Aims Risk scores provide an important contribution to clinical decision-making, but their validity
has been questioned in patients with valvular heart disease (VHD), since current scores …

Objectives: Valvular heart diseases (VHD) occur frequently in Turkey. However, epidemiological
studies of VHD have not been completed until now. The aim of this study is to identify …

The prognostic value of pulse pressure has been investigated in heart-failure patients. Low
pulse pressure in advanced heart failure and high pulse pressure in mild heart failure have …

A 55-year-old woman had an inferior myocardial infarction due to a coronary artery embolus
from a large, polypoid, left atrial mass. The mass had an irregular surface and was …

Objective: Coronary artery disease (CAD) risk increases with the elevation of low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglyceride (TG) and low level high-density lipoprotein …

Although experimental studies have demonstrated that reduced glutathione (GSH) is involved
in cellular protection from deleterious effects of oxygen free radicals(OFRs) in ischemia …

Mitral annular calcification (MAC) and aortic valve calcification (AVC) are manifestations of
atherosclerosis. To determine whether mitral annular calcification and aortic valve …

A total of 168 consecutive patients with predominant rheumatic mitral stenosis were evaluated
by transthoracic (TTE) and Page 1 Thromboembolism Risk in Patients with Mitral Stenosis …

Background: Increased arterial stiffness is an indicator of mortality. This study consists of an
18-month follow-up of the mortality in advanced heart failure patients with increased arterial …

BACKGROUND: Nitric oxide (NO) plays a major role in the regulation of vascular tone
Associations between NO genotypes, coronary artery disease (CAD) and other risk factors have …