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Jae-Kwan Song

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1 Early surgery versus conventional treatment for infective endocarditis. N Engl J Med 2012 8.14
2 Association between bicuspid aortic valve phenotype and patterns of valvular dysfunction and bicuspid aortopathy: comprehensive evaluation using MDCT and echocardiography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2013 2.57
3 Comparison of early surgery versus conventional treatment in asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation. Circulation 2009 2.42
4 Left ventricular apical ballooning due to severe physical stress in patients admitted to the medical ICU. Chest 2005 2.09
5 Long-term predictors of descending aorta aneurysmal change in patients with aortic dissection. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 1.97
6 Early surgery versus conventional treatment in asymptomatic very severe aortic stenosis. Circulation 2010 1.92
7 Prognostic value of longitudinal strain after primary reperfusion therapy in patients with anterior-wall acute myocardial infarction. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2007 1.74
8 Geometric changes after tricuspid annuloplasty and predictors of residual tricuspid regurgitation: a real-time three-dimensional echocardiography study. Eur Heart J 2010 1.59
9 Cardiac Behçet disease presenting as aortic valvulitis/aortitis or right heart inflammatory mass: a clinicopathologic study of 12 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 2008 1.55
10 Mitral valve repair versus revascularization alone in the treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation. Circulation 2006 1.54
11 Late stent malapposition after drug-eluting stent implantation: an intravascular ultrasound analysis with long-term follow-up. Circulation 2006 1.51
12 Comparison of angiographic patterns of in-stent restenosis between sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stent. Int J Cardiol 2007 1.47
13 Triple versus dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary stenting: impact on stent thrombosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 1.45
14 Paclitaxel coating reduces in-stent intimal hyperplasia in human coronary arteries: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis from the Asian Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Clinical Trial (ASPECT). Circulation 2003 1.45
15 Factors affecting accuracy of ventricular volume and ejection fraction measured by gated tl-201 myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2006 1.43
16 Intravascular ultrasound assessment of patterns of arterial remodeling in the absence of significant reference segment plaque burden in patients with coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 1.42
17 Effects of statin treatments on coronary plaques assessed by volumetric virtual histology intravascular ultrasound analysis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2009 1.42
18 Comparison of coronary plaque rupture between stable angina and acute myocardial infarction: a three-vessel intravascular ultrasound study in 235 patients. Circulation 2004 1.42
19 Discrepancy between mitral valve areas measured by two-dimensional planimetry and three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with mitral stenosis. Heart 2012 1.41
20 Two-year follow-up intravascular ultrasound analysis after bare metal stent implantation in 120 lesions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005 1.41
21 Relation between residual plaque burden after stenting and six-month angiographic restenosis. Am J Cardiol 2002 1.40
22 Early and late clinical outcomes after rotational atherectomy with stenting versus rotational atherectomy with balloon angioplasty for complex coronary lesions. J Invasive Cardiol 2004 1.39
23 Right-left propensity and lesion patterns between cardiogenic and aortogenic cerebral embolisms. Stroke 2011 1.39
24 Left ventricular remodeling and change of systolic function after closure of patent ductus arteriosus in adults: device and surgical closure. Am Heart J 2007 1.34
25 Phenotypic spectrum and clinical characteristics of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: multicenter echo-Doppler study. Cardiology 2007 1.17
26 Factors associated with decreased cerebral blood flow in congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 2006 1.14
27 Mechanical dyssynchrony assessed by tissue Doppler imaging is a powerful predictor of mortality in congestive heart failure with normal QRS duration. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 1.14
28 Intravascular ultrasound predictors of angiographic restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. Eur Heart J 2006 1.09
29 Comparison of simple and complex stenting techniques in the treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery bifurcation stenosis. Am J Cardiol 2006 1.07
30 Demonstration of prosthetic aortic valve dehiscence in a patient with noninfectious aortitis by multimodality imaging: findings of echocardiography and computed tomography. Circulation 2013 1.07
31 Geometric and hemodynamic determinants of functional tricuspid regurgitation: a real-time three-dimensional echocardiography study. Int J Cardiol 2007 1.05
32 Outcome of significant functional tricuspid regurgitation after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. Am Heart J 2003 1.03
33 Two-year follow-up of the quantitative angiographic and volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis after nonpolymeric paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation: late "catch-up" phenomenon from ASPECT Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 1.03
34 Left atrial volume measured by real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography predicts clinical outcomes in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and in sinus rhythm. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2007 1.02
35 The site of plaque rupture in native coronary arteries: a three-vessel intravascular ultrasound analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 1.01
