• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2009

배경: 전산화 단층촬영은 흉부대동맥의 이상소견을 진단하는데 매우 중요한 수단이다. 그러나 재래의 전산화 단층좔영은 단면적인 영상만을 볼 수 있어 여러 부위의 대동맥 직경을 측정하기에는 한계가 있었다. 다중검출 전산화 단층촬영은 이러한 한계를 극복할 수 있는 진단기기로 이를 이용하여 곡선으로 된 흉부대동맥의 직경을 주행방향과 직각으로 측정하여 연령, 성별, 키와 몸무게, 체표면적과 체질량지수, 고혈압과의 관계를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 다중검출 전산화 단층촬영 장비를 이용하여 대동맥 조영술을 시행한 환자 중 특별한 대동맥 질환이 없는 것으로 판독된 환자 331명을 대상으로 하였으며, 남자가 141명이고 여자가 190명이었다. 이들을 연령별로 20~39세, 40~59세, 60세 이상으로 분류하였다. 대동맥의 직경은 다면상으로 재구성한 단면에서 대동맥 주행방향과 직각이 되도록 측정하였으며 상행대동맥의 중간(level A), 원위부 상행대동맥(level B), 대동맥궁(level C), 대동맥 협부(level D), 하행대동맥의 중간(level E)의 다섯 군데에서 측정하였다. 결과: 대상환자의 평균연령은 남자가 49.5세이고 여자가 54.9세였다. 대동맥의 평균직경은 level A가 31.1 mm, level B가30.2 mm, level C가 26.5 mm, level D가 24.0 mm, level E가 22.6 mm였다. 대동맥의 직경은 나이에 비례해서 증가하는 양상을 보였으며 고혈압 환자가 정상인보다 대동맥의 직경이 크게 나타났다. 키와 체표면적에 따른 차이는 상행대동맥에서 유의하게 나타났고 대동맥궁과 하행대동맥은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 체중과 체질량지수는 모든 부위에서 통계적 유의성이 없었다. 결론: 흉부대동맥의 직경은 성별과 나이, 고혈압에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었고 키와 체표면적은 상행대동맥에만 차이를 보였고 하행대동맥에는 차이가 없었다. 그리고 체중과 체질량지수는 모든 부위에서 통계적 유의성이 없었다. 본 연구에서는 고혈압이 없는 정상인에서 연령별 대동맥 직경의 표준값과 정상한계값을 측정하였고 이를 한국인의 흉부대동맥 직경의 참고자료로 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.298-301
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• 2016

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has emerged as an effective therapy for a variety of thoracic aortic pathologies. However, various types of endoleak remain a major concern, and its treatment is often challenging. We report a case of type I endoleak occurring 19 months after zone II hybrid TEVAR. The endoleak was successfully repaired by the frozen elephant trunk technique, without removal of a previous stent graft, combined with ascending aorta and total arch replacement.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.955-958
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• 1993

Pseudocoarctation is extremely rare and is due to elongation and kinking of aortic arch which mimiks true coarctation but has no pressure gradient across it. This state is essentially benign entity and needs no surgical intervention, but it frequently tends to progress into the aortic aneurysm that results in compressive symptom due to mass effect and unawared rupture and death.We experienced a descending aortic aneurysm secondary to pseudocoarctation. The patient was 53 year-old female presented as easy f`atiguability and facial flushing. The aortogram revealed tortuous and enlarged aorta at the level of ligamentum arteriosum. The aneurysm was resected and was end-to-end anastomosed successfully under partial cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on postoperative 10 day.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.455-459
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• 1994

We experienced 20 cases of acquired aortic diseases during last 1 year [Sep. 1992-Aug. 1993] with newly developed surgical strategies. There were 13 cases[65%] of aortic dissections, 5 cases[25%] of aortic aneurysms and 2 cases of Takayasu arteritis with mean age of 56 + 16 years[range:5-78].In ten cases of patients requiring ascending aortic replacement, femoral artery and femoral vein &/or RA auricle were used as cannulation site. With deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and retrograde cerebral perfusion of cold oxygenated blood via SVC, we can replace the ascending aorta and part of arch if necessary. The mean duration of circulatory arrest was 30 minutes[17-45 min]. In 5 cases of patients who requiring descending and thoracoabdominal aorta replacement, we used simple aortic crossclamping under normothermia with no heparin. The mean duration of aortic crossclamping was 37 minutes[25-50 min].The results of operation were as follow:Operative mortality[2 cases, 10%], delayed cerebral infarct[1], low extremity weakness[1] and intraoperative myocardial infarct[1]. There are no delayed complication or mortality as yet.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.301-309
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• 1983

Twenty-three patients with aneurysm were operated between Jan. 1956 to July 1983 at the Department of Thoracic surgery, Seoul National University Hospital. There were 18 males and 5 females in this series. The age ranged from 14 to 68 years with the mean age of 41 years. The etiology of aortic aneurysms was atherosclerosis in 10, trauma in 2, annuloaortic ectasia in 4, syphilis in 1, and unknown etiology in six cases. Among the 4 patients with ascending aortic aneurysm, aortic valve replacement with aneurysmorrhaphy in three patients and Bentall operation in one patient were performed successfully. One patient with entire aortic arch aneurysm was received Dacron graft replacement with anastomosis of brachiocephalic arteries separately under cardiopulmonary bypass. There was no complication. Among 6 patients involving the descending thoracic aorta, three patients were managed by prosthetic bypass graft and aneurysm resection, and another three patients were also managed by prosthetic graft replacement. There were three hospital deaths. There were two thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. One patient in shock state due to preoperative rupture died from cardiac arrest during operative procedure. In another patient who had extensive involvement from the midportion of descending thoracic aorta to the terminal abdominal aorta, the aneurysm was successfully repaired with Dacron graft. In this instance celiac axis, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries and right renal artery were anastomosed separately. Eight of the 10 abdominal aortic aneurysms was replaced with prosthetic graft. One saccular aneurysm was treated by resection and primary closure. In another patient, cardiac arrest occurred during operation before definitive procedure. There was one another hospital death in the patient with preoperative rupture.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.513-520
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• 1993

