Eak Kyun Shin, MD

Case Report

Successful Management of a Resistant, Focal Calcified Lesion Following Direct Coronary Stenting With a Cutting Balloon

08/01/2008

Direct stenting is a feasible and safe technique, which may reduce the procedure time, cost and radiation exposure as well as result with less vessel injury. However, it is not suitable for coronary lesions with excessive calcification,...

Direct stenting is a feasible...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Severe Stenosis of an Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Originating from the Prox

08/01/2008

Woong Chol Kang , MD;

Tae Hoon Ahn , MD;

Eak Kyun Shin , MD;

An isolated, single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.03% to 0.4% and an uncommon finding (0.6% to 1.3%) in patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 In this report we describe a rare case of a patient who...

An isolated, single coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Acute Myocardial Infarction Caused By Late Stent Thrombosis after Deployment of a Paclitaxel-eluting Stent

08/01/2008

Woong Chol Kang , MD;

Tae Hoon Ahn , MD;

Seung-Hwan Han , MD;

Eak Kyun Shin , MD;

Kyung Rim Choi , MD;

Since the use of combined antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and thienopyridines, the incidence of stent thrombosis is uncommon. Moreover, late stent thrombosis (> 30 days after stent implantation) is extremely rare with bare metal stents...

Since the use of combined...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology