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Celal Akdeniz

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Beste Özben

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Serkan Saygı

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Nehir Sucu

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Anatol J Cardiol • Volume 21 • Issue 3 • March 2019

Official journal of the

The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology

Page: E-6

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Journal Citation Report 2017

Original Investigations

D-Dimer is a strong predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with infective endocarditisVeysel Özgür Barış et al.; Ankara-Turkey

Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation induces acute renal inflammation through activation of caspase-1 and NLRP3 inflammasomeDong Won Lee et al.; Busan-Republic of Korea

A novel score in the prediction of rhythm outcome after ablation of atrial fibrillation: The SUCCESS scoreFabian Nicolas Jud et al.; Zurich-Switzerland

Left main bronchus as a guide for individualized transseptal puncture using a conventional fluoroscopic approach in cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillationYuan Yuan et al.; Xi’an-China

Long-term follow-up of patients with Buerger’s disease after autologous stem cell therapyÇağdaş Baran et al.; Ankara-Turkey

Sustained nicorandil administration reduces the infarct size in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients with primary percutaneous coronary interventionShanjie Wang et al.; Xi’an-China

Case Reports

Concurrent cor triatriatum sinister and levoatriocardinal vein in an 11-year-old boy presenting with foudroyant pulmonary edema after appendectomy: A living tribute to the mal-incorporation theoryMeng-Luen Lee et al.; Changhua-Taiwan

Apixaban successfully resolved a warfarin-resistant left atrial appendage thrombus in a patient with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysisYae Min Park et al.; Incheon-Republic of Korea

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Editor-in-ChiefProf. Dr. Çetin Erol, Ankara, Turkey

EditorMustafa Kılıçkap, Ankara, Turkey

Editorial BoardRamazan Akdemir, Sakarya, TurkeyLevent Akyürek, Göteborg, SwedenAzin Alizadehasl, Tehran, IranNecmi Ata, Eskişehir, TurkeySaide Aytekin, İstanbul, TurkeyVedat Aytekin, İstanbul, TurkeyLjuba Bacharova, Bratislava, Slovak RepublicLuiggi P. Badano, Udine, ItalyAnzel Bahadır, Düzce, TurkeyAdrian Baranchuk, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaMurat Biteker, Muğla, TurkeyEugene Braunwald, Boston, MA, USACahid Civelek, St. Louis, MO, USAAli Emin Denktaş, Houston, TX, USAPolychronis Dilaveris, Athens, GreeceFırat Duru, Zurich, Switzerland

Ertuğrul Ercan, İzmir, TurkeyOkan Erdoğan, İstanbul, TurkeyÖzcan Erel, Ankara, TurkeyAli Gholamrezanezhad, Tahran, İranMichael Gibson, Boston, MA, USAOrhan Gökalp, İzmir, TurkeyBülent Görenek, Eskişehir, TurkeyOkan Gülel, Samsun, TurkeySema Güneri, İzmir, TurkeyYekta Gürlertop, Edirne, TurkeyMurat Güvener, Ankara, TurkeyCemil İzgi, London, UKDiwakar Jain, Philadelphia, USAErdem Kaşıkçıoğlu, İstanbul, TurkeyCihangir Kaymaz, İstanbul, TurkeyMustafa Kılıç, Denizli, Turkey

Serdar Küçükoğlu, İstanbul, TurkeyPeter Macfarlane, Renfrewshire, Scotland Robert W. Mahley, San Francisco, CA, USAGiuseppe Mancia, Milan, ItalyG.B. John Mancini, Vancouver BC, CanadaAnthony De Maria, San Diego, CA, USAPascal Meier, London, UKFranz H. Messerli, New York, USASanem Nalbantgil, İzmir, TurkeyNavin C. Nanda, Birmingham, AL, USAYılmaz Nişancı, İstanbul, TurkeyHakan Oral, Ann Arbor, MI, USANecla Özer, Ankara, TurkeyZeki Öngen, İstanbul, TurkeyMehmet Özkan, İstanbul, TurkeySotirios N. Prapas, Athens, Greece

Shahbudin Rahimtoola, Los Angeles, CA, USAVedat Sansoy, İstanbul, TurkeyRaşit Sayın, Trabzon, TurkeyMark V. Sherrid, New York, USAHorst Sievert, Frankfurt, Germanyİlke Sipahi, İstanbul, TurkeyRichard Sutton, Monaco, MonacoAhmet Şaşmazel, İstanbul, TurkeyS. Lale Tokgözoğlu, Ankara, TurkeyMurat Tuzcu, Cleveland, OH, USADilek Ural, İstanbul, TurkeyAhmet Ünalır, Eskişehir, TurkeySelma Arzu Vardar, Edirne, TurkeyMehmet Yokuşoğlu, Ankara, TurkeyJose L. Zamorano, Madrid, SpainWojciech Zareba, New York, USAYuqing Zhang, Beijing, China

