Gastroenterology
Safety of direct oral anticoagulants compared to warfarin in cirrhotic patients with atrial fibrillation
Seo Yeon Yoo, Eunju Kim, Gi-Byoung Nam, Danbi Lee, Ju Hyun Shim, Kang Mo Kim, Young-Suk Lim, Han Chu Lee, Young-Hwa Chung, Yung Sang Lee, Jonggi Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(3):555-566. Published online January 26, 2022
Background/Aims: The safety of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) compared with warfarin in patients with both nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and clinically confirmed liver cirrhosis (LC) has not been well studied. We compared the risk of a major bleeding event between DOAC and warfarin treatm..
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Cardiology
A prospective, observational study of rivaroxaban for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: the XANAP Korea
Jaemin Shim, Young Keun On, Sun U. Kwon, Gi-Byoung Nam, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Hyung-Wook Park, Keun-Sik Hong, Nam-Ho Kim, Pierre Amarenco, Seung-Woon Rha, Dong-Gu Shin, Joung-Ho Rha, Young-Hoon Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(4):906-913. Published online June 11, 2021
Background/Aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF)-related stroke accounts for 20% of ischemic strokes. Rivaroxaban use in AF patients for preventing stroke and systemic embolism was approved in 2013 in Korea. This study was to investigate the safety and effectiveness of rivaroxaban use in Korean patients wi..
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Prevalence, Predictive Factor, and Clinical Significance of White-Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension in Korean Hypertensive patients
Eui-Seock Hwang, Kee-Joon Choi, Duk-Hyun Kang, Gi-Byoung Nam, Jae-Sik Jang, Young-Hoon Jeong, Chang-Hoon Lee, Ji-Young Lee, Hyun-Koo Park, Chong-Hun Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(4):256-262. Published online December 20, 2007
BackgroundThe prevalence and clinical significance of white-coat hypertension (WCHT) and masked hypertension (MHT) are unknown in Koreans. Here we measure the frequency of WCHT and MHT in hypertensive subjects and identify the epidemiologic and/or clinical factors that predict..
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