Clinical Characteristics of Korean Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Who Underwent Aortic Valve Surgery.

abstract：:Pathologic diagnosis of a cardiac mass is vital in determining the proper treatment modality. Open heart surgery or transesophageal echocardiography guided biopsy can be feasible methods to confirm the pathology. However, the former is highly invasive and both methods require general anesthesia. The introduction of in...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park KI,Kim MJ,Oh JK,Lee JH,Park JH,Choi SW,Jeong JO,Seong IW

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of peri-stent graft infection (PGI) following thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is low, but the associated mortality rates are extremely high. The diagnosis of this complication can be difficult due to nonspecific symptoms. Here, we report a case of PGI combined with an aorto-esophageal fistula...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee SH,Song PS,Kim WS,Park KB,Choi SH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The redox system is an important anti-oxidative system composed of thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase, and peroxiredoxin (PRx). The fine details of PRx expression and its protective effects in various cells in cardiovascular tissue under oxidative stress created by hydrogen peroxide have not b...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park KJ,Kim YJ,Kim J,Kim SM,Lee SY,Bae JW,Hwang KK,Kim DW,Cho MC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Experimental protocols for remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) utilize models in which a tourniquet is placed around the hindlimb or effluent is collected from an isolated heart. In analyzing the humoral factors that act as signal transducers in these models, sampled blood can be influenced by ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Youn YJ,Yoo BS,Son JW,Lee JW,Ahn MS,Ahn SG,Kim JY,Lee SH,Yoon J,Eom YW,Oh JE,Choi SK

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man, who underwent a procedure for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), visited the outpatient department of our clinic after suffering multiple ICD shocks. The ICD interrogation revealed recurrent shock due to a high frequency of noise that is sensed by the device as ventricular fibrillation...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Choi K,Kim JH,Kim HJ,Lee SO,Jang EY,Kim JS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old woman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and peritoneal carcinomatosis. The day after paclitaxel was administered, an acute myocardial infarction occurred. Emergency coronary angiography revealed a filling defect in the left main coronary artery and total occlusion in the distal left anterior descending c...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park SH,Byon JS,Lee SW,Lee SJ,Jin DK,Shin WY

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is associated with chronic inflammation, and C-reactive protein (CRP) level is elevated in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated the impacts of CRP and AF on carotid atherosclerosis and ischemic stroke in patients with suspected ischemic c...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Ock SY,Cho KI,Kim HJ,Lee NY,Kim EJ,Kim NK,Lee WH,Yeo GE,Heo JJ,Han YJ,Cha TJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The prognosis and natural history of bradycardia related to drugs such as beta-blockers and non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers are not well known. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 38 consecutive patients (age 69+/-11, 21 women) with drug-related bradycardia (DRB) bet...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee JH,Ryu HM,Bae MH,Kwon YS,Lee JH,Park Y,Heo JH,Lee YS,Yang DH,Park HS,Cho Y,Chae SC,Kim YN,Jun JE,Park WH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatments of choice for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are the removal of the entire CIED system, control of infection, and new device implantation. Occasionally, a complete CIED removal can not be performed for several reasons, such as very old age, severe comobidity, limited life expectancy...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Hahn S,Kim J,Choi JH,Lim SH,Kang TS,Park BE,Lee MY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Glutaraldehyde (GA) has been used as a representative method of tissue preservation in cardiovascular surgery. However, GA has showed limited durability including calcification, mechanical failure and toxicity. To overcome those unsolved problems, we analyzed the crosslinking differences of pr...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Jang W,Choi S,Kim SH,Yoon E,Lim HG,Kim YJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The comparison of long-term clinical effects between Sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) and Paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) for treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains unclear. Seeking to clarify this issue, we performed a retrospective analysis to evaluate four-year clinical outcome...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Min GS,Lee JH,Park JH,Choi UL,Lee YD,Seong SW,Jin SA,Park SJ,Kim JH,Park JH,Choi SW,Jeong JO,Seong IW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to establish a reliable model of chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) in rats and verify the pathophysiological features of this model by evaluating cardiac function using serial echocardiography and a pressure-volume analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MR was created in ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kim KH,Kim YJ,Lee SP,Kim HK,Seo JW,Sohn DW,Oh BH,Park YB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old man, who had been treated with an endoscopic injection of a mixture of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl) and Lipiodol for control of variceal bleeding 6 months previously, presented with an intracardiac mass in the right atrium (RA). Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed an intracardiac mass in th...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park JS,Park JJ,Lim SK,Choi BJ,Choi SY,Yoon MH,Hwang GS,Tahk SJ,Shin JH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term decline effect is referred to a diminution of scientifically discovered effects over time. Reasons for the decline effect are multifaceted and include publication bias, selective reporting, outcomes reporting bias, regression to the mean, scientific paradigm shift, overshadowing and habituation, among others....

