Assoc. Prof. MD. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen

Education & Specialization

• 1999 – Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
• 2004 – Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine – Internal Medicine Residency
• 2009 – Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine – Cardiology Residency
• 2021 – Bahçeşehir University, Department of Cardiology – Associate Professorship

Professional Experience

• 2009 – 2010 – Siverek State Hospital
• 2010 – 2021 – Fatih Medical Park Hospital
• 2021 – 2022 – ISU Medical Park Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital
• 2022 – Present – Medical Park Bahçelievler Hospital

Professional Memberships

• Istanbul Medical Chamber
• Istanbul Society of Cardiology
• Turkish Society of Cardiology

Articles published in international peer-reviewed journals

An easy method for monitoring patients with pulmonaryhypertension: P-wave dispersion. Cardiovasc J Afr 2019; 30. ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, EMET SAMİM

Endocan: a biomarker predicting successful reperfusion after coronary artery by-pass surgery of acute coronary syndrome patientsEuropean Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences 2019; 23: 338-342. ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, EMET SAMİM, ELİTOK ALİ

Coronary flow reserve after l-thyroxine therapy in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis patients with subclinical and overt hypothyroidism.  Endocr (2007) 32:264–270. OFLAZ HÜSEYİN, KURT RAMAZAN, ŞEN FATMA, ÖNÜR İMRAN, ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, ELİTOK ALİ,TÜRKMEN KÜLTİGİN,PAMUKÇU BURAK,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,BUĞRA MELİKE ZEHRA,MERCANOĞLU FEHMİ,ÖZBEY NEŞE.

Reduced Coronary Flow Reserve and Early Diastolic Filling Abnormalities in Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome. Renal Failure, 30:914–920, 2008 OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,ŞEN FATMA,KAVAK BAYRAKLI ŞENGÜL,ELİTOK ALİ,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,GÖLCÜK EBRU,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,TÜKENMEZ MUSTAFA,YAZICI HAPLİL,TÜRKMEN AYDIN.

Aortic elastic properties, carotid intima-media thickness and coronary flow reserve in patients with peripheral artery disease. Nobel medicus. Cilt:5 Sayı:3. OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,ELİTOK ALİ,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,PAMUKÇU BURAK,TÜKENMEZ MUSTAFA,ÖNÜR İMRAN,GÖLCÜK EBRU,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,KURT RAMAZAN,DEMİRTÜRK MUSTAFA,AKSOY MURAT.

Comparison of the platelet functions measured by platelet function analyzer-100 and verify-now systems in patients with stable coronary artery disease. NOBEL MEDICUS 19 | CİLT: 7, SAYI: 1 PAMUKÇU BURAK,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,ASLANGER KARTAL EMRE,GÖLCÜK EBRU,ÖNÜR İMRAN,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN

Measurement of the coronary flow velocity reserve in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Turk J Gastroenterol 2012; 23 (6): 720-726.  PINARBAŞI BİNNUR, DEMİR KADİR,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,AHISHALI EMEL,AKYÜZ FİLİZ,ELİTOK ALİ,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,GÖLCÜK EBRU,GÜLLÜOĞLU MİNE,İŞSEVER HALİM,BEŞIŞIK SELMAN FATİH,KAYMAKOĞLU SABAHATTİN,ÖKTEN ATİLLA

Concurrent Microvascular and Infarct Remodeling After Successful Reperfusion of ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2010;3:208-215.SEZER MURAT,ASLANGER KARTAL EMRE,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,YORMAZ EBRU,TÜRKMEN CÜNEYT,UMMAN BERRİN,NİŞANCI AHMET YILMAZ,BUĞRA MELİKE ZEHRA,ADALET KAMİL,UMMAN SABAHATTİN.

Bilateral Acquired Brown Syndrome in Systemic Scleroderma. Journal of AAPOS. Volume 9 Number 2 April 2005GEZER ACUN, TUNCER SAMURAY,CANTÜRK ŞERİFE,KASAPOĞLU ESEN,ÇİMEN ARİF   

OĞUZHAN,İNANÇ MURAT.

Association Between Chronic Hepatitis C Infection and Coronary Flow Reserve in Dialysis Patients With Failed Renal Allografts. Transplantation Proceedings, 41, 1519–1523 (2009)YELKEN BERNA,GÖRGÜLÜ NUMAN,ÇALIŞKAN YAŞAR KEREM,ELİTOK ALİ, ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,YAZICI HALİL,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,TÜRKMEN AYDIN,SEVER MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ.

