Education and Expertise

September 2003- June 2009: Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine

January 2011- March 2015: Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology

Experience

Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology ---January 2011- March 2015 Research Assistant

Isparta State Hospital--- August 2015- April 2016-- Cardiology Specialist

Elmalı State Hospital-May 2016- September 2019

King's College Hospital-London-UK- Echocardiography Fellowship (March 2018 - August 2018)

October 2019- December 2020 Antalya Private Anadolu Hospital

Professional Memberships

Turkish Medical Association

Turkish Society of Cardiology

Cardiovascular Academy Association

American Heart Association

European Society of Cardiology

Clinical Research and Reviews

1-)Relationship between serum levels of BNP and left ventricular mechanics with severity of mitral regurgitation in asymptomatic patients with organic mitral regurgitation and preserved left ventricular function. Avcı Demir F, Papachristidis A., Altekin R.E , Demir I. Akd Med J 2020;3:364-72.

2-) Association of Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio with the Presence and Severity of Degeneraive Aortic Valve Stenosis. Kucuk M, Oncel CR, Ucar M, Avci Demir F , Yanikoglu A ,Belgi Yildirim A, Ege Journal of Medicine doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12996/gmj.2016.38

3-) Normal echocardiographic measurements in a Turkish population: The Healthy Heart ECHO-TR Trial. Şafak Ö, Gürsoy OM, Karakoyun S, Çağdaş M, Dinç Asarcıklı L, Avcı Demir F, Ersoy İ, Akyüz A, Arıcan Özlük Ö, Er F, Baktır AO, Yesin M, Eren H, Sungur A, Kurmuş Ö, Emren V, Yakar Tülüce S, Akyıldız Akçay F, Akıl MA, Makca T, Ergene O, Özkan M.Anatol J Cardiol. 2019 Nov;22(5):262-270. doi:10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2019.45845

4-)Cardiovascular causes of dementia. Avcı Demir F ; Turk J Clin Lab 2019; 10: 515-518.

5-)Differential diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and apical displacement of the papillary muscles: a multimodality imaging point of view Ünlü S, Özden Tok Ö, Avcı Demir F, Papadopoulos K, Monaghan MJ.Echocardiography. 2021 Jan;38(1):103-113. doi: 10.1111/echo.14895. Epub 2020 Oct 16.PMID: 33067903

6-)Adherence to guideline-directed medical and device Therapy in outpAtients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: The ATA study.Kocabaş U, Kıvrak T, Yılmaz Öztekin GM, Tanık VO, Özdemir IH, Kaya E, Yüce EI, Avcı Demir F, Doğduş M, Altınsoy M, Üstündağ S, Özyurtlu F, Karagöz U, Karakuş A, Urgun ÖD, Sinan ÜY, Mutlu I, Şen T, Astarcıoğlu MA, Kınık M, Tok ÖÖ, Uygur B, Yeni M, Alan B, Dalgıç O, Sarıtürk Ç, Altay H, Pehlivanoğlu S.Anatol J Cardiol. 2020 Jul;24(1):32-40. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2020.91771

7-)Gender-related clinical and management differences in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.Kocabaş U, Kıvrak T, Yılmaz Öztekin GM, Tanık VO, Özdemir İ, Kaya E, Yüce Eİ, Avcı Demir F, Doğduş M, Altınsoy M, Üstündağ S, Özyurtlu F, Karagöz U, Karakuş A, Urgun OD, Sinan ÜY, Mutlu İ, Şen T, Astarcıoğlu MA, Kınık M, Özden Tok Ö, Uygur B, Yeni M, Alan B, Dalgıç O, Altay H, Pehlivanoğlu S.Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Mar;75(3):e13765. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13765. Epub 2020 Nov 13

8-)Usefulness of novel Martin/Hopkins and Sampson equations over Friedewald equation in cardiology outpatients: A CVSCORE-TR substudy. Dinç Asarcıklı L, Kış M, Güvenç TS, Tosun V, Acar B, Avcı Demir F, Naser A, Zoghi M; CVSCORE-TR investigators.Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Jun;75(6):e14090. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14090. Epub 2021 Feb 20

9-) Short and mid term results of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A single-center experience. Kılınç AY, Altekin RE, Avci Demir F, Onac M, Saydam G, Demir İ.  Kocaeli Med J 2021;10

CASE REPORTS

1-)An Unusual Case of Left Ventricular Non-Compaction  Fulya Avcı Demir  , Ali Yaşar Kılınç, Murat Bayrak The American Journal of Cardiology, April 2017 Volume 119, Issue 8, Supplement, Page e52 doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.03.152

2-) Acute pulmoner embolism mimicking acute coronary syndrome, Fulya Avcı Demir, Yunus Okudan, Ahmet Altınbaş, International Journal of Cardiovascular Academy doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcac.2017.05.00

3-) Coronary artery aneurysm that developed very long after sirolimus saline stent implantation, Mustafa Serkan Karakaş, Fulya Avcı Demir, Veysel Tosun,Refik Emre Altekin, Cengiz Ermiş Ege Journal of Medicine, 2016, 55 :3, p(s)143-145

4-) Superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect . Theodoropoulos KC, Papachristidis A , Masoero G, Papitsas M , Cospite V, Demir FA.  , Monaghan MJ. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2018 Oct;15(10):649-652. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.10.007.

