Soongu Kwak

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Soongu Kwak is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Soongu Kwak has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Soongu Kwak's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (14 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (8 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (6 papers). Soongu Kwak is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (14 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (8 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (6 papers). Soongu Kwak collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Ethiopia. Soongu Kwak's co-authors include Jin Yun Chen, Barish B. Poole, Ronny Drapkin, Anders Öhman, Sunita R. Setlur, Michelle S. Hirsch, Alison M. Karst, Gregory A. Wyant, Jonathan G. Bijron and Daniela M. Dinulescu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Soongu Kwak

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Transformation of the Fallopian Tube Secretory Epithelium Leads to High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer in Brca;Tp53;Pten Models

2013 402 citations Ruth Perets, Gregory A. Wyant et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Soongu Kwak South Korea	17	268	249	232	145	121	40	1.2k
Hiroshi Kajiwara Japan	24	358 1.3×	163 0.7×	64 0.3×	379 2.6×	191 1.6×	131	1.7k
Jianqi Wang China	14	305 1.1×	32 0.1×	107 0.5×	272 1.9×	67 0.6×	54	1.1k
Kaijuan Wang China	24	862 3.2×	73 0.3×	93 0.4×	249 1.7×	120 1.0×	105	2.0k
Jinbao Qin China	26	452 1.7×	87 0.3×	148 0.6×	48 0.3×	388 3.2×	78	2.0k
Manabu Matsumoto Japan	19	315 1.2×	21 0.1×	64 0.3×	363 2.5×	51 0.4×	113	1.2k
Xiaobing Cheng China	20	247 0.9×	68 0.3×	37 0.2×	42 0.3×	135 1.1×	65	1.2k
Yu‐Chen Huang Taiwan	22	442 1.6×	24 0.1×	30 0.1×	278 1.9×	52 0.4×	54	1.4k
Masaru Mukai Japan	21	306 1.1×	17 0.1×	45 0.2×	289 2.0×	86 0.7×	88	1.5k
Yong Wei China	22	609 2.3×	13 0.1×	62 0.3×	157 1.1×	90 0.7×	116	1.7k
Ilkka Kaartinen Finland	16	144 0.5×	21 0.1×	52 0.2×	247 1.7×	80 0.7×	47	1.6k

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Kwak, Soongu, Jihoon Kim, Chan Soon Park, et al.. (2025). Integrated Use of Late Gadolinium Enhancement and Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. JACC Asia. 6(2). 193–205.

Kwak, Soongu, Jihoon Kim, Chan Soon Park, et al.. (2025). Prognostic Implication of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Coexisting Hypertension. Korean Circulation Journal. 55(7). 584–584. 1 indexed citations

Lim, Jaehyun, Jae Yeong Cho, Soongu Kwak, et al.. (2025). Real-World Experience of Mavacamten for Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in South Korea: A Prospective Multi-Center Observational Study. Korean Circulation Journal. 55(4). 339–339. 5 indexed citations

Lim, Jaehyun, Hyun‐Jung Lee, Soongu Kwak, et al.. (2025). Clinical outcomes according to the average daily dose of sacubitril/valsartan: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study. Clinical Research in Cardiology.

Park, Chan Soon, Jiesuck Park, Soongu Kwak, et al.. (2024). Characteristics, Predictors, and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction According to a 1‐Year Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Following Sacubitril/Valsartan Treatment. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(21). e036763–e036763. 2 indexed citations

Kwak, Soongu, et al.. (2024). Isolated severe mitral stenosis as an uncommon manifestation of cardiac amyloidosis. PubMed. 32(1). 17–17. 1 indexed citations

Lim, Jaehyun, Soongu Kwak, You‐Jung Choi, et al.. (2024). Differing Efficacy of Dapagliflozin Versus Empagliflozin on the Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Real‐World Observation Using a Nationwide, Population‐Based Cohort. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(3). e030552–e030552. 13 indexed citations

Kwak, Soongu, Chan Soon Park, Hyun‐Jung Lee, et al.. (2024). Distinct Phenotypic Groups and Related Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(20). e036245–e036245. 5 indexed citations

Moon, Inki, Soongu Kwak, Minkwan Kim, et al.. (2024). Assessment of right ventricular systolic function using speckle tracking strain imaging in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation: a validation study with cardiac magnetic resonance. PubMed. 32(1). 22–22. 2 indexed citations

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Kwak, Soongu, Jaehyun Lim, Seokhun Yang, et al.. (2023). Atrial Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 16(5). 575–587. 18 indexed citations

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Kwak, Soongu, Seung‐Ah Lee, Jaehyun Lim, et al.. (2023). Data-driven mortality risk prediction of severe degenerative mitral regurgitation patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 24(9). 1156–1165. 3 indexed citations

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Kwak, Soongu, Hyun‐Jung Lee, Seung Yeon Kim, et al.. (2023). Machine learning reveals sex-specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9364–9364. 6 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyun‐Jung, Hyung‐Kwan Kim, Bong‐Seong Kim, et al.. (2023). Sacubitril/valsartan and the risk of incident dementia in heart failure: a nationwide propensity-matched cohort study. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 113(6). 875–883. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Seokhun, Soongu Kwak, Seung Seok Han, et al.. (2022). Association of Longitudinal Trajectories of Insulin Resistance With Adverse Renal Outcomes. Diabetes Care. 45(5). 1268–1275. 17 indexed citations

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Kwak, Soongu, Seung‐Ah Lee, Seung‐Ah Lee, et al.. (2022). Long-term outcomes in distinct phenogroups of patients with primary mitral regurgitation undergoing valve surgery. Heart. 109(4). 305–313. 8 indexed citations

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Kwak, Soongu, In‐Chang Hwang, Jin Joo Park, et al.. (2021). Sex-specific impact of diabetes mellitus on left ventricular systolic function and prognosis in heart failure. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 11664–11664. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐Pyo, Sohyun Park, Soongu Kwak, et al.. (2020). Pittsburgh B Compound Positron Emission Tomography in Patients With AL Cardiac Amyloidosis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(4). 380–390. 42 indexed citations

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Kwak, Soongu, You‐Jung Choi, Soonil Kwon, et al.. (2020). De novo malignancy risk in patients undergoing the first percutaneous coronary intervention: A nationwide population-based cohort study. International Journal of Cardiology. 313. 25–31. 9 indexed citations

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Kwak, Soongu, et al.. (2017). Biomimetic Enamel Regeneration Mediated by Leucine-Rich Amelogenin Peptide. Journal of Dental Research. 96(5). 524–530. 59 indexed citations

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Perets, Ruth, Gregory A. Wyant, Katherine W. Muto, et al.. (2013). Transformation of the Fallopian Tube Secretory Epithelium Leads to High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer in Brca;Tp53;Pten Models. Cancer Cell. 24(6). 751–765. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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