Balkan Medical Journal

Intravenous Colistin Use for Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Pediatric Patients

Pages : 627-632 - Ayşe Karaaslan, Eren Çağan, Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Serkan Atıcı, Gülşen Akkoç, Nurhayat Yakut, Sevliya Öcal Demir, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakır
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.16210

The Burden of Premature Mortality in Turkey in 2001 and 2008

Pages : 662-667 - Burcu Tokuç, Serap Ayhan, Gamze Varol Saraçoğlu
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.151277

Hemophagocytosis in the Acute Phase of Fatal Kawasaki Disease in a 4 Month-Old Girl

Pages : 470-472 - Vehbi Doğan, Erhan Karaaslan, Samet Özer, Rüveyda Gümüşer, Resul Yılmaz
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.150371

Effectiveness of Using Dual-source CT and the Upshot it creates on Both Heart Rate and Image Quality

Pages : 283-293 - Tuba Selçuk, Hafize Otçu, Zeyneb Yüceler, Çiğdem Bilgili, Mesut Bulakçı, Yıldıray Savaş, Ömer Çelik
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.16220

Effect of Young Maternal Age on Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes: Results from the Tertiary Center in Turkey

Pages : 344-349 - Oya Demirci, Ertuğrul Yılmaz, Özgür Tosun, Pınar Kumru, Arzu Arınkan, Didar Mahmutoğlu, Selçuk Selçuk, Zehra Nihal Dolgun, Resul Arısoy, Emre Erdoğdu, Nazan Tarhan
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.150364

TAVI in a Patient with Single Coronary Artery: The Choice of Self-Expandable Valve may be Reasonable

Pages : 357-359 - Hüseyin Dursun, Jale Zeynep Gönençer, Dayimi Kaya, Özalp Karabay, Abidin Cenk Erdal
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.150601

Evaluation of a Community Health Service Center-Based Intervention Program for Managing Chronic Heart Failure

Pages : 45-51 - Moli Gu, Yanlan Ma, Ti Zhou, Yunfeng Xia
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.150023

Usefulness of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Prediction of Coronary Artery Lesions in Patients with Kawasaki Disease

Pages : 371-376 - Fikri Demir, Cem Karadeniz, Rahmi Özdemir, Yılmaz Yozgat, Kübra Çelegen, Utku Karaaslan, Mustafa Demirol, Timur Meşe, Nurettin Ünal
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.151108

A Rare Etiology of Heart Failure: Traumatic Arteriovenous Fistula Due to Stab Injury 17 Years Ago

Pages : 309-311 - Serhat Hüseyin, Volkan Yüksel, Orkut Güçlü, Suat Canbaz, Mustafa Yılmaztepe
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15291

Paraoxonase 1 Activity and Survival in Sepsis Patients

Pages : 183-188 - Volkan İnal, Levent Yamanel, Gürhan Taşkın, Serkan Tepen, Bilgin Cömert
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15674

Effect of Rosuvastatin on Arginase Enzyme Activity and Polyamine Production in Experimental Breast Cancer

Pages : 89-95 - Hakan Erbaş, Oğuz Bal, Erol Çakır
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15611

Successful Aorta-osteal Stenting after Iatrogenic Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Pages : 352-355 - Adem Bekler, Emine Gazi, Ahmet Temiz, Burak Altun, Ali Özeren
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2014.14039

Bipolar or Unipolar Hemiarthroplasty after Femoral Neck Fracture in the Geriatric Population

Pages : 400-405 - Egemen Ayhan, Hayrettin Kesmezacar, Özgür Karaman, Adem Şahin, Nail Kır
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2013.8571

General Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Pneumonia Cases Developed During Pandemic (H1N1) Influenza-A Virus Infection in Turkey

Pages : 68-73 - Tevfik Özlu, Yılmaz Bülbül, Funda Öztuna, Sezai Taşbakan, Hatice Kılıç, Tülin Kuyucu, Nalan Adıgüzel, Tekin Yıldız, Tarkan Özdemir, Serap Duru, Leyla Sağlam, Ayşin Şakar Coşkun, Tacettin Örnek, Gazi Gündüz, Ayten Filiz, Levent Özdemir, Gülfer Okumuş
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2012.089

