A case of riata® dual coil defibrillator lead failure in a patient with ventricular fibrillation.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To assess the safety and efficacy of transcatheter closure of residual ductal flow after initial surgical ligation of the arterial duct. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Between June 2005 and December 2009, transcatheter occlusion of residual postsurgical ductus arteriosus was performed in six children. ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Baspinar O,Kilinc M,Kervancioglu M,Irdem A

更新日期：2011-11-01 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: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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Since statins and angiotensin receptor blockers are a frequently prescribed combination in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, we tested the interactive effects of simvastatin and losartan on atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E (apoE)(-/-) mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Apolip...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee BS,Choi JY,Kim JY,Han SH,Park JE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Clinical data for Korean patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) that underwent aortic valve (AV) surgery are currently limited. METHODS:Data for 1,160 consecutive adult BAV patients who underwent AV surgery from 2000 to 2014 in 4 tertiary referral centers were retrospectively analyzed. A s...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Sun BJ,Jin X,Song JK,Lee S,Lee JH,Park JB,Lee SP,Kim DH,Park SJ,Kim YJ,Cho GY,Song JM,Kang DH,Sohn DW

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Increased vascular wall shear stress by elevated plasma viscosity significantly enhances the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity during an acute isovolemic hemodilution. Also the modulation of plasma viscosity has effects on the cardiac function that were revealed if a left ventr...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Chatpun S,Cabrales P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Adipokines have been suggested for their potential use in tracking the clinical progress in the subjects with metabolic syndrome (MS). To investigate the relationship between the serum levels of adipokines {adiponectin and retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4)} and the serum level of uric acid in h...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park CS,Ihm SH,Park HJ,Shin WS,Kim PJ,Chang K,Kim HY,Youn HJ,Chung WS,Seung KB,Kim JH

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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:The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a marker of inflammation, has been known to be elevated in patients with coronary artery disease. However, there is controversy about the predictive value of hs-CRP after acute myocardial infarction (MI). Therefore, we evaluated the impact of i...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kim KH,Kim W,Kang WY,Hwang SH,Cho SC,Kim W,Jeong MH,Other Korean Working Group in Myocardial Infarction Investigators.

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs) are known to reduce the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) through reverse-remodeling. However, the effect of ARBs on thrombogenicity in AF remains unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twelve dogs were assigned to control (n=4), ARB (candesartan cilexiti...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Choi JI,Jung JS,Kim MK,Sim J,Kim JS,Lim HE,Park SW,Kim YH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe stenosis of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) generally occurs as a result of atherosclerosis and compromises the blood supply to a wide area of myocardium, thereby increasing the risk of serious adverse cardiac events. Current revascularization strategies for patients with significant LMCA disease include c...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Cho SC,Park DW,Park SJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Chronic impairment of β-adrenergic receptor signaling increases cardiac apoptosis, hypertrophy and fibrosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether isoproterenol (ISO), an agonist of the adrenergic receptor, can enhance tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

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

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-eluting stents (DES) are considered the treatment of choice for most patients with obstructive coronary artery disease when percutaneous intervention (PCI) is feasible. However, stent thrombosis seems to occur more frequently with DES and occasionally is associated with resistance to anti-platelet drugs. We have ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kim SS,Jeong MH,Kim HK,Bae SY,Ryu KH,Cho KH,Kim MC,Park KH,Sim DS,Hong YJ,Kim JH,Ahn Y,Kang JC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia that is known as an important independent risk factor for stroke. However, limited information is available on AF in Korea. This study evaluated the incidence of AF, its associated co-morbidities and risk factors for AF in Korea. SUBJECTS AND ME...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Son MK,Lim NK,Cho MC,Park HY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) is caused by a new strain of the influenza virus. The disease has spread rapidly and was declared a pandemic in April, 2009. So far, however, there is a scarcity of information regarding the complications of swine influenza. A report of the disease in the winter of 2009 in the Southern ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Jang JY,Chang HJ,Jang Y,Han SH,Bang WD,Cho SS,Oh CM,Yu HT,Shim CY,Ha JW,Chung N

