Jun Bean Park

OBJECTIVE: To assess the distribution of pressure and shear-related forces acting on atherosclerotic plaques and their association with lesion characteristics using coronary CT angiography (cCTA)-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of epicardial coronary arteries. METHODS: Patient-specific models of epicardial coronary arteries were reconstructed from cCTA in 80 patients (12 women, 63.8±9.0 years). The pressure and wall shear stress (WSS) in left anterior descending coronary arteries

AIMS: The association between alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and mortality was reported in several subgroups of patients. But, the role of ALP in overall coronary artery disease (CAD) patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the prognostic value of the ALP level in patients with CAD who underwent PCI with drug-eluting stent (DES). METHODS AND RESULTS: We prospectively included CAD patients who underwent PCI with DES. After exclusio

Purpose To explore the prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in predicting postoperative cardiac death in patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Materials and Methods This study was approved by the institutional review board, and written informed consent was obtained from all patients. Prospectively collected data included cardiac MR images, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, a comprehensive laboratory test, and clinical events over t

Aims We sought to investigate the association of obesity and metabolic health status with the incidence of clinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) diagnosis in the general population. Our goal was to identify modifiable risk factors to attenuate clinical expression of HCM, enabling management evolution from a mostly passive strategy of risk stratification to a proactive strategy of modifying disease expression. Methods Using nationwide population-based data from the Korean National Health Ins

AIM: The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is an index of arterial stiffness. We investigated the association of CAVI with the severity of coronary artery calcification (CAC) and coronary stenosis by coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) in an asymptomatic population. METHODS: A total of 549 asymptomatic Korean individuals who underwent CAVI and CTA were analyzed retrospectively. CAC and coronary stenosis were measured by CTA and assessed for the correlation with CAVI. RESULTS: The deg

RATIONALE: In young adults, the role of mildly abnormal lipid levels and lipid variability in the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of these abnormalities in lipid profiles with the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in young population. METHODS AND RESULTS: From the Korean National Health Insurance Service, a nationwide population-based cohort of 1 934 324 statin-naive adults aged 20 to 39 years, with ≥3 lipid

Abstract Rationale Diagnosis and monitoring of patients with pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is currently difficult. Objectives We aimed to develop a noninvasive imaging modality for PAH that tracks the infiltration of macrophages into the pulmonary vasculature, using a positron emission tomography (PET) agent, 68Ga-2-(p-isothiocyanatobenzyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane-1,4,7-triacetic acid (NOTA) mannosylated human serum albumin (MSA), that targets the mannose receptor (MR). Methods We induced

Short-term application of ICT-based telehealth program with voice recognition technology showed the potential to improve uNa values and MLHFQ scores in HF patients, suggesting that better control of sodium intake and greater quality of life can be achieved by this program.

Abstract Background Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is widely used as a first-line noninvasive modality that frequently exhibits no or nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in clinical practice, along with abnormal left ventricular (LV) geometry on echocardiography. However, the combined prognostic value of these findings has not been well elucidated. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the prognostic implications of abnormal LV geometry in individuals with no or nonobstructiv

AIMS: We sought to determine the risk of mental disorders in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) compared with those without HCM. METHODS AND RESULTS: This is a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study using nationwide population-based data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service. Overall, 4046 patients with HCM and 12138 matched individuals were followed up until the first diagnosis of mental disorders or the end of the follow up. The primary outcome was a compo

Background Identifying predictive markers for future atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases may be helpful to motivate young adults to promote healthy lifestyle. We sought to determine the association between persistently elevated low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) and/or triglyceride levels and the atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases risks in young adults. Methods and Results We conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study of 1 887 853 statin-naive adults aged 20 to 39 yea