Publications by authors named "Young Keun On"

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  • - The K-REDEFINE study examined Heart Rate Turbulence (HRT) and T-wave alternans (TWA) as potential markers for predicting serious heart conditions in South Korean patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) or heart failure (HF).
  • - The results showed that abnormal HRT was a strong predictor of adverse cardiac events, including cardiac death and hospitalizations due to heart failure, with a particularly high predictive value when combined with a reduced ejection fraction.
  • - In contrast, abnormal TWA was only associated with the overall risk of cardiac events and did not show as strong a predictive capability as HRT in this study.
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  • - The study compared the effectiveness of non-ablation therapy (medical treatment) and ablation therapy (surgical intervention) in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) who didn’t respond to electrical cardioversion (ECV) between 2017 and 2023.
  • - Out of 125 patients analyzed, those who underwent ablation therapy showed significantly better AF-free survival rates compared to those on non-ablation therapy, indicating that ablation may be the preferable treatment after unsuccessful ECV.
  • - Predictors of AF recurrence included longer AF duration, lower body mass index (BMI), and the presence of diabetes, but the method of ablation (catheter vs. thoracoscopic) did not significantly affect
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  • The study aimed to determine if analyzing multiple ECGs over time could better predict new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) compared to looking at a single ECG.
  • Researchers developed and compared two machine learning models (single ECG vs. serial ECG) using data from over 415,000 ECGs of nearly 176,000 patients.
  • The results showed the serial ECG model significantly outperformed the single ECG model in predicting AF, with improvements in sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and other performance metrics; key ECG parameters like P-wave duration and amplitude were important for future AF prediction.
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  • The study analyzes the impact of premature ventricular complex (PVC) burden on clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using 24-hour Holter monitoring data.
  • Out of 4,834 non-valvular AF patients, 58.6% had at least one PVC, with 2.5% showing a PVC burden over 10%, which correlated with worse heart function and higher risks of ischemic stroke and heart failure admission.
  • Despite these findings, there was no significant difference in cardiac death rates between those with high and low PVC burdens, highlighting the importance of monitoring PVCs to predict stroke and heart failure risks in patients with AF.
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Background And Objectives: Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common atrial arrhythmia (AA), is an increasing healthcare burden in Korea. The objective of this sub-analysis of the Cryo Global Registry was to evaluate long-term efficacy, symptom burden, quality of life (QoL), and healthcare utilization outcomes and factors associated with AA recurrence in Korean patients treated with cryoballoon ablation (CBA).

Methods: Patients were treated and followed up according to local standard-of-care in 3 Korean hospitals.

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Background: Data on off-label reduced dose risk among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who qualify for a single-dose reduction of apixaban is scarce.

Objectives: We prospectively assessed apixaban dosing and clinical characteristics in AF patients meeting a dose reduction criterion.

Methods: The multicentre, prospective cohort study, the efficAcy and Safety of aPixaban In REal-world practice in Korean frail patients with AF (ASPIRE), encompasses patients with AF who met the criteria for a single-dose reduction of apixaban and were given varying doses of apixaban, either the on-label standard dose or the off-label reduced dose.

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Background And Objectives: Optimal anticoagulation in very elderly patients is challenging due to the high risk of anticoagulant-induced bleeding. The aim of this study was to assess outcomes of on-label reduced-dose edoxaban (30 mg) in very elderly patients who had additional risk factors for bleeding.

Methods: This was a multi-center, prospective, non-interventional observational study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of on-label reduced-dose edoxaban in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients 80 years of age or older and who had more than 1 risk factor for bleeding.

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Background: In the Rivaroxaban Once-daily oral direct factor Xa inhibition Compared with vitamin K antagonism for prevention of stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF) trial, rivaroxaban 20 mg was the on-label dose, and the dose-reduction criterion for rivaroxaban was a creatinine clearance of < 50 mL/min. Some Asian countries are using reduced doses label according to the J-ROCKET AF trial. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of a high-dose rivaroxaban regimen (HDRR, 20/15 mg) and low-dose rivaroxaban regimen (LDRR, 15/10 mg) among elderly East Asian patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in real-world practice.

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Aims: Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is a disease in which the cause of ventricular fibrillation cannot be identified despite comprehensive clinical evaluation. This study aimed to investigate the clinical yield and implications of genetic testing for IVF.

Methods And Results: This study was based on the multi-centre inherited arrhythmia syndrome registry in South Korea from 2014 to 2017.

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Background/aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia and is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is important to identify and control the modifiable risk factors of AF. We aimed to examine the association of exercise capacity with the risk of incident AF within 3 years in healthy subjects.

