{"id":1769,"date":"2013-08-11T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T19:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunakatircibasi.com\/?page_id=1769"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:25:36","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tunakatircibasi.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-21995533\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-178059249\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Prof. Dr. Tuna Kat\u0131rc\u0131ba\u015f\u0131 has been providing care in the field of cardiovascular diseases in Adana with more than 27 years of experience. He particularly focuses on coronary artery disease, stent treatments, hypertension, and heart failure. He currently continues his practice at Adana Medline Hospital.<\/p>\n<h2>About Prof. Dr. Tuna Kat\u0131rc\u0131ba\u015f\u0131<\/h2>\n<h2>Academic and Professional Career<\/h2>\n<p>Working as a physician devoted to cardiology since the early years of his career, Prof. Dr. Kat\u0131rc\u0131ba\u015f\u0131 began his medical career in 1999 as a research assistant at Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology.<br \/>Between 2003 and 2009, he worked as a specialist physician at Ba\u015fkent University, Department of Cardiology, and then received the title of Associate Professor at the same institution in 2009.<br \/>Between 2009 and 2017, he worked at the Cardiology Clinic of Private Ortado\u011fu Hospital, and between 2017 and 2019, he served as a faculty member at KS\u00dc Faculty of Medicine.<br \/>Since 2019, he has been working at Adana Medline Hospital with the title of Professor.<\/p>\n<a 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class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2>Areas of Expertise and Topics of Interest<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Dr. Tuna Kat\u0131rc\u0131ba\u015f\u0131 has extensive experience in interventional cardiology.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> His areas of expertise include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery diseases<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-surgical vessel-opening procedures<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interventional treatment of carotid artery and peripheral vascular occlusions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Management of hypertension and heart failure<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He offers his patients modern, up-to-date diagnostic and treatment methods in medicine, with a focus on <\/span><b>non-surgical solutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Institution<\/h2>\n<p><b>Adana Medline Hospital Cardiology Clinic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clinic provides advanced diagnostic facilities such as coronary intensive care, CT coronary angiography, echocardiography, blood pressure and rhythm Holter monitoring, and transesophageal echocardiography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Dr. Kat\u0131rc\u0131ba\u015f\u0131 performs both diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures at this center.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Scientific Publications and Contributions<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Dr. Tuna Kat\u0131rc\u0131ba\u015f\u0131 has <\/span><b>more than 60 scientific articles published in international and national peer-reviewed journals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the fields of cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Key topics of these studies include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heart failure and heart rate recovery<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efficacy of stent treatments<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endothelin and nitric oxide levels<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exercise testing and its relationship with coronary artery disease<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardiovascular effects of statin therapies<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, he has presented papers at prestigious congresses such as the <\/span><b>European Society of Cardiology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>American College of Cardiology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and has made active scientific contributions at national congresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Scientific Contribution and Academic Competence<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Dr. Tuna Kat\u0131rc\u0131ba\u015f\u0131 makes significant contributions to his field not only through clinical practice but also through scientific research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udcd8 His work published in international peer-reviewed journals has contributed to the medical literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f He has served as a professor at Kahramanmara\u015f S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc \u0130mam University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83e\ude7a With more than 27 years of experience, he is regarded as a trusted authority in interventional cardiology in Turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center' 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