Current State of Cardiovascular Research in Korea

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Jae Shin, Emory University; Jaewon Oh, Yonsei University; Hyeon Chang Kim, Yonsei University; Donghoon Choi, Yonsei University; Young Yoon, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2019-12-06
• Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: 2019
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.310859
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: CIRCULATION RESEARCH
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 12
• Start Page: 1141
• End Page: 1145
• Grant/Funding Information: This work was supported by grants from the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No 2015M3A9C6031514), the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare (HI15C2782, HI16C2211), and Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2018 (18172MFDS182), and grants from NIDDK (DP3-DK108245) and NHLBI (R01HL127759, R01HL129511).
• Keywords: BURDEN; MORTALITY; Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems; MODEL; Cardiovascular System & Cardiology; STROKE RISK PREDICTION; Hematology; 30-YEAR TRENDS; Peripheral Vascular Disease; Science & Technology; DISEASES; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
• Research Categories: Engineering, Biomedical; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases have shown a continuous increase in Korea over the past decade and became the second most common cause of mortality in Korea. Although the number and the amount of total grants for cardiovascular research have increased in Korea, the proportion of the number of grants and total amount allocated for the cardiac/cardiovascular field to all health and medical research fields has not changed much over this period. In addition, the publications related to clinical research have substantially increased in Korea along with the number of nation-wide registries for cardiovascular diseases, but basic and translational research did not show significant growth, requiring new measures to promote basic and translational cardiovascular research in Korea.