Patient Experience
My 94-year-old grandmother, a Holocaust survivor with extreme medical anxiety, developed critical aortic stenosis. Where other doctors saw only risk, Dr. Duygu spent three hours with her, listening to her life story in broken Turkish-German. He performed a transcendent TAVI procedure while she was awake, playing her favorite Sephardic melodies in the cath lab. She danced at her 95th birthday, calling him 'the doctor who healed my heart without breaking my spirit.'
As a 28-year-old professional freediver, my world collapsed when routine screening revealed a previously undetected atrial septal defect. Dr. Duygu didn't just see a hole in my heart; he understood my passion for deep diving and designed a minimally invasive closure procedure that preserved my ability to withstand pressure changes. Six months later, I set a personal depth record in the Aegean Sea, my heart stronger than ever.
During a diplomatic summit in Istanbul, a 52-year-old ambassador from a Pacific island nation suffered a STEMI. With complex logistical and security constraints, Dr. Duygu coordinated a midnight emergency PCI through five layers of security, using a backup generator during a temporary power fluctuation. The ambassador returned to negotiations within 72 hours, later establishing a cardiac care exchange program between our nations.
Our 17-year-old daughter, a nationally ranked rhythmic gymnast, developed unexplained syncope during competitions. After six specialists dismissed it as 'performance anxiety,' Dr. Duygu discovered a rare catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. His innovative treatment combined medication with a bespoke training regimen monitored by wearable tech. She won gold at the European Championships, with Dr. Duygu watching via livestream from his clinic.