• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.133-137
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• 2001

배경: 하지에 영향을 미치는 죽상경화증은 복부대동맥과 이에 중요분지인 총장골동맥을 침범할 수 있다. 또한 국소분절을 침범할 수 있으나 다중분절은 침범할 수도 있다. 대상 및 방법: 을지의과대학교 흉부외과학 교실에서는 1995년 1월부터 1999년 12월까지 대동맥총장골동맥의 죽상경화증을 주소로 우회술을 시행받은 23례의 환자들을 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결과: 모든 환자는 남자였고 평균연령은 60.15$\pm$8.7세였다. 전 예에서 흡연의 과거력이 있었으며 동반질환으로 당뇨병 8례, 고혈합 7례, 관상동맥질환 6례, 그리고 판막질환 1례였다. 대동맥장골동맥 죽상경화증에 대한 수술방법으로는 대동맥양측대퇴동맥 우회술(7례), 대동맥양측동맥 우회술 및 대퇴동맥슬와동맥 우회술(8례), 대동맥양측대퇴동맥 우회술(2례), 액와대퇴동맥 및 고고동맥 우회술(3례), 고고동맥 우회술(3례)였다. 훌후 합병증으로 후복막상 출혈 3례, 마비성 장폐색 3례, 폐렴3례, 뇌졸중 1례, 급성신부전 2례, 창상감염 2례였다. 해부학적 우회술을 받은 환자중 3례에서 수술 사망이 발생하였다. 결론: 해부학적 우회술은 대동맥장골동맥의 폐쇄성질환에 표준적인 수술방법이지만 또한 해부학적 우회술 역시 술후 유병률 및 사망률이 낮은 좋은 수술법으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.39 no.4 s.261
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• pp.298-303
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• 2006

Background: This study was performed to investigate the outcomes of vascular operations that were done in patients with atheroscerosis obliterans (ASO) of lower limb. Material and Method: Forty patients underwent vascular operations from December 1996 to June 2004. The patient's records were analyzed retrospectively. Mean age was $66{\pm}8$ years (range, $47{\sim}81$ years). Gender ratio was 37:3 (male:female). Result: The operations were done on 50 lower limbs of 40 patients. The names of operations were femoropopliteal bypass in 12 patients (30%), femorofemoral bypass in 12 (30%), femorofemoral bypass and femoropopliteal bypass in five (12.5%), aorta-lower limb artery bypass in five (12.5%), axillofemoral bypass in two (5%), iliopopliteal bypass in two (5%), and endarterectomy in two (5%). All bypass surgeries were done with prosthetic conduits. Mean follow up period was $33.2{\pm}23.2$ months (range, $3.8{\sim}90.2$ months). The cumulative patency rates of 1 and 5 years were 75.5 and 58.7% respectively. In six patients, amputation of the lower limb was done. In eight patients, 12 complications occurred. After the first operation, 10 patients underwent reoperations. Conclusion: Our lower limb arterial bypass surgery revealed acceptable patency rate, but not a few patients required reoperations. An epochal treatment modality that can inhibit the progress of ASO and improve long term patency should be established.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.906-909
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• 2000

심폐바이패스를 사용하지 않고 심장박동 상태에서 시행하는 관상동맥 우회수술은 심 비대와 좌심실 기능저하가 동반된 협증심 환자에서는 심장 뒤쪽에 위치한 관상동맥에 대한 접근이 어렵고 수술 중 혈역학적으로 불안정하여 시행하기에 어려운 경우가 많다. 우심실 보조장치 하의 심장박동 상태에서 시행하는 관상동맥 우회수술은 대동맥의 삽관을 피하고, 심폐바이패스의 합병증을 줄일 수 있으며, 심장 뒤쪽에 위치한 혈관의 문합시에도 안정된 혈역학적 상태를 유지 할 수 있어 고위험군 환자에게 도움을 줄 수 있다. 좌심실 기능저하와 심 비대가 동반된 환자에서 우심실 보조장치 하의 심장박동 상태에서 시행한 관상동맥 우회수술을 2례 시행하여 좋은 결과를 얻어 보고하고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.38 no.11 s.256
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• pp.733-738
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• 2005

