Assessment of left ventricular rotation and torsion with two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

HK Kim, DW Sohn, SE Lee, SY Choi, JS Park… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) has a unique feature of angle
independence and, thus, may provide a powerful means of assessing left ventricular (LV) …

Renal toxicity evaluation and comparison between visipaque (iodixanol) and hexabrix (ioxaglate) in patients with renal insufficiency undergoing coronary angiography …

SH Jo, TJ Youn, BK Koo, JS Park, HJ Kang… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to compare the nephrotoxicity of iodixanol and ioxaglate in
patients with renal impairment undergoing coronary angiography. Background: Iodixanol, a …

Prevention of radiocontrast medium–induced nephropathy using short-term high-dose simvastatin in patients with renal insufficiency undergoing coronary …

SH Jo, BK Koo, JS Park, HJ Kang, YS Cho, YJ Kim… - American heart …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Contrast media cause oxidative stress, which has been suggested as one
possible mechanism responsible for contrast-induced nephropathy. Statins appear to have …

Determinants of surgical outcome in patients with isolated tricuspid regurgitation

YJ Kim, DA Kwon, HK Kim, JS Park, S Hahn, KH Kim… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—We sought to identify preoperative predictors of clinical outcomes after
surgery in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation. Methods and Results—We …

Determinants of the severity of functional tricuspid regurgitation

HK Kim, YJ Kim, JS Park, KH Kim, KB Kim… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
We performed a prospective study of patients with chronic right ventricular (RV) dilation to
determine the factors associated with the degree of functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR) …

Development of tricuspid regurgitation late after left-sided valve surgery: a single-center experience with long-term echocardiographic examinations

JJ Kwak, YJ Kim, MK Kim, HK Kim, JS Park, KH Kim… - 2008 - s-space.snu.ac.kr
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to investigate the incidence and identify the predictors of
significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) development long after left-sided valve surgery …

Prediction of outcome in patients undergoing surgery for severe tricuspid regurgitation following mitral valve surgery and role of tricuspid annular systolic velocity

DA Kwon, JS Park, HJ Chang, YJ Kim, DW Sohn… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
This study was performed to identify echocardiographic parameters related to postoperative
clinical outcome in patients who undergo surgery for severe tricuspid regurgitation after …

N-acetylcysteine versus AScorbic acid for Preventing contrast-Induced nephropathy in patients with renal insufficiency undergoing coronary angiography: NASPI study …

SH Jo, BK Koo, JS Park, HJ Kang, YJ Kim, HL Kim… - American heart …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a leading cause of hospital-
acquired renal failure and affects mortality and morbidity. There has been no study …

Physiological and clinical relevance of anomalous right coronary artery originating from left sinus of Valsalva in adults

SE Lee, CW Yu, K Park, KW Park, JW Suh, YS Cho… - Heart, 2016 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To examine physiological and clinical relevance of an anomalous right coronary
artery originating from left sinus of Valsalva (right ACAOS) with interarterial course in adults …

Effect of celecoxib on restenosis after coronary angioplasty with a Taxus stent (COREA-TAXUS trial): an open-label randomised controlled study

BK Koo, YS Kim, KW Park, HM Yang, DA Kwon… - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background In-vitro and animal experiments have shown that the cyclo-oxygenase 2
inhibitor celecoxib can reduce formation of neointima within stents. We aimed to test whether …