The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi) back issues from December 2006:
AKD'deki yeni gelismeler, sayilar, Scopus, Thomson Gale ve CONSORT/New developments in AKD, numbers, Scopus, Thomson Gale and CONSORT.(Editorden/Editorial)(article in Turkish)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Tum dunyada onde gelen kardiyoloji dergileri ek -ozel sayisupplement basmaktadir. Boyle bir girisim dogrudan arastirrmaderleme basma akisinin disinda, okuyucuya onemli bilgileri daha derli-toplu ulastirma acisindan oldukca yararli gorulmektedir. Bu yil basinda benim de katildigim ve New ...
Coronary angioplasty induced oxidative stress and its relation with metoprolol use and plasma homocysteine levels/Koroner anjiyoplastiye bagli oksidatif stresin metoprolol kullanimi ve plazma homosistein duzeyi ile iliskisi.(Clinical report)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: Short episodes of myocardial ischemia during coronary angioplasty may induce oxidative stress and increase lipid peroxidation. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of metoprolol on lipid peroxidation by measurements of malondialdehyde (MDA) and ...
Prevalence, incidence, predictors and outcome of type 2 diabetes in Turkey/Turkiye'de tip 2 diyabetin prevalansi, insidansi, ongorduruculeri ve akibeti.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objectives: To investigate prospectively the incidence, certain predictors and outcomes of type 2 diabetes prevalence cross-sectionally, in a representative sample of Turkish men and women. Methods: Prospective evaluation of 3401 male and female participants ...
LOAD limits for ambulatory pulse pressure and double product in normotensive and hypertensive subjects/Normotansif ve hipertansif bireylerde ambulatuvar nabiz basinci ve ikili urun LOAD limitleri.(Original Investigation/Orijinal Arastirma)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to to determine possible daytime (awake hours) and nighttime (sleeping hours) LOAD limits for ambulatory pulse pressure (PP) and double product (DP) in hypertensive (HT) subjects and secondly to assess whether there were significant ...
Kalp yetersizliginde yasam kalitesi ve fonksiyonel durum/Quality of life and functional status in congestive heart failure.(article in Turkish)
Dec 01, 2006; ... OZET Amac: Bu calisma, konjestif kalp yetersizligi olan hastalarda yasam kalitesini degerlendirmek, yasam kalitesine etki eden diger fonksiyonel parametreleri saptamak, maksimal oksijen tuketimi ile submaksimal testler (iki dakika yurume testi, 10 metre mekik yurume testi) ...
Kalp yetersizliginde fonksiyonel kapasite tayini/Determination of functional capacity in heart failure.(Editoryel Yorum/Editorial Comment)(article in Turkish)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Kalp yetersizligi (KY); kalbin, dokularin metabolizmasi icin ihtiyaci kadar olan kani pompalayamamasi veya bu kadar kani ancak yuksek dolum basinci altinda pompalayabilmesi olarak tanimlanan patofizyolojik durumdur (1). Hastaligin ilerlemesinden sorumlu olan, bircok norohormonun ve ...
Effects of gender and altitude on short-term heart rate variability in children/Cocuklarda rakim ve cinsiyetin kalp atim hizi degiskenligi uzerine etkileri.(Original Investigation/Orijinal Arastirma)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: We aimed to study short-term heart rate variability (HRV) in 113 apparently healthy children permanent residents of moderate altitudes, the effects of gender and altitude. Methods: Children were assigned into 3 groups according with altitude of ...
Bir bucuk ventrikul tamirinin erken-orta donem sonuclari/Early-mid term results of the one and a half ventricle repair.(Orijinal Arastirma/Original Investigation)(article in Turkish, abstract in English)(Case study)
Dec 01, 2006; ... OZET Amac: Bu calismanin amaci bir bucuk ventrikul tamiri uygulanmis hastalarin erken ve orta donem sonuclarinin incelenmesidir. Yontemler: Sag ventrikul hipoplazisi nedeni ile bir bucuk ventrikul tamiri uygulanmis toplam 6 hastanin patolojileri, demografik ozellikleri, daha ...
Fenestrasyon ve uc-organ etkileri/Fenestration and its effects on the end-organs.(Editoryel Yorum/Editorial Comment)(article in Turkish)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Soz konusu calismalarindan (1) oturu yazarlari, perde arkasi ndaki kahramanlar yani hastalarinin bakimini ustlenmis tum ekibiyle birlikte kutluyorum. Makalelerinin icerisinde kendilerinin de kismen tartismaya acmis olduklari "Fenestrasyon" islemiyle ilgili olarak farkli bir ...
