• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.443-448
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• 1986

Aortic dissection is a serious disease that mortality does not approach to zero despite of medical and surgical improvement. Recently two cases of aortic dissection were treated with good results by the two other methods. Case 1 [57-Y-0-Male]; Chief complaint was chest pain radiating to the back. Preoperatively he was controlled by Minipress, dichlotride, & sodium nitroprusside. Aortography showed DeBakey Type III aortic dissection extending from just below the Lt. subclavian artery to the proximal portion of the origin of the renal artery. Through the midline long incision Flow reversal & Thrombo-exclusion method was used, and bypass course was proximal anastomosis at the ascending aorta - through the Rt. thoracic cavity - midportion of the diaphragm - posterior to the liver, stomach, & pancreas - distal anastomosis at the abdominal aorta proximal to its bifurcation. Bypass graft was preclotted 20 mm Dacron Woven Graft, and the aortic arch between the Lt. subclavian artery & Lt. common carotid artery was divided and meticulously sutured. Control aortogram which was done at 4th postoperative month revealed obstruction of the false lumen by thrombosis, and complications were not noticed. Case 2 [53-Y-0-Male]; Chief complaint was chest pain radiating to the abdomen. DeBakey Type III aortic dissection which was similar to the case 1 was detected by the aortography, and involvement of the Lt. subclavian & common carotid arteries was suspicious. Through the Lt. posterolateral thoracotomy the Ringed Intraluminal Sutureless Graft, No. 22 mm, was inserted from just below the Lt. common carotid artery to the midportion of the descending thoracic aorta under total circulation arrest using a F-F bypass, and the Lt. subclavian artery was ligated. Postoperatively hospital course was uneventful with antihypertensive drugs, and any specific complications were not noticed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.58-67
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• 1986

Aggressive revascularization of the ischemic lower extremities in atherosclerotic, occlusive diseases or acute embolic arterial occlusion due to cardiac valvular disease by thromboembolectomy or an arterial bypass operation has been advocated by some authors. We have performed 68 first time vascular operations, including thromboembolectomies on RR patients with ischemic lower extremities, within an 11-year-and-6-month period, from January 1974 to June 1984. We have reviewed and analyzed our vascular operative procedures and post operative results. The patients upon whom thromboembolectomies were performed were 42 males and 13 females ranging from 5 to 72 years of age. The major arterial occlusive sites were common iliac artery in 20 cases, femoral artery in 21 cases, popliteal artery in 8 cases, common iliac artery and femoral artery in 4 cases, and femoral artery and popliteal artery in 3 cases. The underlying causes of arterial occlusive disease were atherosclerosis obliterans in 34 cases; Buerger`s disease in 3 cases; emboli due to cardiac valvular disease in 13 cases; and vascular trauma in 4 cases, including cardiac catheterization in I of those cases. Arterial bypass operations with autogenous or artificial vascular prosthesis were done in 31 cases. Amputations were done on 2 patients carrying out any more vascular operative procedures would have been of no benefit to them. Our bypass operations for ischemic lower extremities were classified as follows: those done between the abdominal aorta and the femoral artery in 17 cases, including those done between the aorta and the bifemoral arteries with a Y graft in four of those cases and long ones done from the axillary to the femoral artery in 4 cases. Five patients died in the hospital following vascular surgery for ischemic lower extremities, the causes of death were not directly related to the vascular reconstructive operative procedures. The leading causes of death were respiratory failure due to metastatic lung carcinoma: renal failure due to complications from atherosclerosis obliterans; sepsis from open, contaminated fractures of the tibia and fibula; and myocardial failures due to open heart surgery in one case and reconstructive surgery of the ascending aorta in another.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.721-724
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• 2005

