{"title":"Can Glypican-6 Levels Be Used to Determine Right Ventricular Remodeling After Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction?","authors":"Uğur Küçük, Emir Volina, Kadir Arslan","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2024.15672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2024.15672","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Myocardial infarction is associated with right ventricular (RV) remodeling. Glypican-6 (GPC6), a member of the membrane proteoglycan family, plays a significant role in cardiac remodeling. This study aims to determine if GPC6 can predict RV remodeling after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study enrolled 164 consecutive patients with NSTEMI and controls. It compared baseline plasma GPC6 levels, echocardiography, and laboratory parameters between the RV remodeling and non-RV remodeling groups with NSTEMI. Echocardiographic data were measured at baseline and at six months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>GPC6 levels were higher in the NSTEMI group 11.06 ng/mL (4.61-18.17) vs. 5.98 ng/mL (3.81-9.83) compared to the control group in the initial phase. RV remodeling, defined as a ≥ 20% increase in RV end-diastolic area (RV EDA), was observed in 23 patients (30%). After six months, RV EDA increased significantly from baseline 18.68 ± 1.20 cm2 vs. 24.91 ± 1.08 cm2, P < 0.001. GPC6 was a significant independent predictor of RV remodeling (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.546, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.056-2.245, P < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analyses showed that GPC6 values > 15.5 ng/mL (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.828, sensitivity: 70%, specificity: 74%, P < 0.001) were strong predictors of RV remodeling.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>NSTEMI patients should be closely monitored for RV remodeling. GPC6 appears useful in detecting RV remodeling following NSTEMI in patients undergoing PCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"307-314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ulviyya Guliyeva, Kurtuluş Karaüzüm, İsa Çam, Revan İsrafilov, Ahmet Faruk Koç, Didar Mirzamidinov, Hasan Yılmaz, İrem Karaüzüm, Tayfun Şahin, Ertan Ural
{"title":"The Use of Cangrelor as Bridge Antiplatelet Therapy in a Patient with Recent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome, Who Developed Esophageal Perforation After Transesophageal Echocardiography.","authors":"Ulviyya Guliyeva, Kurtuluş Karaüzüm, İsa Çam, Revan İsrafilov, Ahmet Faruk Koç, Didar Mirzamidinov, Hasan Yılmaz, İrem Karaüzüm, Tayfun Şahin, Ertan Ural","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2023.50000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2023.50000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is a vital part of the pharmacological management in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). While early discontinuation of DAPT increases ischemic risk, some patients on DAPT may require urgent surgery, necessitating its interruption. Cangrelor, an intravenous P2Y12 antagonist, provides strong platelet inhibition within minutes and platelet activity normalizes within one hour after the cessation of the drug. Bridging antiplatelet therapy with cangrelor has been increasingly studied as an alternative option to ensure the continuation of platelet inhibition in CAD patients who require discontinuation of DAPT. The present patient, with a recent history of PCI for acute coronary syndrome, experienced a significant esophageal perforation following transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). This severe complication was effectively managed endoscopically, and as part of the recent PCI treatment, prolonged cangrelor infusion was successfully utilized with no thrombotic or bleeding events throughout the management of the complication.</p>","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"352-356"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammed Mert Göksu, Berk Erdinç, Nihan Kayalar, Mehmet Rasih Sonsöz
{"title":"Herpes Zoster Infection and Myocardial Injury: The Cause or the Bystander?","authors":"Muhammed Mert Göksu, Berk Erdinç, Nihan Kayalar, Mehmet Rasih Sonsöz","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2023.59614","DOIUrl":"10.5543/tkda.2023.59614","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"367-368"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to the Letter to the Editor: 'Ethnicity is not Equal to Citizenship'.","authors":"Mehmet Rasih Sonsöz","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2024.30480","DOIUrl":"10.5543/tkda.2024.30480","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"372"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethnicity is not Equal to Citizenship.","authors":"Hüseyin Ede","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2024.76822","DOIUrl":"10.5543/tkda.2024.76822","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recovery of Right Ventricular Apical Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy with Left Bundle Branch Pacing.","authors":"Mert Doğan, Uğur Canpolat","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2023.90575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2023.90575","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Right ventricular pacing (RVP) is conventionally preferred in the treatment of patients with atrioventricular block. However, long-term RVP may lead to pacing-induced cardiomyopathy (PICM), characterized by new-onset or worsening ventricular functions due to dyssynchronous ventricular electrical activation, abnormal ventricular remodeling, and increased energy expenditure. Historically, biventricular pacing (BVP) and guideline-directed medical therapy were the only treatment option for PICM. Recently, conduction system pacing, including left bundle branch area pacing (LBBaP), has emerged as a physiological alternative to BVP, showing better results in electro-mechanical ventricular synchronization and hemodynamic parameters compared to BVP. We present a case involving a patient from whom the PICM was successfully recovered shortly after LBBaP.</p>","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"357-361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to the Letter to the Editor: ''Is There Only a Reduction in Mitral-Tricuspid Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation?''.","authors":"Serkan Asil","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2024.59830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2024.59830","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zeki Gündüz, Furkan Gençer, Ahmet Berk Duman, Abdulcebbar Şipal, Müjdat Aktaş, Onur Argan, Serdar Bozyel
