Department of Cardiology
Professor Ugur ARSLAN
Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology
Education: He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (Eng.) in 2002. He completed his specialty education at Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology in 2007. He received the title of Associate Professor of Cardiology in 2014. Since 2011, he has been working as a Training Supervisor in the Cardiology Clinic of Samsun Training and Research Hospital. In 2021, he received the title of Professor from the University of Health Sciences.
Research Areas: He has many international studies on coronary artery disease, heart valve diseases, pacemakers, and heart failure. He has extensive experience in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI), coronary complex procedures (coronary CTO and bifurcation procedures), cardiac resynchronization therapy, pacemaker, and ICD implantation.
Selected Studies: There are a total of 59 studies, 19 of which are the first titles, published within the scope of SCI-Expanded. 46 of these works are clinical studies, 13 of which are the first names. The mentioned works have been cited more than 500 times by the articles published in journals within the scope of SCI-Expanded. In addition, he has 9 articles, 3 of which are clinical studies, published in other international peer-reviewed journals, and 15 articles, 10 of which are clinical studies, published in national peer-reviewed journals. He has over a hundred oral and poster presentations presented at national and international scientific congresses. His main studies are: “Arslan U., Turkoglu S., Balcioglu S., Tavil Y., Karakan T., “Cengel A. Association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and coronary artery disease”, Coron Artery Dis, 2007; 18 (6): 433-436”; Arslan U., Yenerçağ M., Erdoğan G., Görgün S., “Silent Cerebral Infarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO) and non-CTOs”, Int J Cardiovasc Imaging, 2020; 36: 2107-2113; Arslan U., Yaman M., Kocaoğlu İ., Turan OE., Yücel H., Aksakal A., Günaydın-Atasoy İ., Ateş AH., “Risk of no-reflow in culprit lesion versus culprit vessel PCI in acute STEMI ”, Coron Artery Dis, 2015; 26(6):510-515.
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Professor Ahmet KARAGOZ
Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine
Education: Prof. Dr. Ahmet KARAGÖZ was born in Samsun in 1982 and graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2006. He completed his cardiology specialization in Ankara Numune Hospital Cardiology Clinic in 2011. He was appointed as an assistant professor at Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology in 2014 and received the title of associate professor of cardiology in 2016. He undertook the duties of Giresun University Faculty of Medicine Cardiology Department Head and Clinical Administrative Responsible. Receiving the title of Professor from Giresun University on 14.06.2021, Dr. Ahmet KARAGÖZ was appointed as Professor Doctor to Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology on 25.07.2022.
Research Areas: Prof. Dr. Ahmet KARAGÖZ has carried out many academic activities at home and abroad. From 2011-2013, he worked as a field researcher for the Heart Disease and Risk Factors in Turkish Adults (TEKHARF) project. He gave lectures at the Faculty of Medicine at Ostrava University (Czech Republic) in 2015 and received training on cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation techniques at DRK Kliniken Berlin Köpenick Hospital (Germany) in 2017. He took part as a speaker at the Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics, Advanced Endovascular and Coronary Intervention Global Summit (C3) conferences held in Orlando (United States) in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. He has also served as a panelist, speaker, and session chair in many national and international meetings. European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA), European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) He is an active member of many national and international scientific organizations such as the Heart Failure Association (HFA) Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the Turkish Society of Cardiology, and the Cardiovascular Academy Association. In 2021, he was selected as a fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, one of the world’s leading interventional cardiology associations. He has many national and international studies on the epidemiology of heart diseases, new experimental approaches in the treatment of heart failure, coronary and peripheral vascular diseases, rhythm disorders, and interventional treatment of heart failure. Complex coronary interventions such as chronic total occlusion, bifurcation procedures, peripheral vascular interventions, cardiac resynchronization therapy, pacemaker and ICD implantation, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) are of special interest.