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease is the most important cause of mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). After stenting for coronary artery disease in SLE patients similar to non-SLE patients, the risk of stent thrombosis is always present. Although there are reports of stent thrombosis in SLE patients, ve...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee DY,Park JP,Ko SJ,Lee SE,Jhon SH,Lim JH,Rhew JY

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Transcatheter device closure becomes the first option for treating secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), but the conventional method is sometimes unsuccessful even when the defect size indicates the closure to be feasible. To increase the success rate, modified methods have been introduced and ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Ko HK,Kang SY,Yu JJ,Ko JK,Kim YH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subintimal angioplasty is an effective method for the treatment of long superficial femoral artery (SFA) occlusions. One of the major limiting factors for the success of this procedure is the failure to re-enter the true lumen. The recently introduced luminal re-entry devices provide a high technical success rate, but...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Shin S,Kim S,Ko YG,Hong MK,Jang Y,Choi D

更新日期：2014-05-01 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:Previous studies have evaluated atrial electromechanical delays (AEMDs) with a number of different definitions to discriminate patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) from controls without PAF. However, their discriminative values for PAF have not previously been directly compared. ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee DH,Choi SY,Park JS,Seo JM,Choi JH,Cho YR,Park K,Kim MH,Kim YD

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Endomyocardial biopsy is obligatory during the first year after heart transplant (HTx) for the surveillance of acute rejection. Previous attempts using cardiac biomarkers for the detection of rejection failed to show enough evidence to substitute endomyocardial biopsy. Therefore, this study so...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee GY,Choi JO,Ju ES,Lee YJ,Jeon ES

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Several recent studies have shown that there is an inverse relationship between plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and body mass index (BMI) in subjects with and without heart failure. Obesity frequently coexists with diabetes, so it is important to consider the relationship between diabe...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park SJ,Cho KI,Jung SJ,Choi SW,Choi JW,Lee DW,Lee HG,Kim TI

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Andersen-Tawill syndrome (ATS), a rare autosomal dominant disorder, is characterized by periodic paralysis, dysmorphic features and cardiac arrhythmias. This syndrome is caused by mutations of KCNJ2 gene, which encodes inward rectifying potassium channel. Here, we report an 18-year-old girl who was presented with life...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Pyo JY,Joh DH,Park JS,Lee SJ,Lee H,Kim W,Joung B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The rigid coupling between the delivery wire and the right atrial disk has been occasionally encountered during transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD). Therefore the device frequently makes a perpendicular angle, and the leading edge of left atrial disk slips through the defect an...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park SJ,Kim NK,Kim JO,Yoo BW,Choi JY,Sul JH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The objective was to compare the rate of onset of diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) as compared with atrial flutter (AFL). METHODS:The incidence of DM through the national cohort registry in 14,014 newly diagnosed AF and 14,014 newly diagnosed AFL was investigat...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Hu WS,Lin CL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (SCM) is characterized by a transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction due to emotional and physical stress. There are limited data about the clinical characteristics in Korean patients. We sought to clarify the clinical features and prognosis in patients with SC...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee JW,Kim JY,Youn YJ,Sung JK,Lee NS,Lee KH,Yoo BS,Lee SH,Yoon J,Choe KH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ergonovine provocation test is known to be very sensitive for diagnosing variant angina. The patient described in this study initially presented with atypical chest pain and underwent coronary angiography and ergonovine provocation tests, which were negative. The patient was subsequently prescribed a proton pump inhib...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kim YG,Kim HJ,Choi WS,Im MS,Yoon CH,Suh JW,Choi DJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to provide morbidity and mortality information on very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with congenital heart disease (CHD-VLBWs). METHODS:The study used a 10-year cohort of VLBW infants from a single institution. CHD was classified according to International Classification of...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Song WS,Kim CY,Lee BS,Kim EAR,Kim KS,Jung E

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00