Prof. Dr. Mehmet Vefik Yazıcıoğlu

Areas of Expertise

• Chronic total occlusion interventions
• Complex coronary interventions
• Interventional cardiology
• TAVI and heart valve interventions
• Peripheral vascular interventions
• Coronary imaging and physiological assessment (OCT, IVUS, FFR)

Education and Specialization

• 1988–1994 Dicle University Faculty of Medicine
• 1997–2000 İstanbul Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Cardiology Specialization

Experience

• Liv Hospital
• 2001 Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialization Training and Research Hospital
• 2000–2001 Dr. Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital
• 1994–1996 İstanbul Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital

Selected Scientific Publications

• Sahin M, Yazicioglu MV, Sarikaya S, Turkmen MM. Huge aortic pseudoaneurysm arising from the aorta-saphenous vein graft anastomosis after coronary artery bypass grafting. Heart Surg Forum. 2013;16(5):E264–E265. doi:10.1532/HSF98.20131018.
• Tabakci MM, Yazicioglu MV, Toprak C, Demirel M, Avci A. Collapse of Aortic Graft through Its Disarticulation Secondary to Periaortic Root Abscess: An Unusual Cause of Syncope. Echocardiography. 2016;33(8):1267–1268. doi:10.1111/echo.13265.
• Eroglu E, Cakal SD, Cakal B, Dundar C, Alici G, Ozkan B, Yazicioglu MV, Tigen K, Esen AM. Time course of right ventricular remodeling after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure: assessment of regional deformation properties with two-dimensional strain and strain rate imaging. Echocardiography. 2013;30(3):324–330. doi:10.1111/echo.12053.