{"title":"[Awareness and Expectations of Primary Care Clinicians in Chronic Heart Failure Management].","authors":"Zeki Gündüz, Furkan Gençer, Ahmet Berk Duman, Abdulcebbar Şipal, Müjdat Aktaş, Onur Argan, Serdar Bozyel","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2024.41152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2024.41152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Chronic heart failure (CHF) management requires a multidisciplinary approach, and it's very important for primary care physicians (PCC) to cooperate with cardiology physicians in this process. In this study, we tried to reveal the awareness and expectations of PCC about CHF management.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was designed as a descriptive survey in a single region and included 549 PCC. Data were collected through a survey study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 389 PCC participated in our study. Of these, 137 (35.2%) stated that they had an average of more than 40 CHF patients registered with them, and 331 (85.1%) stated that they had identified them thanks to their medical treatment. The symptoms that physicians most frequently question in CHF patients are shortness of breath (27.5%), swelling in the ankle (27%), orthopnea (23.9%) and palpitations (20.5%). The physical examination findings that they question most frequently are peripheral edema (% 29.2), tachycardia (18.5%), crepitus in the lungs (16.8%), and irregular pulse (15.2%). 203 (55.9%) of PCC stated that measurements of natriuretic peptides could be implemented in their institutions if the necessary training and opportunity were provided. Most physicians (46.8%) stated that they should be given priority in referring CHF patients; 172 of them (44.2%) stated that they received in-service training regarding CHF and 278 of them (71.5%) stated that their training was not at a sufficient level.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is clear that better results can be obtained in the management of CHF as the education level and professional experience of PHCs increases. It seems that PCC need training on CHF and need to improve the quality of communication with cardiologist's.</p>","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"344-351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yüksel Dereli, Ömer Tanyeli, Mehmet Işık, Özgür Altınbaş, Serkan Yıldırım, Volkan Burak Taban, Veli Eşref Karasu
{"title":"Comparison of Beating-Heart Technique Versus Aortic Cross-Clamping in Tricuspid Valve Surgery.","authors":"Yüksel Dereli, Ömer Tanyeli, Mehmet Işık, Özgür Altınbaş, Serkan Yıldırım, Volkan Burak Taban, Veli Eşref Karasu","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2024.04460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2024.04460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Tricuspid valve surgery can be performed on a beating heart or on an arrested heart. We aimed to compare the outcomes of tricuspid valve surgery using these two different approaches.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between January 2015 and February 2020, 204 patients who underwent tricuspid valve surgery along with concomitant cardiac surgical procedures were included in the study. Techniques of cross-clamping and beating-heart tricuspid surgery were applied to 103 and 101 patients, respectively. Concomitant valvular and/or coronary interventions were performed under cross clamping in both groups. Results from the preoperative period, immediate postoperative period, and six-month postoperative interval were compared between the groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no differences in demographic characteristics or preoperative grades of tricuspid valve regurgitation between the groups. Duration of mechanical ventilation, and stays in the intensive care unit and hospital were significantly shorter in patients operated on using the beating-heart technique. Additionally, re-exploration surgery and mortality rates were significantly lower in the beating-heart group. Postoperative six-month echocardiography findings related to tricuspid valve regurgitation, maximum and minimum gradients of the tricuspid valve, and pulmonary arterial pressure were also lower in the beating-heart group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Beating-heart tricuspid valve surgery may be preferable to the cross-clamping technique to avoid clamp-induced ischemia, which can lead to worsened postoperative outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 5","pages":"330-336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Toshimitsu Tsugu, Kaoru Tanaka, Mayuko Tsugu, Yuji Nagatomo, Johan De Mey
{"title":"Impact of Advanced Extravascular Calcified Plaque on the Assessment of Coronary Stenosis Severity.","authors":"Toshimitsu Tsugu, Kaoru Tanaka, Mayuko Tsugu, Yuji Nagatomo, Johan De Mey","doi":"10.5543/tkda.2023.35882","DOIUrl":"10.5543/tkda.2023.35882","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) provide high diagnostic accuracy for coronary artery disease (CAD), consistent with invasive coronary angiography (ICA), the gold standard diagnostic technique. The presence of calcified components, however, complicates the interpretation of coronary stenosis severity. We present a case where there was a discrepant assessment of coronary stenosis severity between CCTA/FFRCT (indicating significant obstructive CAD) and ICA (showing no apparent obstructive CAD). CCTA/FFRCT revealed that the stenotic lesion, located in the middle segment of the left circumflex artery, was surrounded by plaque components. The proximal and distal portions of the stenotic lesion consisted of 80.9% luminal volume, 0.2% low-attenuation plaque, 13.4% intermediate-attenuation plaque, and 5.5% calcified plaque. In contrast, the stenotic lesion itself contained 50.0% luminal volume, 0.3% low-attenuation plaque, 26.7% intermediate-attenuation plaque, and 22.9% calcified plaque. Invasive coronary angiography showed no apparent obstructive CAD, implying that the lesions appearing as significant obstructive CAD on CCTA/FFRCT were likely overestimated due to the effects of extravascular calcified plaque. Advanced extravascular calcified plaque surrounding the lesion may cause several artifacts (such as blooming and/or beam hardening artifacts) and/or vasodilator dysfunction (either organic and/or functional), potentially leading to an overestimation of the severity of coronary stenosis in CCTA/FFRCT assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":94261,"journal":{"name":"Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir","volume":"52 4","pages":"284-289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141201451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}