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• Acar, Emrah(1)
• Akbuga, Kursat(1)
• Akdogan, Murat(1)
• Aksakal, Enbiya(1)
• Gokce, Mustafa(1)
• Gök, Saner Bahadir(1)
• Gökdeniz, Tayyar(1)
• Günes, Ozan(1)
• Ibis, Ayse Nur Ozkaya(1)
• Inanir, Mehmet(1)
• Izci, Servet(1)
• Izgi, Ibrahim Akin(1)
• Karakoyun, Suleyman(1)
• Karal, Huseyin(1)
• Kilicgedik, Alev(1)
• Kirma, Cevat(1)
• Kivrak, Ahmet(1)
• Lazoglu, Zakir(1)
• Sahin, Yusuf Bozkurt(1)
• Sevimli, Serdar(1)
• Tanboga, Ibrahim Halil(1)
• Tanik, Veysel Ozan(1)
• Tas, Alperen(1)
• Tolunay, Hatice(1)
• Topçu, Selim(1)
• Tunca, Cagatay(1)
• Yilmaz, Mehmet Fatih(1)
• Özkan, Mehmet Taha(1)
• Özlek, Bulent(1)

• MakaleAçık Erişim2025Scopus SJRQ3/r/gumushane/10326
  Athlete's Heart in Women's Contact Sports: Echocardiographic and Strain-Based Insights From Elite Rugby Players

  Tunca, Cagatay; Gök, Saner Bahadir; Günes, Ozan; Özkan, Mehmet Taha; Tas, Alperen; Ibis, Ayse Nur Ozkaya; Sahin, Yusuf Bozkurt; Akdogan, Murat; Kivrak, Ahmet; Akbuga, Kursat

  Background: Athlete's heart encompasses cardiac adaptations to long-term intensive training. Although male-dominated sports have been widely studied, limited data exist on structural and functional cardiac remodeling in female contact-sport athletes. This study aimed to evaluate cardiac changes in elite female rugby players using conventional and strain echocardiography. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 66 elite female rugby players and 50 sedentary controls. Anthropometric measurements and transthoracic echocardiographic assessments, including speckle tracking-derived global longitudinal strain (GLS), were performed. Linear, multivariable, and partial correlation analyses evaluated associations between GLS, active playing years (APY), and body mass index (BMI). Results: Compared to controls, athletes exhibited increased ventricular diameters, wall thicknesses, and left atrial size, with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). GLS values were significantly lower in rugby players (p < 0.001), though within normal limits. APY and BMI both showed significant inverse correlations with GLS (r = -0.456 and -0.370, respectively). In multivariable analysis, APY (beta = -0.392, p = 0.001) and BMI (beta = -0.225, p = 0.013) independently predicted GLS. Partial correlation confirmed the independent association of APY with GLS (r = -0.412, p = 0.001). GLS showed strong discriminative performance for >= 5 years of play (AUC = 0.816) and moderate performance for BMI >= 24.13 (AUC = 0.666). Conclusion: Elite female rugby athletes demonstrate physiological cardiac remodeling, including reduced GLS associated with training duration and BMI. These findings highlight the need for sex- and sport-specific echocardiographic reference values and further longitudinal research to clarify long-term clinical implications.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2021Scopus SJRQ3/r/gumushane/16459
  Time interval between E and E′ waves can predict complicated clinical course in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

  Acar, Emrah; Kilicgedik, Alev; Izci, Servet; Inanir, Mehmet; Yilmaz, Mehmet Fatih; Gokce, Mustafa; Izgi, Ibrahim Akin; Kirma, Cevat

  Purpose Acute pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening cardiothoracic emergency leading to right ventricle systolic and diastolic dysfunction. In the present study, we investigated the right ventricle diastolic function and its predictive value in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Material and methods Were prospectively recruited in this study 621 patients diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism between December 2015 and June 2019. Among them, 173 were excluded, leaving 448 patients for follow-up. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed for the evaluation of the right ventricle systolic and diastolic indices. At 30-day follow-up, the patients were allocated either into the benign or in the complicated clinical course group. Results The group with complicated clinical course had higher value of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP), right/left ventricle diameter ratio, E-wave velocity, E/A ratio, A ' wave velocity, E/E ' ratio, and time interval between E and E ' waves (P < .05), but lower values of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, A-wave velocity, isovolumetric relaxation time, deceleration time, E ', and E '/A ' (P < .05). Complicated clinical course was associated with shorter isovolumetric relaxation time (r = .564, P < .001), E/E ' (r = .495, P < .001), and TE-E ' (r = .596, P < .001). Receiver operator characteristic curve analysis showed that TE-E ' had the largest area under curve (TE-E ' 0.82, IVRT 0.77, E/E ' 0.72). A cut-off value of TE-E ' = 70 milliseconds had an 81.1% sensitivity and 71.4% specificity for the prediction of the complicated clinical course. Conclusion The assessment of the right ventricle diastolic function could predict the complicated clinical course in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2016Scopus SJRQ3/r/gumushane/16451
  Assessment of Left Atrial Mechanics in Patients with Preexcitation Syndrome Scheduled for Catheter Ablation

  Karakoyun, Suleyman; Tanboga, Ibrahim Halil; Gökdeniz, Tayyar; Lazoglu, Zakir; Topçu, Selim; Karal, Huseyin; Aksakal, Enbiya; Sevimli, Serdar

  ObjectivesWe aimed to test the left atrial (LA) mechanics and contraction synchrony by 2D strain imaging, in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, before and after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA). MethodsStudy population consisted of 25 patients with WPW scheduled for RFCA and 30 healthy controls. The peak LA strain at the end of the ventricular systole (LAs strain) and the LA strain with LA contraction (LAa Strain) were obtained. To assess LA dyssynchrony, septal versus lateral wall time-to-peak strain measurements were measured. ResultsThere was no difference between the patients with WPW and control subjects with regard to peak LAs and LAa strain. Patients with WPW demonstrated higher global time-to-peak LAs and LAa strain values compared with the control group. Peak LAs strain and LAa strain values, measured before and after the RF ablation of the accessory pathway, were comparable (34.33.92 vs. 34.6 +/- 3.2, P=0.816, 14.7 +/- 2.8 vs. 15.3 +/- 2.3, P=0.052, respectively). Global time-to-peak LAs and LAa strain measurements were significantly shorter after the RFCA compared with the values obtained before the RFCA. However, septo-lateral times to peak LA strain differences were found to be comparable in both WPW versus control and pre- versus postablation groups. ConclusionLA mechanical function assessed by 2D strain imaging was comparable between patients with WPW and control subjects. Patients with WPW had more prominent LA dyssynchrony during atrial pump phase as compared with the controls, a condition which could not improve after successful elimination of the accessory pathway by RFCA.

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