Severe Valvular Regurgitation: An Unexpected Complication During Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation Treated Successfully with the “Valve-in-Valve” Procedure

Pages : 444-446 - Ethem Kavukcu, Ali Erdoğan, Rıdvan Chasan, Ethem Kavukçu, Mehmet Bilgin
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2012.040

A Coronary Septic Embolism in Double Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Presenting as Acute Anteroseptal ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Pages : 328-330 - Nazmi Gültekin, Gülsüm Bulut, Emine Küçükateş
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2012.063

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Our Experience and Review of the Literature

Pages : 118-123 - Kamil Mehmet Burgazlı, Ritvan Chasan, Christiane Neuhof, Mehmet Bilgin, Ali Erdoğan, Ethem Kavukçu, Nedim Soydan
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2012.004

Midterm Results of Aortic Valve Replacement with Cryopreserved Homografts

Pages : 170-173 - Can Vuran, Paul Simon, Gregor Wollenek, Emre Özker, Erdal Aslım
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2011.017

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Skin Graft in Madura Foot Treatment

Pages : 214-217 - Ali Murat Kalender, Halit Baykan, Fuat Özkan, Harun Çıralık, Perihan Öztürk, Mustafa Gül, Hasan Uçmak
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2012.014

The Sensitivity and Specificity of High Sensitive CRP, D-Dimer and IL-6 in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Pages : 429-434 - Özlem Yiğit, Yıldıray Cete, Cenker Eken, Erkan Göksu
DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2011.010

Evaluation of the Association of Laboratory Tests Associated with Mortality in Term Neonates with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

Pages : 256-260 - Emrah Can, Ali Bülbül, Asiye Nuhoğlu
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2010.03824.2

The Evaluation of In Vitro Effects of Dipyridamole on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

Pages : 261-263 - Turan Ege, Enver Duran, Okay Güven Karaca, Özcan Gür, Selami Gürkan, Çetin Hakan Karadağ
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2010.04129.2

Myocardial Protection with Simultaneous Antegrade/Vein Graft Cardioplegia Compared to Antegrade Cardioplegia Alone in Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients

Pages : 75-79 - Ali Can Hatemi, Mete Gürsoy, Aybala Tongut, Mustafa Canikoğlu, Erhan Kansız, Rıfat Eralp Ulusoy, Ayşem Kaya, Nadiye Pınar Ay, Rasim Enar, Fatma Ferda Sözer, Kamil Karaoğlu
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2009.03129.1

In Vitro Effects of Dopamine on Internal Thoracic Artery Graft Used in Coronary Artery Bypass Surger

Pages : 344-350 - Ümit Halıcı, Turan Ege, Enver Duran, Çetin Hakan Karadağ
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2009.01869.1

The Evaluation of Arterial and Venous Grafts with Intraoperative Flowmeter Techniques in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Operations

Pages : 411-416 - Suat Canbaz, Selçuk Ünal, Murat Dikmengil, Enver Duran
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2010.03767.1

Anatomical Risk Factors of Coronary Heart Disease

Pages : 248-252 - Nesrin Çandır, Hasan Ozan, Necdet Kocabıyık, Hürkan Kuşaklıgil
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2009.01749.1

The Effects of Related Factors on One- and Two-Year Mortality after a Hip Fracture in Elderly Turkish Patients

Pages : 127-131 - Tolga Atay, Berit Ceylan, Ahmet Özmeriç, Füsun Eroğlu, Lütfü Yavuz, Nurettin Heybeli
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2008.01180.1

Comparison of the Efficacy of SAPS II and MPM II Scoring Systems in Intensive Care Unit Mortality

Pages : 161-166 - Füsun Eroğlu, Ülkü Aslan, Lütfi Yavuz, Berit Ceylan, Erol Eroğlu, Nurettin Heybeli
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2008.01026.3

A Patient With Unstable Angina and Without Abnormal Electrocardiographic Findings and Total Occlusion of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery

Pages : 83-85 - Ersan Tatlı, Meryem Aktoz, Armağan Altun

Coronary Artery Disease Management in Polyclinic

Pages : 13-18 - Elçim Durusoy, Tarık Yıldırım, Armağan Altun

Follow-up and Treatment of Patients with Heart Failure in Policlinic

Pages : 57-62 - Meryem Aktoz

What Do We Know About Negative Statin Trials?

