Background: Many studies have shown that the serum uric acid (SUA) level is associated with atherosclerosis. Aim: To determine the relationship between the SUA level and the presence and severity of coronary heart disease ...

Background: Platelet activation and aggregation play key roles both in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and in the developmentof acute thrombotic events. Platelet volume is a marker of platelet activation and function, ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate whether urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels could serve as early biomarkers of contrast-induced acute ...

Objective: Genetic risk factors that cause coronary artery disease (CAD) demonstrate variations in different populations. In this study, a single nucleotide polymorphism in the APOA5 gene was targeted to determine genetic ...

Aim: Coronary artery diseases (CAD) is one of the most important public health problems in Turkish population. Molecular pathogenesis underlying CAD is not fully known yet. Therefore, it is important to identify polymorphisms ...

Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common and important comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Literature indicates that there may be a relationship between diagonal earlobe ...

Parachute mitral valve complex is an unusual congenital anomaly that has been described by Shone et al. It is characterized by a parachute deformity of the mitral valve associated with additional forms of left heart ...