36 Long-term prognosis of isolated significant tricuspid regurgitation. Circ J 2009 1.00
37 Usefulness of the initial noninvasive imaging study to predict the adverse outcomes in the medical treatment of acute type A aortic intramural hematoma. Circulation 2003 0.99
38 Bail-out stenting for left main coronary artery dissection during catheter-based procedure: acute and long-term results. Clin Cardiol 2004 0.99
39 Impact of early surgery on embolic events in patients with infective endocarditis. Circulation 2010 0.98
40 Outcomes of patients with stress-induced cardiomyopathy diagnosed by echocardiography in a tertiary referral hospital. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010 0.98
41 Incidence, mechanism, predictors, and long-term prognosis of late stent malapposition after bare-metal stent implantation. Circulation 2004 0.95
42 Apical rotation assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography as an index of global left ventricular contractility. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 0.93
43 A Case of Loeffler's Endocarditis Associated with Churg-Strauss Syndrome. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2010 0.93
44 Antitumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy for early postoperative recurrence of gastrointestinal Behçet's disease: report of a case. Dis Colon Rectum 2007 0.92
45 Initial echocardiographic characteristics of pericardial effusion determine the pericardial complications. Int J Cardiol 2008 0.92
46 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case of persistent apical ballooning complicated by an apical mural thrombus. Korean J Intern Med 2011 0.90
47 Multiple myocardial abscesses successfully treated with medical management in an immunosuppressed patient. Eur Heart J 2006 0.90
48 In vivo measurement of mitral leaflet surface area and subvalvular geometry in patients with asymmetrical septal hypertrophy: insights into the mechanism of outflow tract obstruction. Circulation 2010 0.89
49 Association between anatomic features of atrial septal abnormalities obtained by omni-plane transesophageal echocardiography and stroke recurrence in cryptogenic stroke patients with patent foramen ovale. Am J Cardiol 2010 0.88
50 Aortopathy and bicuspid aortic valve: haemodynamic burden is main contributor to aortic dilatation. Heart 2012 0.88
51 Effect of atrial septal defect shape evaluated using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography on size measurements for percutaneous closure. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2012 0.88
52 Clinical, pathological, and genetic analysis of a Korean family with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections carrying a novel Asp26Tyr mutation. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2010 0.87
53 Peak systolic velocity of mitral annular longitudinal movement measured by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging as an index of global left ventricular contractility. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010 0.87
54 Systolic and diastolic regional myocardial motion of pacing-induced versus idiopathic left bundle branch block with and without left ventricular dysfunction. Am J Cardiol 2004 0.86
55 Prospective comparison of coronary artery remodeling between acute coronary syndrome and stable angina in single-vessel disease: correlation between C-reactive protein and extent of arterial remodeling. Clin Cardiol 2003 0.86
56 Echocardiography and brain natriuretic peptide as prognostic indicators in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respir Med 2008 0.86
57 Long-term outcomes of significant mitral regurgitation after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. Circulation 2006 0.86
58 Comparison of the clinical features of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy versus asymmetric septal hypertrophy in Korea. Korean J Intern Med 2005 0.86
59 Percutaneous versus surgical revascularization in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation. Circulation 2011 0.85
60 Infective endocarditis involving apparently structurally normal valves in patients without previously recognized predisposing heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015 0.85
61 Temporal changes and histologic relation of postsystolic thickening in an animal model of acute ischemia and reperfusion. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2003 0.84
62 Comparison of ventricular dyssynchrony according to the position of right ventricular pacing electrode: a multi-center prospective echocardiographic study. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2011 0.84
63 Long-term outcomes after mitral ring annuloplasty for degenerative mitral regurgitation: Duran ring versus Carpentier-Edwards ring. J Heart Valve Dis 2007 0.84
64 Importance of dynamic dyssynchrony in the occurrence of hypertensive heart failure with normal ejection fraction. Eur Heart J 2010 0.84
65 Images in cardiovascular medicine. Multiple coronary arteriovenous fistulas to the coronary sinus with an unruptured coronary sinus aneurysm and restrictive coronary sinus opening to the right atrium. Circulation 2009 0.83
66 Evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function after valve replacement in aortic stenosis using exercise Doppler echocardiography. Circ J 2012 0.83
67 Cystic cardiac mass in the left atrium: hemorrhage in myxoma. Circulation 2011 0.83
68 The vena contracta in functional tricuspid regurgitation: a real-time three-dimensional color Doppler echocardiography study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2011 0.82
69 Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty versus surgical treatment in mitral stenosis with severe tricuspid regurgitation. Circulation 2007 0.82
70 Plaque ruptures in stable angina pectoris compared with acute coronary syndrome. Int J Cardiol 2006 0.81
71 Imaging characteristics of ischemic strokes related to patent foramen ovale. Stroke 2013 0.81
72 Usefulness of ventricular longitudinal contractility assessed by Doppler tissue imaging in the prediction of reverse remodeling in patients with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2006 0.80
