Cardiovascular Surgery

Who is Prof. Dr. Tayfun Aybek?

About Me

Prof. Dr. Tayfun Aybek was born on the 6th of November, 1967 in Eskişehir, Turkey. He was graduated from Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty in 1990. He specialized in Cardiovascular Surgery and became an associate professor at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. Currently, he is the head of the Cardiovascular Department of TOBB ETU University in Ankara, Turkey

TOBB ETÜ Cardiovascular Surgery

Number of Patients and Mortality Rates / 2023

Number of Open Heart Surgeries / Year 1000+
Mortality Rate (All Patients) 1,6%
Mortality of Coronary Surgery 0,04%
Closed Chest Mitral Valve Repair Mortality 0,02%
Patient Testimonials
Our Team

Meet Our Doctors

Kıvanç Atılgan

Kıvanç Atılgan MD, PhD

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Fahri Gürkan Yeşil MD, PhD

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İlkin Guliyev MD, PhD

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Zafer Cengiz Er MD, PhD

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Cemal Aslan MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Surgery

Amazing Stories

LIFE ENERGY

In 2009, at the age of 24, our patient had a occlusion of heart arteries due to extremely high cholesterol and had to undergo bypass surgery. A genetic hypercholesterinemia disease had affected all his blood vessels.


The disease also started to narrow the aortic valve, and we had to perform a second heart surgery in September 2022 because the extreme aortic stenosis eventually brought the aortic vessel to the point of bursting. We replace the aortic valve with a new mechanical metal valve and the aortic artery with an artificial one.


Later, when he had returned to a relatively normal life, in April 2023, at the age of 38, he required a pacemaker for arrhythmia.

Prof. Dr. Tayfun Aybek

Latest Posts

Bentall – Aortic Root Surgery Small Incision “Heart Surgery from Underarm”

Bentall – Aortic Root Surgery Small Incision “Heart Surgery from Underarm”

Ascending Aortic Aneurysm can often be accompanied by aortic root dilation. This condition usually occurs with aortic valve insufficiency or serious stenosis in the aortic valve may have dilated the aortic root in the late stage. Regardless of the reason, the replacement of the dilated aortic root with the valve is called the Bentall Surgery. This procedure, first…