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With support from CVRF, a total of 70 research papers since 2004, have been published in such prestigious academic journals as SCI. Notably, this is the highest number of domestic research theses published under the support of a single organization.
2008
• Randomized Comparison of Cilostazol vs Clopidogrel After Drug-Eluting Stenting in Diabetic Patients- CIilostazol for Diabetic Patients in Drug- Eluting Stent (CIDES) Trial (Circulation J 72 (2008) 35-39)
• Satety and effectiveness of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for instent restenosis of the unprotected left main coronary artery (Int J of Cardiology 124 (2008) 118-120)
• Late Target Lesion Revascularization After Implantation of Sirolimus- Eluting Stent (CCI 71 (2008) 299-303)
• A Three-Vessel Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of Frequency and Distribution of Thin-Cap Fibroatheromas in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome or Stable Angina Pectoris (Am J Cardiol 101 (2008) 568-572)
• Impact of significant chronic kidney disease on long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent versus bare metal stent implantation (Int J of Cardiology 125 (2008) 36-40)
• Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation for Treatment of Restenosis Within Bare-Metal Versus Drug-Eluting Stents (CCI 71 (2008) 594-598)
• Percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting of left main coronary artery with drug-eluting stent in the setting of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (Int J of Cardiology 126 (2008) 1224-1228)
• Drug-Eluting Stenting Followed by Cilostazol Treatment Reduces Late Restenosis in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (J Am Coll Cardiol 51 (2008) 1181-1187)

2007
• Five-year outcomes after stenting of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in patients with normal left ventricular function (Int J of Cardiology 115 (2007) 208-213)
• Serial intravascular ultrasound evidence of both plaque stabilization and lesion progression in patients with ruptured coronary plaques: Effects of statin therapy on ruptured coronary plaque (Atherosclerosis 191 (2007) 107-114)
• Results and Predictors of Angiographic Restenosis and Long-Term Adverse Cardiac Events After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation for Aorto- Ostial Coronary Artery Disease (Am J Cardiol 99 (2007) 760-765)
• Frequency of Coronary Arterial Late Angiographic Stent Thrombosis(LAST) in the First Six Months: Outcomes With Drug-Eluting Stents Versus Bare Metal Stents (Am J Cardiol 99 (2007) 774-778)
• Usefulness of Serum N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide to Predict In-Stent Restenosis in Patients With Preserved Left Ventricular Function Mission Greeting Board Research Conference Education Contact and Normal Troponin I Levels (Am J Cardiol 99(2007) 1051-1054)
• Factors Predictive of Cardiac Events and Restenosis After Sirolimus- Eluting Stent Implantation in Small Coronary Arteries (CCI 69 (2007) 821-825)
• Comparison of angiographic patterns of in-stent restenosis between sirolimus-and paclitaxel-eluting stent (Int J of Cardiology 120 (2007) 387-390)
• Comparison of Six-Month Angiographic and Three-Year Outcomes After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation Versus Brachytherapy for Bare Metal In-Stent Restenosis (Am J Cardiol 100 (2007) 425-430)
• Relationship Between Peripheral Monocytosis and Nonrecovery of Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Complicated With Acute myocardial Infarction (Circulation J 71(2007) 1219-1224)
• Effects of Triple Antiplatelet Therapy(Aspirin, Clopidogrel, and Cilostazol) On Platelet Aggregation and P-Selectin Expression in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Stent Implantation (Am J Cardiol 100 (2007) 610-614)
• Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation for Treatment of Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Lesions: Long-Term Outcome and Predictors of Adverse Cardiac Events (CCI 70 (2007) 368-373)
• Prognostic impact of preprocedural C reactive protein levels on 6-month angiographic and 1-year clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation (Heart 93 (2007) 1087-1092)
• Comparison of Virtual Histology to Intravascular Ultrasound of Culprit Coronary Lesions in Acute Coronary Syndrome and Target Coronary Lesions in Stable Angina Pectoris (Am J Cardiol 100 (2007) 953-959)
• Comparison of Triple Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation(from the DECLARE-Long Trial) (Am J Cardiol 100 (2007) 1103-1108)
• Long-Term Outcome of Simultaneous Kissing Stenting Technique With Sirolimus-Eluting Stent for Large Bifurcation Coronary Lesions (CCI 70 (2007) 840-846)
• Impact of Postprocedure minimum stent area on long-term results following abciximab-coated stent implantation; An intravascular ultrasound analysis (Int J of Cardiology 123 (2007) 23-28)
• Effect of Conventional Dose of Simvastatin on Plaque Regression and Vascular Remodeling in the Peristent Reference Segments of Normocholesterolemic Patients: A Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment (The Korean Circulation J 37 (2007) 483-488)

