1.Incidentally Detected Cardiac Cyst Hydatid after Blunt Thoracic Trauma.
Ersan OZBUDAK ; Duygu DURMAZ ; Ali Ahmet ARIKAN ; Umit HALICI ; Sadan YAVUZ ; Ender EMRE
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014;47(2):160-162
Cardiac involvement in hydatid disease is more seldom than the involvement of the liver and the lungs. Cardiac cyst hydatid disease is diagnosed incidentally or by means of symptoms such as dyspnea and angina pectoris. Here, we present the case of a 45-year-old male patient who underwent open heart surgery for a randomly detected cardiac cyst hydatid during investigations carried out in a healthcare institution after accidentally falling from height. On the other hand, this patient did not have any complaints associated with hydatid disease before this event.
Angina Pectoris
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Delivery of Health Care
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Dyspnea
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Hand
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Humans
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Liver
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Lung
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Thoracic Surgery
2.An Evaluation of Glucose Tolerance in Essential Hypertension.
Armagan TUGRUL ; Sibel GULDIKEN ; Betul UGUR-ALTUN ; Ender ARIKAN
Yonsei Medical Journal 2009;50(2):195-199
PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine the impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes prevalence in patients with essential hypertension (HT) and to compare the developed microvascular complications of these groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed on 338 essential hypertensive cases and glucose tolerances were classified according to ADA-2002 criteria. RESULTS: Of the 338 cases, 32 people had diabetes (DM, 9.46%), 78 people had glucose intolerance (IGT, 23.1%), and 228 people had only hypertension but not IGT and DM (67.4%). Both the mean ages of the DM group (56.9 +/- 6.7 years, p = 0.002) and IGT group (56.3 +/- 8.4 years, p = 0.003) were older than the mean age of the control group (51.1 +/- 6.4 years). The risk of IGT development was found to be four times greater in male cases than female cases when compared to the control group (p = 0.004, add ratio = 4.194). There were no significant differences in the body mass indexes (BMI's), hypertension durations, and microvascular complications between the groups. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the risk of IGT and DM development in hypertensive cases increases with aging and longer hypertension duration. The risk of IGT development in hypertensive cases is four times more in males.
Aged
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Blood Glucose
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/pathology/physiopathology
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Female
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Glucose Intolerance/pathology/*physiopathology
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Humans
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Hypertension/pathology/*physiopathology
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Male
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Middle Aged