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Assessment Of The Left Atrial Longitudinal Myocardial Function By Assessment Of The Left Atrial Longitudinal Myocardial Function By The Strain And Strain Rate Echocardiography In Patients With Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis*, Enbi̇ya Aksakal, Serdar Sevi̇mli̇, Hanefi̇ Yekta Gürlertop, Mehmet Ali̇ Elbey, Muhammed Hakan Taş, Fuat Gündoğdu, Mustafa Kemal Erol, Şule Karakelleoğlu
Assessment Of The Left Atrial Longitudinal Myocardial Function By Assessment Of The Left Atrial Longitudinal Myocardial Function By The Strain And Strain Rate Echocardiography In Patients With Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis*, Enbi̇ya Aksakal, Serdar Sevi̇mli̇, Hanefi̇ Yekta Gürlertop, Mehmet Ali̇ Elbey, Muhammed Hakan Taş, Fuat Gündoğdu, Mustafa Kemal Erol, Şule Karakelleoğlu
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
To evaluate the regional left atrial (LA) myocardial functions and time to peak deformations by the longitudinal strain (S) and strain rate (Sr) echocardiography in isolated mitral stenosis (MS) patients for 3 LA periods (contractile, reservoir, and conduit periods). Materials and methods: Included in the study were 30 MS patients and 30 healthy controls. Longitudinal peak S and Sr indices, time to peak S and time to peak Sr, and systolic and diastolic velocities were measured from the color Doppler myocardial imaging data, for each LA period. Results: For all 3 periods, all of the segment S values and most …
Cardiac Complications Of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism In Chronic Hemodialysis Patients, Hülya Çi̇çekçi̇oğlu, İhsan Ergün, Özgül Uçar, Cüneyt Yüksel, Alper Azak, Ekrem Abayli, Mehmet Deni̇z Ayli
Cardiac Complications Of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism In Chronic Hemodialysis Patients, Hülya Çi̇çekçi̇oğlu, İhsan Ergün, Özgül Uçar, Cüneyt Yüksel, Alper Azak, Ekrem Abayli, Mehmet Deni̇z Ayli
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
To evaluate the effects of intact parathormone (iPTH) on left ventricular function using transthoracic echocardiography on chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. In HD patients, mortality is high and is frequently due to cardiac complications. Secondary hyperparathyroidism, high levels of phosphate (PO_4), and high calcium phosphate product (Ca × PO_4) are related to cardiac complications. Materials and methods: We examined 20 patients with normal iPTH levels (Group 1) and 20 patients with high iPTH levels (Group 2). Intact parathormone levels were measured in serum with a Coat-A-Count kit (Diagnostic Products Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA) using an immunoradiometric assay. …