Right coronary artery originating from distal circumflex artery in a patient with single coronary artery/Tek koroner arterli bir hastada, distal sirkumfleks arterden cikan sag koroner arter olgusu.
A 46-year-old male patient admitted to our hospital with the complaint of 10-minute-lasting retrosternal, squeezing chest pain which appearing during exercise. Patient did not have any atherosclerotic risk factor except smoking. Blood pressure was 130/70 mm/Hg and pulse, 80 beats/min. Cardiovascular and other physical examinations were normal. Basal electrocardiogram,...

Successful reimplantation of prematurely displaced stent to the target lesion without balloon inflation during percutaneous intervention to the right coronary artery/Sag koroner artere perkutan girisim sirasinda serbest kalan stentin hedef lezyona balon sisirilmeden basarili bir sekilde yerlestirilmesi.
A 62-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted for coronary angiography due to typical angina provoked by effort. On coronary angiography dominant right coronary artery (RCA), 50-60% narrowing beyond the right ventricular branch, extensive consecutive narrowings of 90% in acute marginal branch were detected (Fig. 1). Guiding...

Should heart failure specialists be trained to implant cardiac devices? Diluted training will leave them unprepared.
I cannot endorse this ridiculous proposition. Can a diminished experience during fellowship provide training for device implantation that's equivalent to training for electrophysiologists? The onus rests on those who advocate any diluted training regimen. The Heart Rhythm Society of America recently endorsed requirements for training in heart...

Myocardial blushing during coronary angiography due to high pressure applied by an inexperienced operator/Tecrubesiz bir operatorun koroner anjiyografi sirasinda uyguladigi yuksek basinca bagli miyokardiyal boyanma.
Coronary angiography is a widely-used diagnostic tool in coronary artery diseases with a complication rate of below 1%. Operator and center experiences are the major determinants for occurrence of complications. Here, we report a case of myocardial blushing that occurred due to excessive pressure applied during contrast media injection...

Right ventricular lipoma/Sag ventrikul lipomu.
Previously healthy 11-year-old male was noted to have a heart murmur during routine physical examination. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a mass in size of 2x3 cm in the interventricular septum lining toward the right ventricular outflow tract (Fig. 1). Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a high signal intensity of...

Giant metastatic left atrial tumor leading to pulmonary edema/Akciger odemine yol acan dev sol atriyal metastatik tumor.
A 52-year-old male patient was referred to our hospital with complaints on worsened shortness of breath and cough. His general examination showed orthopnea and pain with palpation of right upper quadrant, bilateral jugular venous distension and diffuse crepitation rales in both lungs. His personal history revealed cigarette smoking for...

Ball thrombus in ligated left atrial appendage/Baglanmis sol atriyal apendiks icinde top trombus.
A 40-year-old woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was admitted to our hospital because of shortness of breath (NYHA III), palpitations and fatigue. Fifteen years earlier, the patient had been performed closed mitral commissurotomy. On physical examination, the blood pressure was 100/60 mm Hg and the heart rate was irregular...

A prominent Chiari network prolapsing into right ventricle/Sag ventrikule prolabe olan belirgin Chiari agi.
A 42 years old male patient was referred to our clinic for palpitations. Physical examination revealed a low intensity systolic murmur at the mitral valve area. His heart rate was 65 beats/min and his blood pressure was 130/80 mm Hg. Electrocardiography showed sinus rhythm and normal axis. Echocardiography revealed...

Giant aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus/Dev duktal anevrizma.
Aneurysm of ductus arteriosus (ADA) is characterized by a localized saccular or tubular dilatation of the ductus arteriosus and is a rare lesion that can be associated with sever complications such as thromboembolism, rupture, infection, erosion, compression of adjacent structure and death. Although there were many reported adults and...

Leaders in Health and Medicine to Examine Healthcare Disparities.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-11 August 2008-Leaders in Health and Medicine to Examine Healthcare Disparities(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com In an effort to help reduce racial, ethnic and gender disparities in healthcare, professional organizations and academic medical institutions have joined forces in a collaborative alliance with the goal...