Pages : 79-81 - Okan Erdoğan

Effect of Carvedilol on P-Wave Duration and P-Wave Dispersion in Patients with Systolic Heart Failure

Pages : 226-231 - Ersan Tatlı, Meryem Aktoz, Ahmet Barutçu, Turhan Kurumcu, Armağan Altun

Surgical and Medical Follow-Up Results of Type III Aortic Dissections

Pages : 173-180 - Nazmiye Selçuk Kapısız, Fahri Kapısız, Alp Dolgun, Ertan Yücel

Department of Cardiology, Medicine Faculty of Trakya University, Edirne

Pages : 68-71 - Ersan Tatlı, Osman Ufacık, Osman Pirhan, Mustafa Yılmaztepe, Meryem Aktoz, Armağan Altun

The Effect of the Prebiotic Solutions in Treatment of Severe Sepsis

Pages : 194-199 - Dilek Memiş, Birgül Yelken, Birgül Yelken, Sevtap Hekimoğlu Şahin, İlke Vatan, Tarık Yardım

Assessment of Relative Risk Measurement Comparing with Odds Ratio, Attributable Risk and Number Needed to Treat

Pages : 213-221 - Necdet Süt, Mustafa Şenocak

Urgent Approach to a Patient Presenting With Type A Aortic Dissection Associated With Cardiac Tamponade

Pages : 56-59 - Emre Ordulu, Okan Erdoğan

Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Edirne Experience

Pages : 4-8 - Enver Duran, Hasan Sunar, Turan Ege, Suat Canbaz, Mustafa Çıkırıkçıoğlu, Ümit Halıcı, Habib Çakıcı, Cavidan Arar

The Relationship between Preoperative Plasma Total Antioxidant Capacity and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Pages : 16-22 - Ali Taşkıran, Sevgi Eskiocak, Mustafa Çıkırıkçıoğlu, Turan Ege, Enver Duran

The Effect of Coronary Risk Factors on Restenosis after Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting

Pages : 84-88 - Çetin Gül, Mustafa Yıldız, Ersan Tatlı, Fatih Özçelik

The Relationship between Vessel Obstruction and Serum Total and Lipid-Bound Sialic Acid Levels in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

Pages : 24-29 - Selma Süer Gökmen, Gülseven Kılıçlı, Şendoğan Gülen, Fatih Özçelik, Atilla Birsin

The Change of Perinatal Mortality in Three Decades in a Reference Center in Aegean Region: Neonatal Mortality has Decreased but Fetal Mortality Stayed Unchanged

Nilgün Kültürsay, Niyazi Aşkar, Demet Terek, Ahmet Özgür Yeniel, Özge Altun Köroğlu, Mehmet Yalaz, Ferda Özkınay, Mete Akisu
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.0870

Association Between the Inflammatory Biomarkers and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Pages : 226-231 - Ljiljana Andrijevic, Senka Milutinov, Ilija Andrijevic, Daniela Jokic, Marija Vukoja
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.1114

Turkey’s Epidemiological and Demographic Transitions: 1931-2013

Pages : 323-334 - Coşkun Bakar, Sibel Oymak, Işıl Maral
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.0960

Premature Coronary Artery Disease due to Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in a 12-Year-Old Girl

Pages : 208-211 - Filiz Ekici, Salih Özçobanoğlu, Fırat Kardelen
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.0490

The Change of Perinatal Mortality Over Three Decades in a Reference Centre in the Aegean Region: Neonatal Mortality has decreased but Foetal Mortality Remains Unchanged