Surgical treatment of aneurysm or dissection involving the ascending aorta and aortic arch still poses one of the most complicated technical and tactical challenges in surgery. The use of total circulatory arrest[TCA] with profound hypothermia in the surgical treatment of aneurysmal dissection involving the ascending aorta and aortic arch has been reported as popular surgical methods. However, the safe period of prolonged circulatory arrest with hypothermia remains controversial and ischemic damage to the central nervous system and uncontrollable perioperative bleeding have been the major problem. We have found profound hypothermic circulatory arrest with retrograde cerebral perfusion via the superior vena cava to achieve cerebral protection. We experiment the aortic anastomosis in 7 adult mongrel dogs, using profound hypothermic circulatory arrest with continuous retrograde cerebral perfusion[RGCP] via superior vena cava. We also studied the extent of cerebral protection using above surgical methods, by gas analysis of retrograde cerebral perfusion blood and returned blood of aortic arch, preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative electroencephalography and microscopic findings of brain tissue. The results were as follows: 1. The cooling time ranged from 15 minutes to 24 minutes[19.71$\pm$ 3.20 minutes] ; Aorta cross clamp time ranged from 70 minutes to 89 minutes[79.86 $\pm$ 7.54 minutes] ; Rewarming time ranged from 35 minutes to 47 minutes[42.86$\pm$ 4.30 minutes] ; The extracorporeal circulation time ranged from 118 minutes to 140 minutes[128.43$\pm$ 8.98 minutes] [Table 2]. 2. The oxygen content in the oxygenated blood after RGCP was 12.66$\pm$ 1.25 ml/dl. At 5 minutes after the initiation of RGCP, the oxygen content of returnedlood was 7.58$\pm$ 0.21 ml/dl, and at 15 minutes 7.35$\pm$ 0.17 ml/dl, at 30 minutes 7.20$\pm$ 0.19 ml/dl, at 60 minutes 6.63$\pm$ 0.14 ml/dl [Table 3]. 3. Intraoperative electroencephalographic finding revealed low amplitude potential during hypothermia, and no electrical impulse throughout the period of circulatory arrest and RGCP. Electrical activity appeared after reperfusion, and the electroencephalographic reading also recovered rapidly as body temperature returned to normal [Fig. 2]. 4. The microscopic finding of brain tissue showed widening of the interfibrillar spaces. But there was no evidence of tissue necrosis or hemorrhage [Fig. 3]. We concluded the retrograde cerebral perfusion during hypothermic circulatory arrest is a simplified technique that may have a excellent brain protection.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.308-311
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• 1993

Aberrant right subclavian arteries were experienced in two young children. This is a rare aortic arch anomaly that usually does not produce symptoms. Symtomatic patients require surgical interventions.We describe two young children who had aberrant right subclavian artery with symptoms of difficulty in swallowing and respiratory problems. Diagnosis was made by esophagography, aortography and 3-Dimension chest CT. Operation had been advocated through right thoracotomy without difficulty for ligation, division and anastomosis to the ascending aorta. Dysphagia lusoria was immediately relieved and postoperative course was uneventful. We consider that the right thoracotomy is the choice of operative approach and noninvasive diagnosis by 3-Dimension chest CT is easily made for infant with aberrant right subclavian artery.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.26-29
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• 2018

A 6-month-old, female poodle presented with a three-month history of persistent regurgitation immediately after eating. On physical examination, the patient was emaciated and dehydrated. Thoracic radiography showed ventral displacement of the trachea and increased radiopacity in the mediastinum, cranial to the heart base. A severely dilated esophagus was identified cranial to the heart on esophagram. Computed tomography (CT) revealed the esophagus was filled with gas, fluid and a little of contrast and dilated from caudo-cervical to cranio-thoracic part. The esophageal diameter was markedly decreased at the heart base. In addition, the trachea was displaced to the left-ventral side of the right aortic trunk and an aberrant left subclavian artery originating from the aorta was identified. There was no evidence of abdominal vascular anomaly. Based on diagnostic imaging, persistent right aortic arch (PRAA) with an aberrant left subclavian artery was diagnosed. The patient did not undergo surgery and died at 15 days after diagnosis. This report describes imaging diagnosis, including CT and radiography in a weaned dog with regurgitation due to esophageal obstruction by PRAA. When PRAA is suspected and conventional radiography or contrast study is insufficient for diagnosis, CT may be helpful for diagnosing PRAA.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.32-34
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• 2014

Anomalous aortic origin of the left subclavian artery (LSCA) from the left pulmonary artery (LPA) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation. We describe a case of LSCA from the LPA via ductus arteriosus in association with a double-outlet right ventricle, which never has been reported previously in Korea.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.856-859
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• 2005

생후 19일 된 남아가 안면 청색증과 과호흡을 주소로 내원하였다. 심 초음파 소견 상 B형의 대동맥 궁 단절과 후방 부정열형의 심실 중격 결손, 대동맥 판 협착을 보였다. 수술은 양심실 교정을 시행하였으며, 대동맥 판과 폐동맥 판 모두를 좌심실 유출로로 이용하고 신 대동맥 궁을 재건하고 Goretex graft를 이용하여 우심실 유출로를 재건하는 새로운 방법으로 하였다. 술 후 좌심실 유출로와 우심실 유출로 모두 협착없이 잘 유지되었다.