Assoc. Prof. MD. Özgür Yıldırım

Education and Specialisation

• 1995-2001 Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine
• 2001-2007 Koşuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Specialisation

Experience

• 2007-2010 Mersin State Hospital
  
• 2010-2013 Medicana International Hospital Istanbul
  
• 2013-2014 Bilim University Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
• 2014-2017 Medicana International Hospital Istanbul
• 2017-2025 Yeni Yüzyıl University Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital
• 2025 İstinye University Faculty of Medicine Hospital

Foreign Language

• English

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
• Turkish Society of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

• Sever K, Konukoglu O, Yildirim O, Kilercik H, Mansuroglu D. Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2021 Aug;31(8):891-896. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.08.891. PMID: 34320703.
• Zubarioglu AU, Yıldırım Ö, Zeybek C, Balaban İ, Yazıcıoğlu V, Aliyev B. Validation of the Vasoactive-Ventilation-Renal Score for Neonatal Heart Surgery. Cureus 2021 May 19;13(5):e15110. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15110. PMID: 34026389; PMCID: PMC8132479.
• Yildirim O, Ozyuksel A, Avsar M, Yerebakan C, Zeybek C, Demiroluk S, Bilal MS. Mid-Term Results of Congenital Supravalvar Mitral Ring Resection. J Card Surg. 2015 Jul;30(7):591-4. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12554. Epub 2015 May 4. PMID: 25939849.
• Okumuş M, Yıldırım Ö, Kilercik H, Baş S. Tetralogy of Fallot and subglottic stenosis surgery with holmium laser in the same session. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar;70(3):295-297. doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01753-8. Epub 2021 Nov 30. PMID: 34846683.
• Bilal MS, Avsar MK, Yıldırım Ö, Önsel İÖ, Zeybek C, Yerebakan C. Ninety-two days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support following congenital heart surgery. Perfusion. 2017 Sep;32(6):514-516. doi: 10.1177/0267659117698217. Epub 2017 Mar 19. PMID: 28820029.
• Yıldırım &, Bakhshaliyev S, Kilercik H, Balaban İ, Zübarioğlu U, Konukoğlu O, Sever K, Özyüksel A. Early results of ring-reinforced conduit and curved porcine patch in Sano-Norwood procedure. J Card Surg. 2019 May;34(5):279-284. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14016. Epub 2019 Mar 14. PMID: 30868648.
• Yildirim O, Avsar M, Ozyuksel A, Akdemir M, Zeybek C, Demiroluk S, Bilal MS. Modified Single Versus Double-Patch Technique for the Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect. J Card Surg. 2015 Jul;30(7):595-600. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12557. Epub 2015 May 5. PMID: 25940208.
• Konukoğlu O, Mansuroğlu D, Yıldırım Ö, Bakshaliyev S, Sever K, Balkanay M. Outflow graft twisting of Heartmate III left ventricular-assisted device: A case report. Turk Gogus Cardiovascular Surgery Journal. 2019 Oct 23;27(4):568-571. doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.17871. PMID: 32082927; PMCID: PMC7018150.
• Ozyuksel A, Yildirim O, Avsar M, Hayirlioglu M, Demiroluk S, Kucukosmanoglu O, Bilal MS. Surgical correction of cor triatriatum sinister in the paediatric population: mid-term results in 15 cases. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jan;47(1):e25-8. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu390. Epub 2014 Oct 13. PMID: 25312520.
• Zübarioğlu AU, Yıldırım Ö, Zeybek C, Balaban İ, Aliyev B, Yazıcıoğlu V, Tutak E, Dursun M, Türkoğlu Ünal E, Kara N. The Ideal Timing of Bedside Surgical Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Babies Less Than 30 Gestational Weeks. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2021 Jul;56(4):300-307. doi: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2021.21010. Erratum in: Turk Arch Pediatr. 2021 Sep;56(5):541. doi: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2021.210813. PMID: 35929851; PMCID: PMC8890320.