Background: The possibility of incomplete revascularization and development of flow competition after revascularization of the borderline lesion made the hybrid strategy as an option for complete revascularization. Material and Method: From January f998 to July 2004, 25 $(3.2\%)$ patients underwent hybrid revascularization among 782 total OPCAB procedures. Clinical results and angiographic patencies were evalulated. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was peformed before CABG in 8 patients and after CABG in 47 patients. Result: The causes of PCIs before CABG were to achieve complete revascularization with minimally invasive surgery (n=7) and emergent PCI for culprit lesion (n=1). The indications of PCIs after CABG were high possibility of flow competition in the borderline lesion of right coronary artery territory (n=8), diffuse atheromatous lesion preventing anastomosis of graft (n=5), severe calcified ascending aorta with no more arterial grafi available (n=3), and intramyocardial coronary lesion (n=1). Mean number of distal anastomoses was $2.3\pm1.0$. Mean number of lesions treated by PCI was $1.2\pm0.4$. There was no operative or procedure-related mortality. PCI-related complication was periprocedural myocardial infarction in one patient, and complications related to CABG were transient atrial fibrillation (n=5), perioperative myocardial infarction (n=1), and transient renal dysfunction (n=1). Early postoperative coronary angiography $(1.8{pm}1.6days)$ revealed $100\%$ patency rate of grafts (57/57). The stenosis occurred in one patient performed PCI before CABG, which was successfully treated with re-ballooning. During midterm follow-up (mean; $25{\pm}26$ months), 1 patient died of congestive heart failure. All survivors (n=24) accomplished follow-up coronary angiographics, which showed .all grafts (56/57) were patent except one string sign. In-stent restenosis was developed in 2 patients who received bare metal stents. Conclusion: In selected patients, complete revascularization was achieved with low risk by taking the hybrid strategy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.365-367
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• 2001

매우 드물게 발생하지만 대동맥판막수술중에 우관상동맥의 급성폐색은 우심실부전을 일으켜 매우 치명적인 결과를 초래할 수 있다. 심한 대동맥 판막부전증을 가진 67세 여자 환자에서 19 mm Hancock II 조직판막을 이용하여 대동맥판막치환술을 시행한 후 심폐기에서 이탈하는 과정주에 우심실부전이 발견되었으며, 우관상 동맥의 폐색을 의심하여 우측 내흉동맥을 사용하여 관상동맥 우회수술을 시행하였고 이후에 심폐기에서 순조롭게 이탈할 수 있었다. 수술후 9일째 시행한 관상동맥 조영술에서 우관상동맥 근위부에 색전에 의한 폐색을 확인할 수 있었다. 이에 저자들은 우관상동맥의 폐색으로 인한 우심부전증이 우관상동맥우회수술후에 회복된 증례를 보고하고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.456-463
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• 2009

Background: Although the reports on re-operative coronary revascularization (redo-CABG) have increased, there are only limited reports on redo-CABG using arterial grafts. The aim of this study was to analyze the safety and feasibility of using various arterial grafts for redo-CABG. Material and Method: A consecutive series of patients who underwent 33 redo-CABGs from March 2001 to July 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. We performed conventional CABG in 17 patients, on-pump beating CABG in 7, off-pump CABG in 7 and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass in 2. The grafted that were used included 34 internal thoracic arteries (ITA), 14 radial arteries, 14 right gastroepiploic arteries and others. Arterial composite grafts were constructed in 26 patients. Of these, a previously patent in-situ left ITA was re-used as the in-flow of a composite graft in 10 patients. Result: No hospital deaths or major wound problems occurred. The post-operative complications included 2 myocardial infarctions (6%), 1 intra-aortic balloon pump insertion (3%), 5 cases of atrial fibrillation (15.1 %) and 3 neurologic complications (9.1%). The meanfollow-up duration was 31.1$\pm$22.7 months and the 3 year survival rate was 86.4%. There were 4 late deaths (2 cardiac deaths) and no recurrent angina during the follow-up period. Conclusion: Redo-CABG with using various arterial grafts is currently a safe, feasible procedure, but further investigation and long term follow-up are needed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.734-740
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• 2003

Increasing interest in the use of arterial conduits is based on the better patency of left internal thoracic artery (LITA) than that of saphenous vein (SV) graft and radial artery (RA) is emerging as one of them. We compared the early result of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using UTA and RA (RA group) with CABG using UTA and SV only (SV group). Material and Method: We compared the early operative results of 45 cases in RA group with 45 cases in SV group selected from 165 cases who had CABG between January 2000 and December 2002. The two groups had similar profiles of age, sex, NYHA functional class, left ventricular ejection fraction and coronary angiographic anatomy. We analysed each group on the preoperative risk factors and operative results. Result: There were no statically signigicant difference between groups in operative mortality and each morbidities (stroke, IABP insertion, perioperative MI), respectively. However, the overall incidence of mortality and morbidities was lower in RA group compared to SV group (p < 0.05). RA group (2.93$\pm$0.62 days) had shorter duration of ICU stay than SV group (3.55$\pm$0.95 days) (p<0.001). The patency on postoperative coronary angiography at 7∼14 days after operation in RA group patients were 100% of LITA and RA and 94.9% of SV. Conclusion: We had better early operative results in RA group compared with SV group.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.303-308
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• 2003