Effects of different cardioplegic solutions on nitric oxide release from coronary vasculature in diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery/Iki degisik kardiyoplejik solusyonun koroner arter baypas cerrahisi geciren diyabetik hastalarda koroner yataktan salinan nitrik oksit seviyelerine etkileri.(Original Investigation/Orijinal Arastirma)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two different cardioplegic solutions on nitric oxide (NO) release from coronary vasculature in patients with type II diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. ...
Cardioplegic solutions and nitric oxide in coronary artery bypass surgery/Koroner arter baypas cerrahisinde nitrik oksit ve kardiyoplejik solusyonlari.(Editorial Comment/Editoryel Yorum)
Dec 01, 2006; ... In the study by Karaca et al. (1), published in the current issue of the journal authors have shown that use of blood cardioplegia in the reperfusion period after aortic cross clamp in patients with diabetes mellitus type II undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery was superior ...
Koroner risk katsayisi ile koroner anjiyografik olarak damar tutulumu ve risk faktorleri arasindaki iliski/Relationship between coronary risk calculation and distribution of the coronary artery lesions and risk factors.(Orijinal Arastirma/Original Investigation)(Clinical report)
Dec 01, 2006; ... OZET Amac: Koroner arter hastaligi insidansi arttikca hastaligin erken tani ve tedavi yaklasimlari onem kazanmaktadir. Koroner risk katsayisinin hesaplanmasi erken tani acisindan en onemli yaklasimlardan birisidir. Calismamizin amaci koroner risk katsayisinin hastaligin ...
How useful are [beta]-blockers in cardiovascular disease?/Kardiyovaskuler hastaliklarda [beta]-blokerler ne kadar yararli?(Clinical report)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Recent studies have shown that [beta]-blockers in patients with hypertension is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, in particular stroke, leading to headlines speculating the end of the[beta]-blocker era. The objective of this review is to ...
Nitric oxide and cardiovascular system/Nitrik oksit ve kardiyovaskuler sistem.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Endothelium has many important functions including the control of blood-tissue permeability and vascular tonus, regulation of vascular surface properties for homeostasis and inflammation. Nitric oxide is the chief molecule in regulation of endothelial functions. Nitric ...
Composite graft in cases of insufficient length of internal thoracic artery/Internal torasik arter uzunlugunun yetmedigi durumda kompozit greft.(Scientific Letter/Bilimsel Mektup)
Dec 01, 2006; ... The main strategy of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is based on grafting the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to left anterior descending artery (LAD) and using the saphenous vein graft (SVG) for the remaining affected vessels and anastomosing the grafts proximally to the ...
Sag ventrikul cikim yolunda yerlesen izole kardiyak kist hidatigin cerrahi tedavisi/Surgical treatment of isolated cardiac echinococcosis, located in the right ventricular outflow tract.(Bilimsel Mektup/Scientific Letter)(article in Turkish )
Dec 01, 2006; ... Kardiyak kist hidatik nadir gorulur. Fakat yerlesim yerine gore hayati tehdit edici olabilir (1, 2). Tum kist hidatik olgularinin % 0.5-2'sinde kardiyak kist hidatik gorulur. Endemik alanlarda bu oran yukselebilir. Ailede kist hidatik saptananlarda ya da kedi kopek gibi hayvanlarla yakin ...
Muscular bridge causing non- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction/ST-elevasyonsuz miyokard infarktusune neden olan miyokardiyal kopruleme.(Case Report/Olgu Sunumu)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Introduction Coronary arteries and their major branches are usually located sub-epicardially. Some individuals, however, have regions in which a bunch of cardiac muscle fiber passes over those vessels like a bridge. This anatomical structure, called myocardial or coronary ...
Myocardial bridging: a rare speciality without clinical significance?/Miyokardiyal kopruleme: Nadir bir ozellik mi?(Editorial comment/Editoryel Yorum)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Myocardial bridges are overall presented in 16% to 80% of the adults due to autopsy based studies (2,3,6). Despite this high prevalence in angiographic studies, incidence of this phenomenon is low (1,2,3,6). This is caused by the fact, that thin bridges cause a little compression which is ...
Coronary rupture to the right ventricle during PTCA for myocardial bridge/"Miyokardiyal Bridge" tedavisinde uygulanan PTKA sirasinda koroner arterin sag ventrikule rupturu.(Case Report/Olgu Sunumu)(percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Introduction Myocardial bridge (MB) is a congenital abnormality of the coronary arteries characterized by the decrease in the coronary blood flow during systole due to the compression of the myocardial fibrils surrounding the epicardial coronary artery in a certain segment ....
