Pre-assistant Professorship Publications:
1. Hang C, Sullebarger T: Patent ductus arteriosus presenting in old age. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 1993;28:228-230.
2. Kim C, Fan M, Kelly P, Himura Y, Delehanty J, Hang C, Liang C: Isoform-specific regulation of myocardial Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit in congestive heart failure, role of norepinephrine. Circulation 1994,89:313-320.
3. Liang C, Hang C.: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with intact interventricular septum: Diagnosis by Echocardiography. J Formosan Med Asso 1996;95:940-942.
4. Yip H, Wu C, Hang C, Fu M, Hung J. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the right coronary artery having an anomalous origin: two cases reports. Chang Gung Med J 1997; 20:304-308
5. Hang C, Chen M, Wu B, Wu C, Chua S, Fu M.: Short- and long-term outcomes after percutanoeus transluminal coronary angioplasty in chronic hemodialysis patients. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 1999;47:430-433.
6. Hang C, Fu M, Chua S, Yip H, Chang W, Yeh K. Fracture of a reused balloon catheter during coronary angioplasty. Acta Cardiol Sin 1999;15:156-160.
7. Lin S, Hang C, Fu M. Direct angioplasty of totally occluded left main coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: report of two cases and literature review. The Chang Gung Med J 2000;23:224-229. (correspondence)
8. Liang C, Hang C. Elongation of the aorta and multiple cardiovascular abnormalities associated with Larsen Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol 2001;22:245-246.
9. Yip H, Wu C, Chang H, Chen M, Hang C, Fang C, Hsieh Y, Yang C, Yeh K, Fu M: Comparison of impact of primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and primary stenting on short-term mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock and evaluation of prognostic determinants. Am J Cardiol 2001;87:1184-1188
10. Yip H, Wu C, Yeh K, Hang C, Fang C, Hsieh Y, Fu M. Unusual complication of retrograde dissection to the coronary sinus of valsalva during percutaneous revascularization: a single center experience and literature review. Chest 2001; 119:493-501
11. Yip H, Wu C, Chen M, Chang H, Hsieh Y, Hang C, Fu M. Effect of primary angioplasty on total or subtotal left main occlusion: analysis of incidence, clinical features, outcomes, and prognostic determinants. Chest 2001;120:1212-1217Sa
12. Yip H, Chang H, Wu C, Chen M, Hang C, Fang C, Hsieh Y. A safe effective regimen without heparin therapy after successful primary coronary stenting in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Jpn Heart J 2001;41:697-711
13. Yip H, Chen M, Wu C, Yeh K, Fu M, Hang C, Fang C, Hsieh Y. Primary angioplasty in acute inferior myocardial infarction with anomalous-origin right coronary arteries as infarct-related arteries: focus on anatomic and clinical features, outcomes, selection of guiding catheters and management. J Invas Cardiol 2001; 13:290-297
14. Yip H, Wu C, Chang H, Hang C, Fang C, Hsieh Y, Yang C, Chen M,.Yeh K, Chua S, Fu M. Comparison of primary angioplasty and conservative treatment on short- and long-term outcome in octogenarian or older patients with acute myocardial infarction. Jpn Heart J 2002;43:463-474
15. Yip H, Chen M, Wu C, Hang C, Fang C, Hsieh Y, Yeh K, Fu M. Clinical features and outcome of coronary artery aneurysm in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Cardiology 2002;98:132-140
16. Yip H, Chen M, Chang H, Hang C, Hsieh Y, Fang C, Wu C. Angiographic morphologic features of infarct-related arteries and timely reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction. Predictors of slow-flow and no-reflow phenomenon. Chest 2002;122:1322-1332
17. Yang C, Guo B, Chang H, Yip H, Hsieh K, Fang C, Chen C, Hung W, Hang C, Wu C. The safety and feasibility of transradial cutting balloon angioplasty. Immediate results, benefits, and limitations. Jpn Heart J 2003;44:51-60.
18. Yip H, Wu C, Chang H, Hang C, Wang C, Yang C, Hung W, Yu T, Yeh K, Chua S, Fu M. The feasibility and safety of early discharge for low risk patients with acute myocardial infarction after successful direct percutaneous coronary intervention. Jpn Heart J 2003;44:41-49.
19. Wu B, Hang C, Wu C, Yip H, Chua S. Short- and long-term outcomes after percutanoeus transluminal coronary angioplasty in chronic hemodialysis patients. Acta Cardiol Sin 2003;19:24-30 (Correspondence)
20. Hang C, Fu M, Hsieh B, Leung S, Wu C, Ting G. Intracoronary ��-Irradiation with Liquid Rhenium-188 to Prevent Restenosis following Pure Balloon Angioplasty. Results from the TRIPPER-1 Study. The Chang Gung Med J 2003;26:98-106.