73 Long-term comparison of apical versus asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int Heart J 2013 0.80
74 T cell-based assay of pericardial fluid mononuclear cells for the diagnosis of tuberculous pericardial effusion. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 0.80
75 Prognostic value of initial echocardiographic features in patients with tuberculous pericarditis. Korean Circ J 2010 0.80
76 Impact of late drug-eluting stent malapposition on 3-year clinical events. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 0.80
77 Preoperative cardiac computed tomography for demonstration of congenital cardiac septal defect in adults. Eur Radiol 2014 0.79
78 Efficacy of myocardial contrast echocardiography in the diagnosis and risk stratification of acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol 2005 0.79
79 Diabetic retinopathy as a predictor of late clinical events following percutaneous coronary intervention. J Invasive Cardiol 2002 0.79
80 Tissue plasminogen activator on admission is an important predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty. Atherosclerosis 2006 0.79
81 Patent foramen ovale and infarct volume in cryptogenic stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2013 0.79
82 Prognostic value of echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2011 0.78
83 Determinants of left ventricular vortex flow parameters assessed by contrast echocardiography in an in vivo animal model. Echocardiography 2012 0.78
84 Elevated homocysteine levels might be associated with coronary artery remodeling in patients with stable angina: an intravascular ultrasound study. Clin Cardiol 2002 0.78
85 Echocardiographic predictors of left ventricular function and clinical outcomes after successful mitral valve repair: conventional two-dimensional versus speckle-tracking parameters. Ann Thorac Surg 2011 0.78
86 Distal aortic intramural hematoma: clinical importance of focal contrast enhancement on CT images. Radiology 2011 0.78
87 Late intravascular ultrasound findings of patients treated with brachytherapy for diffuse in-stent restenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004 0.77
88 Association of cerebral blood flow with the development of cardiac death or urgent heart transplantation in patients with systolic heart failure. Eur Heart J 2011 0.77
89 Diagnosis of viable myocardium using velocity data of Doppler myocardial imaging: comparison with positron emission tomography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004 0.76
90 Impact of heart failure with normal ejection fraction on the occurrence of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart 2012 0.76
91 Impact of various intravascular ultrasound criteria for stent optimization on the six-month angiographic restenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2002 0.76
92 A case of carbon monoxide poisoning with thrombus in right atrium. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2012 0.76
93 Demonstration of mitral valve prolapse with CT for planning of mitral valve repair. Radiographics 2014 0.76
94 Reply: Bicuspid aortic valve phenotype and aortopathy: nomenclature and role of aortic hemodynamics. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2013 0.75
95 Predictors of echocardiographic progression in patients with mild aortic stenosis. Korean Circ J 2011 0.75
96 Recurrent postoperative effusive-constrictive pericarditis associated with steroid discontinuation. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2009 0.75
97 Comparison of myocardial contrast echocardiography versus rest sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging in the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2010 0.75
98 Prevalence of echocardiographic features suggesting cardiac sarcoidosis in patients with pacemaker or implantable cardiac defibrillator. Korean Circ J 2011 0.75
99 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: early experience in Korea. Korean Circ J 2012 0.75
100 Right ventricular remodeling determines tricuspid valve geometry and the severity of functional tricuspid regurgitation: a real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography study. Korean Circ J 2010 0.75
101 Three-dimensional remodeling of mitral valve in patients with significant regurgitation secondary to rheumatic versus prolapse etiology. Am J Cardiol 2013 0.75
102 Intravenous versus intracoronary myocardial contrast echocardiography for evaluation of no-reflow after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Echocardiography 2005 0.75
103 Prediction of left ventricular dilatation with thallium-201 SPET imaging after primary angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2002 0.75
104 Early percutaneous mitral commissurotomy vs. conventional management in asymptomatic moderate mitral stenosis. Eur Heart J 2012 0.75
105 Impact of geographic miss on adjacent coronary artery segments in diffuse in-stent restenosis with beta-radiation therapy: angiographic and intravascular ultrasound analysis. Am Heart J 2002 0.75
106 Effect of preoperative ejection fraction, left ventricular systolic dimension and hemoglobin level on survival after aortic valve surgery in patients with severe chronic aortic regurgitation. Am J Cardiol 2012 0.75
107 Intravascular ultrasound analysis of nonstented adjacent segments in diffuse in-stent restenosis treated with radiation therapy with a rhenium-188-filled balloon. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2003 0.75
108 Cerebral blood flow as a marker for recovery of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. J Card Fail 2012 0.75
109 Fate of atrioventricular valve function of the transplanted heart. Circ J 2014 0.75
110 Extra-stent vascular remodeling in in-stent restenosis after 188Re-MAG3 radiation therapy. Int J Cardiol 2003 0.75
111 Assessment of papillary muscle function in patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction using Doppler tissue imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2005 0.75