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Guideline
Consensus statement on coronary intervention during the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic: from the Korean Society of Interventional Cardiology
Kwan Yong Lee, Bong-Ki Lee, Won-Jang Kim, Se Hun Kang, Taek Kyu Park, Song-Yi Kim, Jung-Won Suh, Chang-Hwan Yoon, Dong Heon Yang, Sung Kee Ryu, Sang-Hyun Kim, Sung Yun Lee, In-Ho Chae; The Korean Society of Interventional Cardiology COVID-19 Task Force Team
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(4):749-757. Published online July 1, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease caused by the novel virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case developed in December, 2019 in Wuhan, China; several months later, COVID-19 has become pandemic, and there is no end in sight. This disaster is..
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Cardiology
Prevention of medical malpractice and disputes through analysis of lawsuits related to coronary angiography and intervention
Cheol Won Hyeon, Won Lee, So Yoon Kim, Ji Yong Park, Su Hwan Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(3):605-618. Published online June 14, 2019
Background/Aims: Possible fatal complications arising from coronary angiography (CAG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and coronary artery disease itself, are likely to cause medical disputes. Presenting the current status and reasons for judgments given in lawsuits related to CAG/PCI, thi..
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Features of electrocardiogram in patients with stenosis of the proximal right coronary artery
Moo Seong Koh, Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woo Jeong, Jun Young Chung
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(2):277-285. Published online February 14, 2017
Background/Aims: Prediction of lesions of the proximal right coronary artery (pRCA) through electrocardiogram (ECG) is very important because pRCA occlusion has many complications and a high mortality rate, which has frequently been related with right ventricular infarction. The purpose of this stud..
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Prognostic value of computed tomographic coronary angiography and exercise electrocardiography for cardiovascular events
Kye-Hwan Kim, Kyung Nyeo Jeon, Min Gyu Kang, Jong Hwa Ahn, Jin-Sin Koh, Yongwhi Park, Seok-Jae Hwang, Young-Hoon Jeong, Choong Hwan Kwak, Jin-Yong Hwang, Jeong Rang Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(5):880-890. Published online March 25, 2016
Background/Aims: This study is a head-to-head comparison of predictive values for long-term cardiovascular outcomes between exercise electrocardiography (ex-ECG) and computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) in patients with chest pain.
Methods: Four hundred and forty-two patients (mean age, ..
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Clinical impact of routine follow-up coronary angiography after second- or third-generation drug-eluting stent insertion in clinically stable patients
Seonghoon Choi, Hee-Sun Mun, Min-Kyung Kang, Jung Rae Cho, Seong Woo Han, Namho Lee Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(1):49-55. Published online December 30, 2014
Background/Aims: In the bare-metal stent era, routine follow-up coronary angiography (RFU CAG) was used to ensure stent patency. With the advent of drug-eluting stents (DESs) with better safety and efficacy profiles, RFU CAG has been performed less often. There are few data on the clinical impact of..
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Effect of renin-angiotensin-system blockers on contrast-medium-induced acute kidney injury after coronary angiography
Ja-Jun Goo, Jae-Joon Kim, Ji-Hoon Kang, Kyoung-Nyoun Kim, Ki-Sup Byun, Mi-kyung Kim, Tae-Ik Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(2):203-209. Published online February 27, 2014
Background/Aims: With the increasing incidence of cardiovascular disease, angiocardiography using contrast-enhancing media has become an essential diagnostic and therapeutic tool, despite the risk of contrast-medium-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI). CIAKI may be exacerbated by renin-angiotensin-s..
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Prognosis in Patients Having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Significant Coronary Artery Lesion Angina
Tae Yun Park, Kyung Hee Kim, Hyun Kyoung Koo, Ji Yeon Lee, Sang-Min Lee, Jae-Jun Yim, Chul-Gyu Yoo, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Seok-Chul Yang
Korean J Intern Med. 2012;27(2):189-196. Published online May 31, 2012
Background/AimsMany studies have investigated angina and its relationship with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, angina was diagnosed only by noninvasive tests or only by clinical symptoms in most of these studies. The aim of this study was to compare the ..
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The Incidence of Gastro-Esophageal Disease for the Patients with Typical Chest Pain and a Normal Coronary Angiogram
Chang-Wook Nam, Kee-Sik Kim, Young-Soo Lee, Sang-Hoon Lee, Seong-Wook Han, Seung-Ho Hur, Yoon-Nyun Kim, Kwon-Bae Kim, Byoung-Kuk Jang
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(2):94-96. Published online June 30, 2006
BackgroundAlthough patients may present with typical chest pain and exhibit ischemic changes on the cardiac stress test, they are frequently found to have a normal coronary angiogram. Thus, we wanted to determine which procedures should be performed in order to make an adequat..
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