2006
• Predictors of Restenosis After Placement of Drug-Eluting Stents in One or More Coronary Arteries (Am J Cardiol 97 (2005) 506-511)
• Comparison of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent, Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent, and Bare Metal Stent in the Treatment of Long Coronary Lesions (CCI 67 (2006) 181-187)
• The Preventive Effect on In-Stent Restenosis of Overlapped Drug-Eluting Stents for Treating Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease (The Korean Circulation Journal 36 (2006) 17-23)
• Elevated Preprocedural High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels are Associated With Neointimal Hyperplasia and Restenosis Development After Successful Coronary Artery Stenting (Circulation J 69 (2005) 1477-1483)
• The Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Combination Therapy with AngiotensinII Type 1 Receptor Blockerand Simvastatin after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (The Korean Circulation Journal 35 (2005) 877-882)
• The Clinical Results of a Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Blocker (Abciximab: ReoPro)-Coated Stent in Acute Myocardial Infarction Thrombosis (J Am Coll Cardiol 47 (2006) 933-938)
• Comparison of the Effectiveness of Sirolimus - and Paclitaxel - Eluting Stents for Small Coronary Artery Lesions (CCI 67 (2006) 589-594)
• Safety and Efficacy with Drug-Eluting Stent in ST-Segment Elevation and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Clinical Cardiology 29 (2006) 199-203)
• The predictive factor of mortality and prognosis of cardiovascular patients admitted at coronary care unit (The Korean Journal of Medicine 70 (2006) 386-392)
• Comparison of Simple and Complex Stenting Techniques in the Treatment of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Stenosis (Am J Cardiol 97(2006) 1597-1601)
• Intravascular ultrasound predictors of angiographic restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation (European Heart Journal 27(2006) 1305-1310)
• Frequency of and Risk Factors for Stent Thrombosis After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation During Long-Term Follow-Up (Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 352-356)
• Usefulness of Follow-up Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level as an Independent Predictor of Changes of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Size as Determined by Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis After Statin(Atorvastatin or Simvastatin) Therapy (Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 866-870)
• Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes After Placement of Multiple Overlapping Drug-Eluting Stents in Diffuse Coronary Lesions (Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 918-922)
• The Effect of Alpha Lipoic Acid(Thioctacid HR) on Endothelial Function in Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients. (The Korean Circulation Journal 36 (2006) 559-564)
• Clinical Significance of Aortic Knob Width and Calcification in Unstable Angina (Circulation J 70 (2006) 1280-1283)
• Effect of Combination Therapy With Simvastatin and Carvedilol in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Complicated With Acute Myocardial Infarction Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Circulation J 70 (2006) 1269-1274)
• Comparison With Conventional Therapies of Repeated Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation for the Treatment of Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Restenosis (Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 1451-1454)
• Plaque ruptures in stable angina pectoris compared with acute coronary syndrome (Int J of Cardiology 114 (2007) 78-82)
• EuroSCORE as a Predictor of Death and Myocardial Infarction After Unprotected Left Main Coronary Stenting (Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 1567- 1570)
• Two-Year Follow-up of the Quantitative Angiographic and Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis After Nonpolymeric Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Implantation (J Am Coll Cariol 48 (2006) 2432-2439)
• Incidence and Predictors of Recurrent Restenosis Following Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents for In-Stent Restenosis (CCI 69 (2007) 104-108)

2005
• Comparison of Quantitative Angiographic Parameters with the Magnitude of Neointimal Hyperplasia Measured by Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound in Patients Treated with Bare Metal and Nonpolymeric Paclitaxel-Coated Stents (Am J Cardiol 95 (2005) 105-107)
• Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of Neointima Distribution and the Length of Stent that was free of Intravascular Ultrasound-Detectable Intimal Hyperplasia in Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents (Am J Cardiol 95 (2005) 107-109)
• Long-term outcomes after treatment of diffuse in-stent restenosis with rotational atherectomy followed by beta-radiation therapy with a 188Re- MGA3-filled balloon (Int J of Cardiology 99 (2005) 201-205)
• Randomized comparison of carbon ion-implanted stent versus bare metal stent in coronary artery disease: The Asian Pacific Multicenter Arthos Stent Study (PASS) trial (Am Heart J 149 (2005) 336-341)
• Two-Year Follow-Up Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis After Bare Metal Stent Implantation in 120 Lesions (CCI 65 (2005) 247-253)
• The Site of Plaque Rupture in Native Coronary Arteries A Three-Vessel Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis (J Am Coll Cardiol 46 (2005) 261-265)
• Comparison of angiographic and clinical outcomes between rotational atherectomy versus balloon angioplasty followed by radiation therapy with a rhenium-188-mercaptoacetyltriglycine -filled balloon in the treatment of diffuse in-stent restenosis (Int J of Cardiology 102 (2005) 179-185)
• Effectiveness of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation for the Treatment of Ostial Left Anterior Descending Artery Stenosis With Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance (J Am Coll Cardiol 46 (2005) 787-792)
• Comparison of angiographic and clinical outcomes between rotational atherectomy and cutting balloon angioplasty followed by radiation therapy with a rhenium 188-mercaptoacetyltriglycine-filled balloon in the treatment of diffuse in-stent restenosis (Am Heart J 150 (2005) 557-582)
• Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes in the Drug-Eluting Stents Era (Am J Cardiol 96 (2005) 1389-1392)
• Incidence and predictors of late recurrence after ¥â-radiation therapy with a 188Re-MGA3-filled balloon for diffuse in-stent restenosis (Am Heart J 151 (2005) 158-163)

2003-2004
• 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 42(2004) 806-810)
• Extra-stent vascular remodeling in in-stent restenosis after 188Re-MGA3 radiation therapy. (Int J Cardiol 92(2003) 201-205)
• Change of multiple complex coronary plaques in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A study with coronary angiography (Am Heart J 147 (2004) 281-286)
• Incidence, mechanism, predictors, and long-term prognosis of late stent malapposition after bare-metal stent implantation. (Circulation 109 (2004) 881-886)
• Bail-out Stenting for Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection during Catheter-Based Procedure: Acute and Long-term Results (Clinical Cardiology 27 (2004) 393-395)
• Comparison of Coronary Plaque Rupture Between Stable Angina and Acute Myocardial Infarction (Circulation 110 (2004) 928-933)
• Early and late clinical outcomes after primary stenting of the unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in the setting of acute myocardial infarction (Int J of Cardiology 97 (2004) 73-76)
• Late Intravascular Ultrasound Findings of Patients Treated with Brachytherapy for Diffuse in-stent Restenosis (CCI 63 (2004) 208-214)
• Randomized comparison of debulking followed by stenting versus stenting alone for ostial left anterior descending artery stenosis: Intravascular ultrasound guidance (Am Heart J 148 (2004) 663-669)