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Associate EditorsAdnan Abacı, Ankara, TurkeyRüçhan Akar, Ankara, TurkeyBülent Behlül Altunkeser, Konya, TurkeySerdal Arslan, Sivas, TurkeyAhmet Kaya Bilge, İstanbul, TurkeyHakim Çelik, Şanlıurfa, TurkeyRecep Demirbağ, Şanlıurfa, TurkeyŞ. Remzi Erdem, Ankara, Turkeyİlkay Erdoğan, Ankara, TurkeySadi Güleç, Ankara, TurkeyAli Gürbüz, İzmir, TurkeySerdar Kula, Ankara, Turkey

Selma Metintaş, Eskişehir, TurkeyKurtuluş Özdemir, Konya, TurkeyMurat Özeren, Mersin, TurkeyLeyla Elif Sade, Ankara, TurkeyAsife Şahinarslan, Ankara, TurkeyAhmet Temizhan, Ankara, TurkeyErcan Tutar, Ankara, TurkeyOmaç Tüfekçioğlu, Ankara, TurkeyF. Ajlan Tükün, Ankara, TurkeyTaner Ulus, Eskişehir, TurkeyAylin Yıldırır, Ankara, TurkeyMehmet Birhan Yılmaz, İzmir, Turkey

Editor-in-Chief ConsultantSuna Kıraç, Lefkoşe, KKTC

Senior Consultant in BiostatisticsKazım Özdamar, Eskişehir, Turkey

Consultant in BiostatisticsFezan Mutlu, Eskişehir, Turkey

Anatol J Cardiol, Vol: 21, Issue: 3, March 2019The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology®

Previous Editor-in-ChiefBilgin Timuralp, Eskişehir, Turkey

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EDITORIAL

More novel findings… 123Çetin Erol; Ankara-Turkey

ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS

D-Dimer is a strong predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with infective endocarditis 124Veysel Özgür Barış, Mustafa Kılıçkap, Hüseyin Göksülük, Demet Menekşe Gerede Uludağ, Çetin Erol; Ankara-Turkey

Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation induces acute renal inflammation through 134activation of caspase-1 and NLRP3 inflammasomeDong Won Lee, Jeong-Su Kim, Il Young Kim, Hyang Sook Kim, Joo-Young Kim, Harin Rhee, Eun Young Seong, Sang Heon Song, Soo Bong Lee, Charles L. Edelstein, Ihm Soo Kwak; Busan, Yangsan-Republic of Korea, Aurora, Colorado-USA

A novel score in the prediction of rhythm outcome after ablation of atrial fibrillation: The SUCCESS score 142Fabian Nicolas Jud, Slayman Obeid, Fırat Duru, Laurent Max Haegeli; Zurich, Aarau-Switzerland

Left main bronchus as a guide for individualized transseptal puncture using a conventional 150fluoroscopic approach in cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillationYuan Yuan, Minxia Zhang, Wangwei Yang, Ling Tao, Hexiang Cheng; Xi’an-China

Long-term follow-up of patients with Buerger’s disease after autologous stem cell therapy 155Çağdaş Baran, Serkan Durdu, Evren Özçınar, Mehmet Çakıcı, Ali İhsan Hasde, Bahadır İnan, Mustafa Şırlak, Rüçhan Akar; Ankara-Turkey

Sustained nicorandil administration reduces the infarct size in ST-segment elevation myocardial 163infarction patients with primary percutaneous coronary interventionShanjie Wang, Yu Duan, Xinyu Feng, Liang Liu, Zhaofeng Shi, Bo Wang, Chenhai Xia, Wanrong Man, Haichang Wang, Zhijing Zhao, Dongdong Sun; Xi’an-China

Anatol J Cardiol, Vol: 21, Issue: 3, March 2019 The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology®

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CASE REPORTS

Concurrent cor triatriatum sinister and levoatriocardinal vein in an 11-year-old boy presenting with 172foudroyant pulmonary edema after appendectomy: A living tribute to the mal-incorporation theoryMeng-Luen Lee, Chiung-Fang Tu; Changhua, Kaohsiung-Taiwan

Apixaban successfully resolved a warfarin-resistant left atrial appendage thrombus in a patient with 174end-stage renal disease on hemodialysisYae Min Park, Jeonggeun Moon, Wook-Jin Chung, Mi-Seung Shin, In Suck Choi; Incheon-Republic of Korea

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Incremental value of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of patients before 176percutaneous closure of atrial septal defectsMacit Kalçık, Ahmet Güner, Mehmet Özkan; Çorum, İstanbul-Turkey

Echogenicity and echocardiographic guidance 177Kevser Gülcihan Balcı, Mustafa Mücahit Balcı; Ankara-Turkey

E-PAGE ORIGINAL IMAGES

Myocardial ischemia caused by external compression due to shotgun bullets E-6Bedri Caner Kaya, Veysel Tosun; Şanlıurfa-Turkey

First septal and diagonal arteries anomalously originating from the left main coronary artery: E-7A very rare coincidenceErdoğan Sökmen; Kırşehir-Turkey

Anatol J Cardiol, Vol: 21, Issue: 3, March 2019The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology®