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Pulmonology / Original Article
Prevalence and risk factors for reduced pulmonary function in diabetic patients: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Hee Yeon Kim, Tae Seo Sohn, Hannah Seok, Chang Dong Yeo, Young Soo Kim, Jae Yen Song, Young Bok Lee, Dong-Hee Lee, Jae-Im Lee, Tae-Kyu Lee, Seong Cheol Jeong, Mihee Hong, Hiun Suk Chae
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):682-689. Published online February 1, 2017
Background/Aims: An association between reduced pulmonary function and diabetes has been observed. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with reduced pulmonary function in diabetic patients.
Methods: We analyzed data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examinati..
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Pulmonology / Original Article
Outcomes of very elderly (≥ 80 years) critical-ill patients in a medical intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Korea
Seung Hun Lee, Tae Won Lee, Sunmi Ju, Jung-Wan Yoo, Seung Jun Lee, Yu Ji Cho, Yi Yeong Jeong, Jong Deog Lee, Ho Cheol Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):675-681. Published online June 26, 2017
Background/Aims: This study evaluated clinical characteristics and outcomes in very elderly (≥ 80 years of age) critical-ill patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (MICU) in a regional single tertiary hospital.
Methods: We retrospectively evaluated prospectively collected data in the MI..
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Cardiology / Original Article
Maximal pericoronary adipose tissue thickness is associated with hypertension in nonobese
patients with acute or chronic illness
Shinhae Chang, Wangjin Lee, Byounggyu Kwag, Yun Hee Chung, In Sook Kang
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):668-674. Published online December 6, 2016
Background/Aims: Recent studies have shown an association of epicardial fat thickness with diabetes and hypertension (HTN) in asymptomatic populations. However, there is lack of information as to whether there is similar association between pericoronary adipose tissue (PAT) and HTN in the patients w..
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Cardiology / Original Article
Efficacy and safety of pitavastatins in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Livalo in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study (LAMIS) II
Young Joon Hong, Myung Ho Jeong, Jang Ho Bae, Seok Kyu Oh, Seung Woon Rha, Seung Ho Hur, Sung Yun Lee, Sang Wook Kim, Kwang Soo Cha, In Ho Chae, Tae Hoon Ahn, Kee Sik Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):656-667. Published online June 16, 2017
Background/Aims: We evaluated the efficacy and safety and influence on glucose tolerance by different doses of pitavastatins in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients.
Methods: Consecutive 1,101 AMI patients who were enrolled in Livalo in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study (LAMIS)-II were random..
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Gastroenterology / Original Article
Negative pathology after endoscopic resection of gastric epithelial neoplasms: importance of pit
dysplasia
Joon Hyung Jhi, Gwang Ha Kim, Ahrong Kim, Young-Geum Kim, Cheong Su Hwang, Sojeong Lee, Bong Eun Lee, Geun Am Song, Do Youn Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):647-655. Published online January 20, 2017
Background/Aims: Endoscopic resection (ER) is a well-established treatment modality for gastric epithelial neoplasm. However, there is a discrepancy between forceps biopsy and ER specimen pathology, including a negative pathologic diagnosis (NPD) after ER. It has been suggested that pit dysplasia (P..
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Gastroenterology / Original Article
Long-term real-world entecavir therapy in treatment-naïve hepatitis B patients: base-line
hepatitis B virus DNA and hepatitis B surface antigen levels predict virologic response
Ju-Yeon Cho, Won Sohn, Dong-Hyun Sinn, Geum-Youn Gwak, Yong-Han Paik, Moon Seok Choi, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik, Byung Chul Yoo, Joon Hyeok Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):636-646. Published online November 4, 2016
Background/Aims: Entecavir is a potent nucleoside analogue with high efficacy and barrier for resistance. We aimed to investigate the long-term efficacy and viral resistance rate of entecavir and explore the factors associated with virologic response, including quantitative hepatitis B surface anti..
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Endocrinology-metabolism / Review
Treatment of diabetic kidney disease: current and future targets
Mi-Kyung Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):622-630. Published online June 30, 2017
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease in Korea and worldwide, and is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular complications. The conventional treatments for DKD are control of blood glucose and blood pressure levels by inhibiting the renin-angiotensin..
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Endocrinology-metabolism / Review
Metabolically healthy obesity: a friend or foe?
Chang Hee Jung, Woo Je Lee, Kee-Ho Song
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):611-621. Published online June 5, 2017
Obesity is associated with a reduced life expectancy, largely because obese individuals are at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and several types of cancer. Much interest has recently focused on the concept of “all obesity is not created equally.” Obese individuals wi..
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Pulmonology / Review
Treatment of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: the pulmonologist’s point of view
So-My Koo, Soo-Taek Uh
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):600-610. Published online June 30, 2017
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) occurs in 15% of patients with collagen vascular disease (CVD), referred to as connective tissue disease (CTD). Despite advances in management strategies, ILD continues to be a significant cause of mortality in patients with CVD-associated ILD (CTD-ILD). There is a la..
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Pulmonology / Review
The role of hypoxia on the acquisition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stemness: a possible link to epigenetic regulation
Chang Dong Yeo, Nahyeon Kang, Su Yeon Choi, Bit Na Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Jin Woo Kim, Young Kyoon Kim, Seung Joon Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):589-599. Published online June 30, 2017
A hypoxic microenvironment leads to cancer progression and increases the metastatic potential of cancer cells within tumors via epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cancer stemness acquisition. The hypoxic response pathway can occur under oxygen tensions of < 40 mmHg through hypoxia-inducible..
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Cardiology / Review
Three-dimensional echocardiography in adult congenital heart disease
Hyun Suk Yang
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):577-588. Published online June 30, 2017
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is now more common in adults than in children due to improvements in fetal echo, neonatal and pediatric care, and surgical techniques leading to dramatically increased survivability into adulthood. Adult patients with CHD, regardless of prior cardiac surgery, experienc..
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Erratum
Two-year clinical outcomes in stable angina and acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention of left main coronary artery disease
Dae Young Hyun, Myung Ho Jeong, Doo Sun Sim, Yun Ah Jeong, Kyung Hoon Cho, Min Chul Kim, Hyun Kuk Kim, Hae Chang Jeong, Keun Ho Park, Young Joon Hong, Jun Han Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Jung Chaee Kang
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):575-575. Published online April 28, 2017
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Image of interest
Atypical bone change of spine caused by epidural venous thrombosis in systemic lupus erythematosus with antiphospholipid syndrome
Ji Young Kim, Seunghun Lee, Yun Young Choi, Sang-Cheol Bae
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):573-574. Published online January 6, 2017
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Image of interest
Spontaneous regression of cardiac sarcoidosis resulting in total occlusion of coronary artery and ventricular aneurysm
Seok Jong Ryu, Yong Kook Hong, Sanghoon Shin, Sungjun Cho, Se-Jung Yoon
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):571-572. Published online January 5, 2017
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Correspondence
Response to comment on “New therapeutic agents in diabetic nephropathy”
Yaeni Kim, Cheol Whee Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):570-570. Published online April 28, 2017
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Correspondence
Comment on “New therapeutic agents in diabetic nephropathy”
[letter]
Alain Gay, Peter Kolkhof
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):569-569. Published online April 28, 2017
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Correspondence
Comment on “Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism due to a mutation in the luteinizing hormone β-subunit gene”
[letter]
Hernan Valdes-Socin, Adrian F. Daly, Albert Beckers
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(3):566-567. Published online April 28, 2017
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