Browsing by Author "Akşit, Ercan"
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Assessment of Awareness Levels About Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Presenting to Emergency Department
Akman, Canan; Kırılmaz, Bahadır; Balcı, Serdal; Akşit, Ercan; Yurtseven, Ersan; Duygu, Ali (Springer, 2021)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a rhythm disorder observed mostly amongst adults. AF has been regarded as one of the most important medical problems because it leads to thromboembolism and paralysis risks. Although warfarin ... -
Assessment of secondary prevention awareness among patients with coronary artery disease: A survey including patients from 3 centers
Aydın, Fatih; Akşit, Ercan; Yıldırım, Özgü Turgay; Aydın, Ayşe Hüseyinoğlu; Samsa, Murat (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2021)Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the awareness of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) about secondary prevention and the channels through which they obtained information on this issue. Methods: ... -
Cardio-intestinal inflammatory syndromes: What do we know for understanding this new entity?
Akşit, Ercan; Altay, Servet (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2023)As physicians and researchers specialising in a particular field, we sometimes evaluate diseases only within the limits of our own area of expertise and forget to look at the big picture. In this context, we read with ... -
Comparison of plasma levels of Preβ1-HDL with EAT thickness in patients with chronic kidney disease
Bakırdöğen, Serkan; Çakır, Dilek Ülker; Akşit, Ercan; Çetin, Ece Ünal (Turkish Society of Nephrology, 2021)Objective: The levels of plasma preβ-HDL increase as the stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progress. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) increases the risk of cardiovascular incidents in patients with moderate to severe ... -
Contradictory Effect of Coronary Collateral Circulation on Regional Myocardial Perfusion That Assessed by Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy
Özdemir, Semra; Barutçu, Ahmet; Akşit, Ercan; Duygu, Ali; Koç Öztürk, Fulya (Elmer Press, 2021)Background: Previous studies showed conflicting results about the contribution of coronary collateral circulation (CCC) to myocardial perfusion and function. The aim of this study was to investigate these contradictory ... -
The crucial importance of diagnosis and treatment of INOCA patients
Akşit, Ercan; Küçük, Uğur (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2024)As the incidence of myocardial infarction increases and conventional angiography becomes widespread, cardiology specialists encounter ischemia with no obstructive coronary arteries (aka as MINOCA and INOCA) disease more ... -
The Effects of Heart-to-Mobile Phone Distance on the Circulatory System
Aydın, Fatih; Akşit, Ercan; Aydın, Ayşe Hüseyinoğlu; Yıldırım, Özge Turgay (Düzce Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, 2021)Amaç: Cep telefonu ile kalp arasındaki mesafenin kalp hızı değişkenliğine (KHD) etkisi incelenerek cep telefonunun kalbe olan uzaklığının dolaşım sistemine etkisi araştırıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Cep telefonu kullanan ... -
Ekokardiyografi ile bakılan koroner sinüs çap ve akım parametrelerinin koroner arter hastalığı ve yaygınlığı ile ilişkisinin değerlendirilmesi
Bozkurt, Hasan (2022)Amaç: Koroner arter hastalığının tanısında transtorasik ekokardiyografi ile bakılan koroner sinüs çap ve akım parametrelerinin koroner arter hastalığının erken tanısındaki öneminin araştırılması Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya ... -
How Does Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Affect Human Heart Health?
Akşit, Ercan; Oğuz, Sonay; Asgün, Halil Fatih; Gazi, Emine; Kırılmaz, Bahadır; Yıldırım, Özge Turgay (Republic of China Society of Cardiology, 2021)We have read the article by Chao et al. with great interest. Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC), an important congenital anomaly that increases coronary venous pressure because of increased coronary venous volume, ... -
The importance of autopsy studies in elucidating coronary venous diseases
Akşit, Ercan; Kırılmaz, Bahadır; Kaya, Hakkı; Karabay, Can Yücel (Oxford University Press, 2021)- -
The increasing importance of the ablation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Akşit, Ercan; Küçük, Uǧur; Taylan, Gökay (Oxford University Press, 2024)Letter to the Editor - The increasing importance of the ablation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction -
Investigation of the frequency and relationship of fragmented QRS in patients with ischemic stroke Fragmented QRS in patients with ischemic stroke
Çam, Mustafa; Malçok, Ümit Ali; Akşit, Ercan; Ocak, Özgül (Bayrakol Medical Publishing, 2021)Aim: Acute ischemic stroke is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Fragmented QRS (fQRS) is a depolarization disorder, which may be easily detected in 12-lead superficial electrocardiography (ECG), which displays ... -
Is There a Relationship Between Olfactory Dysfunction and Decreased Thromboembolic Events After the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Akşit, Ercan; Koder, Ahmet (Galenos Publishing House, 2023)To the Editor, The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has caused a global pandemic.1 A recent study suggested that the prevalence of cardiomyocyte injury and microvascular thrombogenicity was lower in the second wave of ... -
A new angiographic finding: primary peripheral slow flow
Akşit, Ercan; Gazi, Emine; Kırılmaz, Bahadır; Aydın, Fatih (Galenos Publishing House, 2021)In some peripheral angiographies, similar to the coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP), we observed a peripheral slow flow (Supplementary Video 1). Although slow flow phenomenon after infrapopliteal balloon angioplasty is ... -
Persistent left superior vena cava: Is it an incidental pathology detected during pacemaker implantation or one of the causes of sick sinus syndrome?
Akşit, Ercan; Taylan, Gökay; Çinier, Göksel; Karabay, Can Yücel; Akgün, Taylan (Oxford University Press, 2022)We read with interest the article by Archontakis et al.1 in which they implanted a pacemaker via an optimal technique in a patient with isolated persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) anomaly, syncope attacks, and sick ... -
Prevalence of Fabry Disease in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy in Turkey: Multicenter study (LVH-TR subgroup analysis)
Güzel, Tuncay; Turhan Çağlar, Fatma Nihan; Ekici, Berkay; Kış, Mehmet; Öztaş, Selvi; Öz, Ahmet; Akşit, Ercan (Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2023)Purpose: In this prospective study we aimed to determine the rate of Fabry Disease (FD) in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and to evaluate the clinical presentations of patients with FD in a comprehensive ... -
A Rare Arrhythmia Accelerated Junctional Rhythm in Pregnant Without Structural Heart Disease
Akşit, Ercan; Gazi, Emine; Kırılmaz, Bahadır; Turgay Yıldırım, Özge; Aydın, Fatih (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, 2019-03-18)Changes in the pregnancy, especially with an increase in sympathetic activation, may provide a basis for the development of dysrhythmias. A 27- year old woman within the 26 weeks of her pregnancy with no known cardiac ... -
Turkish real life atrial fibrillation in clinical practice: TRAFFIC study
Karabay, Can Yücel; Taşolar, Hakan; Kunak, Ayşegül Ülgen; Çap, Murat; Astarcıoğlu, Mehmet Ali; Şen, Taner; Akşit, Ercan (Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2024)Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia worldwide and is associated with an increased risk of thromboembolism, ischemic stroke, impaired quality of life, and mortality. The latest ...
