person Elif Coşkun
school Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey. Bulent Ecevit UniversityTurkeyZonguldak, Turkey Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey.
person Levent Altınay
school Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey. Bulent Ecevit UniversityTurkeyZonguldak, Turkey Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey.
person Anıl Tekin
school Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey. Bulent Ecevit UniversityTurkeyZonguldak, Turkey Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey.
person Ufuk Tütün
school Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey. Bulent Ecevit UniversityTurkeyZonguldak, Turkey Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Conflicts of interest: No conflicts of interest declared concerning the publication of this article.
Correspondence Elif Coşkun Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Kozlu 67600 - Zonguldak, Turkey Tel.: +90 (372) 2612308 E-mail: drelfco@yahoo.com , drelfco@gmail.com
Author information EC and LA - Assistants professors, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University. AT - Assistant, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University. UT - Professor doctor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University.
Author contributions Conception and design: EC, LA, AT Analysis and interpretation: EC, LA, AT Data collection: EC, LA, AT Writing the article: EC, LA Critical revision of the article: EC, LA, UT Final approval of the article*: EC, LA, AT, UT Statistical analysis: N/A. Overall responsibility: UT *All authors have read and approved of the final version of the article submitted to J Vasc Bras.