• Journal of Trauma and Injury
• /
• 제18권1호
• /
• pp.17-25
• /
• 2005

Background: Traumatic rupture of the aorta is a life-threatening injury that must be diagnosed as rapidly as possible and treated immediately. The chest X-ray is a valuable tool for screening traumatic rupture of the aorta in blunt chest trauma. And various chest radiologic parameters are being used as diagnostic tools for aortic injury. The purpose of this study is to identify chest radiographic parameters that may assist in the detection of traumatic rupture of the aorta and to compare these findings with those of other reports. Methods: This study involved 30 adult patients with traumatic rupture of the aorta seen at the emergency department of the Asan Medical Center from 1997 to 2004. The control subjects were 30 healthy patients with neither lung nor cardiovascular disease. We retrospectively assessed over 14 parameters on chest X-rays. Results: In 11 of the 14 parameters, there were significant differences between the study group and the control group. There was no significant difference in the M/C ratio (mediastinumto-chest width ratio) between the two groups, and neither the left nor the right paraspinal interface was statistically significant (p value>0.05). Our study indicates that new criteria for the MC ratio and for the paraspinal interfaces are needed for screening traumatic aorta injury. The other radiographic parameters for traumatic rupture of the aorta need to be further assessed through a prospective study.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제25권10호
• /
• pp.1125-1131
• /
• 1992

Still a lethal injury, traumatic rupture of thoracic aorta occurs more frequently than we expect and comprises significant part of causes of deaths by blunt trauma. We recently experienced a thoracic aortic rupture accompanied by multiple injuries including pericardial and interatrial septal rupture and myocardial contusion in a patient who had been injured in a fall accident. Literatures are reviewed with the concern of early diagnosis, surgical technique and the result of operation.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
• /
• 제34권2호
• /
• pp.81-86
• /
• 2021

Purpose: This study investigated the clinical outcomes of trauma patients with blunt thoracic aortic injuries at a single institution. Methods: During the study period, 9,501 patients with traumatic aortic injuries presented to Trauma Center of Gil Medical Center. Among them, 1,594 patients had severe trauma, with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of >15. Demographics, physiological data, injury mechanism, hemodynamic parameters associated with the thoracic injury according to chest computed tomography (CT) findings, the timing of the intervention, and clinical outcomes were reviewed. Results: Twenty-eight patients had blunt aortic injuries (75% male, mean age, 45.9±16.3 years). The majority (82.1%, n=23/28) of these patients were involved in traffic accidents. The median ISS was 35.0 (interquartile range 21.0-41.0). The injuries were found in the ascending aorta (n=1, 3.6%) aortic arch (n=8, 28.6%) aortic isthmus (n=18, 64.3%), and descending aorta (n=1, 3.6%). The severity of aortic injuries on chest CT was categorized as intramural hematoma (n=1, 3.6%), dissection (n=3, 10.7%), transection (n=9, 32.2%), pseudoaneurysm (n=12, 42.8%), and rupture (n=3, 10.7%). Endovascular repair was performed in 71.4% of patients (45% within 24 hours), and two patients received surgical management. The mortality rate was 25% (n=7). Conclusions: Traumatic thoracic aortic injuries are life-threatening. In our experience, however, if there is no rupture and extravasation from an aortic injury, resuscitation and stabilization of vital signs are more important than an intervention for an aortic injury in patients with multiple traumas. Further study is required to optimize the timing of the intervention and explore management strategies for blunt thoracic aortic injuries in severe trauma patients needing resuscitation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제29권11호
• /
• pp.1212-1217
• /
• 1996

경북대학교병원 흉부외과에서는 1993년 12월부터 1995년 5월까지 14례(남자 9명, 여자 5명)의 상행대동맥 및 대동맥궁질환을 수술하였으며, 환자들의 나이는 25세 에서 65세로 평균 50.4세였다. 진단은 급성 대동맥 박리가 6례(43%)로 4례는 파열이 되었으며, 상행 대동맥류가 4례(29%)로 1례에서 대동맥궁까지 확장되어 있었고 3례에서 파열이 되었으며, 대동맥 판륜확장이 3례(21%)로 1례에서 파열이 동반되었고, 대동맥궁류가 1례(7%)였다. 전례에서 심초음파와 컴퓨터 단층촬영을 시행하였으며, 혈관촬영은 2례에서 시행하였다. 수술의 적응은 파열 5례, 급성 대동맥 박리 5례, 심한 울혈성 심부전 2례, 진행성의 대동맥판막 폐쇄부전 1례 및 동맥류가 커서 파열의 위험성이 있는 경우 1례였다. 수술은 10례(71%)에서 응급으로 시행하였다. Cabrol 수술 6례, 대동맥궁 치환을 겸한 Cabrol 수술 1례, 변형된 Bentall수술 1례, 상행 대동맥 치환 4례, 대동맥궁 치환 1례 및 대동맥궁 치환을 겸한 상행 대동맥 치환의 경우가 1례였다. 술후 합병증으로는 순환정지를 62분 시행한 환자가 경련을 보였고, 심방세동이 2례, 흉골 열개가 1례 그리고 종격동염이 1례 있었다. 술후 조기사망은 2례(14%)에서 있었으며 각각 과다 출혈과 다발성 장기부전이 원인이었다. 심실 부정맥으로 인한 만기사망이 1례(7%)에서 있었다. 11명의 생존 환자들의 추적관찰기간은 2개월에서 20개월로 전례에서 경과는 양호하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제35권8호
• /
• pp.599-604
• /
• 2002