Streptokinaz tedavisiyle iliskili spinal epidural hematom/Spinal epidural hematoma associated with streptokinase therapy.(Olgu Sunumu/Case Report)(article in Turkish)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Giris Akut miyokard infarktusu (MI) gelismis ulkelerde halen en basta gelen olum nedenidir. Son yillarda akut miyokard infarktusunun tedavisinde onemli gelismeler kaydedilmistir. Akut MI'nin tedavisine trombolitiklerin eklenmesi ile mortalitede onemli derecede azalma olmustur ...
An uncommon congenital anomaly of coronary arteries misdiagnosed as intracoronary thrombus: woven coronary artery disease/Intrakoroner trombus olarak yanlis tani alan nadir bir konjenital koroner arterler anomalisi: "woven" koroner arter hastaligi.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Introduction Woven coronary artery disease is a rare congenital malformation characterized by dividing coronary arteries into thin channels, which then join distally (1). This morphology has been previously described in both right and left coronary arteries and may be associated ...
Exercise-induced coronary artery dissection treated with an anticoagulant and antiaggregants/Egzersiz sonrasi gelisen koroner arter disseksiyonunun antikoagulan ve antiagreganlar ile tedavisi.(Case Report/Olgu Sunumu)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Introduction Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare entity, which pathogenesis is not clearly identified. Treatment strategies are not well defined and should be individualized for each patient. Although previous studies reported mortality rates as high as 70 %, recent ...
Asymptomatic congenital pericardial defect: an aspect of diagnostic modalities and treatment/Asemptomatik konjenital perikardiyal defekt: Tedavi ve tanisal yonleri.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Introduction Pericardium invests the heart and has two main functions: maintenance of the heart in mediastinum and prevention of sudden cardiac distension by cardiac volume overload. Most of the congenital abnormalities of pericardium are asymptomatic and discovered at routine ...
G-CSF in acute myocardial infarction--experimental and clinical findings/G-CSF in acute myocardial infarction: a word of caution/Akut miyokard infarktusunde G-CSF--deneysel ve klinik bulgular/Akut miyokard infarktusunde G-CSF: Uyari.(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Dear Editor We read with interest a recent review article by Ince et al. who have analyzed the clinical and experimental data regarding G-CSF in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (1). The authors should be congratulated for their contribution to the evolution of cellular ...
How could sudden cardiac deaths on the athletic fields be prevented?/Spor sahalarinda ani kalp olumleri nasil onlenebilir?
Dec 01, 2006; ... Dear Editor, In the last decade and nowadays, numbers of subjects participating in sportive activity gradually increase in our country, like the trend in the world. Although regular exercise is beneficial for cardiovascular health, lack of pre-participation evaluation may be ...
Falls and myocardial infarction in diabetic elderly/Diyabetik yaslilarda dusmeler ve miyokardiyal infarktus.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Dear Editor, Falls are frequent causes of admission to hospital in the elderly and myocardial infarction (MI) can present atypically. Moreover, the clinical scenario may turn out to be an impasse in the diabetic patients whereby silent MI and increased risk of falls might ...
BNP ve NT-BNP'nin acil serviste kalp yetersizligi tanisinda uygun esik degerleri/Cut-off values of BNP and NT-BNP for diagnosis of heart failure in emergency service.(article in Turkish)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Sayin Editor, Nefes darligi sikayetiyle acil servise basvuran hastalarda kalp yetersizligi (KY) tanisinin her zaman kolay konulamadigi bilinmektedir. Acil servislerde bu hastalari sadece belirti ve bulgular ile degerlendirmek KY tanisini koymak icin kismen yararli olmaktadir ...
Pentalogy of Fallot in a patient with Down syndrome/Down sendromlu bir olguda Fallot pentalojisi.
Dec 01, 2006; ... We present a case referred to our clinic with a lower respiratory tract infection and later diagnosed as Down syndrome with concurrent Fallot pentalogy. A 39-week 3000 gr girl baby born from the second pregnancy of a 29-year-old mother as the second living child was brought to ...
