Haci Ciftci, MD

Myocardial Injury After Apparently Successful Coronary Stenting With or Without Balloon Dilation: Direct Versus Conventional Ste

08/01/2008

Mustafa Cemri , MD;

Haci Ciftci , MD;

Ridvan Yalcin , MD;

Bulent Boyaci , MD;

Ovsev Dortlemez , MD;

Halis Dortlemez , MD;

Guliz Erdem ;

Timur Timurkaynak , MD;

Murat Ozdemir , MD;

Atiye Cengel , MD;

Direct stenting (DS) without balloon predilation is a novel approach in the percutaneous treatment of coronary artery lesions. This approach, besides reducing aggression to the vessel wall, may also significantly lower the rate of procedural...

Direct stenting (DS) without...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Sidebranch Occlusion After Coronary Stenting With or Without Balloon Predilation: Direct Versus Conventional Stenting

08/01/2008

Ovsev Dortlemez , MD;

Halis Dortlemez , MD;

Guliz Erdem ;

Yusuf Tavil ;

Mehmet Kaya ;

Timur Timurkaynak , MD;

Murat Ozdemir , MD;

Atiye Cengel , MD;

Mustafa Cemri , MD;

Haci Ciftci , MD;

Sidebranch occlusion (SBO) is a challenging problem during interventional procedures.1–5 Although occlusion of branches smaller than 2 mm was reported to be of little clinical importance, this may lead to angina or myocardial infarction....

Sidebranch occlusion (SBO) is a...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Conventional Versus Direct Stenting in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Effect on Immediate <br />
Coronary Blood Flow

08/01/2008

Ridvan Yalcin , MD;

Bulent Boyaci , MD;

Ovsev Dortlemez , MD;

Halis Dortlemez , MD;

Timur Timurkaynak , MD;

Murat Ozdemir , MD;

Atiye Cengel , MD;

Mustafa Cemri , MD;

Haci Ciftci , MD;

Although thrombus-containing lesions were previously considered as a contraindication for stenting, accumulating data regarding stenting in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and in the presence of angiographically apparent thrombus reveal...

Although thrombus-containing...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Direct Stenting in Angiographically Apparent Thrombus-Containing Lesions

08/01/2008

Timur Timurkaynak , MD;

Murat Ozdemir , MD;

Atiye Cengel , MD;

Mustafa Cemri , MD;

Haci Ciftci , MD;

Ridvan Yalcin , MD;

Bulent Boyaci , MD;

Ovsev Dortlemez , MD;

Halis Dortlemez , MD;

Although once considered to be a contraindication, accumulating data regarding stenting in thrombogenic milieu [acute myocardial infarction (AMI), unstable angina pectoris] in the presence of angiographically apparent thrombus reveal...

Although once considered to be a...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Teaching Collection

Use of a 0.014¬¥¬¥ Guidewire for Cannulation of Left Coronary Ostium with a Difficult Anatomy

08/01/2008

Timur Timurkaynak , MD;

Atiye Cengel , MD;

Haci Ciftci , MD;

Engagement of the left coronary ostium is usually accomplished with the standard Judkins technique in the majority of patients without further manipulation.1 For the minority of patients with difficult anatomies, there is an enormous variety...

Engagement of the left coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Teaching Collection

Double Right Coronary Artery with Atherosclerosis: A Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly

08/01/2008

Atiye Cengel , MD;

Haci Ciftci , MD;

Timur Timurkaynak , MD;

There is considerable variety in size and position of the coronary arteries.1 The incidence of coronary anomaly in one of the largest series (126,595 cases) was reported to range between 0.6–1.3%.2 The majority of these were reported to be...

There is considerable variety in...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology