• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.580-583
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• 2002

Background: Obtaining precise hemodynamic and morphological information in the early postoperative period after surgical correction of congenital heart disease is important in determining the need for future medical or surgical intervention. We investigated the residual shunting after surgical repair of simple ventricular septal defect in order to know the incidence of residual shunting in the postoperative period and the natural history of small residual shunts located in the peripatch area. Material and Method: Forty three consecutive patients under one year of age who underwent patch repair of a simple ventricular septal defect were evaluated for incidence of residual shunts by echocardiography. Result: Eleven patients had echocardiographic residual shunt in the peripatch area at immediate postoperative period, however, there were no patients who needed reoperation due to deteriorated hemodynamic effect of residual shunt. The incidence of residual shunts was not significantly different with type of ventricular septal defect and material used for closure. During follow up period, two patients were lost and remaining nine patients no longer showed evidence of residual shunt. The mean time of last evidence of shunt was $4.2{\pm}3.6$ months after operation. Conclusion: Residual peripatch shunt flow was frequently noted in the immediate postoperative period following surgical repair of ventricular septal defect, however, most of them were disappeared within six months.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.769-775
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• 1990

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is defined as the anomaly of atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance. Although this condition is compatible with longevity, it is usually associated with other congenital cardiac anomalies, which result in a greatly shortened life span. This report describes a 2 years old female patient who had congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries associated with ASD, VSD and pulmonary stenosis. The ASD was closed directly through the right atriotomy and the VSD was closed using Dacron patch through right ventriculotomy and the pulmonary[valvular, supra and subvalvular] stenosis was repaired with the use of a valved conduit woven Dacron vessel graft between the pulmonary ventricle and the main pulmonary artery.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.88-91
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• 1997

Congenital long-segment tracheal stenosis with complex cardiac anomaly has generally been regarded as a fatal disease This report described the successful concomitant repair of unexpected congenital tracheal stenosis and complex cardiac anomaly with the use of edrdiopulmonary bypass. The patient was a 3-month-old girl with coarctation of aorta, V D, and PDA. The presence of tracheal stenosis was not discovered until when difficulty with endotracheal intubation was encountered at operating room. Thus, we decided concomitant repair of both lesions and performed anterior pericardial tracheoplasty combined with one stage repair of coarctation of aorta, VSD, and PDA under the cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient is doing well without any signs of complication at present, 2 years and 1 month after the operation.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.735-739
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• 2010

An 8 month old female Maltese (body weight 3.6 kg) was referred with primary complaints of dyspnea and exercise intolerance. Diagnostic imaging studies revealed marked cardiomegaly and prominent main pulmonary trunk dilation on thoracic radiography, abnormally arisen aortic roots (toward right ventricle) with left-to right shunted perimembraneous ventricular septal defect located underneath of aortic root, aortic root was located to predominantly to the right ventricle and pulmonary regurgitation (peak velocity 4.7 m/s, pressure gradient ~88 mmHg) from pulmonary over-circulation and hypertension on echocardiography, indicating double outlet right ventricle (DORV). The dog was treated with furosemide (1 mg/kg, BID) for reducing volume overload at right ventricle, spironolatcone (1 mg/kg) and enalapril (0.5 mg/kg) for minimizing deleterious cardiac remodeling, and sildenafil (1 mg/kg) for lessening pulmonary over-circulation and hypertension. The clinical condition of this dog was improved after 1 week of medical treatment. The dog is currently survived and regularly monitored.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.62-65
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• 1999

Infantile lobar emphysema is an uncommon disease affecting newborns and infants with varying degree of respiratory distress, lobar overaeration, mediastinal shift and herniation. Although the etiology of the condition is most commonly idiopathic, there is a clear association with congenital heart disease, particularly in the presence of pulmonary hypertension due to left to right shunt. Sites of predilection are the left main bronchus, the left upper and right middle bronchi. This report describes a two-week-old boy who had right middle lobe emphysema with large ventricular septal defect. At first, patch closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect was performed. Postoperatively, the patient required continuing assisted ventilation and the lobar emphysema was not improve. One week following the initial operation, right middle lobectomy was successfully performed and the patient was weaned from artificial ventilator on the 5th postoperative day. The patient was discharged with good general condition on the 45th postoperative day.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.243-245
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• 2001