Behcet hastaligina eslik eden bilateral subklaviyan ven ve vena cava superiyor trombozu/Bilateral subclavian vein thrombosis and vena cava superior syndrome with Behcet's disease.(Orijinal Goruntu/Original Image)(article in Turkish)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Behcet hastaligi kronik, insamatuvar, multisistemik bir hastali ktir (1). Oral aftlar, genital ulserler ve goz tutulumu hastaligin onde gelen bulgularidir. Kardiyovaskuler sistem tutulumu (yuzeyel trombosebit, arteryel-venoz trombozis, anevrizma, kardiyak trombus vs.) ise santral sinir ...
Pulmonary embolism during echocardiography: thrombus in transit/Ekokardiyografi yapilmakta olan hastada gelisen pulmoner emboli: gecis yapan thrombus.
Dec 01, 2006; ... An 85-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital's emergency ward with the signs of dyspnea, chest and right leg pain. On admission, she had a blood pressure of 110/80 mmHg and her heart rate was 100 beat/min. Physical examination revealed swelling and redness of the right leg which was ...
Infective endocarditis involving the pulmonary valve in a patient with malignant melanoma/Malign melanomlu bir hastada pulmoner kapagi tutan infektif endokardit olgusu.
Dec 01, 2006; ... A 28-year-old man with malignant melanoma was referred to cardiology clinic because of persistent fever and suspected infective endocarditis. He had generalized pain and subcutaneous melanoma nodules on his body. No significant murmur was heard on cardiac auscultation. The patient had had ...
An unusual form of double outlet right ventricle/Cift cikisli sag ventrikulun nadir bir formu.(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2006; ... A 20-year-old male was admitted to the hospital with cyanosis, exercise intolerance and failure to thrive. Physical examination revealed cyanosis, clubbing and 3/6th grade systolic murmur in the second left and right intercostal spaces. Transthoracic echocardiographic examination ...
Incidental diagnosis of Scimitar syndrome using 3-D chest computed tomography in a child/Cocuk hastada uc boyutlu bilgisayarli gogus tomografisiyle rastlanti olarak tani konulan Scimitar sendromu.
Dec 01, 2006; ... A 7-month-old boy was admitted to our hospital due to recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. The patient was given antibiotic therapy several times in other medical facilities and was accepted to Hacettepe University hospital for the first time for a bronchoscopic intervention. On ...
Seni Selvimez Gibisin.(article in Turkish)
Dec 01, 2006; ... <Pre> SENI SEVILMEZ GIBISIN Mavide baliklar yandi ipince, done done Buyuyen yalnizliklarda seni dusundum, baliklar yandi Sensizligin buruk sancisindaydim kiskivrak Yesili belli korkular, namussuz korkular kostu cogaldi Duyarak tukenmenin sesi mi bu ne? O en muazzam bir ...
Left ventricular mass/Sol Ventrikuler kitle.
Dec 01, 2006; ... A 57 years old woman with a history of coronary artery bypass surgery in 1996 and 1999 was admitted to our clinic with complaint of palpitation. Her physical examination was normal except parasternal scar due to operation. Infrequent ventricular extrasystoles and no sign of ischemia or ...
Incidental diagnosis of membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava using echocardiography in an asymptomatic child/Asemptomatik bir cocukta inferiyor vena kavanin membranoz obstruksiyonunun ekokardiyografi ile rastlantisal tanisi.
Dec 01, 2006; ... A 5-year-old child was referred to our clinic for the evaluation of cardiac murmur by his primary care physician. The peripheral blood analyses, electrocardiogram and chest X-ray were normal. The patient subsequently underwent an echocardiographic study. There was no evidence of intra or ...
Aort koarktasyonuna eslik eden cikan aort anevrizmasi ve tip-A aort disseksiyonu/Ascending aorta aneurysm and type A dissection in association with aortic coarctation.(Orijinal Goruntu/Original Image)(article in Turkish)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Aort koarktasyonuna sekonder olarak gelisen aort anevrizmalari genellikle postoperatif donemde gercek yada yalanci anevrizma formunda gorulur. Ancak koarktasyon onarimi yapilmayan olgularda da anevrizma olusumu seyrek degildir ve genellikle cikan aortada yerlesir (1). Kirk alti ...
Dev Osborn dalgalari gorulen bir hipotermi olgusu/Report of a case with huge Osborn waves.(Orijinal Goruntu/Original Image)(article in Turkish)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Acil servise suur bulanikligi ile getirilen 57 yasindaki erkek hastanin kalp tepe atimi 40 atim/dk, vucut isisi 32[degre]C idi. Elektrokardiyografide (EKG); uzamis PR mesafesi, uzamis QRS kompleksi, uzamis QT mesafesi ve QRS kompleksinin sonunda dev ekstra defleksiyon "Osborn dalgasi" ...
