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Seung-Whan Lee

Seung-Whan Lee

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
25341
World Ranking
15124
National Ranking
56

Seung-Whan Lee publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seung-Whan Lee sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 769 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Seung-Whan Lee D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seung-Whan Lee sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Seung-Whan Lee is affiliated with the Asan Medical Center in South Korea and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work centers around several main topics, including:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Vascular Procedures and Complications

Seung-Whan Lee has contributed significantly to journals such as:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (10 publications)
  • Korean Circulation Journal (7 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (6 publications)
  • The American Journal of Cardiology (6 publications)
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (5 publications)

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Seung-Whan Lee include:

  • Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Triglyceride glucose index is a useful marker for predicting subclinical coronary artery disease in the absence of traditional risk factors, 2020, Lipids in Health and Disease
  • Three-Year Sustained Clinical Efficacy of Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty in a Real-World Femoropopliteal Cohort, 2020, Journal of Endovascular Therapy
  • Early left atrial venting versus conventional treatment for left ventricular decompression during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: The EVOLVE-ECMO randomized clinical trial, 2023, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Prediction of Coronary Stent Underexpansion by Pre-Procedural Intravascular Ultrasound-Based Deep Learning, 2021, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Pil Hyung Lee (68 joint publications)
  • Young-Hak Kim (51 joint publications)
  • Cheol Whan Lee (40 joint publications)
  • Seong-Wook Park (40 joint publications)
  • Do-Yoon Kang (38 joint publications)

This body of work reflects a sustained engagement with cardiovascular medical research, particularly in interventional cardiology, diagnostic imaging, and vascular therapies.

Best Publications

  • Randomized trial of stents versus bypass surgery for left main coronary artery disease.

    Seung Jung Park;Young Hak Kim;Duk Woo Park;Sung Cheol Yun

  • Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents

    Seung-Jung Park;Duk-Woo Park;Young-Hak Kim;Soo-Jin Kang

  • Stents versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

    Ki Bae Seung;Duk-Woo Park;Young-Hak Kim;Seung-Whan Lee

  • Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis: comparison with bare metal stent implantation.

    Seung Jung Park;Young Hak Kim;Bong Ki Lee;Seung Whan Lee

  • Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance on Long-Term Mortality in Stenting for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis

    Seung Jung Park;Young Hak Kim;Duk Woo Park;Seung Whan Lee

  • Trial of Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Coronary Disease

    Seung Jung Park;Jung Min Ahn;Young Hak Kim;Duk Woo Park

  • Comparison of coronary plaque rupture between stable angina and acute myocardial infarction: a three-vessel intravascular ultrasound study in 235 patients.

    Myeong Ki Hong;Gary S. Mintz;Cheol Whan Lee;Young Hak Kim

  • Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Global Expert Consensus Document

    Emmanouil S. Brilakis;Kambis Mashayekhi;Etsuo Tsuchikane;Nidal Abi Rafeh

  • Optical Coherence Tomographic Analysis of In-Stent Neoatherosclerosis After Drug–Eluting Stent Implantation

    Soo-Jin Kang;Gary S. Mintz;Takashi Akasaka;Duk-Woo Park

  • Randomized Trial of Stents Versus Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: 5-Year Outcomes of the PRECOMBAT Study.

    Jung Min Ahn;Jae Hyung Roh;Young Hak Kim;Duk Woo Park

  • Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Stenting Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: 5-Year Results From the MAIN-COMPARE (Revascularization for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Surgical Revascularization) Registry

    Duk Woo Park;Ki Bae Seung;Young Hak Kim;Jong Young Lee

  • Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Cheol Whan Lee;Jung Min Ahn;Duk Woo Park;Soo Jin Kang

  • Visual-Functional Mismatch Between Coronary Angiography and Fractional Flow Reserve

    Seung-Jung Park;Soo-Jin Kang;Jung-Min Ahn;Eun Bo Shim

  • Randomized Trial Evaluating Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion.

    Seung Whan Lee;Pil Hyung Lee;Jung Min Ahn;Duk Woo Park

  • Drug-Eluting Stenting Followed by Cilostazol Treatment Reduces Late Restenosis in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: The DECLARE-DIABETES Trial (A Randomized Comparison of Triple Antiplatelet Therapy With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Diabetic Patients)

    Seung Whan Lee;Seong Wook Park;Young Hak Kim;Sung Cheol Yun

  • Triple versus dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary stenting: Impact on stent thrombosis

    Seung Whan Lee;Seong Wook Park;Myeong Ki Hong;Young Hak Kim

  • Comprehensive Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of Stent Area and Its Impact on Restenosis and Adverse Cardiac Events in 403 Patients With Unprotected Left Main Disease

    Soo-Jin Kang;Jung-Min Ahn;Haegeun Song;Won-Jang Kim

  • Meta-analysis of outcomes after intravascular ultrasound-guided versus angiography-guided drug-eluting stent implantation in 26,503 patients enrolled in three randomized trials and 14 observational studies.

    Jung-Min Ahn;Soo-Jin Kang;Sung-Han Yoon;Hyun Woo Park

  • Randomized Comparison of Adjunctive Cilostazol Versus High Maintenance Dose Clopidogrel in Patients With High Post-Treatment Platelet Reactivity Results of the ACCEL-RESISTANCE (Adjunctive Cilostazol Versus High Maintenance Dose Clopidogrel in Patients With Clopidogrel Resistance) Randomized Study

    Young-Hoon Jeong;Seung-Whan Lee;Bong-Ryong Choi;In-Suk Kim

  • Validation of Intravascular Ultrasound–Derived Parameters With Fractional Flow Reserve for Assessment of Coronary Stenosis Severity

    Soo-Jin Kang;Jong-Young Lee;Jung-Min Ahn;Gary S. Mintz

Frequent Co-Authors

Young-Hak Kim
Young-Hak Kim Asan Medical Center
Duk-Woo Park
Duk-Woo Park University of Ulsan
Seung-Jung Park
Seung-Jung Park University of Ulsan
Cheol Whan Lee
Cheol Whan Lee Asan Medical Center
Jong-Young Lee
Jong-Young Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Seong Wook Park
Seong Wook Park University of Ulsan
Gary S. Mintz
Gary S. Mintz Columbia University Medical Center
Yangsoo Jang
Yangsoo Jang Yonsei University
Hyo-Soo Kim
Hyo-Soo Kim Seoul National University Hospital
Patrick W. Serruys
Patrick W. Serruys University of Galway

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