Acute beneficial effects of smoking cessation on coronary flow reserve: a pilot study.  Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 2014; 14: 294-5. ÖZYİĞİT LEYLA PUR,ÖZYİĞİT TOLGA,POLAT NİHAT,GÜRDAL AHMET,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,ÇUHADAROĞLU ÇAĞLAR,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,KILIÇARSLAN ZEKİ

Rosai–Dorfman disease with factor XII deficiency.  Clin Rheumatol (2009) 28:733–736. KASAPOĞLU GÜNAL ESEN,KAMALI SEVİL,AKDOĞAN MEHMET FATİH,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,ÖCAL LALE,AĞAN MEHMET,GÜL AHMET,İNANÇ MURAT,KONİÇE MERAL,ARAL ORHAN.

Infarct Remodeling Process During Long-term Follow-up After Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences • Volume 338, Number 6, December 2009. SEZER MURAT,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,ASLANGER KARTAL EMRE,YORMAZ EBRU,TÜRKMEN CÜNEYT,UMMAN BERRİN,BUĞRA MELİKE ZEHRA,ADALET IŞIK,NİŞANCI AHMET YILMAZ,ADALET KAMİL,UMMAN SABAHATTİN.

Improvement of Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve with Telmisartan in Patients with Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Southern Medical Journal • Volume 103, Number 5, May 2010ALIŞIR ECDER SABAHAT,TÜRKMEN KÜLTİGİN,ALPAY KANITEZ NİLÜFER,ELİTOK ALİ,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,USLU HİMMET BORA,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,TUFAN FATİH,ECDER SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK.

Endothelial dysfunction in hemodialysis patients with failed renal transplants. Clin Transplant 2010: 24: 678–684 GÖRGÜLÜ NUMAN, YELKEN BERNA, ÇALIŞKAN YAŞAR KEREM, ELİTOK ALİ, ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, YAZICI HALİL, OFLAZ HÜSEYİN, GÖLCÜK EBRU, EKMEKÇİ AHMET, TÜRKMEN AYDIN, YILDIZ ALAATTİN, SEVER MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ.

The accuracy of deceleration time of diastolic coronary flow measured by transthoracic echocardiography in predicting long-term left ventricular infarct size and function after reperfused myocardial infarction.  European Journal of Echocardiography (2010) 11, 823–828. SEZER ZEHRA İREM,SEZER MURAT,ASLANGER KARTAL EMRE,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,UMMAN BERRİN,NİŞANCI AHMET YILMAZ,UMMAN SABAHATTİN.

The effects of endothelial lipase gene (LIPG) variants on inflammation marker levels and atherosclerosis development. Mol Biol Rep (2013) 40:5143–5149. DALAN ALTAY BURAK,TOPTAŞ BAHAR,BUĞRA MELİKE ZEHRA,POLAT NİHAT,YILMAZ AYDOĞAN HÜLYA,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,İSBİR TURGAY.

Effect of Intracoronary Streptokinase Administered Immediately After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Long-Term Left Ventricular Infarct Size, Volumes, and Function. JACC Vol. 54, No. 12, 2009 September 15, 2009:1065–71 SEZER MURAT, ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, ASLANGER KARTAL EMRE, ELİTOK ALİ, UMMAN BERRİN, BUĞRA MELİKE ZEHRA, YORMAZ EBRU, TÜRKMEN CÜNEYT, IŞIK ADALET, NİŞANCI AHMET YILMAZ, UMMAN SABAHATTİN.

Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Platelet Aggregation. CLIN APPL THROMB HEMOST 2011 17: E175PAMUKÇU BURAK,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,ÖNÜR İMRAN,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,NİŞANCI AHMET YILMAZ.

Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve and Carotid Intima Media Thickness in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: From Impaired Tubules to Impaired Carotid and Coronary Arteries. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 3: 986–991, 2008 TÜRKMEN KÜLTİGİN,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,USLU HİMMET BORA,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,ELİTOK ALİ,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,ALIŞIR ECDER SABAHAT,TUFAN FATİH,NAMLI ŞULE,UYSAL MÜKREMİN,ECDER SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK.

