2014
Prognostic Implications of Initial Echocardiographic Findings in Adolescents and Adults with Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defects
Cho M, Jang S, Sun B, Jang J, Ahn J, Kim D, Song J, Kang D, Song J. Prognostic Implications of Initial Echocardiographic Findings in Adolescents and Adults with Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defects. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2014, 27: 965-971. PMID: 24996557, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.05.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSupracristal ventricular septal defectVentricular septal defectOverall survival rateAortic regurgitationGroup 1Septal defectSurvival rateValsalva ruptureGroup 2High-risk echocardiographic featuresProgression-free survival ratesPerimembranous ventricular septal defectEvent-free rateInitial echocardiographic findingsSevere aortic regurgitationRetrospective observational studySinus of ValsalvaMain clinical eventsAR progressionEchocardiographic featuresEchocardiographic findingsHeart failurePediatric patientsPrognostic implicationsClinical events
2012
Impact of heart failure with normal ejection fraction on the occurrence of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
Jang S, Kim M, Park H, Han S, Kang D, Song J, Park S, Park S, Kim J. Impact of heart failure with normal ejection fraction on the occurrence of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart 2012, 99: 17. PMID: 22942291, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic strokeNormal ejection fractionRisk of strokeAtrial fibrillationHeart failureEjection fractionNon-valvular atrial fibrillationChronic kidney diseaseDiabetes mellitusKidney diseaseFemale sexMyocardial infarctionEchocardiographic dataHFNEFTreatment weightingPropensity score methodsΒ-blockersPatientsStrokeInverse probabilityDeathFibrillationRiskScore methodFailureAssociation of early systolic blood pressure response to exercise with future cardiovascular events in patients with uncomplicated mild-to-moderate hypertension
Cho M, Jang S, Lee C, Park C. Association of early systolic blood pressure response to exercise with future cardiovascular events in patients with uncomplicated mild-to-moderate hypertension. Hypertension Research 2012, 35: 922-927. PMID: 22534519, PMCID: PMC3434366, DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.52.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFuture cardiovascular eventsBlood pressure responseCardiovascular eventsSustained hypertensionSystolic BPQuartiles 3New onset ischemic heart diseaseSurvival rateEvent-free survival rateSystolic blood pressure responseComposite end pointIschemic heart diseaseTarget heart ratePressure responseCause deathModerate hypertensionMultivariable adjustmentCardiovascular riskSBP responseUncomplicated mildPrimary outcomeQuartiles 1Heart diseaseMonitoring registryExercise test