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101 William H Johnson StSte 600Florence, SC 29506
Phone+1 843-667-1891
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Summary
- Dr. Kazim Aykent works an interventional cardiologist in South Carolina. He received his medical degree from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 12 years. He specializes in interventional cardiology and is experienced in general cardiology and interventional cardiology.
Education & Training
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2023 - 2024
McLaren Health Care/Flint/MSUFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2020 - 2023
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Danbury HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2018
Hacettepe University FOMClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
SC State Medical License 2024 - 2027
IN State Medical License 2024 - 2025
MI State Medical License 2020 - 2025
NH State Medical License 2018 - 2020
CT State Medical License 2015 - 2018
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology- Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology Diplomate
- National Board of EchocardiographyDiplomate
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow American College of Cardiology
- Fellow Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Inteventions
- Chief Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease MSU/Mclaren Flint, 2022
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Patient With Absent Right Coronary Artery Ostium: A Case Report and Literature Review.Sahil Zaveri, Ezra Schrem, Sahil Zaveri, Kazim Aykent, Samy I McFarlane
Cureus. 2024-04-01 - 2 citationsFear of COVID-19 leading to late presenting myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock due to ventricular septal rupture.Kazim Aykent, Gergis Kirolos, Mahin Khan, Ankush Moza
BMJ Case Reports. 2022-04-12 - 1 citationsAssociation between loop diuretic dose administered in first 24 hours of heart failure admissions and length of hospital stay.Ahmad Ramy Elashery, Kazim Aykent, Hussam Kurdi, Mohammed Ibrahim, Shiquan He
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. 2018-08-23
Journal Articles
- TELE-BASED VIRTUAL BP MANAGEMENT BY PHARMACIST OR NURSE PRACTITIONER VERSUS OFFICE-BASED PCP LED INTERVENTION IN MANAGEMENT OF SYSTOLIC BP. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND MET...Nischit Baral, Sri Lakshmi Pratyusha Javvadi, Basel Abdelazeem, Ashiya Khan, Deepti Nagaraja Rao, Krishna Prasad Bashyal, Rohit Rauniyar, Govinda Adhikari, Calvin Ghim..., JACC, 3/8/2022
- New Insight Into Spontaneous Coronary Artery DissectionAykent K., Bhooshan P et al., Journal of Connecticut Medicine, 2018
- A Serious Outcome of Drug Abuse Related ConstipationAykent K., Razzano D., et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2017
Abstracts/Posters
- A Reversible and Under-recognized Cause of Diastolic Heart FailureHtwe K., Aykent K., et al., ESC, 2023
- A Different Manifestation of Takotsubo CardiomyopathyAykent K., Changezi H., ACC MI Chapter, 2020
- Unusual Presentation of Pseudo STEMIBakhsh U. M., Aykent K et al., ACC Annual Scientific Session, 2017
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & InterventionsFellow
Other Languages
- Turkish
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