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Gastroenterology
Time-dependent reversal of significant intrapulmonary shunt after liver transplantation
Xin Jin, Byung Joo Sun, Jae-Kwan Song, Jae-Hyung Roh, Jeong Yoon Jang, Dae-Hee Kim, Young-Suk Lim, Jong-Min Song, Duk-Hyun Kang, Sung Gyu Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(3):510-518. Published online March 5, 2018
Background/Aims: Although the association between intrapulmonary shunt (IPS) and liver cirrhosis is clear, data of repeated contrast echocardiography (CE) before and after liver transplantation (LT) to evaluate factors associated with IPS are limited.
Methods: Hand-agitated saline was used for CE a..
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Cardiology
24-Hour blood pressure response to lower dose (30 mg) fimasartan in Korean patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension
Hae-Young Lee, Cheol-Ho Kim, Jae-Kwan Song, Shung Chull Chae, Myung Ho Jeong, Dong-Soo Kim, Byung-Hee Oh
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(6):1025-1036. Published online October 17, 2017
Background/Aims: Fimasartan is an angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) which has comparable efficacy and tolerability with other ARBs. The aim of this study was to evaluate 24-hour blood pressure (BP) lowering efficacy and the tolerability of the low dose fimasartan compared with valsartan in p..
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Infective endocarditis involving an apparently structurally normal valve: new epidemiological trend?
Jae-Kwan Song
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(4):434-442. Published online June 29, 2015
Infective endocarditis (IE) has been increasingly diagnosed in patients without previously detected predisposing heart disease, but its clinical features have yet to be fully determined. A recent single-center study including echocardiographic images and surgical findings investigated the incidence ..
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case of Persistent Apical Ballooning Complicated by an Apical Mural Thrombus
Pil Hyung Lee, Jae-Kwan Song, In Keun Park, Byung Joo Sun, Seung Geun Lee, Ji Hye Yim, Hyung Oh Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2011;26(4):455-459. Published online November 28, 2011
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is an infrequent cardiac syndrome characterized by acute onset chest pain with apical ballooning on echocardiography. It is often triggered by severe emotional or physical stress, and in contrast to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the regional wall motion abnorma..
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Comparison of the Clinical Features of Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Versus Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy in Korea
Hyun Suk Yang, Jae-Kwan Song, Jong-Min Song, Duk-Hyun Kang, Cheol Whan Lee, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Joong Kim, Seong-Wook Park, Seung-Jung Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(2):111-115. Published online June 30, 2005
BackgroundWe sought to test whether patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (APH) have different clinical features compared to those with typical asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH). MethodsAmong 32,534 patients who underwent routine ec..
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