abstract：:Left atrial intramural hematoma is a very rare complication of radiofrequency ablation procedures. A patient with tachyarrhythmia underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation. Echocardiography performed the following morning showed a large mass in the left atrium, suggestive of intramural hematoma formation. The patient...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Moradi B,Oraii S,Roshanali F,Ghorbanisharif A,Mikaeili J,Tahraei M

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：: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: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：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: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：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:The objective of this study was to analyze cardiovascular risk factors in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The subjects for this study comprised 135 patients, aged 18 years and above, who visited the ACHD clinic at the Samsung Medical Center and 135 adults wit...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Moon JR,Song J,Huh J,Kang IS,Park SW,Chang SA,Yang JH,Jun TG

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans have pre-formed collateral vessels that enlarge with ischemia. In addition, new vessels can be formed within ischemic zones from pre-formed endocardial arcades of vessels providing rich collateral flow. Collateral flow under resting conditions (if >25% of normal) is enough to maintain myocardial viability, but ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kaul S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unguarded tricuspid regurgitation (TR) due to a flail tricuspid leaflet is a rare condition of newborn cyanosis. A high perinatal mortality has been associated with this fatal condition. But, there are feasible surgical repairs to improve survival. We report the case of a male full-term neonate with intractable hypoxi...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Yoon JK,Kim HR,Kwon HW,Kwon BS,Kim GB,Bae EJ,Noh CI,Kim WH

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Cigarette smoking has been recognized as a prominent threat to women's health. We investigated the impact of smoking on clinical outcomes in Korean female patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Out of the AMI patients who enrolled in the Korea AMI Registry, 444...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Jeong YA,Jeong MH,Jeong HC,Ahn Y,Kim YJ,Kim CJ,Cho MC,Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (KAMIR) Investigators.

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The anti-arrhythmic effect of statins on AF prevention appears to be highly significant in most clinical studies. However, some discrepancies do exist among different clinical studies. Differ...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Hung CY,Hsieh YC,Huang JL,Lin CH,Wu TJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 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: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：:A 77-year-old female patient underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) with concomitant septal myectomy and tricuspid annuloplasty. Her symptoms did not improve after a successful operation. Echocardiogram demonstrated the presence of an iatrogenic ventricular septal defect (VSD). It was muscular in location and not th...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Ryu IH,Kim WH,Ryu AJ,Kim MG,Jeon JW,Kim JS,Lee JJ,Choi JH

更新日期：2014-01-01 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 aim of this study was to examine the histolopathogical effects among the biolimus, zotarolimus, and everolimus eluting stent (EES) in the porcine coronary restenosis model. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Pigs were randomized into three groups in which the coronary arteries (15 pigs, 10 coronaries i...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Lim KS,Jeong MH,Bae IH,Park DS,Kim JM,Kim JH,Cho DL,Sim DS,Park KH,Hong YJ,Ahn Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 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:We investigated the effect of the additional use of abciximab during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the level of procoagulant microparticles (MPs) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who had undergone primary PCI. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:In this study...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Cha JJ,Kim JY,Choi EY,Min PK,Cho M,Lee DL,Hong SY,Yoon YW,Lee BK,Hong BK,Rim SJ,Kwon HM

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:A 65 year-old female with a history of xerostomia and xerophthalmia was presented with dyspnea on exertion (New York Heart Association class III). Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization demonstrated severe pulmonary hypertension (PH). Laboratory examinations showed positive anti-nuclear and anti-Ro/SS-A antibodi...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Hwang JA,Yang TH,Lee JY,Koo DW,Choi IS,Cho SY,Kim MS

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Coronary artery anomalies are rare presentations in primary percutaneous coronary interventions of acute myocardial infarction. Herein, we report the case of a 59-year-old man with acute anterior myocardial infarction who had anomalous separate origin of left anterior descending artery (LAD) and left circumflex artery...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Hong MY,Shin DH,Kwon JH,Chang WS,Choi KU,Song YA,Oh KH,Lee JH

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:We describe a case of chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery ostium 5 months after a repeated Bentall procedure in a patient with Behçet's disease. In this patient, an antegrade approach to delivering the guidewire during percutaneous coronary intervention was not successful. Coronary angiography reveale...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Park TK,Yang JH,Yoo H,Ahn J,Jeon J,Song YB,Gwon HC

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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:Hypercholesterolemia is a key factor in the development of atherosclerosis. We sought to evaluate the relation between hypercholesterolemia and plaque composition in patients with coronary artery disease. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Study subjects consisted of 323 patients (mean 61.5 years, 226 male...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Seo YH,Lee CS,Yuk HB,Yang DJ,Park HW,Kim KH,Kim WH,Kwon TG,Bae JH

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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: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：: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

abstract：:Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT) is an uncommon type of genetic cardiomyopathy characterized by trabeculations and recesses within the ventricular myocardium. LVHT is associated with diastolic or systolic dysfunction, thromboembolic complications, and arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation,...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Yim SM,Jang SW,Chun HJ,Kim SJ,Choi KY,Kwon BJ,Kim DB,Cho EJ,Lee MY,Rho TH,Kim JH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we present a case of a successful catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) using a radial artery approach in a post-myocardial infarction patient, who had an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and peripheral artery disease. Although the patient did not use antiarrhythmic drugs, the patient experie...

journal_title：Korean circulation journal

authors： Kim J,Han D,Sohn C,Kim JS,Park YH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00