Background: It has been known that internal thoracic artery grafting has a better patency rate compare to other graft conduits in coronary revascularization. Better patency rates can be expected in more coronary arteries with the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery. However, there were some debates on the complications after the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery. The purpose of our study was to reveal the results of bilateral internal thoracic artery. Material and Method: The 26 coronary artery bypass operations with bilateral internal thoracic artery were performed from July 2001 to May 2002. We compared the results of 8 diabetic patients to those of 18 non-diabetic patients. We compared the results of BITA (bilateral internal thoracic artery) group to those of SITA (single internal thoracic artery) group that were 20 patients and performed during same period. Result: There was no mortality. There was one wound complication in the diabetic group and one in the non-diabetic group. There were no significant differences in operation time, duration of mechanical ventilation, amount of bleeding, infusing duration of cardiotonics, and complication between two groups. There were no significant differences in results between the BITA group and the SITA group. Conclusion: There were no significant differences in early results between the BITA group and the SITA group, and there were no significant differences in results between the diabetic group and the non-diabetic group. We think coronary artery bypass grafting with the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery is considered in diabetic patients.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.38 no.7 s.252
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• pp.476-482
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• 2005

Recently, coronary artery obstructive disease and coronary artery bypass graft surgery have increased, and the operative result has been improved. We reviewed 154 cases of coronary artery bypass graft surgery from Jan. 1985 to Jun. 2004. Material and Method: We reviewed 148 patients, 154 cases of coronary artery bypass surgery from Jan. 1985 to Jun. 2004. This investigation is designed to illustrate the preoperative diagnosis, severity of disease, operative method, the kind of used bypass graft used, number of distal anasomosis, associated surgery, and postoperative morbidity and mortality. Result: There were 84 males, 64 females and the average age was $58.9\pm8.3$ years old. Preoperative clinical diagnosis were unstable angina in 97 cases $(63.0\%)$, stable angina in 31 cases $(20.1\%)$, acute myocardial infarction in 12 cases $(7.8\%)$ and postinfartion angina in 14 cases $(9.1\%)$. Preoperative angiographic diagnosis were three-vessel disease in 68 $(44.2\%)$, two-vessel disease in 39 $(25.3\%)$, one-vessel disease in 35$(22.7\%)$, and left main disease in 12$(7.8\%)$ cases. There were 78 cases of on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery and 76 cases of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The total distal anastomoses number was 319, mean number of anastomoses was $2.06\pm0.96$. There were 10 concomitant procedures. Postoperative intra-aortic balloon pump was used in 21$(13.6\%)$ cases, but only 4 cases were used at off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Total early mortality was $7.8\%$. The mortality was decreased as $4.5\%$ from Jan. 2001 to Jun. 2004. Post operative complication was perioperative yocardial infarction in 9cases$(5.8\%)$, low cardiac output syndrome in 17 cases$(11\%)$, and arrhythmia in 30 cases$(19.5\%)$ cases. Conclusion: Since 1985, The result of coronary artery bypass graft surgery has been improved because of more refined technique, use of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, use of internal thoracic artery and radial artery as bypass graft. We should study the long-term follow up more for better operative results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.182-187
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• 2002

Background: There have been many reports of coronary angiographic findings after coronary bypass grafting, most of which are focused on the graft patency rate of the bypass conduits. However, postoperative angiography can provide numerous informations other than patency rates that are useful for establishing operative strategy. Material and Method: We studied 73 patients in whom coronary angiography was done after more than 1 month of CABG. Mean interval from the operation to coronary angiography was 10.6 months and the reasons for coronary angiography follow up were residual or recurrent angina in 54 patients, abnormalities on myocardial perfusion scan or echocardiography in 13 patients, and for simple follow up in 6 patients. Result: Overall graft patency rate was 80.9% (internal thoracic artery 100%, saphenous vein 75.0%) in patients of simple follow up and 61.6%(internal thoracic artery 81.1%, saphenous vein 55.3%) in patients with ischemia. Progression of native coronary arterial disease proximal to the grafting site was found in 50 patients(68.5%). Among 201 coronary arterial branches that had not been completely occluded preoperatively, ninty five branches(47.3%) revealed progression of diameter stenosis by more than 20% on the follow up study. Among them, 64 branches(31.8%) progressed to total occlusion. The incidence of disease progression was highter in the coronary arteries with patent grafts(57.5%) than in those with occluded grafts(36.3%)(p<0.05), Comparing internal thoracic artery graft with saphenous vein graft, internal thoracic artery was superior to saphenous vein, not only in terms of patency(83.3% vs 56.6%), but also in terms of result of later percutaneous intervention success rate(100% vs 62%, p<0.05). Conclusion: Due to the considerable incidence of progression of native coronary artery stenosis in the early postoperative periods, bypass grafting of a vessel with borderline stenosis, especially with vein graft, must be done prudently. And it was confirmed again that revascularization of left anterior descending artery is most important and that internal thoracic artery was superior to saphenous vein.