Former Severance Professor Yoo Kyung-jong, an authority on refractory heart disease, settled at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital
Sep 02, 2025
Soon Chun Hyang University Seoul Hospital recruited Yoo Kyung-jong, a former Severance Hospital professor who is an authority in the field of intractable heart diseases such as cardiac arrest surgery, and began treatment and surgery in September.
Professor Yoo Kyung-jong introduced cardiac arrest surgery, which performs coronary artery bypass surgery while maintaining a heartbeat, to Korea after training at Toronto General Hospital in Canada in 1998.
The operation has so far saved the lives of more than 3,000 patients. The surgical mortality rate is also 0.7%, which is difficult to find in the world. It is far below the average of 2% to 5% in the United States.
In particular, cardiac arrest surgery that does not use a cardiopulmonary device has been applied to patients with old age, decreased renal function, and chronic lung disease, significantly lowering postoperative complications and shortening the recovery period.
In addition, he devoted himself to researching incurable heart disease surgery and treatment for heart disease through stem cells, publishing a number of papers in domestic and foreign journals, and writing a textbook titled 「Cavitary artery bypass surgery in the beating heart」 based on the abundant knowledge and experience gained while performing coronary artery bypass surgery.
Professor Yoo Kyung-jong said, `We will do our best to help Soonchunhyang University Hospital become a leading hospital in heart surgery"We will do our best to save more patients' lives, especially based on our experience in cardiac arrest surgery."," he stressed.
Meanwhile, Professor Yoo Kyung-jong graduated from Yonsei University Medical School and received a master's degree from the same graduate school and a doctorate from Inha University. As a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon, he has devoted himself to heart surgery for more than 30 years and has led the field of heartless surgery.
Professor Yoo Kyung-jong introduced cardiac arrest surgery, which performs coronary artery bypass surgery while maintaining a heartbeat, to Korea after training at Toronto General Hospital in Canada in 1998.
The operation has so far saved the lives of more than 3,000 patients. The surgical mortality rate is also 0.7%, which is difficult to find in the world. It is far below the average of 2% to 5% in the United States.
In particular, cardiac arrest surgery that does not use a cardiopulmonary device has been applied to patients with old age, decreased renal function, and chronic lung disease, significantly lowering postoperative complications and shortening the recovery period.
In addition, he devoted himself to researching incurable heart disease surgery and treatment for heart disease through stem cells, publishing a number of papers in domestic and foreign journals, and writing a textbook titled 「Cavitary artery bypass surgery in the beating heart」 based on the abundant knowledge and experience gained while performing coronary artery bypass surgery.
Professor Yoo Kyung-jong said, `We will do our best to help Soonchunhyang University Hospital become a leading hospital in heart surgery"We will do our best to save more patients' lives, especially based on our experience in cardiac arrest surgery."," he stressed.
Meanwhile, Professor Yoo Kyung-jong graduated from Yonsei University Medical School and received a master's degree from the same graduate school and a doctorate from Inha University. As a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon, he has devoted himself to heart surgery for more than 30 years and has led the field of heartless surgery.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
