Cardiology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sena Sert Şekercı
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sena Sert Şekercı is a cardiologist at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul with 13+ years of experience.
She focuses on pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vascular disease, right ventricular failure and dysfunction, adult congenital heart disease, heart failure, and advanced echocardiography, including transesophageal echocardiography and cardiovascular imaging. She consults in Turkish and English and offers online video consultation.
About Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sena Sert Şekercı
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sena Sert Şekercı is a cardiologist with 13 years of experience. Her listed areas of expertise include adult congenital heart disease, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, pulmonary arterial hypertension, right ventricular dysfunction, advanced echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, and cardiovascular imaging.
Dr. Şekercı graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine in 2012 and completed Cardiology at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2017. She received the rank of Associate Professorship from Dr. Siyami Ersek Chest Heart and Vascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul in 2023. In 2016, she completed advanced echocardiographic evaluation training at the Dept of Cardiae, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences University of Padua, Italy.
She joined Acibadem Health Group in 2024 and practises at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. Dr. Şekercı was at Acibadem Atakent Hospital from 2013 to 2022. The profile lists five professional bodies, among them the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), the Working Group on Heart Failure at European Society of Cardiology, and Heart Imagers of Tomorrow Association (HIT).
The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2021 and 2023. Their subjects include cardiohepatic syndrome in pulmonary arterial hypertension, right ventricular mechanics and right ventricular failure, and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Dr. Şekercı speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with her before travelling.
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Education
- 2023Associate Professorship, Dr. Siyami Ersek Chest Heart and Vascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Istanbul
- 2017Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Cardiology
- 2016Advanced echocardiographic evaluation training Dept of Cardiae, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences University of Padua, Italy
- 2012Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2024Acibadem Health Group
- 2019–2024Dr. Siyami Ersek Chest Heart and Vascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Department of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation and Department of Pulmonary Hypertension
- 2017–2019Çerkezköy State Hospital – Compulsory Service
- 2013–2022Acibadem Atakent Hospital
Professional Memberships
- Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Turkish Cardiology Society
- European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
- Working Group on Heart Failure at European Society of Cardiology
- Heart Imagers of Tomorrow Association (HIT)
- Elected as nucleus member for Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function at European Society of Cardiology
Selected Publications
- Cardiohepatic syndrome and its prognostic prediclive ability in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2023 Sep;83(5):290-298. doi: 10.1080/00365513.2023.2225778. Epub 2023 Jun 28.
- Effect of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor treatmenl on erectile dysfunction in heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction Marmara Med J. 2023; 36(1): 99-104.
- A Cause of Heart Failure: Corona-Cameral Fistula Turk Kardiyol Dem Ars. 2023 Jun;51(4):294-295. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2022.59026.
- The association betvveen TAPSE and right atrial contractile strain Kardiologica PolskaDOI: 10.33963/KP.a2022.0273
- Prognostic value of TAPSE/PASP ratio in right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation: Experience from a tertiary center Turkish Journal of Gogus Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Jul 29;30(3):334-343. doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2022.23218. PMID: 36303699; PMCID: PMC9580292.
- Management of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in aortic valve neocuspidization (Ozaki procedure). http://dx.doi.org/10.4328/acam.21292. Ann Clin Anal Med 2022; 13(11): 1276-1279.
- Alterations in right ventricular mechanics in patients with Behcet’s disease Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Nov;38(l l):2333-2343. doi: 10.1007/s 10554-022-02664- 2. Epub 2022 Jun 25.
- Management of heart failure vvith concomitant complete atrioventricular block caused by a novel missense LMNA mutation J Electrocardiol. 2021 Nov-Dec; 69:27- 29. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Sep 11. PMID: 34536636
- C-Reaetive Protein/Albumin Ratio Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in Patients vvith Moderato to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Mvocardial Infarction Angiology. 2022 Feb;73(2): 132-138. doi: 10.1177/00033197211029093. Epub 2021 Jul 14.
- Evaluation of Right Ventricular Cardiac Power Output as a Mortality Predictor in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Sakarya Medical Journal / Sakarya Med J 2021, 11(3):500-506) DOI: 10.31832/smj.915463
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