여호와의 증인을 부모로 둔 환아는 생후 4개월, 5.6kg이었다. 심초음파상 완전 대혈관 전위와 심실 중격 결손, 심방 중격 결손, 동맥관 개존중 및 양측상대 정맥이 관찰되었다. 수술전 혈색소 값은 14.9 g/dl이었다. 수혈없이 심실 중격 결손 교정과 대혈관 치환술을 시행하였으며, 별문제 없이 수술 후 16일에 환아는 퇴원하였다. 퇴원 당시 혈색소 값은 12.8 kg/dl 였다. 복잡 심기형을 가진 영아에서 수술전 eryrhropoietin의 투여, 수술중 철저한 지혈 및 초여과법등의 방법으로 수혈 없이 완전 교정술이 가능하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.584-587
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• 1999

The DiGeorge syndrome is a rare congenital abnormality consisting of aplasia or hypoplasia of the thymus and parathyroid glands resulting from malformation of the third and fourth pharyngeal pouches. This syndrome usually includes congenital cardiac anomalies and abnormal facial features. We experienced a case of congenital cardiac anomaly associated with DiGeorge syndrome. The patient was 1 month old boy weighing 3.5 kg. The congenital cardiac anomalies included ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, coactation of aorta, and patent ductus arteriosus. We performed one-stage operation with two separate incisions for these cardiac anomalies. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient at 6 months of follow up is doing well.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.39 no.6 s.263
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• pp.479-481
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• 2006

A newborn girl with a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection, coarctation of the aorta, and ventricular and atrial septal defects underwent a complete repair successfully at 49 days of age. In this case, the left upper pulmonary vein was connected to the left innominate vein via an atypical vertical vein.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.48 no.11
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• pp.1256-1256
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• 2005

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) is rare, less than 1% of congenital heart disease. It needs a therapeutic approach according to its individual morphologic feature. Surgical treatment of valvotomy and modified Blalock-Taussig shunt or non-surgical interventional catheter balloon valvuloplasty can be used for mild to moderate hypoplasia of right ventricle. Fontan operation can be considered for less optimum morphological substrate of two ventricular repair. A 3-day-old male neonate was admitted with cyanosis and cardiac murmur. On echocardiogram, he had membranous pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, normal sized tripartite right ventricle, large atrial septal defect with right-to-left shunt, small sized patent ductus arteriosus, and moderate tricuspid regurgitation. He was treated with intravenous continuous infusion of prostaglandin $E_1$ ($PGE_1$) at once. On the third day of hospitalization, Balloon valvuloplasty was performed. After insertion of patent ductus arteriosus stent on the tenth day, $PGE_1$ infusion was discontinued. On the fifteenth day, he was discharged. Now, he is 9 months old and has nearly normal cardiac structure and function with 97% of percutaneous oxygen saturation.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.221-227
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• 1986

Ventricular septal defect is most common congenital cardiac anomaly in Korea and worldwide. And its clinical spectrum is well known. The anatomic classification had been undertaken by several authors, but recently Dr. Soto and Anderson's classification is widely used instead of Dr. Kirklin's it. From April. 1984 to December 1986, 99 cases of ventricular septal defects had been taken surgical repair under direct vision using conventional cardiopulmonary bypass technique at Yeungnam university hospital. The clinical spectrum was similar to other hospital, and the postoperative mortality was 2%, The most common associated anomaly was patent foramen ovale, and the most common postoperative complication was incomplete or complete right bundle branch block. The rank of defects was as followings: 45 perimembranous inlet type, 21 doubly commited subarterial type, 17, perimembranous trabecular type, and 16 perimembranous outlet type. There was no muscular and mixed type.