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee MS,Flammer AJ,Lerman A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Atherosclerosis is characterized by a hypercoagulable state, during which coagulation and fibrinolytic factors are activated simultaneously. However, details regarding the thrombolytic pathway in this context remain unknown. Here we investigated how direct long-term inhibition of thrombin infl...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Sanda T,Yoshimura M,Hyodo K,Ishii H,Yamashita T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although its use in daily practice is not common, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a powerful research tool in invasive cardiology. This report describes a hazy angiography image after percutaneous coronary intervention that has been assessed using OCT. Based on the results of the OCT, the patient underwent an el...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Carrizo S,Salinas P,Jimenez-Valero S,Moreno R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Hyaluronic acid (HA) is highly biocompatible with cells and the extracellular matrix. In contrast to degradation products of a synthetic polymer, degradation products of HA do not acidify the local environment. The aim of this study was to fabricate an HA-coated paclitaxel (PTX)-eluting stent ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Bae IH,Jeong MH,Kim JH,Park YH,Lim KS,Park DS,Shim JW,Kim JH,Ahn Y,Hong YJ,Sim DS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the clinical setting. AF increases both the risk and severity of strokes, and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Despite the clear net clinical benefit of oral anticoagulants (OACs) in patients with AF at risk for strok...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Senoo K,Lane D,Lip GY

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over 3 decades, it has been known that reentry circuits for ventricular tachycardia (VT) are not limited to the subendocardial myocardium. Rather, intramural or subepicardial substrates may also give rise to VT, particularly in those with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. Percutaneous epicardial mapping and ablation ha...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Cardoso R,Aryana A,Singh SM,Tandri H,d'Avila A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Left ventricular (LV) remodeling is a heterogeneous process, involving both infarcted and non-infarcted zones, which affects wall thickness and chamber size, shape and function. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A total of 758 consecutive patients (62.8±12.0 years, 539 males) with acute myocardial infarct...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Yoon HJ,Jeong MH,Bae JH,Kim KH,Ahn Y,Cho JG,Park JC,Kang JC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Although prasugrel allows for rapid and potent platelet inhibition, the efficacy and safety of lower doses of prasugrel for patients of East Asian ethnicity has not yet been investigated. We compared the effect of a lower loading dose (LD) of prasugrel with conventional LDs of clopidogrel and ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee DH,Kim MH,Guo LZ,Park MK,Yi SJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dysregulation of histone deacetylase expression and enzymatic activity is associated with a number of diseases. It has been reported that protein levels of histone deacetylase (HDAC)1 and HDAC5 increase during human pulmonary hypertension, and that the enzymatic activity of HDAC6 is induced in...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kee HJ,Kim GR,Lin MQ,Choi SY,Ryu Y,Jin L,Piao ZH,Jeong MH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation is not only an essential part of hemostasis, but also initiates acute coronary syndrome or ischemic stroke. The precise understanding of the activation mechanism of platelet aggregation is fundamental for the development of more effective agents against platelet aggregation. Adenosine diphosphate,...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Joo SJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Systemic inflammation has an important role in the initiation of atherosclerosis, which is associated with arterial stiffness (AS). Aortic flow propagation velocity (APV) is a new echocardiographic parameter of aortic stiffness. The relationship between systemic inflammation and AS has not yet...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Karaman K,Arisoy A,Altunkas A,Erken E,Demirtas A,Ozturk M,Karayakali M,Sahin S,Celik A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Prospective comparison of Angiotensin Receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) with Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) to Determine Impact on Global Mortality and morbidity in Heart Failure (HF) trial (PARADIGM-HF) showed that adding a neprilysin inhibitor (sacubitril) to a renin-angiotensin system blocker...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Dewan P,Docherty KF,McMurray JJV

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) was shown to be elevated in the acute phase of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to have prognostic significance in AMI patients. The aim of this study was to estimate whether the value of PTX3 could be used as a prognostic biomarker, with the global registry of acute co...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee DH,Jeon HK,You JH,Park MY,Lee SJ,Kim SS,Shim BJ,Choi YS,Shin WS,Lee JM,Park CS,Youn HJ,Chung WS,Kim JH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology. The annual incidence of systemic sarcoidosis is estimated at 10-20 per 100,000 individuals. Owing to the recent advances in imaging modalities, cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is diagnosed more frequently. The triad of CS includes conduction abnormality...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Yada H,Soejima K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with metastasis to the heart is uncommon. We report a rare case of left atrial metastasis of HCC which was resected palliatively as a live-saving procedure with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Despite chemoembolization, which was undertaken 11 times, cardiac metastasis occurred. Moreo...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Seo JB,Kim JS,Jeong DS,Chung WY,Kim SH,Kim MA,Zo JH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Udenafil, a new phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5i), has been used to treat erectile dysfunction. Given the proven benefit of PDE5i in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), we evaluated serial hemodynamic changes after single udenafil administration to determine the appropriate therapeutic ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Chang SA,Kim HK,Chang HJ,Kim DK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure (HF) is a morbidity that is increasing worldwide due to the aging population and improvement in (acute) care for patients with cardiovascular diseases. The prognosis for patients with HF is very poor without treatment. Furthermore, (repeated) hospitalizations for cardiac decompensation cause a...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Berliner D,Bauersachs J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00