Dr. Min Kyung Kim

Minkyung Kim, M.D., is Cardiology consultant of Cardiovascular Center.

Major areas of interests are Coronary artery disease, Heart failure, Dyslipidemia and Hypertension.

She has overall 12 years of professional experience.

After receiving medical degree from Seoul National University College of Medicine, she had 4 years of residency and fellowship training in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.

Areas of Interest

• Ischemic heart disease, Interventional
• Dyslipidemia
• Hypertension
• Heart failure

Education

• MD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• MPH, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Specialty Training

Fellowship

Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Residency

Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Internship

Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Working Experience

• Consultant and Representative, Department of Cardiology, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, RAK, UAE
• Deputy Chair of Cardiovascular Center, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital, RAK, UAE
• Clinical Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Academic Activities

Publication

• Sang-Hyun Kim, Min-Kyung Kim(co-first), et al. Efficacy and Safety of Morning Versus Evening Intake of Simvastatin Controlled-Release (CR) Tablets in Patients With Hyperlipidemia: A Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter Phase 3 Trial. Clinical Therapeutics. 2013;35:1350-1360.
• Kang HJ, Kim MK(co-first), Lee HY, Park KW, Lee W, Cho YS, Koo BK, Choi DJ, Park YB, Kim HS. Five-year results of intracoronary infusion of the mobilized peripheral blood stem cells by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in patients with myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J. 2012;33(24):3062-9.
• Sang-Hyun Kim, Min-Kyung Kim(co-first), Hae-Young Lee, Hyun-Jae Kang, Yong-Jin Kim, Byung-Joo Park, and Hyo-Soo Kim. Efficacy and Tolerability of a New Extended-Release Formulation of Nicotinic Acid in Korean Adults With Mixed Dyslipidemia: An 8-Week, Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Trial. Clinical Therapeutics. 2011.
• Sang-Hyun Kim, Min-Kyung Kim(co-first), Hae-Young Lee, Hyun-Jae Kang, Yong-Jin Kim, Hyo-Soo Kim. Prospective randomized comparison between omega-3 fatty acid supplements plus simvastatin versus simvastatin alone in Korean patients with mixed dyslipidemia: lipoprotein profiles and heart rate variability. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011.
• Hyun-Jae Kang, Min-Kyung Kim(co-first), Myung-Gon Kim, Dong-Ju Choi, Jung-Han Yoon, Young-Bae Park, Hyo-Soo Kim. A multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of intracoronary cell infusion mobilized with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and darbepoetin after acute myocardial infarction: study design and rationale of the ‘'MAGIC cell-5-combination cytokine trial’. Trials. 2011.
• Kim MK, Chung WY, Cho YS, Choi SI, Chae IH, Choi DJ, Park YB. Serum N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels at the time of hospital admission predict of microvascular obstructions after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 2010.
• Yoon JW, Jung CH, Kim MK, Park HE, Park KS, Jang HC, Moon MK, Choi SY, Koo BK. Influence of the definition of "metabolically healthy obesity" on the progression of coronary artery calcification. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 2;12(6):e0178741.
• Park HE, Kwak MS, Kim D, Kim MK, Cha MJ, Choi SY. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Is Associated With Coronary Artery Calcification Development: A Longitudinal Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Aug;101(8):3134-43.
• Lee Kyung Kim, Ji Won Yoon, Dong-Hwa Lee, Kyoung Min Kim, Sung Hee Choi, Kyong Soo Park, Hak Chul Jang, Min-Kyung Kim, Hyo Eun Park, Su-Yeon Choi, and Soo Lim. Impact of metabolic syndrome on the progression of coronary calcium and of coronary artery disease assessed by repeated cardiac computed tomography scans. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2016; 15: 92.
• Han D, Ó Hartaigh B, Gransar H, Yoon JH, Kim KJ, Kim MK, Choi SY, Sung J, Chang HJ. Incremental Benefit of Coronary Artery Calcium Score Above Traditional Risk Factors for All-Cause Mortality in Asymptomatic Korean Adults. Circ J. 2015 Oct 23;79(11):2445-51.
• Goh Eun Chung, Su-Yeon Choi,Donghee Kim, Min-Sun Kwak, Hyo Eun Park, Min-Kyung Kim, Jeong Yoon Yim. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as a Risk Factor of Arterial Stiffness Measured by the Cardioankle Vascular Index. Medicine. 2015;94(12):e654.
• Park HE, Choi SY, Kim M. Association of epicardial fat with left ventricular diastolic function in subjects with metabolic syndrome: assessment using 2-dimensional echocardiography. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2014 Jan 9;14:3.
• Kim H, Kim HJ, Shin N, Han M, Park H, Kim M, Kwon H, Choi SY, Heo NJ. Visceral obesity is associated with microalbuminuria in nondiabetic Asians. Hypertens Res. 2014 Jul;37(7):679-84.
• Park JB, Park HE, Choi SY, Kim MK, Oh BH. Relation between cardio-ankle vascular index and coronary artery calcification or stenosis in asymptomatic subjects. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2013;20(6):557-67
• Kang HJ, Yoon EJ, Lee EJ, Kim MK, Seo JW, Park KW, Lee HY, Park KU, Cho YS, Koo BK, Chae IH, Choi DJ, Han KS, Kim HS, Park YB. Co-treatment with darbepoetin and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor is efficient to recruit pro-angiogenic cell populations in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Cell Transplantation. 2012 Mar 22. [Epub ahead of print]
• Park HE, Choi SY, Kim HS, Kim MK, Cho SH, Oh BH. Epicardial Fat Reflects Arterial Stiffness: Assessment Using 256Slice Multidetector Coronary Computed Tomography and Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2012 Jun 28;19(6):570-6. Epub 2012 Apr 4.
• Choi SY, Park HE, Kim MK, Shin CS, Cho SH, Oh BH. Difference between calculated and direct-measured low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in subjects with diabetes mellitus or taking lipid-lowering medications. J Clin Lipidol. 2012 Mar-Apr;6(2):114-20. Epub 2011 Dec 23.
• Hyo Eun Park, Min-Kyung Kim, Su-Yeon Choi, Whal Lee, Chan Soo Shin, Sang-Heon Cho and Byung-Hee Oh. The prevalence and distribution of coronary artery calcium in asymptomatic Korean population. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging. 2011.
• Su-Yeon Choi, Donghee Kim, Byung-Hee Oh, Minkyung Kim, Hyo Eun Park, Chang-Hyun Lee, Sang-Heon Cho. General and abdominal obesity and abdominal visceral fat accumulation associated with coronary artery calcification in Korean men. Atherosclerosis. 2010.
• Kim DH, Kim HK, Kim MK, Chang SA, Kim YJ, Kim MA, Sohn DW, Oh BH, Park YB Velocity Vector Imaging in the Measurement of Left Ventricular Twist Mechanics: Head-to-Head One Way Comparison Between Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and Velocity Vector Imaging. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2009.
• Hack-Lyoung Kim, Goh-Eun Chung, Min-Kyung Kim, Hee-Suk Min, Young-Seok Cho, Dong-Joo Choi, Woo-Young Chung. Successful Stenting to Coronary Artery Compressed By Lymphoma Invasion. Clinical cardiology. 2009.