Pericardial approach for cardiac therapies: old practice with new ideas.

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：:We report a case of a 19-year-old female with an elevated plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level, but without evidence of heart failure (HF). She presented with non-specific chest pain and a high level of the B-type natriuretic peptide, despite having unremarkable findings on physical examination, laboratory an...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Yu LH,Kim MH,Park JS,Cha KS,Park TH,Kim YD

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：: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：:An effective anticoagulation is critical in pregnant patients with prosthetic heart valves. Inherited disorders may interfere with the coagulation cascade and may be associated with obstetrical complications as well as with prosthetic valve-derived complications. The patient in the present case had a history of recurr...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kalcik M,Gursoy MO,Karakoyun S,Yesin M,Astarcioglu MA,Ozkan M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, the clinical outcome of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with MetS has not been well examined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of AMI patients with MetS. SUBJECTS AND ME...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Ji MS,Jeong MH,Ahn Y,Kim YJ,Chae SC,Hong TJ,Seong IW,Chae JK,Kim CJ,Cho MC,Rha SW,Bae JH,Seung KB,Park SJ,Other Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators.

更新日期：2013-08-01 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: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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Intermediate coronary lesion that can be under- or over-estimated by visual estimation frequently results in stenting of functionally nonsignificant lesions or deferral of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of significant lesions inappropriately. We evaluated current status of PCI for in...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kim JH,Choi W,Kim KC,Nam CW,Hong BK,Kim JH,Jeon DS,Bae JW,Kim SH,Moon KW,Cho BR,Kim DI,Jang JS

更新日期：2019-11-01 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: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：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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The recently discovered myokine irisin has a proposed role in adipose tissue metabolism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between serum irisin level and the coronary artery severity in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Sixty-three p...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Efe TH,Açar B,Ertem AG,Yayla KG,Algül E,Yayla Ç,Ünal S,Bilgin M,Çimen T,Kirbaş Ö,Yeter E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is characterized by numerous clinical manifestations which are the result of a complex interplay between different organs; the symptoms are therefore various and part of a complex clinical picture. For this reason, it may not be easy to make an immediate diagnosis. This is a comprehensiv...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Morrone D,Morrone V

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Statin therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been associated with reduced major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). However, it has been less clear as to whether statin therapy before acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is beneficial. We studied the effect of previous statin t...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Yun KH,Shin IS,Shin SN,Choi JH,Kim SH,Rhee SJ,Lee EM,Yoo NJ,Kim NH,Oh SK,Jeong JW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Without significant coronary artery stenosis, ischemic electrocardiographic change including ST segment elevation, segmental wall motion abnormality and elevated serum cardiac-specific markers (creatine kinase-MB, Troponin-T) may develop after central nervous system injuries such as subarachnoid, intracranial or subdu...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Heo WJ,Kang JH,Jeong WS,Jeong MY,Lee SH,Seo JY,Jo SW

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:We reported a patient with Buerger's disease who presented with critical limb ischemiawith prior recurrent occlusions after multiple surgical and endovascular treatments. Total occlusion of the whole native femoropopliteal and infrapopliteal arteries was observed. The femoropopliteal bypass graft, as well as a stent t...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee JH,Ko YG,Choi D

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem vascular inflammatory disease. BD can affect blood vessels of nearly all sizes and types. Arterial involvement is a rare but serious condition in the course of BD. Here, we report a case of stenosis at the iliac artery bifurcation which was treated with percutaneous balloon angio...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Jang S,Jeong MH,Jung HK,Lee KJ,Kim KH,Hong YJ,Kim JH,Ahn Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Impaired recovery from left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is a major prognostic factor after myocardial infarction (MI). Because P2Y₁₂ receptor blockade inhibits myocardial injury, ticagrelor with off-target properties may have myocardial protection over clopidogrel. In animal models, ticagrelo...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park Y,Choi SW,Oh JH,Shin ES,Lee SY,Kim J,Kim W,Suh JW,Yang DH,Hong YJ,Chan MY,Koh JS,Hwang JY,Park JH,Jeong YH,HEALING-AMI Trial Investigators.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old Korean man with a 10-year history of ulcerative colitis (UC) presented with pain and swelling of the right neck. The patient was diagnosed with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) and had human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B-52, which is frequently found in patients having both UC and Takayasu's disease concurrently on...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Chae MJ,Yu CW,Lee SY,Jang DH,Hyun JY,Jeong SJ,Kim MH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study was intended to test how the inflammation at the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) inoculation site (BCGitis) can be a useful a diagnostic feature of Kawasaki disease (KD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:All subjects were infants at the time of admission, and had received BCG vaccination during ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Seo JH,Yu JJ,Ko HK,Choi HS,Kim YH,Ko JK

更新日期：2012-12-01 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:Bicaval heart transplantation (HTx) may promote parasympathetic reinnervation. However, the prevalence and timing of reinnervation have not been fully investigated. Heart rate variability (HRV) and direct vagal stimulation were used to evaluate the presence of parasympathetic reinnervation aft...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee SR,Kang DY,Cho Y,Cho HJ,Lee HY,Choi EK,Oh S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute inflammatory process affecting the arterial walls that results in panvasculitis. Recent studies have shown that even after resolution of the disease, endothelial dysfunction persists and may progress to atherosclerosis. The pulse wave velocity (PWV) and the an...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee SJ,Ahn HM,You JH,Hong YM

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：: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：:Stent fracture is likely to be caused due to mechanical stress at the hinge point or kinking movement at the point of aneurysm formation with stent malapposition. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of stent fracture at the proximal shaft of the left main stem in a patient with acute myocardial infarc...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee JH,Seo SM,Kim EO,Ahn HJ,Lee YW,Cho YH,Baek I,Oh YS,Yu J,Seung KB

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure and secondary right ventricular failure. A thromboembolic occlusion of the proximal or distal pulmonary vasculature results in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. We report an uncommon case that presented to our hospital with sy...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lee CW,Huang SS,Huang PH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00