급성 혹은 만성 대동맥 해리증은 파열을 일으킬 수 있는데 이는 사망의 주요 원인이 된다. 상행대동맥의 해리성 동맥류(Stanford A형 대동맥 해리증)는 극히 드물게 상대정맥으로 파열되어 대동백-상대정맥루를 형성할 수 있는데 대동백-하대정맥루는 복부 대동맥류 환자에서 이따금씩 보고되어 왔다. 최근 상대정맥증후군의 증상을 가진 67세 남자환자에서 CT, MR angiography, 동맥촬영 등 방사선학적 검사결과 Stanford A형 대동맥 해리증 및 대동맥-상대정맥루가 진단되었다. 해리된 동맥류는 절제 후 인조혈관으로 치환되었고 대동맥-상대정맥루는 초저온 순환정지 상태에서 교정되었다. 이에 대해 상세하게 기술하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제48권1호
• /
• pp.1-6
• /
• 2015

Although development of surgical technique and critical care, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm still carries a high mortality. In order to obtain good results, various efforts have been attempted. This paper reviews initial management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and discuss the key point open surgical repair and endovascular aneurysm repair.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제21권3호
• /
• pp.488-496
• /
• 1988

Thirty-seven patients of aortic aneurysm underwent operations during January 1984 December 1987 at our hospital. Twenty-six patients had aneurysms involving ascending aorta, three patients had aneurysms involving both ascending aorta and abdominal aorta. and eleven patients had aneurysms involving descending thoracic or abdominal aorta. Among the patients who had aneurysms involving ascending aorta, annuloaortic ectasia with aortic regurgitation were thirteen and all of these underwent ascending aorta graft replacement + AVR with composite graft. The patients who had aortic regurgitation due to ascending aortic dissection were three and all of these underwent intraluminal ringed graft insertion at ascending aorta + aortic valve resuspension. Intraluminal ringed graft insertion was safe, simple, and fast method in the operation for aortic aneurysm. Eleven patients were underwent this operation and the results were good. Major causes of death of the patients who underwent aortic aneurysm operation are underlying cardiovascular diseases or delayed rupture of the aneurysm or complications related newly appeared aneurysm. Among our patients, dissection progressions were appeared in two but neither severe nor complicated. And no patient died from delayed rupture of aneurysm or complications related newly appeared aneurysm. All patients were followed up via OPD and were controlled hypertension or heart failure if present. Operative mortality is 18.9\ulcornera in all, 23% in patients who had aneurysms involving ascending aorta and 7.6` who had aneurysms involving descending thoracic or abdominal aorta. Comparing with other reports, our operative mortality is still high but improved steadily. So we recommend aggressive surgical management of the aortic aneurysm.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제47권1호
• /
• pp.71-74
• /
• 2014

For high-risk patients, endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a good option but may lead to serious complications, which should be addressed immediately. A 75-year-old man with a history of abdominal surgery underwent EVAR for an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries. During EVAR, iliac artery rupture and graft limb occlusion occurred, and they were successfully managed by the additional deployment of an iliac stent graft and balloon thrombectomy, respectively. We, herein, report a rare case of the simultaneous development of the two fatal complications treated by the endovascular technique.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제21권5호
• /
• pp.899-904
• /
• 1988

In Behcet syndrome, cardiac involvements are rare and have been reported pericarditis, myocarditis, right heart endocardial fibrosis, right ventricle mural thrombus with pulmonary embolism, active endocarditis, granulomatous endocarditis, conduction disturbance, acute aortic insufficiency, mitral valve prolapse. Our three patients underwent AVR because of aortic insufficiency and ascending aorta enlargement combined with Behcet syndrome. Two patients had mitral regurgitation too. So one underwent MAP and the other underwent MVR concomitantly. One who underwent AVR have been well for 50 months. Another who underwent AVR+MAP and redo AVR due to aortic paravalvular leakage was died of congestive heart failure. The other who underwent AVR+MVR and repeated AVR three times because of aortic paravalvular leakage is in condition of aortic paravalvular leakage. Paravalvular leakage is considered to recur due to progressive dilatation and fragility of aortic root that is the result of pathologic change of Behcet syndrome in it. If Open heart surgery is needed in Behcet`s syndrome during inflammatory reaction is active, postoperative complications such as paravalvular leakage or suture line rupture may be prevented with pre- and postoperative anti-inflammatory management.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제28권9호
• /
• pp.881-884
• /
• 1995

Improvements in the operative management of traumatic aortic transection have resulted in safe and expeditious repair. Nonetheless, multisystem injuries continue to inflict significant numbers of deaths. We have experienced a case of acute traumatic aortic transection in 41 years old male patient by a traffic accident. The transection was just distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery. We have done a synthetic graft interposition under left atrium to left femoral artery bypass with centrifugal pump. His postoperative course was smooth, and discharged without any complications.