21. Hang C, Fu M, Hsieh B, Leung S, Wu C, Yip H, Ting G. Intracoronary -Irradiation with Liquid Rhenium-188. Results of the Taiwan Radiation in Prevention of Post-Pure Balloon Angioplasty Restenosis Study. CHEST 2003;124:1284-1293.
22. Yip H, Wu C, Yang C, Chang H , Chang H, Chen S, Hung W, Hang C. Delayed post-myocardial infarction invasive measures, helpful or harmful?; A subgroup analysis. CHEST 2004;126:38-46. (Correspondence)
23. Yeh K, Chen M, Chang H, Yu T, Chen C, Chen Y, Chai H, Wang C, Hang C, Fu M, Wu C, Yip H. Effect of adjunctive Tirofiban therapy on angiographic and clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevated acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary stenting. Japanese Heart Journal 2004;45:31-41.
Post-assistant Professorship Publications:
1. Yip H, Wu C, Yang C, Chang H , Fang C, Hung W, Hang C. Serial changes in circulating levels of soluble CD40 ligand and C-reactive protein in patients with unstable angina undergoing coronary stenting: role of inflammatory mediators in predicting late restenosis. Japanese Circulation 2005; 69: 890-895. (Correspondence). (SCI)
2. Yip H, Wu C, Yang C, Chang H , Yang C, Yu T, Chen Y, Hang C. Prognostic value of circulating levels of endothelin-1 in patients after acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary angioplasty. CHEST 2005; 127: 1-7. (Correspondence) (SCI)
3. Hang C, Wang C, Yip H, Yang C, Guo G, Wu C, Chen S. Early administration of intracoronary verapamil improves myocardial perfusion during percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction. CHEST 2005; 128: 2593-2598. (SCI)
4. Yip H, Wu C, Hang C, Chang H, Hung W, Yeh K, Yang C. Serial changes in platelet activation in patients with unstable angina following coronary stenting – evaluation of the effect of clopidogrel loading dose in inhibiting platelet activation. Japanese Circulation Journal 2005; 69:1208-1211. (SCI)
5. Chiu C, Wu C, Yang C, Fang C, Hsieh Y, Hang C, Hung W, Chen C, Chen S, Yu T, Yeh K, Fu M, Yip H. Levels and value of soluble P-Selectin following acute myocardial infarction: evaluating the link between soluble P-Selectin levels and recruitment of circulatin white blood cells and the marker for the rapid diagnosis of chest pain. Chang Gung Med J 2005;28:699-707.
6. Yip H, Wu C, Hang C, Chang H, Yang C, Hsieh Y, Fang C, Yeh K, Chen M. Levels and values of inflammatory markers in patients with angina pectoris. International Heart Journal 2005;46:571-581. (SCI)
7. Chua S, Wu C, Chang H, Hang C, Chen C, Yang C, Yip H. Impact of elevated plasma total homocysteine concentration on coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary intervention. International Heart Journal 2005:46; 181-193. (SCI)
8. Chai H, Yang C, Wu C, Hang C, Hsieh Y, Fang C, Chen S, Yu T, Hung W, Chen Y, Cheng C, Yip H. Utilization of a double-wire technique to treat long extended spiral dissection of the right coronary artery. Evaluation of incidence and mechanisms. International Heart Journal 2005;46:35-44. (SCI)
9. Yip H, Hang C, Fang CY, Hsieh Y, Yang C, Hung W, Wu C. Levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein is predictive of 30-day outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary intervention. Chest 2005; 127:803-808. (SCI)
10. Liu WH, Yang CH, Yeh KH, Chang HW, Chen YH, Chen SM, Cheng CI, Chen CJ, Yu TH, Hung WC, Hang CL, Wu CJ, Yip HK. Circulating levels of soluble P-selectin in patients in the early and recent phases of myocardial infarction. Chang Gung Medical Journal 2005;28:613-620.