대동맥-대정맥 누공은 복부 대동맥류의 $1\%$ 이하에서 발생하는 희귀한 합병증 중 하나이다. 오랜 기간 동안 고혈압과 복부 대동맥류 병력을 가진 64세 남자 환자가 흉통, 호흡곤란, 상복부 불쾌감 그리고 박동성 복부 종괴를 주소로 내원하였다. 이학적 검사상 수축기 혈압이 70mmHg로 저혈압을 보였고, 복부에서는 박동성 종괴가 촉지되었고, 지속성 기계 잡음이 청진되었다. 검사실 소견으로는 혈색소(11.0 g/dL), BUN (5 mg/dL), creatine $(2.6\;mg\%)$이었고, 복부 전산화 혈관 촬영 결과, 10cm 크기의 신장하복부대동맥류와 복부 대동맥류와 대정맥을 연결하는 대동맥-대정맥 누공이 형성되어 확장된 대정맥 소견을 보여 응급 수술을 계획하였다. 대동맥류를 절개하고 혈전 제거 후, 1cm크기의 대동맥-대정맥 누공이 발견되었다. 대동맥-대정맥 누공은 도뇨관 풍선 확장술을 이용하여 지혈하였고, 대동맥류 밖에서 누공은 단순 지속 문합으로 봉합하였다. 대동맥-양측 장골동맥 이식편을 이용하여 대동맥류에 대한 수술을 마무리하였다. 환자는 수술 후 특별한 문제없이 퇴원하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 1970

This is a report on two cases of aortic prostheses using Nylon tube. (Edwards-Tapp A-G Tube, Chemically treated braided Nylon arterial grafts). Especially, the complications after infection of synthetic graft are discussed with reviewing literature. First case was the patient who came to our hospital with rupture of the right femoral artery at the femoral fossa due to pyogenic necrotic process. After femoral arterial prostheses, good pulsation of dorsal artery of foot was obtained. However, the tube was obstructed after 8 weeks postoperatively due tll the complication of infection. In spite of the tube was removed because of obstruction and foreign body reaction of synthetic graft, an amputation of the leg was not necessary for formation of good collateral circulation. Second case was a case of aortic aneurysmal rupture in thoraco-abdominal junction which developed by the trauma of rib resection for osteomyelitis of the left 12th. rib An implantation of aortic graft was performed at the lowest tho13cic aorta by the way of thoraco-abdominal bypass without arterial pump. However, infection produced pyothorax in the left pleural cavity, exposing the tube within the pyothorax. The rupture of the anastomosed upper line occurred in 8 weeks postoperatively and the patient expired.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2011

Gastric glomus tumor is a rare mesenchymal tumor that originates from modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body. Glomus tumors are commonly observed in peripheral soft tissue, such as dennis or subungal region, but rarely in the gastrointestinal tract. A 39-year-old woman was admitted due to epigastric soreness. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a subepithelial mass measuring 3.5 cm with central ulceration at the lesser curvature-posterior wall of the antrum. Characteristically, contrast enhanced abdominal computed tomography scan demonstrated high enhancement of the submucosal mass up to the same level of the abdominal aorta in the arterial phase; this enhancement persisted to delayed phase. Due to the risk of bleeding and malignancy, wedge resection of the submucosal tumor was performed. Histologic findings were compatible with a glomus tumor.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제59권sup1호
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• pp.84-87
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• 2016

Midaortic syndrome (MAS) is a rare vascular disease that commonly causes renovascular hypertension. The lumen of the abdominal aorta narrows and the ostia of the branches show stenosis. MAS is associated with diminished pulses in the lower extremities compared with the upper extremities, severe hypertension with higher blood pressure in the upper rather than lower extremities, and an abdominal bruit. The clinical symptoms are variable, and recognition in children with hypertension can aid early diagnosis and optimal treatment. Hypertension with MAS is malignant and often refractory to several antihypertensive drugs. Recently, radiologic modalities have been developed and have led to numerous interventional procedures. We describe the case of a 3-year-old boy presenting with left ventricular hypertrophy whose severely elevated blood pressure led to the diagnosis of idiopathic MAS. This case highlights the importance of measuring blood pressure and conducting a detailed physical examination to diagnose MAS. This is the first reported case of idiopathic MAS diagnosed in childhood in Korea.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.179-184
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect according to the NEX, VENC, targeted cardiac phases on the velocity measurement of 4D phase-contrast MRI. Materials and Methods: The abdominal aortic phantom was made to experiment. The working fluid was mixed with water and glycerin to mimic the density and viscosity of human blood. The inlet velocity was Reynolds number 2000. The experimental conditions were NEX 1 and 4, VENC 102 cm/s and 200 cm/s, and 10 and 15 targeted cardiac phases, respectively. The average flow rate, average velocity, maximum velocity, and cross-section area were measured. Results: As a result of the case-by-case comparison, the error rate was less than 5%. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05). Conclusion: It is expected that this result will be useful for acquiring blood flow information in clinical practice.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.240-245
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• 2010