Pages : 553-558 - Nilgün Kültürsay, Niyazi Aşkar, Demet Terek, Ahmet Özgür Yeniel, Özge Altun Köroğlu, Mehmet Yalaz, Ferda Özkınay, Mete Akısü
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.0870

A Rare Colonization in Peritoneum After Blunt Abdominal Trauma: S. putrefaciens and S. cerevisiae

Pages : 333-335 - Oana Bulat, Cristian Bulat, Mihaela Blaj, Ioana Lupusoru, Viorel Scripcariu
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.0773

Evaluation of the Cytotoxic and Autophagic Effects of Atorvastatin on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

Pages : 256-262 - Tuğba Alarcon Martinez, Naciye Dilara Zeybek, Sevda Müftüoğlu
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.0604

Can NT-pro BNP Levels Predict Prognosis of Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Intensive Care Unit?

Pages : 422-426 - Özlem Ediboğlu, Cenk Kıraklı
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.2018.0006

Geographical Variations in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Sub-Group Analysis of the APOLLON Registry

Pages : 235-244 - Bülent Özlek, Eda Özlek, Hicaz Zencirkıran Ağuş, Mehmet Tekinalp, Serkan Kahraman, Oğuzhan Çelik, Cem Çil, Özcan Başaran, Volkan Doğan, Bedri Caner Kaya, İbrahim Rencüzoğulları, Altuğ Ösken, Lütfü Bekar, Mustafa Ozan Çakır, Yunus Çelik, Kadir Uğur Mert, Kadriye Memiç Sancar, Samet Sevinç, Gurbet Özge Mert, Murat Biteker
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2019.2019.2.17

Geographical Variations in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Sub-Group Analysis of the APOLLON Registry

An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness of Stents Used in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease

Pages : 276-282 - Ferda Işıkçelik, İsmail Ağırbaş, Cansın Tulunay Kaya
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2019.2018.12.28

The Role of Cardiac Ganglia in the Prevention of Coronary Atherosclerosis: An Analytical Examination of Cholesterol-fed Rabbits

Pages : 79-83 - Yavuzer Koza, Mehmet Dumlu Aydın, Ednan Bayram, Sare Sipal, Ender Altaş, Celaleddin Soyalp, Enise Armağan Koza
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2019.2019.8.97

Trends and Causes of Neonatal Mortality in Serbia, 1997-2016

Pages : 144-149 - Konstansa Lazarević, Dragan Bogdanović, Ljiljana Stošić
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2019.5.145

Detection of sasX Gene and Distribution of SCCmec Types in Invasive and Non-invasive Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

Pages : 215-221 - Alper Tekeli, Duygu Nilüfer Öcal, İştar Dolapçı
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2019.8.21

Comparison of MOLLI and ShMOLLI in Terms of T1 Reactivity and the Relationship between T1 Reactivity and Conventional Signs of Response during Adenosine Stress Perfusion CMR

Pages : 260-268 - Esin Gezmiş, Charles Peebles, Andrew Flett, Ausami Abbas, Stephen Harden, James Shambrook
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2019.12.161

Prognosis and Risk Factors of Coronary Artery Lesions before Immunoglobulin Therapy in Children with Kawasaki Disease

Pages : 324-329 - Huixian Qiu, Chang Jia, Zhenquan Wang, Yuee He, Xing Rong, Rongzhou Wu, Maoping Chu, Hongying Shi
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2020.1.56

Comparison of MOLLI and ShMOLLI in Terms of T1 Reactivity and the Relationship between T1 Reactivity and Conventional Signs of Response during Adenosine Stress Perfusion CMR

Pages : 260-268 - Esin Gezmiş, Charles Peebles, Andrew Flett, Ausami Abbas, Stephen Harden, James Shambrook
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2019.12.161

Role of Plasma Soluble Lectin Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1 in Severity of CAD Patients and Relationship with Microrna-98

Sayed Ali Sheikh
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2020.6.243

Efficacy and Safety of Bevacizumab-Combined Chemotherapy for Advanced and Recurrent Endometrial Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hui Chen, Minglin Liang, Jie Min
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2020.4.121