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    Bruxism: Is it a new sign of the cardiovascular diseases?
    (2011) Atilgan Z.; Buyukkaya R.; Yaman F.; Tekbas G.; Atilgan S.; Gunay A.; Palanci Y.
    Aim: To determine the relationship between bruxism and cardiovascular diseases. Materials and Methods: 120 patients who referred to the Dentistry Faculty with the complaint of bruxism were selected. All patients gave informed consent for participation in the study. All of the patients were examined and bruxism was classified. And also these were examined by B-mode ultrasound to measure the Intima Media Thickness (IMT) at the far wall of the common carotid artery. A wide range of vascular risk factors including age, gender, body mass index, and previous history were surveyed. Spearman correlation analysis was performed to ascertain quantitative comparison, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis test were used for comparison of means Results: There were 66 (55%) male and 54 (45%) female patients, with a female to male ratio of 1/1.2. The mean age was 35.6 ± 1,25 years (range 18-65 years). In the analysis of bruxism classification and IMT there was a statistical significance between bruxism classification subgroup 1, 2, 3 and IMT. There was no statistical significance between bruxism classification Subgroup 4 and IMT due to the small number of the patients (n=12). Conclusions: Stressful situations can cause both bruxism and cardiovascular disease such as coronary artery diseases, hypertension, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy. The statistical analysis supported this hypothesis. However, we need to new studies with large number of samples to confirm this hypothesis. Clearly, future studies in this field will need to take into consideration the influence of the following variables: age, use of medication or drugs, smoking habits, and other sleep disorders.
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    General features of infective endocarditis in the South-eastern and Eastern anatolia: A retrospective, multicenter study
    (2012) Islamoglu Y.; Aksakal E.; Kaya Z.; Atilgan Z.; Kayan F.; Sunbul S.; Kalkan K.
    The present study aimed to evaluate general features of infective endocarditis (IE) in multiple tertiary university hospital. The study included 44 patients (23 women, 21 men; mean age 44±19 years; range 15 to 85 years) who were diagnosed as having definite IE, according to the modified Duke criteria, between June 2007 and June 2011. Data were reviewed on age, sex, underlying heart disease, echocardiographic and microbiological findings, treatment, complications, and mortality. Infective endocarditis developed on a native valve in 30 (72.7%), a mechanical prosthetic valve in 12 (27.3%). Prosthetic valves 12 (27.3%) were the most common preexisting valvular abnormality. The mitral valve was the most commonly affected valve in both native valves (50%) and prosthetic valves (66.6%). The most frequent symptom was fever (n = 27, 61.4%). Electrocardiography showed abnormal findings in 22 cases (50%). Transthoracic and/or transesophageal echocardiography showed a vegetation in 41 cases (93.2%), and absce 3 cases (6.8%). Staphylococci (29.6%) and streptococci (25%) were the most common causative agents ,and Brucella were 15.9%. Cultures were negative in 7 cases (15.9%). Nine patients (20.4%) underwent surgical treatment. Embolic events (n = 6, 35.3%) were the major complications. In-hospital mortality occurred in 6 cases (13.6%). The data reflect epidemiological, clinical, and microbiological profile of IE in multiple tertiary hospital located in the South-eastern and Eastern Anatolia.