Coronary flow reserve is impaired in patients with adult growth hormone (GH) deficiency. Clinical Endocrinology (2007) 66, 524–529. OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,ŞEN FATMA,ELİTOK ALİ,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,ÖNÜR İMRAN,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,KORKMAZ SEMRA,DEMİRTÜRK MUSTAFA,KUTLUTÜRK FARUK,PAMUKÇU BURAK,ÖZBEY NEŞE

Coronary flow reserve dysfunction in hemodialysis and kidney transplant patients. Clin Transplant 2008: 22: 785–793ÇALIŞKAN YAŞAR KEREM,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,DEMİRTÜRK MUSTAFA,YAZICI HALİL,TÜRKMEN AYDIN,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,ELİTOK ALİ,YILDIZ ALAATTİN

Coronary flow reserve is also impaired in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism International Journal of Cardiology 120 (2007) 414–416OFLAZ HÜSEYİN,KURT RAMAZAN,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, ELİTOK ALİ,ÖNÜR İMRAN,GÖLCÜK EBRU,DEMİRTÜRK MUSTAFA,BATMAZ SERAP,KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM

Acute effects of smoking on coronary flow velocity reserve and ventricular diastolic functions  International Journal of Cardiology 129 (2008) e18–e20.  KAŞIKÇIOĞLU ERDEM,ELİTOK ALİ,ÖNÜR İMRAN,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,UÇAR ADEM,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN

Blood pressure control in anticoagulated hypertensive patients. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2015, Vol 20 No 1 GÜZET FEZA,BİTİGEN ATİLA,KARABAY CAN YÜCEL,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,TEYFİK NİHAL

Baseline SYNTAX Score and Long-Term Outcome in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous  Coronary Intervention Clinical  and  Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 2015, Vol. 21(8) 712-719. AKGÜN TAYLAN,ODUNCU VECİH,BİTİGEN ATİLA,KARABAY CAN YÜCEL,ERKOL AYHAN,KOCABAY GÖNENÇ,ÖZVEREN OLCAY,YILDİZ ABDULMELİK,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,KIRMA CEVAT

Demonstration of Early Endothelial Dysfunction in Diabetics with Normal Exercise Electrocardiogram. Int J Cardiovasc Res 2014, 3:4 ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,EKMEKÇİ AHMET,ULUGANYAN MAHMUT,ÇEKİRDEKÇİ ELİF İJLAL,SELÇUKBİRİCİK FATİH,FAİZEL OSMAN,ELİTOK ALİ,ERTAŞ GÖKHAN,EREN MEHMET,OFLAZ HÜSEYİN.

Reshaping the left Judkins catheter for a right coronary angiogram in the anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary: killing two birds with one left Judkins. Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi. 2012: 40(6)513-517. AKGÜN TAYLAN,TANBOĞA HALİL İBRAHİM,ODUNCU VECİH,KURT MUSTAFA,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN,BİTİGEN ATİLA.

A comparison of drug-eluting stent versus balloon angioplasty in patients with bare-metal stent instent restenosis: 5year outcomes. International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy 2 (2016) 1–5. YILDIZ ABDULMELİK,YILDIZ CENNET,ODUNCU VECİH,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN.

Papers presented at international scientific conferences and published in conference proceedings

Serum endocan level is associated with the pathophysiology of aortic valve sclerosis. International Young Academy of Cardiology e-congress 2020. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen

Is ST/HR index associated with severity and complexity of coronary arter disease? International Young Academy of Cardiology e-congress 2020. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen, Derya Öztürk.

Systolic anterior motion of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyKardiyovasküler Akademi Kongresi 2019.KKTC. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen.

Baseline anemia and long term clinical outcomes in patientstreated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.  European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2013. V. Oduncu, T. Akgun, A. Erkol, C.Y. Karabay, A.O. Cimen, M.M. Can, A. Bitigen.

ICD implantation via a persistent left superior vena cava with an absent right superior vena cava in a patient with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 35th Turkish Cardiology Congress of the Turkish-Society-of-Cardiology (TSC) with International Participation. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen

Predictors of advanced heart failure in patients who underwent primary angioplasty and long term mortality rates.  European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2015. A Atilla Bitigen; E Turkyilmaz; AC Tanalp; CY Karabay; T Akgun; AO Cimen; V Oduncu.

Endovascular Coil Embolization for Relapsing Giant Pulmonary Arterovenous Fistula. 64th İnternational Congress of the European Society for Vardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery. Osman Eren Karpuzoğlu, İsmail Haberal, Arif Oğuzhan Çimen, Bayer Çınar.

The Effect of on Admission Bundle Branch Block over Short and Long TermEnd-Points in Patients Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.  TSC 29th Turkish Cardiology Congress with International Participation    Vecih Oduncu, Atila Bitigen, Taylan Akgun, Ayhan Erkol, Arif Oguzhan Cimen, Can Yucel Karabay, Nihal Tefik, Ali Cevat Tanalp, Abdulmelik Yildiz, Yuksel Dogan, Cevat Kirma.

