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Cardiology
Clinical profiles of patients with surgically resected pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma
Sun Hwa Lee, Jae-Hyeong Park, Ja-Yeon Lee, Sang-Rok Lee, Kyoung-Suk Rhee, Jei-Keon Chae, Won-Ho Kim, Ji-Young Sul, Jin Kyung Oh, Hee-Jin Kwon, Jae-Hwan Lee, In-Whan Seong
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(2):351-359. Published online February 28, 2019
Background/Aims: Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) are catecholamine-producing tumors that can cause blood pressure (BP) elevation and cardiovascular complications. Clinical presentation of these tumors may be changed through widespread use of imaging studies, which enables detection of PPG..
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Endocrinology-metabolism
Diabetic cardiomyopathy: where we are and where we are going
Wang-Soo Lee, Jaetaek Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):404-421. Published online April 18, 2017
The global burden of diabetes mellitus and its related complications are currently increasing. Diabetes mellitus affects the heart through various mechanisms including microvascular impairment, metabolic disturbance, subcellular component abnormalities, cardiac autonomic dysfunction, and a maladapti..
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Cardiology
Practical management of peripartum cardiomyopathy
Mi-Jeong Kim, Mi-Seung Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):393-403. Published online April 14, 2017
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy that causes systolic heart failure (HF) in previously healthy young women. Despite latest remarkable achievement, unifying pathophysiologic mechanism is not well established. Considering close temporal relationship to pregnancy, the re..
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Tachycardiomyopathy Induced by Ventricular Premature Complexes: Complete Recovery after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
Kyoung-Hoon Rhee, Ju-Young Jung, Kyoung-Suk Rhee, Hyun-Sook Kim, Jei-Keon Chae, Won-Ho Kim, Jae-Ki Ko
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(3):213-217. Published online September 30, 2006
Ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) are known to be one of the most benign cardiac arrhythmias when they occur in structurally normal hearts. We experienced a 32-year old man who presented with dyspnea, palpitations and very frequent VPCs (31% of the total heart beats). Echocardiography reveal..
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