5-)When right heart valves are open 24/7. Fulya Avci Demir, Konstantinos Theodoropoulos, Alex Papachristidis, Can Zhou, Camelia Demetrescu, Mark J. Monaghan, Kings College London, UK  Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 2019;47(2):156 doi: 10.5543/tkda.2018.01940

6-)Three-Dimensional Imaging of a Double Barrel Interatrial Communication

Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, Fulya Avci Demir, Spyridon Zidros, Alexandros Papachristidis, Mark Monaghan, Kings College London, UK

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 2019

7-) XXS patient with an XXL aorta. Avcı Demir F, Erkan A, Papachristidis A, Theodoropoulos KC. Turk J Clin Lab 2020; 2: 89-91.

8-)Incidental finding of accessory mitral valve tissue on routine adult echocardiography.

Theodoropoulos KC, Avci Demir F, Masoero G, Lukban BF, Fonseca T, Monaghan MJ, Papachristidis A.J Clin Ultrasound. 2021 Mar 1. doi: 10.1002/jcu.23001

POSTER / ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1-) Myocardial bridging manifested with electrocardiographic changes at cardiovascular stress test . Fulya Avcı Demir, Mehtap Yeni, Şenol Tayyar; 3. Kardiyobahar Toplantısı 2016

2-) An Obese 23-Year-Old Man with Chest Pain. Şenol Tayyar, Fulya Avcı Demir, Mustafa Karabacak, 3. Kardiyobahar Toplantısı 2016

3-) Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) occlusion in a 25-year old man with thypical chest discomfort.Şenol Tayyar, Fulya Avcı Demir, Mustafa Karabacak, 3. Kardiyobahar Toplantısı 2016

4-) Brugada Syndrome provocated with  ajmaline in a 56 year-old man with atypic chest pain. Fulya Avcı Demir, Murat Bayrak, İbrahim Başarıcı, Ulusal Aritmi Kongresi 2016

5-) A 40 year-old man with new onset palpitation. Fulya Avcı Demir Ulusal Aritmi Kongresi 2016

6-) Could palmoplantar keratoderma be associated with Wolf  Parkinson White Syndrome? Fulya Avcı Demir, 33.Uluslararası Katılımlı Türk Kardiyoloji Kongresi

7-) Impact of valvulo-arterial impedance on longitudinal myocardial function after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Fulya Avci Demir, Mehdi EskandariMD, OmarAldalatiMD, Vasilios Tzalamouras MD,  Rafal Dworakowski, PhD, Jonathan Byrne PhD, Olaf Wendler  PhD, Philip MacCarthy PhD, Mark Monaghan PhD, EuroEcho , Milano Aralık 2018

8-) Comparison of the impact of mitral valve replacement with complete and partial preservation of sub-valvular apparatus on left ventricular function

Fulya Avci Demir, Mehdi Eskandari, Max Baghai, Ranjit Deshpande, Mark J. Monaghan, Olaf Wendler, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom- 15. Uluslararası Kardiyoloji ve Kardiyovasküler Cerrahide Yenilikler Kongresi, Mart 2019

9-)A pulmoner embolism case acting as an acute heart failure Fulya Avcı Demir, Konstantinos

Theodoropoulos, 15 th  International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery,Mart  2019

10-)An asymptomatic Ebstein case- Fulya Avcı Demir. 6, Cardiobahar Cardiology Update, March 2019

11-) Perfect collaterals hiding coarctation of aorta. Fulya Avcı Demir- 16. Uluslararası Kardiyoloji ve Kardiyovasküler Cerrahide Yenilikler Kongresi, Ekim 2020

12) Is there a dıfferent mechanism on the basıs of heart failure emerging in sleep apnea? : correlation of myocardial efficiency index with NT-pro-BNP. Ibrahim Ersoy,Fulya Avci Demir IYAC Congress, Eylül 2021

Book Chapter Authorship

1-) Ömer Kozan, HEART. Nobel Medical Bookstore,2019

Section Pericarditis

2-)M Kemal Erol, Vedat Aytekin, Muzaffer Değertekin, Cevat Kırma, Ertuğrul Okuyan, Sami Özgül Ayça Boyacı, Bülent Görenek, Bülent Mutlu.Kardiyolojide Gray Areas, Akademisyen Kitabevi 2020

Section:Treatment options in isolated ischemic mitral regurgitation; indications for revascularization only, valve replacement or repair.

3-)İbrahim Halil Tanboğa, Pathophysiology to Treatment: Thrombocardiology, Nobel Medical Bookstore 2020

Section: Long-term antithrombotic treatment of venous thromboembolism