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Thickness of carotid artery intima is an independent risk factor for psoriasis

Akdoğan, Neslihan; Uysal, Pınar İncel; Vural, Murat; Mendi, Ahmet Bokebatur; Çandar, Tuba; Yalçın, Başak (2020-05-09)

Psoriasis (PsO) has been associated with lipoprotein abnormalities, visceral adiposity, atherosclerosis, and coronary artery disease (CAD) in several studies; however, data concerning the risk of psoriasis relevant to these ...

Visfatin and insulin levels and cigarette smoking are independent risk factors for hidradenitis suppurativa: a case-control study

Akdoğan, Neslihan; Allı, Nuran; Uysal, Pınar İncel; Topçuoğlu, Canan; Çandar, Tuba; Turhan, Turan (Springer, 2018)

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. HS has been associated with obesity, adipokine imbalance, dyslipidemia, pro-inflammation, and metabolic syndrome (MS). The aim of this study was to ...

Evaluation of the impact of treatment on endothelial function and cardiac performance in acromegaly

Akgül, Ebru; Tokgözoğlu, Sadberk Lale; Erbaş, Tomris; Kabakçı, Giray; Aytemir, Kudret; Haznedaroğlu, İbrahim; Kes, Süleyman Sırrı (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)

Objective: To evaluate the effects of treatment on left ventricular (LV) performance and endothelial function in patients with acromegaly. Method: Nineteen patients with active acromegaly (AA), 18 patients with ...

Plasma glycated albumin levels clearly detect hearing loss and atherosclerosis in patients with impaired fasting glucose

Ezerarslan, Hande; Çandar, Tuba; Özdemir, Sedat; Ataç, Gökçe Kaan; Kocatürk, Sinan (Karger, 2016)

Objective: To describe the relationship between atherosclerosis and hearing thresholds in prediabetic patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and to determine the efficacy of glycated albumin in predicting carotid ...

Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is an independent predictor of critical and complex coronary artery disease by gensini and SYNTAX scores

Erkan, Aycan Fahri; Tanındı, Aslı; Kocaman, Sinan Altan; Uğurlu, Murat; Töre, Hasan Fehmi (Texas Heart Institute, 2016)

Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is associated with the severity and extent of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. We prospectively investigated whether epicardial adipose tissue thickness is related to coronary ...

Ischemia-modified albumin and cardiovascular risk markers in polycystic ovary syndrome with or without insulin resistance

Çağlar, Gamze Sinem; Öztaş, Efser; Karadağ, Demet; Pabuçcu, Recai; Demirtaş, Selda (Elsevier Science Inc, 2011)

The aim of this study was to evaluate ischemia-modified albumin levels (IMA) in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) cases with and without insulin resistance and the correlation of IMA with carotid intima media thickness, ...

Hsa-miR-584-5p as a novel candidate biomarker in Turkish men with severe coronary artery disease

Çoban, Neslihan; Pirim, Dilek; Erkan, Aycan Fahri; Doğan, Berkcan; Ekici, Berkay (Reidel, 2020)

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is still the preliminary cause of mortality and morbidity in the developed world. Identification of novel predictive and therapeutic biomarkers is crucial for accurate diagnosis, prognosis and ...

Nutritional status and severity of coronary artery disease

Kurmuş, Özge; Aslan, Turgay; Eren, Murat; Akbuğa, Kürşat; Erkan, Aycan Fahri; Ekici, Berkay; Akgül Ercan, Ebru; Kervancıoğlu, Celal (2020)

Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between Nutritional Risk Index (NRI), a simple tool to assess nutritional status, and coronary artery disease severity and complexity in patients ...

Evaluation of epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness as a marker of atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Ekmen, Nergiz; Can, Güray; Yozgat, Ahmet; Can, Hatice; Bayraktar, Muhammed Fatih; Demirkol, Muhammet Emin; Akdoğan Kayhan, Meral; Sasani, Hadi (2020)

Background and aim: this study aimed to compare carotid intima media (CIMT) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) measurements, which are considered as markers for the detection of early atherosclerosis in healthy ...

Relationship of serum pentraxin-3 with peripheral arterial disease

Katipoğlu, Burak; Aygün, Ali; Demir, Selim; Tatlı, Özgür; Menteşe, Ahmet; Menteşe, Ümit; Evrin, Togay (2017)

Aim: Since atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process associated with peripheral artery disease (PAD), the inflammatory marker pentraxin (PTX) may increase in PAD. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional ...