Assist. Prof. M.D. M. Erkan Ekicibaşı

A 28-year-old professional freediver from Antalya presented with unexplained syncope during deep dives. Dr. Ekicibaşı discovered a rare patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting only under extreme pressure conditions, undetectable in standard tests. He performed a transcatheter closure using a custom pressure-tested device, allowing the patient to return to competitive diving within three months.

A 72-year-old retired calligraphy master with severe Parkinson's tremor was admitted with recurrent falls. His shaking made traditional echocardiography impossible. Dr. Ekicibaşı developed a novel stabilization protocol using motion-cancelling software adapted from earthquake engineering, diagnosing critical aortic stenosis. He performed a minimalist TAVI procedure with the patient under hypnosis instead of general anesthesia.

A 41-year-old single mother and night-shift factory worker presented with atypical chest pain dismissed elsewhere as anxiety. Dr. Ekicibaşı noticed temporal patterns correlating with her caffeine intake schedule. He diagnosed coronary vasospasm through ambulatory monitoring during her actual work hours and created a personalized medication timing regimen around her shift pattern, resolving symptoms completely.

A 19-year-old university student and champion chess player developed sudden-onset tachycardia during tournaments. Dr. Ekicibaşı identified chess-clock-induced stress triggering a concealed accessory pathway. He performed an electrophysiology study while the patient played chess against a computer, ablating the pathway during documented arrhythmia episodes, preserving the patient's competitive career.