Measurement of Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.  Easl Special Conference on NAFLD/NASH and Related Metabolic Disease. Binnur Pınarbaşı, K. Demir, Ali Elitok, Arif Oğuzhan Çimen, Atilla Ökten

Association of microvascular and infarct remodelingfollowing reperfusion of STEMI. European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2009. E. Aslanger, M. Sezer, A. Cimen, E. Yormaz, C. Turkmen, B. Umman, Z. Bugra, K. Adalet, Y. Nisanci, S. Umman.

Baseline SYNTAX Score Predicts Long Term Mortality in Elderly (70) Patients Treated with Primary Angioplasty29th Turkish Cardiology Congress of the Turkish-Society-of-Cardiology (TSC) with International Participation. Arif Oguzhan Cimen, Vecih Oduncu, Atila Bitigen, Ayhan Erkol, Nihal Tefik, Abdulmelik Yildiz, Taylan Akgun, Yuksel Dogan, Can Yucel Karabay, Ali Cevat Tanalp, Cevat Kirma.

Coronary Flow Reserve Changes Inhemodiaysis Patients and Renal Transplant Recipients. XLIV Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA).        Yasar Caliskan, Huseyin Oflaz, Mustafa Demirturk, Halil Yazici, Aydin Turkmen, Arif Cimen, Ali Elitok, Alaattin Yildiz.

             Yazılan uluslararası kitaplar veya kitaplarda bölümler

SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİNDE MULTİDİSİPLİNER ARAŞTIRMALAR. Kalp Hastalıkları ve Gebelik.  ÖZTÜRK DERYA,ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN

KARDİYOLOJİDE GRİ ALANLAR Farklı Etiyolojilere Bağlı Gelişen Mitral Yetersizlik Tablolarında Perkütan Tedavi Seçenekleri. ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN

A’DAN Z’YE ATRİYAL FİBRİLASYON. Atriyal Fibrilasyonda Cerrahi Tedavi ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN

VERTİGOYA OLGULAR EŞLİĞİNDE MULTİDİSİPLİNER BAKIŞ. Vasovagal Senkop ve Vertigo  ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN

Articles published in national peer-reviewed journals

Relation of serum Immunoglobulin E level with coronary artery disease and SYNTAX score. Arch Clin Exp Med 2020;5(1):25-28.ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, ÖZTÜRK DERYA

Correlation Between Relative Handgrip StrengthIndex as well as Chronotropic Response Index andHeart Rate Recovery IndexKoşuyolu Heart J 2020;23(2):128-133 •. ÖZTÜRK DERYA, ÇİMEN ARİF OĞUZHAN, URAL İBRAHİM HALİL

Papers presented at national scientific conferences and published in the conference proceedings

• Glomerül filtrasyon hızı ile syntax skoru arasındaki ilişki 18. Ulusal Hipertansiyon ve Kardiyovasküler Hastalıklar Kongresi. Derya Öztürk Arif Oğuzhan Çimen
• Percutaneous closure of coronary fistula in a patient with angina pectoris 27. Ulusal Uygulamalı Girişimsel Kardiyoloji Toplantısı. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen. Derya Öztürk, Arif Oğuzhan Çimen
• Kardiyovasküler Cerrahisi Planlanan Hastalarda Operasyon Öncesi Rölatif El Kavrama Gücü İndeksi İle Operasyon Sonrası Hastane İçi Dönemde İstenmeyen Olaylar Arasındaki İlişki Yapısal Kalp Hastalıkları ve Kardiyoloji Pratiğinde Olgular Sempozyumu. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen, Derya Öztürk.
• Rölatif el kavrama gücü indeksi ile sol ventrikül diyastolik disfonksiyonu arasındaki ilişki TKD Klinik Çalışmalar Uygulama ve Eğitim Proje Grubu Toplantısı. Arif Oğuzhan Çimen, Derya Öztürk.
• Pulmoner akseleresyon zamanı ve bendan hesaplanan ortalama pulmoner basıncı ve pulmonervazküler rezistansın tekrarlanabilirlği. Türk Kardiyoloji derneğ Arşivi 2012. Supple. 2. Vecih Oduncu, İbrahim Halil Tanboğa, Mustafa Kurt, Ayhan Erkol, Taylan Akgül, Arif Oğuzhan Çimen, Atila Bitigen.