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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Sabahattin Gündüz
Department of Cardiology, Medical Park Pendik Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy
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Burak Hünük
Department of Cardiology, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Bilgehan Karadağ
Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Meral Kayıkçıoğlu
Department of Cardiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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Muhammed Keskin
Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Sultan Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Sanem Nalbantgil
Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Kaan Okyay
Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Research and Application Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Bahar Pirat
Department of Cardiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Department of Cardiology , Dr. Siyami Ersek Pulmonary - Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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International Advisory Board
Begenc Annayev
Hospital with Scientific Clinical Centre of Cardiology, Ashgabat, TM
Mohamad Samir Arnaout
Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LB
Talantbek Batyraliyev
Kyrgyzstan Ministry of Health
George A. Beller
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Walid Bsata
Department of Cardiology, International Medical Center, Jeddah, KSA
Elie Chammas
Department of Cardiology, Clemenceau Medical Center, Beirut, LB
Irfan Daullxhiu
Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, XK
Mirza Dilic
Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Clinic of Heart Disease, Blood Vessels and Rheumatism, Sarajevo, BA
Roberto Ferrari
Department of Cardiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, IT
Hasan Garan
Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Columbia University Irwing Medical Center, Newyork, USA
Firdovsi Ibrahimov
Department of Cardiology, Central Clinic Hospital, Baku, AZ
Huseyin Ince
Departments for Internal Medicine – Cardiology and Conservative Intensive Medicine, Vivantes Friedrichshain Hospital and Vivantes Urban Hospital, Berlin, DEU
Sasko Kedev
Interventional Cardiology, University Clinic of Cardiology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, MK
Basil S. Lewis
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Institute, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, IL
Robert W. Mahley
Department of Pathology and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Mehman Mamedov
National Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moskow, RU
Franz H. Messerli
Division of Cardiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Corporation, New York, USA
Davor Milicic
Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, HR
Georgios Parcharides
Department of Gastroenterology, St'Lukes Hospital, Thessaloniki, GR
Fausto J. Pinto
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PT
Bogdan Popescu
Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RO
Zeljko Reiner
Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, HR
Patrick W.J. Serruys
Imperial College London Thorax Center, Cardiovascular Science Division Rotterdam, NL
Mohamed Sobhy
Department of Cardiology , Alexandria University, Cairo, EG
Zeynep Özlem Soran
University of Pittsburgh Heart And Vascular Institute Oakland, USA
Murat Tuzcu
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute, Ohio, USA
Advisory Board
Adnan Abacı
Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Deniz Ağırbaşlı
Department of Medical Biology, Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine,
İstanbul, Turkey
Nihal Akar Bayram
Department of Cardiology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Ramazan Akdemir
Department of Cardiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine,
Sakarya, Turkey
Dursun Alehan
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Tijen Alkan Bozkaya
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Koç University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Hakan Altay
Department of Cardiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul Practice And Research Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Dursun Aras
Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Alev Arat Özkan
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University Cardiology Institute,
İstanbul, Turkey
Nurcan Arat
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Florence Nightingale Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Şakir Arslan
Department of Cardiology, Health Sciences University, Antalya Health Practice and Research Center,
Antalya, Turkey
Özgür Aslan
Department of Cardiology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine,
İzmir, Turkey
Enver Atalar
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
İlyas Atar
Department of Cardiology, Private Ankara Güven Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Sinan Aydoğdu
Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Saide Aytekin
Department of Cardiology, Koç University Faculty of Medicine,
İstanbul, Turkey
Vedat Aytekin
Department of Cardiology, Koç University Faculty of Medicine,
İstanbul, Turkey
Cem Barçın
Department of Cardiology, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Osman Başpınar
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine,
Gaziantep, Turkey
Engin Bozkurt
Department of Cardiology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Zehra Buğra
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine,
İstanbul, Turkey
İlknur Can
Department of Cardiology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine,
Konya, Turkey
Ceyhun Ceyhan
Department of Cardiology, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine,
Aydın, Turkey
Yüksel Çavuşoğlu
Department of Cardiology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine,
Eskişehir, Turkey
Atiye Çengel
Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Mesut Demir
Department of Cardiology, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine,
Adana, Turkey
Recep Demirbağ
Department of Cardiology, Harran University Faculty of Medicine,
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Sabri Demircan
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Erdem Diker
Department of Cardiology, TOBB ETÜ Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
İrem Dinçer
Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Ayşe Güler Eroğlu
Department of Pediatrics, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine,
İstanbul, Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Erol
Department of Cardiology, Private Şişli Kolan Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Ömer Göktekin
Department of Cardiology, Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Zehra Gölbaşı
Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Bülent Görenek
Department of Cardiology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine,
Eskişehir, Turkey
Sümeyye Güllülü
Department of Cardiology, Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine,
Bursa, Turkey
Nazmi Gültekin
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University Cardiology Institute,
İstanbul, Turkey
Ümit Güray
Department of Cardiology, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Cemil Gürgün
Department of Cardiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine,
İzmir, Turkey
Hanefi Yekta Gürlertop
Department of Cardiology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine,
Edirne, Turkey
Can Hasdemir
Department of Cardiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine,
İzmir, Turkey
Atilla İyisoy
Department of Cardiology, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Mehmet Kanadaşı
Department of Cardiology, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine,
Adana, Turkey
Şule Karakelleoğlu
Department of Cardiology, Atatürk University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine,
Erzurum, Turkey
Ergün Barış Kaya
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Teoman Kılıç
Department of Cardiology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine,
Kocaeli, Turkey
Fethi Kılıçarslan
Department of Cardiology, Medipol University Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Mustafa Kılıçkap
Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Serdar Kula
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Merih Kutlu
Department of Cardiology, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine,
Trabzon, Turkey
Haldun Müderrisoğlu
Department of Cardiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Abdurrahman Oğuzhan
Department of Cardiology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine,
Kayseri, Turkey
Necla Özer
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Mehmet Özkan
Department of Cardiology, Health Sciences University Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Seçkin Pehlivanoğlu
Department of Cardiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul Practice And Research Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey
Leyla Elif Sade
Department of Cardiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Hatice Selçuk
Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Murat Sezer
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine,
İstanbul, Turkey
Mahmut Şahin
Department of Cardiology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine,
Samsun, Turkey
Asife Şahinarslan
Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Gülten Taçoy
Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Yelda Tayyareci
Department of Cardiology, Liv Hospital Ulus,
İstanbul, Turkey
Ahmet Temizhan
Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Kürşat Tokel
Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İstanbul Uygulama Ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Pediyatrik Kardiyoloji Kliniği,
İstanbul, Turkey
Lale Tokgözoğlu
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı,
Ankara, Turkey
Serkan Topaloğlu
Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Ercan Tutar
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Omaç Tüfekçioğlu
Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Ertan Ural
Department of Cardiology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine,
Kocaeli, Turkey
Mehmet Uzun
Department of Cardiology, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital,
Ankara, Turkey
Oğuz Yavuzgil
Department of Cardiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine,
İzmir, Turkey
Dilek Yeşilbursa
Department of Cardiology, Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine,
Bursa, Turkey
Ertan Yetkin
Department of Cardiology, Mersin Private Yenişehir Hospital,
Mersin, Turkey
Aylin Yıldırır
Department of Cardiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey
Mustafa Yıldız
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University Cardiology Institute,
İstanbul, Turkey
Mehmet Birhan Yılmaz
Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine,
Sivas, Turkey
Selen Yurdakul
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Florence Nightingale Hospital,
İstanbul, Turkey