Dr. Nanda honored with the Ellis Island medal of honor/Dr. Nanda Ellis Island Medal of Honor Ile sereflendirilmistir.(Miscellaneous/Cesitli)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Dr. Navin C. Nanda, Professor of Medicine and Director, Heart Station/ Echocardiography Laboratories, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was selected by the Board of Directors and the Selection Committee of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) as a recipient of ...
Gladstone ranks No. 1/Gladstone dereceleri No. 1.
Dec 01, 2006 ... Gladstone is North America's best institutional work environment for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to The Scientist's annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey, published in the March 1 issue. Gladstone placed first among the 114 institutions represented from North ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: through a window of 50 years/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopati: 50 yillik pencereden bir bakis.(Editorial/Editoryel)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Next year, 2007 will mark the 50th anniversary of the modern description of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by 2 seminal papers. The first was from Sir Russell Brock of Guys Hospital, London, who described functional obstruction of the left ventricle (1). The second, from Dr. Donald ...
Echocardiography in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopati tedavisinde ekokardiyografi.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Echocardiography is the best technique to diagnose, evaluate, follow-up and guide the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Diagnosis of HCM depends on left ventricular wall thickness [greater than or equal to]15 mm. Also noted are mitral valve systolic ...
Selection of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients for myectomy or alcohol septal ablation/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatide miyektomi veya alkol septal ablasyonu icin hasta secimi.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT This brief review summarizes how patients are selected for myectomy or alcohol septal ablation and reviews results for both procedures. The most recent literature is reviewed for both septal myectomy and alcohol ablation. The mechanisms for obstruction and mitral ...
Resection, plication, release--the RPR procedure for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/Obstruktif hipertrofik kardiyomiyopati icin RPR proseduru--Rezeksiyon, Plikasyon, Salinma.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: The surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction secondary to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has classically consisted of a septal myectomy. To address inconsistent results the extended myectomy or resection (R) and papillary ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopati ve Hipertrofik Kardiyomiyopati Dernegi.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was once thought to be rare and inevitably tied to a very poor prognosis. Today we know it to be the most common genetic cardiac condition affecting 1 in 500 people (1-3) and one that is compatible with a normal life span in most patients. Based on the ...
Long-term prognosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after surgery/Cerrahi sonrasi hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatinin uzun donem prognozu.(Clinical report)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heterogeneous disease with both medical and surgical treatment options. Patients with persistent symptoms after medical therapy with a left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient of >50 mm Hg are referred for septal myectomy. A ...
Atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: mechanisms, embolic risk and prognosis/ Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatide atriyal fibrilasyon: Mekanizmalar, emboli riski ve prognoz.(Clinical report)
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is associated with an increased incidence of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in HCM with a prevalence of 20% and an annual incidence of two percent per year. Increased ...
Treatment of atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/ Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatide atriyal fibrilasyonun tedavisi.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Atrial fibrillation (AF) is present in 5 percent of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients at the time of diagnosis. Ostial pulmonary vein (PV) diameter is increased in patients with AF as well as hypertensive patients. These findings support the theory that the ...
Pacing in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a therapeutic option?/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatide pacing: Terapotik opsiyon mu?
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heterogeneous disease of cardiac muscle which can present with myriad functional and clinical manifestations. When symptoms and left ventricular outflow gradients are present, it is primarily treated with pharmacologic agents. For ...
Syncope, other risk factors, and the implantable defibrillator for sudden death prevention in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatide senkop, diger faktorler ve ani olum prevensiyonunda takilabilen defibrilator.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Sudden cardiac death is the most devastating complication of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Since HCM may present at young age, and since the risk period for sudden arrhythmic death may be long, decision-making in HCM patients may be difficult, and have lifelong ...
Emotional and psychiatric issues in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other cardiac patients/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatili ve diger kardiyak hastalarda emosyonel ve psikiyatrik sorunlar.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) exposes young patients to the risk of sudden death. The risk of sudden death separates the young patient from his peers, but connects him more closely to his physician. The physician may have a powerful effect replacing uninformed fears ...
Pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy determines its medical treatment/Hipertrofik kardiyomiyopatide patofizyoloji medikal tedaviyi belirler.
Dec 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Physicians treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are faced with unique management challenges. Appreciating overall good prognosis in unselected patients forms the basis for medical treatment. Treatment is tailored by the presence or absence of outflow tract ...