• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.491-494
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• 1995

A fibroma arising in the right ventricle outflow tract of a 14 month-old infant was successfully removed. The patient was first seen because of shortness of breath and tachycardia. Pertinent clinical and laboratory findings included a grade II/VI systolic murmur, blood pressure of 120/60 mmHg, slight cardiomegaly on chest X-ray, a mass obstructing the outflow tract of the right ventricle on echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. On october 30,1992, under cardiopulmonary bypass, a 4cm x 3cm x 3cm tumor was resected from the right ventricular outflow tract, together with a portion of the ventricular wall. Histologically, it was diagnosis as a fibroma. The patient was sent home on the 6th postoperative day following an uneventful recovery form the operation. Although cardiac fibroma is the second most common cardiac tumor in infancy and childhood, it is usually found in the left ventricle and one arising in the right ventricle is considered rare. Although it is a benign tumor, it could produce a severe cardiac dysfunction and even sudden death, depending on its size and location. With the advance in diagnostic techniques and operative management, there is a renewed interest in the early detection and operative removal of these tumors. The case herein presented is the first such case successfully managed and reported in the Korean literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.759-765
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• 1995

We reviewed our experiences on 33 patients who underwent a bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt[BCPS from February 1992 to July 1994. There were 19 male an 14 female patients, and their weight ranged from 4.4 to 13.3 Kg[mean weight 8.4 $\pm$2.9 Kg . The age ranged from 2 to 55 months [mean age 16.7 $\pm$15.5 months . Their diagnosis included single ventricle group in 16, unbalanced ventricles in 8 whose associated anomalies were double outlet right ventricle, transposition of great arteries and total anomalous pulmonary venous return, tricuspid atresia in 7, hypoplastic left heart syndrome in 1 who underwent a Norwood procedure and double outlet right ventricle with pulmonic stenosis and tricuspid stenosis in 1 who underwent biventricular repair. Among them 10 patients had received other palliative operation before [Norwood procedure 1, pulmonary artery banding 3, modified Blalock-Taussig shunt 6 . The BCPS operations were performed under the cardiopulmonary bypass. 16 patients underwent unilateral BCPS and 17 patients who had bilateral SVC underwent bilateral BCPS. Three patients whose associated anomalies were interruption of IVC underwent total cavopulmonary shunt. There were 5 operative deaths [mortality rate 15.1 % and 2 late deaths. The risk factor for the operation was high mean pulmonary artery pressure [p value<0.05 . The survivors showed good postoperative course and their postoperative oxygen saturation was increased significantly compared to that of preoperative status[p value<0.05 .Conclusively, BCPS operation is effective and safe palliative procedure for the many cyanotic complex congenital anomalies with decreased pulmonary blood flow especialy for the patients who have the high risk factors for Fontan operations.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.1036-1039
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• 1997

원발성 폐동맥 육종은 드물며, 흔히 폐동맥 색전증으로 오진하기 쉽다. 예후는 매우 좋지않아서 치료하지 않았을 때의 생존율이 약 1.5개월이며,수술후에도 생존율을 일년정도까지 연장할 수있다. 본 교실에서는 원발성 폐동맥 육종을 1례 치험하였기에 보고하고자 한다. 환자는 55세 여자로 주증상은 호흡곤란, 우측흉통, 및 객혈이었다. 술전 흉부 전산화단층촬영상 폐동맥 색전증과 유사한 종괴음영을 나타내었다. 수술은 부분 체외순환하에 폐동맥 성형술과 우측전폐 절제술이 시행되었다. 술후 조직학적 진단은 미분화 육종이었고, 증상은 다소 호전되었으나 술후 3개월에 원인 미상으로 사망하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.745-749
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• 2002

심장 횡문근종은 매우 드문 원발성 양성 심장 종양이며, 아주 드물게 심실성 부정맥을 유발하기도한다. 저자들은 결절성 경화증 1세 여자 환자에서 심실성 빈맥을 동반한 심장 횡문근종을 1례 치험하였다 술 전심초음파상 심실중격에서 기인하여 좌심실 유출로에 있는 2개의 종양이 발견되었다. 수술은 체외순환하에서 상행대동맥을 절개하여 실시하였으며, 육안으로 종양은 양성으로 보였다. 조직검사상 심장 횡문근종으로 확진되었다. 술 후 경과는 양호하였으며, 심실성 빈맥도 호전되었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.862-867
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• 1994

We experienced two cases of dissecting aneurysm[DeBakey type III] of the thoracic aorta treated using intraluminal sutureless graft. Controversy still exists about the exact timing of surgical intervention for dissection of the descending thoracic aorta. The surgical indication of dissecting aneurysm[DeBakey type III] is continuous flow in the false lumen, continuous chest pain, compromise of arterial supply to a specific organ or limb, or extension of the dissection while the patient is receiving satisfactory medical treatment. Surgical therapy for dissection of the aorta has had a high mortality. One contributing factor has been hemorrhage from the prosthesis and the suture lines. Recently, a new method of treatment with a intraluminal sutureless graft that requires no end-to-end anastomosis has been developed. In our cases, cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest was utilized in repairing dissecting aneurysm of descending aorta[DeBakey type III] in order to avoid the aortic cross clamping because of friable aortic intima. The basic technique consists of vertical incision of descending aorta in the area of intimal tear and inserting the whole ringed graft into the true lumen of the dissected aorta and circumferentially ligating the aorta against the groove in the rings. Postoperative course was uneventful.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.256-258
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• 2009

