Background Ankaferd Blood Stopper ® (ABS) is a folkloric medicinal plant extract used as a
hemostatic agent in traditional Turkish medicine. This experimental study investigated the …

Objective Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias associated with not only
increased morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting but also increased healthcare costs. …

Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of ischemic preconditioning (IP)
on myocardium and the level of nitric oxide (NO) in patients undergoing aorta‐coronary …

Conclusions. Although skeletonization of the ITA is a more technically demanding procedure,
it provides some advantages such as increased available graft length and reduced sternal …

Discussion Because the symptoms of atrial myxoma are frequently nonspecific, early diagnosis
is difficult. 1 Large myxomas may remain asymptomatic if tumour growth is very slow. …

The left internal mammary artery is the conduit of choice for coronary artery bypass grafting.
In the traditional (“clipped-artery”) harvesting technique, this artery is prepared as a pedicle; …

Discussion Primary tumours of the chest wall are uncommon lesions, comprising only 2% of
all primary tumours. Chondrosarcoma is the most common malignant tumour of the chest …

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) remains the most common arrhythmia following mitral valve
surgery. Although numerous clinical and laboratory indicators and possible mechanisms …

Severe pulmonary hypertension is a risk factor for mortality in heart transplantation due to
elevated post-operative right heart failure. Various treatment modalities have been used in the …

Posttraumatic Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm in a Child - M Emin Özdoğan, G Levent
Oktar, Sedef Tunaoğlu, Mustafa Büyükateş, Serdar Kula, Rana Olguntürk, 2001 … , Sedef …