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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Pre-hospital delay and emergency medical services in acute myocardial infarction
Seung Hun Lee, Hyun Kuk Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Joo Myung Lee, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Shung Chull Chae, In-Whan Seong, Jong-Seon Park, Jei Keon Chae, Seung-Ho Hur, Kwang Soo Cha, Hyo-Soo Kim, Ki-Bae Seung, Seung-Woon Rha, Tae Hoon Ahn, Chong-Jin Kim, Jin-Yong Hwang, Dong-Ju Choi, Junghan Yoon, Seung-Jae Joo, Kyung-Kuk Hwang, Doo-Il Kim, Seok Kyu Oh; for the KAMIR Investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(1):119-132. Published online November 28, 2019
Background/Aims: Minimising total ischemic time (TIT) is important for improving clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). TIT has not shown a significant improvement due to persistent pre-hospital delay..
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Transradial versus transfemoral intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients in Korean population
Hu Li, Seung-Woon Rha, Byoung Geol Choi, Min Suk Shim, Se Yeon Choi, Cheol Ung Choi, Eung Ju Kim, Dong Joo Oh, Byung Ryul Cho, Moo Hyun Kim, Doo-Il Kim, Myung-Ho Jeong, Sang Yong Yoo, Sang-Sik Jeong, Byung Ok Kim, Min Su Hyun, Young-Jin Youn, Junghan Yoon
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(4):716-726. Published online July 7, 2017
Background/Aims: Transradial intervention (TRI) is becoming the preferred method over transfemoral intervention (TFI) because TRI is associated with lower incidence of major bleeding and vascular complications. However, there has been limited published data regarding the clinical outcomes of TRI ver..
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Interatrial septal thickness as a marker of structural and functional remodeling of the left atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation
Hong Euy Lim, Jin Oh Na, Sung Il Im, Cheol Ung Choi, Seong Hwan Kim, Jin Won Kim, Eung Ju Kim, Seong Woo Han, Seung-Woon Rha, Chang Gyu Park, Hong Seog Seo, Dong Joo Oh, Chun Hwang
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(6):808-820. Published online October 30, 2015
Background/Aims: There have been reports that interatrial septal (IAS) thickness is increased in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). This study was performed to investigate whether IAS thickness determined by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) represents the amount of left atrium (LA) structur..
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