17년 전에 관상동맥 우회술을 시술 받은 63세 환자가 인공 심박동기 삽입 후 발생한 국소 감염으로 입원하였다. 피부 절개 후 심박동기를 견인하여 제거하려 하였으나 와이어가 뽑히지 않았고, 와이어는 절단하여 체내에 남겨둔 채로 치료를 종료하였다. 그러나 반복적으로 국소 감염이 재발하였고, 이에 우측 개흉술로 접근하여 인공 심폐 순환 후, 순환 정지 하에 우심방을 열고 와이어를 제거하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.224-227
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• 2017

A 20-year-old man presented with a femur fracture and epidural hemorrhage (EDH) following a fall. One month after fracture surgery, swelling developed in both legs, and he was diagnosed as having a deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. A retrievable inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) was inserted, because EDH is a contraindication to anticoagulants. Four months later, he complained of abdominal pain, and a computed tomography scan showed a fractured IVCF strut. After percutaneous removal failed 3 times, the IVCF was surgically removed by orthopedists using a portable image intensifier without cardiopulmonary bypass.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1238-1242
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• 1998

심근교각을 해부학적인 정의을 하면 심외막의 관상동맥 주행중 국한된 부분의 관상동맥이 심근섬유에 의해 둘러싸여 있는 것을 말한다. 이질환은 주로 관상동맥 조영술에서 심근수축시 관상동맥이 좁아지거나 또는 압박효과을 나타내기 때문에 알게된다. 관상동맥중 좌전하행지의 중간부위에 가장 많이 발생 한다. 심근교각은 허혈 효과을 가지고 있어서 건강한 사람에서 협심증, 심근경색, 혹은 사망의 원인이 되기도 한다. 저자들은 좌전하행지 중간부분의 압박으로 협심증을 호소한 2례의 환자을 치험하고 보고 하고자 한다. 수술은 심폐 우회술하에 좌전하행지 동맥상부을 덮은 심근에 근절개술을 시행하였다. 수술후 협심증과 압박효과는 호전되었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.1191-1203
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• 1990

Pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries [abbreviated as PA+VSD+MAPCA in the following] has limited the success of attempts at accurate diagnosis and complete surgical repair. From April 1986 to September 1990, 23 patients with PA+VSD+MAPCA among 96 patients of PA+VSD in Seoul National University Children’s Hospital were encountered. The group comprised 14 male and 9 female patients with ages ranging from 17 days to 177 months [mean 49.6 months]. We operated one stage total repair on good pulmonary artery sized two patients by R.E.V. [Reparation a l’etage ventriculaire] and Rastelli operation respectively. And the 11 patients who had independent MAPCAs and hypoplastic central pulmonary artery were dealt with unifocalization and modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt and followed by second stage repair in 3 patients later. We successfully had managed 7 patients whose MAPCAs could be ligated with modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt and followed by second stage repair in 3 patients with R.E.V or Rastelli operation. Recently, three obstruction after 11 unifocalization procedures made us to try palliative right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit operation by Gore-Tex vascular graft interposition under cardiopulmonary bypass. And so we managed another 3 patients with these procedures for the purpose of pulmonary artery growth whose central pulmonary artery were severely hypoplastic. We experienced one death after second stage repair whose central pulmonary artery was created by 12mm Gore-Tex vascular graft and was unifocalized.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.1049-1056
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• 1990

The OXYREX hollow fiber membrane oxygenator developed by joint work of KIST and Green Cross Medical company has been evaluated by experimental investigation and clinical application, In this oxygenator gas exchanges occur through small pores of 0.1pm size which are distributed on 70% of surface of polypropylene hollow fiber. The Oxyrex membrane oxygenator consists of 36 thousand hollow fibers and it has 3.3m2 of gas exchange surface. The Oxyrex membrane oxygenator has unique blood flow path: blood enters the oxygenator passes between the hollow fibers and exits through outlet ports, that provides low transmembrane pressure drop. In the animal experiment and in vitro investigations of Oxyrex oxygenator, it showed low transmembrane pressure difference, effective heat exchanger performance, stable gas transfer function and less blood trauma. The Oxyrex oxygenator been used from March, 1990, to October, 1990, in 40 patients undergoing open heart operations. In the clinical applications of Oxyrex, adequate oxygenation[PaO2, 283$\pm$70mmHg] and carbon dioxide removal[PaCO2, 27\ulcorner6mmHg]were maintained under the condition of FiO2: below 0.6, Hct; 25%, perfusion flow; 2.4 L/min, gas flow: 2.1 L/min. During maximum 365 minutes of cardiopulmonary bypass[CPB] time period, the Oxyrex oxygenator maintained stable condition of PaO2, PaCO2 respectively and it also kept low plasma hemoglobin level. The complement proteins C3 and CH50 were not significantly changed pre to post CPB. There were no complications related to the oxygenator during and after the CPB.