Myung Yong Lee

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  Article: Management of a remnant electrode in a patient with cardioverter-defibrillator infection after refusal of intravascular electrode removal.

  Sunghwahn Hahn, Jihwan Kim, Jung Hyun Choi, Seong-Hoon Lim, Tae Soo Kang, Byoung Eun Park, Myung-Yong Lee
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  ABSTRACT: Treatments of choice for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are the removal of the entire CIED system, control of infection, and new device implantation. Occasionally, a complete CIED removal can not be performed for several reasons, such as very old age, severe comobidity, limited life expectancy, or refusal by a patient. We encountered a male patient who developed traumatic CIED infection five years after cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. An intravenous electrode could not be removed by a simple transvenous extraction procedure, and he refused surgical removal of the remnant electrode. After control of local infection, the tips of the electrode were separated and buried between muscles, and the wound was closed with a local flap. CIED infection did not recur for 12 months even without relying on long-term antimicrobial treatment.
  Korean Circulation Journal 01/2011; 41(1):46-50.
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  Article: Early detection of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  Won Sang Yoo, Hee Jin Kim, Dohee Kim, Myung Yong Lee, Hyun-Kyung Chung
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  ABSTRACT: In type 2 diabetic patients, coronary artery disease (CAD) is usually detected at an advanced stage due to a lack of symptoms. The aim of this study was to define which clinical parameters or non-invasive tests predict CAD in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients. One hundred fourteen asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients were divided into two groups based on the number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (group A>or=2, group B<or=1). Treadmill exercise ECG tests (TMT) were conducted in all cases, and coronary artery angiography was performed on TMT-positive patients. Clinical parameters, diabetic status, and coronary angiographic findings were analyzed. The prevalence of CAD was 41.0% in group A and 16.7% in group B. The number of risk factors was significantly correlated with the prevalence of CAD, but not with the severity of CAD. Multivariate analysis showed that family history of CAD (odds ratio [OR]=9.41; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.60-55.49) and diabetes duration>or=10 years (OR=3.28; 95% CI, 1.29-8.84) were independent CAD risk factors in asymptomatic patients. We recommend a routine screening for CAD in type 2 diabetic patients who have a longer (>or=10 years) diabetic duration or a family history of CAD, even if they are asymptomatic for CAD.
  The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 09/2009; 24(3):183-9.