• Bayram M, Ezelsoy M, Usta E, Oral K, Saraçoğlu A, Bayramoğlu Z, Yıldırım Ö. Rapid Detection of Acute Kidney Injury by Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2014 Oct;42(5):239-44. doi: 10.5152/TJAR.2014.65668. Epub 2014 Jul 9. PMID: 27366429; PMCID: PMC4894168.
• Bilal MS, Yildirim O, Avsar M, Ozyuksel A. Repair of unilateral absence of right pulmonary artery with contralateral pulmonary artery autograft interposition in an infant. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Apr;99(4):1467-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.12.036. PMID: 25841844.
• Bilal MS, Züüksel A, Avşar MK, Yıldırım Ö. Urgent double switch operation in a patient with congenitally correct transposition of great arteries and an untrained systemic ventricle. Turk Gogus Cardiovascular Surgery Journal. 2020 Jan 23;28(1):197-200. doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.18109. PMID: 32175162; PMCID: PMC7067021.
• Bilal MS, Yildirim O, Ozyuksel A, Yerebakan C. Reverse anastomosis technique for the treatment of a rare coronary artery anomaly in D-transposition of the great arteries. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Apr;62(3):224-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1363477. Epub 2014 Jan 13. PMID: 24420677.
• Yolcu M, Bilal MS, Avsar MK, Yildirim O. A patient with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA syndrome) and 13 live births. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2019 May/Jun 23;30(3):e1-e2. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2019-003. Epub 2019 Feb 6. PMID: 30729975.
• Bilal MS, Avşar MK, Yıldırım Ö, Özyüksel A, Zeybek C, Küçükosmanoğlu O, Demiroluk Ş. Double Switch Procedure and Surgical Alternatives for the Treatment of Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries. J Card Surg. 2016 Apr;31(4):231-6. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12728. Epub 2016 Mar 8. PMID: 26956686.
• Eren E, Bozbuga N, Toker ME, Keles C, Rabus MB, Yildirim O, Guler M, Balkanay M, Isik O,Yakut C. Surgical treatment of post-infarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: a two-decade experience. Tex Heart Inst J. 2007;34(1):47-51. PMID: 17420793; PMCID: PMC1847932.
• Ozyuksel A, Yildirim O, Onsel I, Bilal MS. Severe mitral regurgitation due to anterior mitral leaflet perforation after surgical treatment of discrete subaortic stenosis. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 23;2014:bcr2014204463. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204463. PMID: 24859561; PMCID: PMC4039954.
• Yerebakan C, Ozyüksel A, Yildirim O, Bilal MS. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of acute respiratory failure due to respiratory syncytial virus after congenital heart surgery. Wien Med Wochenschr. 2013 Sep;163(17-18):429-31. doi: 10.1007/s10354-013-0231-3. Epub 2013 Aug 16. PMID: 23949619.
• Aytan P, Ulus G, Yenigün EC, Yildirim O, Pirpir A, Yildirim S. Muscular bridge causing non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg. 2006 Dec;6(4):374-5. PMID: 17162289.
• Özkaynak B, Yıldırım &, Orman A, &Özdemir A. Intracoronary shunt use in an adult patient with Bland-White-Garland syndrome. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg. 2012 Nov;12(7):614-5. doi: 10.5152/akd.2012.201. Epub 2012 Aug 8. PMID: 22877910.
• Özgür Yıldırım, Dilek Suzan (2020). Arcus Aorta Reconstructions in Neonates and Early Infants. Koşuyolu Heart Journal,23(2), 122-127.
doi:10.5578/khj.69781
• Özgür Yıldırım, İsmail Balaban (2020). Pulmonary Valve-Sparing Surgery in Tetralogy of Fallot: Early Results of Pulmonary Flow Hemodynamics. Koşuyolu Heart Journal, 23(2), 134-140. doi:10.5578/khj.69824
• Başar Sareyyüpoğlu, Özgür Yıldırım, Kaan Kırali (2012). Different Outcomes of Proximal Coronary Endarterectomy Performed by Conventional Pull-Out Method. Koşuyolu Heart Journal, 15(2), 90-91. doi:10.5578/kkd.3392