Pil‐Sung Yang

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Pil‐Sung Yang is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Pil‐Sung Yang has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 16 papers in Surgery and 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Pil‐Sung Yang's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (81 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (55 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (23 papers). Pil‐Sung Yang is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (81 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (55 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (23 papers). Pil‐Sung Yang collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United Kingdom and Denmark. Pil‐Sung Yang's co-authors include Boyoung Joung, Tae‐Hoon Kim, Hui‐Nam Pak, Moon‐Hyoung Lee, Jae‐Sun Uhm, Hee Tae Yu, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Eunsun Jang, Jong‐Youn Kim and Daehoon Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Pil‐Sung Yang

106 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Racial Differences in Bleeding Risk: An Ecological Epidemiological Study Comparing Korea and United Kingdom Subjects

2024 42 citations Pil‐Sung Yang, Daehoon Kim et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pil‐Sung Yang South Korea	31	2.4k	407	309	237	202	112	2.9k
Hee Tae Yu South Korea	34	2.9k 1.2×	562 1.4×	279 0.9×	202 0.9×	229 1.1×	233	4.0k
Jae‐Sun Uhm South Korea	38	4.7k 1.9×	501 1.2×	589 1.9×	495 2.1×	201 1.0×	306	5.2k
Jo‐Nan Liao Taiwan	31	2.7k 1.1×	512 1.3×	496 1.6×	218 0.9×	91 0.5×	176	3.1k
Ta‐Chuan Tuan Taiwan	45	5.4k 2.2×	771 1.9×	778 2.5×	382 1.6×	133 0.7×	197	5.8k
Brian G. Crandall United States	28	2.0k 0.8×	415 1.0×	112 0.4×	127 0.5×	138 0.7×	58	2.4k
J. Peter Weiss United States	28	2.0k 0.8×	398 1.0×	116 0.4×	136 0.6×	175 0.9×	72	2.3k
Kang-Ling Wang Taiwan	28	2.0k 0.8×	420 1.0×	289 0.9×	201 0.8×	79 0.4×	47	2.6k
Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi Netherlands	18	1.1k 0.5×	332 0.8×	476 1.5×	82 0.3×	98 0.5×	45	2.8k
John Graham Canada	22	802 0.3×	100 0.2×	219 0.7×	344 1.5×	100 0.5×	76	1.5k
Robert M. Clare United States	27	2.4k 1.0×	198 0.5×	168 0.5×	386 1.6×	88 0.4×	79	3.0k

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Yang, Pil‐Sung, Junhyung Kim, Ki‐Hun Kim, et al.. (2025). Cryoballoon Ablation for Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Results From the Korean Cryoballoon Registry. Korean Circulation Journal. 55(7). 614–614. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Pil‐Sung, Daehoon Kim, Chan‐Hee Lee, et al.. (2025). Sarcopenia in atrial fibrillation: a risk factor for adverse outcomes in a UK Biobank study. EP Europace. 27(12).

Norby, Faye L., Daehoon Kim, Eunsun Jang, et al.. (2025). Proteomic Signatures for Risk Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation. 152(4). 217–229. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Pil‐Sung, Eunsun Jang, Daehoon Kim, et al.. (2025). Metabolic Status and Atrioventricular Block Risk: The Role of Physical Activity. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 26(5). 37291–37291.

Kim, Daehoon, Seng Chan You, Eunsun Jang, et al.. (2024). European and US Guideline‐Based Statin Eligibility, Genetically Predicted Coronary Artery Disease, and the Risk of Major Coronary Events. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(9). e032831–e032831. 4 indexed citations

Ahn, Hyun Jin, Il‐Young Oh, Hyo‐Jeong Ahn, et al.. (2024). Association between body mass index and results of cryoballoon ablation in Korean patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the Korean Heart Rhythm Society Cryoablation registry. EP Europace. 26(5). 3 indexed citations

Kim, Daehoon, Tae‐Hoon Kim, Jae‐Sun Uhm, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence–derived electrocardiographic aging and risk of atrial fibrillation: a multi-national study. European Heart Journal. 46(9). 839–852. 8 indexed citations

Cha, Myung‐Jin, Chang Hee Kwon, Min Soo Cho, et al.. (2024). Long‐term clinical impact of early recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia after cryoballoon ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 35(8). 1614–1623. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Dongmin, Eunsun Jang, Daehoon Kim, et al.. (2023). Associations of high-normal blood pressure and impaired fasting glucose with atrial fibrillation. Heart. 109(12). 929–935. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Young‐Shin, Pil‐Sung Yang, Eunsun Jang, et al.. (2023). Association between Obesity and Heart Failure and Related Atrial Fibrillation: Patient-Level Data Comparisons of Two Cohort Studies. Yonsei Medical Journal. 65(1). 10–10. 2 indexed citations

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Kim, Daehoon, Pil‐Sung Yang, & Boyoung Joung. (2022). Optimal Rhythm Control Strategy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Korean Circulation Journal. 52(7). 496–496. 13 indexed citations

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Kim, Daehoon, Pil‐Sung Yang, Seng Chan You, et al.. (2022). Early Rhythm Control Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation in Low-Risk Patients. Annals of Internal Medicine. 175(10). 1356–1365. 13 indexed citations

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Sung, Jung‐Hoon, Daehoon Kim, Moo‐Nyun Jin, et al.. (2022). Association between exercise habit changes and mortality following a cardiovascular event. Heart. 108(24). 1945–1951. 6 indexed citations

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Kim, Daehoon, Pil‐Sung Yang, & Boyoung Joung. (2021). Prevention of Dementia in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Korean Circulation Journal. 51(4). 308–308. 7 indexed citations

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Kim, Daehoon, Pil‐Sung Yang, Seng Chan You, et al.. (2021). Treatment timing and the effects of rhythm control strategy in patients with atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study. BMJ. 373. n991–n991. 106 indexed citations

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Yang, Pil‐Sung, Se Hun Kang, Jae Youn Moon, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation patients with antiphospholipid syndrome: a nationwide cohort study. European Heart Journal. 41(Supplement_2). 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Pil‐Sung, et al.. (2019). The Burden and Risk Factors for Infection of Transvenous Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device: a Nationwide Cohort Study. Korean Circulation Journal. 49(8). 742–742. 4 indexed citations

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Uhm, Jae‐Sun, Jun Kim, Moo‐Nyun Jin, et al.. (2019). Radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory pathways at the site of prior valve surgery. Journal of Arrhythmia. 35(4). 645–653. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Hee Tae, Pil‐Sung Yang, Jinseub Hwang, et al.. (2019). Social Inequalities of Oral Anticoagulation after the Introduction of Non-Vitamin K Antagonists in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Korean Circulation Journal. 50(3). 267–267. 14 indexed citations

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Uhm, Jae‐Sun, Jong‐Il Choi, Yong‐Soo Baek, et al.. (2018). Electrophysiological features and radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia in patients with persistent left superior vena cava. Heart Rhythm. 15(11). 1634–1641. 12 indexed citations

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