호두까기 증후군은 대동맥과 상장간막 동맥 사이에 좌신 정맥이 압박되어 혈뇨나 단백뇨가 보이는 임상 증후군으로 그 유전성에 대해서는 알려져 있는 바가 없다. 저자들은 무증상 혈뇨를 주소로 내원한 형제에게 모두 도플러 초음파로 진단된 호두까기 증후군을 접하였기에 간단한 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.401-408
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• 1997

연구배경 : 폐격리증은 드문 선천성 폐질환으로 진단이 지연되거나 오진되는 경우가 많은 것으로 알려져 있으며, 수술전에 진단이 되지 않은 경우에는 수술시 이상동맥으로부터의 출혈로 인하여 어려움을 겪게 되는 경우가 있다. 저자 등은 수술적 치험을 한 폐격리증의 진단과 치료 등에 관한 전반적인 임상적 고찰을 시행하고자 한다. 방 법 : 1991년부터 1996년 5월까지 수술로써 확인된 15예의 폐격리증 환자를 대상으로 임상소견, 수술전 진단, 방사선 및 수술소견, 예후 등에 관하여 조사하였다. 결 과 : 평균연령은 22.5세(범위 5~57세)였고, 남녀비는 9 : 6이었다. 증상은 주로 재발성의 발열, 기침, 흉통, 객담 등의 감염증세를 나타내었으며, 내엽형 3예는 증상 없이 우연히 발견되었다. 단순 흉부 방사선 소견상 10예에서 다낭성 음영으로 나타났고, 5예에서 종괴양 음영이 관찰되었다. 흉부 전산화 단층촬영은 12예에서 시행되었는데, 8예에서 다낭성 음영이, 4예에서 종괴양 음영이 관찰되었다. 흉부 자기공명영상은 3예에서 시행되었는데, 2예에서 하행대동맥에서 기시하는 이상동맥을 확인할 수 있었다. 대동맥 조영술은 4예에서 시행되었고, 이상동맥은 2예에서는 하행 흉부대동맥, 1예는 복부대동맥, 1예는 늑간동맥에서 기시하였고, 모두 폐정맥으로 환류 되었다. 수술전 진단에 있어서는 폐격리증으로 진단한 경우는 내엽형 6예였고, 폐종양이 3예, 폐종양이 2예, 기관지 확장증이 2예 그리고 종격동 종양이 2예였다. 수술소견상으로는 내엽형이 12예중 8예는 좌하엽, 2예는 우하엽, 1예는 좌상엽, 1예는 우중엽에 위치하였고, 외엽형 3예중 2예는 좌우 횡격막 상부, 1예는 심낭내에 위치하였다. 수술시 이상동맥은 6예는 하행 흉부대동맥, 1예는 복부 대동맥, 2예는 내흉동맥, 1예는 늑간동맥, 1예는 심낭횡격막동맥에서 기시한 것으로 확인되었고, 4예에서는 정확한 기시부를 확인하지 못 하였다. 수술사망 및 이환률은 없었고, 추적관찰상 모두 특별한 문제없이 지내고 있다. 결 론 : 폐격리증 환자의 임상 양상은 다른 보고들과 유사한 소견을 보였고, 수술전 진단률은 비교적 낮았으며, 특히 외엽형의 경우에 더 낮은 경향을 보였다. 본 연구에서는 전 예에서 합병증 없이 양호한 경과를 보였으나, 향후 더 적극적인 수술전 진단적 접근을 하는 것이 수술시 출혈 등의 합병증 방지 및 적절한 수술방법의 적용에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.263-269
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• 2017

Background: Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has dramatically changed the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) as the number of open aneurysm repairs have declined over time. This report compares AAA-related demographics, operative data, complications, and mortality after treatment by open aneurysm repair or EVAR. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 136 patients with AAAs who were treated over an 8-year time period with open aneurysm repair or EVAR. Results: The mean age of the EVAR group was higher than that of the open repair group (p=0.001), and hospital mortality did not differ significantly between groups (p=0.360). However, overall survival was significantly lower in the EVAR group (p=0.033). Conclusion: Although EVAR is the primary treatment modality for elderly patients, it would be ideal to set slightly more stringent criteria within the anatomical guidelines contained in the instructions for use of the EVAR device when treating younger patients.