11. Yang C, Guo GB, Yip H, Hsieh Y, Fang C, Chen S, Cheng C, Hang C, Chen M, Wu C. Bilateral cardiac catheterizations. The safety and feasibility of a superficial forearm venous and transradial arterial approach. International Heart Journal 2006;47:21-27. (SCI)
12. Yip H, Chang L, Sun C, Yang C, Hung W, Hang C, Wu C, Chua S, Yeh K, Chang H. Platelet activation in patients with chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. International Heart Journal 2006;47:371-379. (SCI)
13. Yip H, Chang L, Sun C, Chen M, Yang C, Hung W, Hsieh Y, Fang C, Hang C, Wu C, Chang H. Platelet activity is a biomarker of cardiac necrosis and predictive of untoward clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary stenting. Japanese Circulation 2006; 70:31-36. (SCI)
14. Wu C, Cheng C, Hung W, Fang C, Yang C, Chen C, Chen Y, Hang C, Hsieh Y, Chen S, Yip H. Feasibility and safety of transbrachial approach for patients with carotid artery stenosis undergoing stenting. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2006;67:967-971. (SCI)
15. Yip H, Youssef A, Chua S, Hung W, Chen Y, Yeh K, Wu C, Hang C. Re-elevation of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein but not the von Willebrand factor after withdrawing atorvastatin theray in patients with unstable angina undergoing coronary artery stenting: A kinetic study. Int heart J 2006; 47:501-509. (Correspondence) (SCI)
16. Yu TH, Chua S, Cheng CI, Liu WH, Chiu CA, Yang CH, Fang CY, Hsieh YK, Hang CL, Hung WC, Chen YH, Yeh KH, Fu M, Yip HK. Concentration of soluble P-selectin and white blood cell counts in infarct coronary arterires in patients with acute myocardial infarction differ from the systemic circulation. Chang Gung Medical Journal 2006;29:169-74.
17. Youssef A, Wu C, Hang C, Cheng C, Yang C, Chen C, Chen Y, Chai H, Chua S, Yeh K, Yip H. Impact of PercuSurge device conjugative with intracoronary administration of nitroprusside on no-reflow phenomenon following primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Circulation Journal 2006;70(12):1538-1542. (SCI)
18. Yip H, Youssef A, Chang L, Yang C, Sheu J, Chua S, Yeh K, Lee F, Wu C, Hang C. Association of Interleukin-10 level with increased 30-day mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary intervention. Circulation Journal 2007;71:1086-1091. (Correspondence) (SCI)
19. Youssef A, Chang L, Hang C , Wu C, Cheng C, Yang C, Sheu J, Chai H, Chua S, Yeh K, Yip H. Level and value of Interleukin-18 in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary intervention. Circulation Journal 2007;71:703-108. (SCI)
20. Guo B, Hang C, Chang H, Wu C, Fang C, Chen C. Prognostic predictors of sinus rhythm control by amiodarone and electrical cardioversion in patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal mitral valvuloplasty for rheumatic atrial fibrillation. Circulation Journal 2007;71:1115-1119. (SCI)
21. Tsai T, Chua S, Yang C, Hang C, Hsieh Y, Chen Y, Chai H, Yeh K, Yip H. Intensity of C-reactive protein immunohistochemical staining of atherosclerotic plaque macrophags and extracellular tissue of patients with angina pectoris undergoing directional coronary atherectomy. Chang Gung Med J 2007;30:313-320.
22. Hung W, Wu C, Yip H, Fang C, Hang C, Chen S, Chen M, Yu T, Wang C, Hsieh Y. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to left internal mammary artery grafts: immediate and long-term clinical outcomes. Chang Gung Med J 2007; 30:235-241.
23. Chung S, Lin F, Chua S, Fu M, Wu C, Yip H, Yeh K, Chai H, Hsieh Y, Hang C, Fang C, Chen S, Yang C, Chen C, Lee F, Chen M. Clinical profile and outcome of first acute myocardial infarction with ischemic mitral regurgitation. Chang Gung Med J 2008;31(3):268-275.
24. Chen YL, Bhasin A, Youssef AA, Wu CJ, Yang CH, Hsieh YK, Fang CY, Hang CL, Yip HK. Prognostic factors and outcomes in young Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary angioplasty. Int Heart J 2009;50(1):1-11. (SCI)
25. Chen SM, Hang CL, Yip HK, Fang CY, Wu CJ, Yang CH, Hsieh YK, Guo GB. Outcomes of interventions via a transradial approach for dysfunctional Brescia-Cimino fistulas. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2009;32(5):952-959. (SCI)
26. Yip HK, Chung SY, Chai HT, Youssef AA, Bhasin A, Yang CH, Chen SM, Hang CL, Hsieh YK, Chen CJ, Chang LT, Sun CK, Wu CJ. Safety and efficacy of transradial vs transfemoral arterial primary coronary angioplasty for acutemyocardial infarction: single-center experience. Chang Gung Med J 2009;32:605-613.
27. Tsai TH, Chen YL, Chen SM, Yang CH, Fang CY, Hsieh YK, Wu CJ, Yip HK, Hang CL, Fu M, Chen MC. Uric acid is not an independent predictor of cardiovascular death in patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease. Chang Gung Med J 2009;32(6):605-613.