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Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of totally thoracoscopic ablation (TTA) in patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA).

Methods: From February 2012 to May 2020, 460 patients who underwent TTA were classified into two groups: CA (presence of RFCA history, n = 74) and nCA groups (absence of RFCA history, n = 386). Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) analyses were used to adjust for confounders.

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Heart rate turbulence (HRT) and T-wave alternans (TWA), non-invasive markers of cardiac autonomic dysfunction, and ventricular repolarization abnormality, reportedly, predict the risk of cardiovascular death after myocardial infarction. We investigated whether pre-operative assessment of HRT and/or TWA could predict long-term mortality following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. From May 2010 to December 2017, patients undergoing elective CABG and receiving 24 h ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring 1 to 5 days prior to CABG surgery were prospectively enrolled.

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Background: The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the predominant site of thrombus formation in atrial fibrillation (AF), which is associated with ischemic stroke. This study comparatively evaluated the complete LAA closure rates between LAA clipping and stapled resections.

Methods: The study included 333 patients who underwent thoracoscopic operation with both preoperative and postoperative computed tomographic scans.

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Background: The association between bundle branch block (BBB) and recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after catheter ablation is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether AF combined with BBB is associated with AF recurrence after catheter ablation.

Methods: A total of 477 consecutive AF patients who underwent catheter ablation were included.

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Background And Objectives: Inherited arrhythmia (IA) is a more common cause of sudden cardiac death in Asian population, but little is known about the genetic background of Asian IA probands. We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and analyze the genetic underpinnings of IA in a Korean cohort.

Methods: This study was conducted in a multicenter cohort of the Korean IA Registry from 2014 to 2017.

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Study Objective: The emergence profiles in patients undergoing total intravenous anesthesia with either propofol or remimazolam with flumazenil reversal were compared.

Design: A prospective, double-blind, randomized trial.

Setting: An operating room and a post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).

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Background: Cryoballoon ablation is a well-established anatomical approach for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Although widely adopted, regional variations in standards of care have not been well characterized.

Methods: Patients with AF were enrolled in the Cryo Global Registry (NCT02752737) from May 2016 to Sept 2021 at 128 sites in 37 countries and treated with cryoballoon ablation according to local clinical practice.

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Aims: Limited data are available regarding the efficacy of thoracoscopic ablation as the first procedure for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). We sought to compare the long-term efficacy of thoracoscopic ablation vs. radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation as the first procedure for persistent AF.

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The mechanism of premature ventricular complexes (PVC) occurring in the ventricular outflow tract (OT) is related to an intracellular calcium overload and delayed afterdepolarizations that lead to triggered activity. The guidelines recommend using beta-blockers and flecainide for idiopathic PVCs, but they also acknowledge the limited evidence supporting this recommendation. We conducted a multicenter, randomized, open-label pilot study comparing the effect of carvedilol and flecainide on OT PVC, which are widely used to treat this arrhythmia.

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Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. Totally thoracoscopic ablation (TTA) is a surgical treatment showing a high success rate as a hybrid procedure with radiofrequency catheter ablation to control AF. This study compared the early complications of warfarin and non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in patients who underwent TTA.

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Background: Young atrial fibrillation (AF) patients have been underrepresented in studies of radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) and the outcome of RFCA has not been widely addressed. We investigated age-related differences in clinical features, the recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia, and its predictors of patients who underwent RFCA for AF.

Methods: This is a multicenter prospective study of 2799 patients who underwent RFCA for AF in 2017-2020.

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Background: Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are effective in preventing thromboembolisms and reduce the risk of bleeding compared with warfarin. There are few reports on the outcomes of on-label reduced-dose NOACs. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of on-label reduced-dose edoxaban in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

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Background: Cryoballoon ablation (CBA) is an effective first-line treatment for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF), as recently demonstrated by three randomized trials. This sub-analysis of the Cryo Global Registry aims to examine current clinical practices of first-line CBA.

Methods: AF patients treated with first-line CBA were compared to CBA in antiarrhythmic drug (AAD)-refractory patients at 12 months.

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Background And Objectives: Cryoballoon catheter ablation for the treatment of patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) has been adopted globally, but there are limited multicenter reports of 12-month outcomes in the Korean patient population. This analysis evaluated the clinical performance and safety of cryoballoon ablation (CBA) according to standard-of-care practices in Korea.

Methods: This evaluation of Korean patients with AF was conducted within the larger Cryo Global Registry, which is a prospective, multicenter, post-market registry.

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