Selected Works: He has a total of 40 studies, 9 of which are first titles, published within the scope of SCI-Expanded. 30 of these works are clinical studies, 6 of which are the first names. The mentioned works have been cited more than 400 times by the articles published in journals within the scope of SCI-Expanded. In addition, he has 10 articles, 1 of which is a clinical study, published in other international peer-reviewed journals, and 25 articles, 10 of which are clinical studies, published in national peer-reviewed journals. He has over a hundred oral and poster presentations presented at national and international scientific congresses. His main works are; “Karagöz A, Uçar Ö, Kutucularoglu MG, Vural M, Diker E. Multidetector computed tomographic anatomy of the coronary sinus in patients with supraventricular reentrant tachycardia. Cardiol Pol. 2013;71(9):911-6. doi: 10.5603/KP.2013.0225.”, “Karagöz A, Vural A, Günaydın ZY, Bektaş O, Gül M, Çelik A, Uzunoğlu E, Usta S, Sarıtaş A, Elalmış ÖU. The role of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2015;19(3):433-40.”, “Karagöz A, Kesici S, Vural A, Usta M, Tezcan B, Semerci T, Teker E. Cardioprotective effects of Viscum album L. ssp. album (Loranthaceae) on isoproterenol-induced heart failure via regulation of the nitric oxide pathway in rats. Anatol J Cardiol. 2016 Dec;16(12):923-930. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.6780.”, “Karagöz A, Günaydın ZY, Bektaş O, Benli E, Kaya A. Subclinical left ventricular deterioration in patients with erectile dysfunction. Acta Cardiol. 2016;71(5):557-563. doi: 10.2143/AC.71.5.3167499.”, “Karagöz A, Onat A, Aydın M, Can G, Şimşek B, Yüksel M. Distinction of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype from simple abdominal obesity: interaction with sex hormone-binding globulin levels to confer high coronary risk. Postgrad Med. 2017 Mar;129(2):288-295. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2017.1261608.”,
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Professor Osman Can YONTAR
Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine
Education: He was born in Samsun in 1979 and graduated from 19 Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. He completed his cardiology residency at Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, in 2009. He received the title of Associate Professor of Cardiology in 2015. He has been working at Samsun Training and Research Hospital since 2016. He was appointed as Professor Doctor to Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology on 04.11.2022.
Research Areas: He is a member of Turkish Cardiology Association, Europran Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Asian Heart Rhythm Association (AHRA). Rhythm disorders, cardiac electrophysiology, complex mapping systems and ablation therapy are of special interest. The Electrophysiology Laboratory, where he has been working since 2021, has been accepted as a Center of Excellence by international organizations. He also has extensive experience in complex coronary interventions, pacemaker and ICD implantation, and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Selected Works: There are 55 research works in peer-reviewed journals within the scope of SCI and SCI-expanded, 27 research works in national peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters and national/international oral presentations and poster presentations. His main works are; “Yontar OC, Aksan G, Yanık A. Assessment of P- to delta-wave interval and its relationship with accessory pathway properties in patients with pre-excitation. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2021;32(6):292-296.
doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2020-057”, “Yontar OC, Gorenek B. Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: Symptoms, Detection and Anticoagulation. AmJ Cardiol. 2021 Jun 15;149:156-157”, “Yontar OC, Yilmaz MB, Yalta K, Tandogan I. Efficacy of levosimendan in patients with chronic heart failure: Does rhythm matter? Anadolu Kardiyol Journal 2010 Aug;10(4):310-6.”.
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Assoc. Prof. Mustafa YENERCAG
Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine
Education: Mersin University Faculty of Medicine (2004-2010). Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine Department of Cardiology Specialization Training (2011-2016). Samsun Training and Research Hospital Cardiology Clinic, Specialist Medicine (2016-2020). Ordu University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology Associate Professor (2020-2023).