28. Fang HY, Fang CY, Hussein H, Hsueh SK, Yang CH, Chen CJ, Hsieh YK, Hang CL, Yip HK, Wu CJ. Can a penetration catheter (Tornus) substitute traditional atherectomy for racanalizing chronic total occlusion? Int Heart J 2010; 51(3):147-152. (SCI)
29. Chung W, Fang H, Tsai T, Yang C, Chen C, Chen S, Cheng C, Fang C, Hsieh Y, Hang C, Yip H, Wu C. Transradial approach percutaneous coronary interventions in an out-patient clinic. Int Heart J 2010;51:371-376. (SCI)
30. Sheu JJ, Tsai TH, Lee FY, Fang HY, Sun CK, Leu S, Yang CH, Chen SM, Hang CL, Hsieh YK, Chen CJ, Wu CJ, Yip HK. Early extracorporeal membrane oxygenator-assisted primary percutaneous coronary intervention improved 30-day clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction complicated with profound cardiogenic shock. Crit Care med 2010;38:1810-1817. (SCI)
31. Youssef A, Sheu J, Cheng C, Yang C, Hang C, Hsien Y, Fang C, Wu C, Yip H. Cobalt chromium coronary stents and drug-eluting stents in real practice. Internationl heart journal 2010;51-231-237. (SCI)
32. Chua S, Hung J, Chung S, Lin Y, Fu M, Wu C, Hang C, Chai H, Liu W, Yang C, Tsai T, Chen C, Yip H. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention lowers the incidence of ischemic mitral regurgitation in patients with acute ST-elevated myocardial infarction. Circulation Journal 2010;74:2386-2392. (SCI)
33. Yang C, Guo G, Chen S, Yip H, Hsieh K, Fang C, Chen C, Hang C, Chen M, Wu C. Feasibility and safety of a transradial approach in intervention for chronic total occlusion of coronary arteries: a single-center experience. Chang Gung Med J 2010;33:639-645.
34. Chang H, Leu S, Sun C, Hang C, Youssef A, Hsieh Y, Yang C, Cheng C, Chen S, Chen C, Chua S, Chang L, Wu C, Yip H. Level and value of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary angioplasty: in vivo and in vitro studies. The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 2010;156:251-263. (SCI)
35. Hang C, Hsieh B, Kuo Y, Wu C, Yip H, Yang C, Guo GB, Chua S, Chen S, Leung S. Circulating immunoreactive endothelin-1 in patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: effect of intracoronary beta-irradiation and prolonged perfusion balloon inflation. Acta Cardiol Sin 2010;26:165-172. (SCI)
36. Hang C, Hsieh B, Wu C, Yip H, Yang C, Chen S, Hsieh Y, Fu M, Chua S, Guo GB, Leung S. Six-Year Clinical Follow-Up after Treatment of Diffuse In-Stent Restenosis with Cutting Balloon Angioplasty Followed by Intracoronary Brachytherapy with Liquid Rhenium-188-filled Balloon via Transradial Approach. Circulation Journal 2010;75;113-120. (SCI)
37. Hang C, Chen Y, Fang H, Tsai T, Sun C, Chen C, Chen S, Yang C, Hsieh Y, Wu C, Fu M, Yip H. Comparison of prognostic outcome between left circumflex artery-related and right coronary artery-related acute inferior wall myocardial Infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Clinical Cardiology 2010;34:249-253. (SCI)
38. Tsai T, Lin Y, Sun C, Chung S, Chai H, Yang C, Chen M, Hang C, Chua S, Wu C, Leu S, Yip H. Prognostic value of circulation dead monocytes in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Cardiology 2010;117:131-139 (SCI)
39. Tsai T, Chua S, Hussein H, Leu S, Wu C, Hang C, Fang H, Chung S, Fu M, Chen H, Chang L, Yeh K, Yip H. Outcomes of patients with Killip class III acute myocardial infarction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Crit Care med 2011;39:436-442. (SCI)
40. Chen S, Tsai T, Hang C, Yip H, Fang C, Wu C, Kuo GB. Endothelial dysfunction in young patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Heart and Vessels 2011;26:2-9. (SCI)
41. Hang C, Lee Y, Guo G, Youssef A, Yip H, Liu C, Chua S, Chang H, Cheng Y, Chen S. Evaluation of coronary artery stent patency by using 64-slice multi-detector computed tomography and conventional coronary angiography: A comparison with intravascular ultrasonography. Int J Cardiol 2013;166:90-95. (first author and co-correspondence)
