ahmet; Gültekin Güner, Ezgi; Kalçık, Macit; Uzun, Fatih; Ertürk, Mehmet (Polish Cardiac Soc-Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne, 2021)To the editor We have recently read with great interest the article by Kassimis et al.1 We appreciate the authors’ management of the patient with iatrogenic left main coronary artery (LMCA) dissection and the technical ...