Research Areas: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Valve Diseases, Implantation of Pacemakers, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVI), Familial Hypercholesterolemias, Heart Failure, Cardiac Imaging
Selected Works: He has 34 articles (30 full-text research articles, 1 review, 2 letters to the editor and 1 scientific letter) in journals scanned in SCI/SCI-Exp indexes. It is the first name in 6 of the full-text research articles published in these indexes. There are 14 full-text research articles and 4 case reports in other journals scanned in international indexes. There are 15 full-text research articles and 1 case report within the scope of ULAKBİM. It is the first name in 2 of the full-text research articles published in these indexes. He has authored 7 book chapters written in Turkish in his field and published in national publishing houses, and 2 book chapter translators within the scope of translation books. There are 11 oral presentations and 6 poster presentations, the full text of which has been published in the congress/symposium booklet of the international congress or symposium. There are 19 oral presentations and 24 poster presentations, the full text of which has been published in the congress/symposium booklet of the national congress or symposium. He took part in national and international multi-center projects on familial hypercholesterolemia. There are 336 citations searched in Web of Science (WOS) and 487 citations searched in Google Scholar. H index is 13. Among the Project Awards given by National Institutions, the Turkish Society of Cardiology received the Second Prize in the “The Most Successful Young Cardiologist of the Year” Project Encouragement Award for the year 2020-2021. He has served as a referee for many journals within and outside of SCI/SCI-Exp. He served as a speaker, session chair and panelist in many national symposiums and congresses. He has memberships in ESC, ACC/AHA, TKD and KVAD (national and international associations in the field of cardiology).
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Assist. Prof. Rustem YILMAZ
Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine
Education: Rüstem YILMAZ was born in 1979 and graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. He completed his specialty training in İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology in 2009. He worked as a cardiology specialist at Tokat Erbaa State Hospital between 2009-2011. Between 2011-2022 Samsun Gazi State Hospital Cardiology Clinic Specialist. He worked as a specialist between 01.01.2022 and 20.03.2022. Dr. Rüstem YILMAZ was appointed to Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology on 11.08.2022. He was appointed as a lecturer.
Research Areas; He has international studies on pacemakers, heart rhythm disorders, and artificial intelligence applications in cardiology.
Scientific studies; He has 12 scientific studies. He has 2 studies in SCI and SCI-Expanded indexed journals. In addition, he has 4 articles published in journals within the scope of Field Indices (For Fields Defined by UAK). He is the first author in three of these 4 studies, and two of them are in the field of artificial intelligence applications in cardiology. He is also the author of 1 book chapter. He has 3 poster presentations presented at international scientific meetings and published in the proceedings book, and 2 oral presentations presented at national scientific meetings and published in the proceedings book. The candidate’s publications received a total of 97 citations, including all indexes, 26 from journals within the scope of SCI and SCI-Expanded. His main works are; “Yesil M, Arikan E, Postaci N, Bayata S, Yilmaz R. Locations of coronary artery lesions in patients with severe conduction disturbance. Int Heart J. 2008 Sep;49(5):525-31”, “Yesil M, Bayata S, Arikan E, Yilmaz R. Postaci N. Should we revascularize before implanting a pacemaker? Clin Cardiol. 2008 Oct;31(10):498-501”, “Ertaş F, Kaya H, …, Yılmaz R; et al. Epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in Turkey: preliminary results of the multicenter AFTER study, Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars., 2013 Mar;41(2):99-104, DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2013.18488”, “Yilmaz R, Yagin Fatma Hilal; Comparative study for the prediction of heart attack risk and associated factors using mlp and rbf neural Networks, The Journal of Cognitive Systems, 2021 Dec;6(2):51-54, DOI: 10.52876/jcs.1001680”, “Yilmaz R, Yagin Fatma Hilal; Early detection of coronary heart disease based on machine learning methods, Medical Records, 2022 Jan;4(1):1-6, DOI: 10.37990/medr.1011924”, “Yilmaz R, Akcay Akyildiz F, Yesil M; The effects of pacing mode on development of chronic AF in patients undergoing pacemaker implantation due to AV block : A retrospective study, Medicine Science, 2022 Mar;11(1):48-52, DOI: 10.5455/medscience.2021.09.319”.
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