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  KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, Seoul, South Korea
Ph.D. in Cardiology, 2005
~ Advisor: Professor Young Moo Ro, MD, PhD, FACC.
~ Dissertation: "Freqeuncy and Wave Front Dynamics of Canine Atrial Fibrillation under Vagal Nerve Stimulation"
Master of Internal Medicine, 2002
~ Advisor: Professor Young-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD, FACC.
~ Dissertation: “Incidence of Organized Activtion during Chronic Atrial Fibrillation is Related to Electrical Remodeling and Predicts the Efficacy of Electrical Cardioversion”

OREA UNIVERSITY MEDCAL SCHOOL, Seoul, South Korea
M.D. in Internal Medicine, 1995
 
 

Clinical Electrophysiology
KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, 2003-2005
Received clinical cardiology fellowship training for general cardiology (non-invasive cardiology, echocardiography, and interventional cardiology) and electrophysiology.

Research
KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, 2004-present
Conducted animal experiment about sustaining mechanism of acute atrial fibrillation under the vagal stimulation using three dimensional mapping system (ESI 3000)

KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, 1999-2000
Studied basic cardiac physiology and pathophysiology and had an experience of animal experiments about arrhythmogenesis in vitro model.

Postgraduate training
KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Seoul, South Korea
DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY
Clinical assistant professor, 2005-present

KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Seoul, South Korea
DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY
Clinical fellow, 2003-2004

KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Seoul, South Korea
DIVISION OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Resident, March 1996-February 2000

KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Seoul, South Korea
Internship, March 1995-February 1996
 

2003 - Present, KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Seoul, South Korea Division of Cardiology
Cardiology Fellow

2000 - 2003, ARMED FORCED CAPITAL HOSPITAL
Division of EP Cardiology
Chief Officer of Cardiology
2004~Present, KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, Seoul, Korea
Division of EP Cardiology
Assistant Professor (Faculty Member)

2003 ~ 2004, KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, Seoul, Korea
Division of EP Cardiology
Clinical Associate Professor

2001-2003, CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY
Research fellow,

1999 - 2001, KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, Seoul, South Korea
Division of Cardiology
Cardiology Fellow

1997 - 1999, 2ND DIVISION OF KOREAN MARINE CORPS
Medical Support Unit
Chief Medical Officer (discharded as leutenant commander)

1996 - 1997, 2ND DIVISION OF KOREAN MARINE CORPS
Medical Support Unit
Medical Officer in Department of Internal Medicine

 
 
 
 
   
  Peer Reviewed Papers(SCI)
1. Lim HE, Shim WJ, Rhee H, Kim SM, Hwang GS, Kim YH, Seo HS, Oh DJ, Ro YM. Assessment of coronary flow reserve with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: comparison among adenosine, standard-dose dipyridamole, and high-dose dipyridamole. J Am Soc Echocardiography. 2000 Apr;13(4):264-70.

2. Kim SM, Shim WJ, Lim HE, Hwang GS, Song WH, Lim DS, Kim YH, Seo HS, Oh DJ, Ro YM. Assessment of coronary flow reserve with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: comparison with intracoronary Doppler method. J Korean Med Sci. 2000 Apr;15(2):139-45.

3. Lim HE, Park CG, Shin SH, Ahn JC, Seo HS, Oh DJ. Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity as an Independent Marker of Coronary Artery Disease. Blood Pressure 2004;13:369-375.

4. Pak HN, Lim HE, Kim YH. Atrial tachycardia originating from the coronary sinus ostium dissociated with fibrillatory activity inside persistent left superior vena cava. Heart Rhythm. 2005 Mar;2(3):333.

5. Park SM, Seo HS, Lim HE, Shin SH, Park CG, Oh DJ, Ro YM. Assessment of arterial stiffness index as a clinical parameter for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Circ J. 2005;69(10):1218-22.

6. Lim HE, Pak HN, Shin SH, Cho SB, Sun K, Kim YH. Collagen plug device-related femoral artery complication visualized by femoral angiography. Int J Cardiol. 2006;4;106:128-129.

7. Lim HE, Pak HN, Kim YH. Acute myocarditis associated with cardiac amyloidosis manifesting as transient complete atrioventricular block and slow ventricular tachycardia. Int J Cardiol. 2006;24;109(3):395-7.

8. Pak HN, Kim YH, Lim HE, Chou CC, Miyauchi Y, Fang YH, Sun K, Hwang C, Chen PS. Role of the posterior papillary muscle and purkinje potentials in the mechanism of ventricular fibrillation in open chest dogs and Swine: effects of catheter ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006 Jul;17(7):777-83.

9. Lim HE, Pak HN, Shim WJ, Ro YM, Kim YH. Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia associated with isolated ventricular noncompaction. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2006 Jul;29(7):797-9.

10. Pak HN, Hwang C, Lim HE, Kim JW, Lee HS, Kim YH. Electroanatomic characteristics of atrial premature beats triggering atrial fibrillation in patients with persistent versus paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006 Aug;17(8):818-24.

11. Lim HE, Pak HN, Jung HC, Kim JS, Shim WJ, Kim YH. Electrocardiographic manifestations of cardiac metastasis in lung cancer. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2006 Sep;29(9):1019-21.

12. Kim YH, Lim HE, Pak HN. Use of three-dimensional mapping systems in the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2006 Dec;17 Suppl 3:S16-22.

13. Kim EJ, Park CG, Park JS, Suh SY, Choi CU, Kim JW, Kim SH, Lim HE, Rha SW, Seo HS, Oh DJ. Relationship between blood pressure parameters and pulse wave velocity in normotensive and hypertensive subjects: invasive study. J Hum Hypertens. 2007 Feb;21(2):141-8.

14. Lim HE, Pak HN, Ahn JC, Song WH, Kim YH. Torsade de pointes induced by short-term oral amiodarone therapy. Europace. 2006 Dec;8(12):1051-3.

15. Lee KH, Kim SH, Lim HE, Kim EJ, Kim MK, Park WJ, Cho GY. Effectiveness of intravenous administration of nicorandil in a patient with variant angina refractory to continuous intravenous nitroglycerin. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Aug 9;120(1):e9-12.

16. Lim HE, Lee YH, Ahn JC. Wegener's granulomatosis with progressive conduction disturbances and atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2007 Jul;93(7):777.

17. Pak HN, Hwang C, Lim HE, Kim JS, Kim YH. Hybrid epicardial and endocardial ablation of persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation: a new approach for difficult cases. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Aug;18(9):917-23.

18. Park MY, Shin JS, Park HR, Lim HE, Ahn JC, Song WH. Papillary fibroelastoma of the pulmonary valve. Heart Vessels. 2007 Jul;22(4):284-6.

19. Park MY, Shin SH, Oh WJ, Lim HE, Pak HN, Lim do S, Kim YH, Ro YM, Shim WJ. Prognostic implication of the left atrial appendage mechanical reserve after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. Circ J. 2008 Feb;72(2):256-61.

20. Pak HN, Kim JS, Shin SY, Lee HS, Choi JI, Lim HE, Hwang C, Kim YH. Is empirical four pulmonary vein isolation necessary for focally triggered paroxysmal atrial fibrillation? Comparison of selective pulmonary vein isolation versus empirical four pulmonary vein isolation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 May;19(5):473-9.
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