Tijen Alkan Bozkaya, Şanser Ateş, Ünsal Veli Üstündağ, Çağrı Çakıcı, İlknur Keskin, Pakize Yiğit, Ahmet Yiğitbaşı, Nesrin Emekli
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis, which is one of the leading causes of death all over the world, can create major or minor thromboembolic complications with the exponentially increasing diabetic status. Despite all the studies, the mechanism by which endothelial damage in atherosclerosis is triggered in diabetic setting is still not fully understood. METHODS: In this study, tissue factor (TF), which is thought to act together in the formation of vasular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) and coagulopathy in diabetic atherosclerotic patients, may be an important indicator in this regard, a total of 100 cases who were undergone off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) which were at same risk group examined by dividing into diabetic status...
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