• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2016

Background: A previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may affect the outcomes of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The objective of this study was to compare the early in-hospital postoperative outcomes between patients who underwent CABG with or without previous PCI. Methods: The present study included 160 patients who underwent isolated elective on-pump CABG at the department of cardiothoracic surgery, Minia University Hospital from January 2010 to December 2014. Patients who previously underwent PCI (n=38) were compared to patients who did not (n=122). Preoperative, operative, and early in-hospital postoperative data were analyzed. The end points of the study were in-hospital mortality and postoperative major adverse events. Results: Non-significant differences were found between the study groups regarding preoperative demographic data, risk factors, left ventricular ejection fraction, New York Heart Association class, EuroSCORE, the presence of left main disease, reoperation for bleeding, postoperative acute myocardial infarction, a neurological deficit, need for renal dialysis, hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality. The average time from PCI to CABG was $13.9{\pm}5.4$ years. The previous PCI group exhibited a significantly larger proportion of patients who experienced in-hospital major adverse events (15.8% vs. 2.5%, p=0.002). On multivariate analysis, only previous PCI was found to be a significant predictor of major adverse events (odds ratio, 0.16; 95% confidence interval, 0.03 to 0.71; p=0.01). Conclusion: Previous PCI was found to have a significant effect on the incidence of early major adverse events after CABG. Further large-scale and long-term studies are recommended.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제57권11호
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• pp.472-478
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• 2014

Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute vasculitis that primarily affects young children, is the most common acquired paediatric cardiovascular disease in developed countries. While sequelae of arterial inflammation in the acute phase of KD are well documented, its late effects on vascular health are increasingly unveiled. Late vascular dysfunction is characterized by structural alterations and functional impairment in term of arterial stiffening and endothelial dysfunction and shown to involve both coronary and systemic arteries. Further evidence suggests that continuous low grade inflammation and ongoing active remodeling of coronary arterial lesions occur late after acute illness and may play a role in structural and functional alterations of the arteries. Potential importance of genetic modulation on vascular health late after KD is implicated by associations between mannose binding lectin and inflammatory gene polymorphisms with severity of peripheral arterial stiffening and carotid intima-media thickening. The changes in cholesterol and lipoproteins levels late after KD further appear similar to those proposed to be atherogenic. While data on adverse vascular health are less controversial in patients with persistent or regressed coronary arterial aneurysms, data appear conflicting in individuals with no coronary arterial involvements or only transient coronary ectasia. Notwithstanding, concerns have been raised with regard to predisposition of KD in childhood to accelerated atherosclerosis in adulthood. Until further evidence-based data are available, however, it remains important to assess and monitor cardiovascular risk factors and to promote cardiovascular health in children with a history of KD in the long term.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.1049-1055
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• 1998

연구배경 : 관동맥우회술은 허혈성 심질환의 중요한 치료법의 하나이다. 수술로 인한 합병증과 수술사망률은 최근 현저히 감소하고 있는 추세이나 아직도 개선이 필요하다 재료 및 방법 : 이 연구에서는 술전 및 수술 변수들을 위험인자로 설정하고 이들의 영향을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 1992년부터 1997년 까지 허혈성 심질환 환자에서 관동맥우회술을 시행한 86명을 대상으로 하였다. 대상환자들의 임상적 특징을 살펴보면 평균 나이는 58.6±8.4(36~74)세 였고 남자가 61명 여자가 25명 이었다. 수술 전 관동맥 풍선확장술 혹은 stent 삽입술을 시행한 환자는 14명이 있었다. 불안전성 협심증이 41례로 48%를 차지하였고 삼중혈관 질환이 45례로 52%를 차지하였다. 좌심실 조영술상 구축률이 저하된 경우(<35%)가 7례 있었다. 응급수술은 10례에서 시행되었다. 동반수술로 승모판막 치환술이 2례, 대동맥판막 치환술이 2례, 심방중격결손 봉합이 1례 그리고 심실중격결손 봉합 1례를 시행하였다. 관동맥우회술의 평균 원위부 문합수는 환자당 3.5개 였으며 대동맥 차단시간은 평균 115분이었다. 이 연구에서 분석지표로 사용된 변수들은 고령 (70세 이상), 여성, 저체표면적(1.5M2이하), 술전 관동맥풍선확장술 혹은 stent 삽입력, 고지혈증, 흡연력, 고혈압, 당뇨, 만성 폐쇄성폐질환, 긴급 혹은 응급수술, 좌주관동맥질환, 좌심실구축률의 저하(35%이하), 동반수술 등이었다. 결과 : 수술 사망은 총 7례 였으며 그 원인으로는 저심박출증이 5례, 내과적 치료에 반응하지 않는 심실성 빈맥이 1례 그리고 심장압전증이 1례 있었다. 수술 합병증으로 술후 심근경색과 뇌졸증이 각각 6례로 가장 많았으며 출혈로 인한 재수술이 5례, 급성 신부전증이 4례 그리고 위장관 합병증과 종격동염이 각각 3례 였다. 합병증 발생의 위험인자로서는 저체표면적, 당뇨병력 그리고 좌심실구축률의 저하가 통계적으로 유의하였으며(p<0.05) 사망률의 위험인자로는 좌심실구축률의 저하가 의미있게 분석되었다(p<0.05). 결론 : 관동맥우회술과 관련된 수술합병증의 위험인자는 저체표면적, 당뇨병력 그리고 좌심실구축률의 저하 등이 있었고 사망률의 위험인자는 좌심실구축률의 저하로 나타난 것으로 보아서 좌심실기능장애가 심하지 않은 상태에서의 수술이 필요하다고 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.553-558
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• 2004

심장 박동상태에서 시행하는 관상동맥우회술(off-pump CABG)은 심폐체외순환하에서 시행하는 관상동맥우회술(on-pump CABG)에 비해 수술 후 유병률을 줄일 수 있는 방법으로 보고되고 있다. 저자들은 특히 수술 후 합병증의 발생 가능성이 높은 당뇨환자에 있어서 off-pump CABG와 on-pump CABG의 임상 결과를 비교하여 off-pump CABG가 당뇨환자의 유병률에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 2001년 1월부터 2003년 6월까지 연세대학교 심장혈관병원에서 관상동맥우회출만을 시행받은 682명(off-pump CABG군: 424명, on-pump CABG: 258명)의 환자들 중 당뇨가 있는 환자 244명을 대상으로 하였다. 이 중 off-pump CABG는 154명, on-pump CABG는 90명의 환자들에서 시행하였다. 이 환자들을 대상으로 수술 전 위험요소들과 수술 후 결과를 비교하였다. 결과: 연령, 남녀 비 및 수술 전 고혈압 등의 위험요소와, 수술 전 뇌경색이나 심근경색의 기왕력 등 수술위험 요소도 두 군간의 통계적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이식편수는 on-pump CABG에서 유의하게 많았으나, 수술 시간은 off-pump CABG에서 통계적으로 유의하게 짧았고, 수술 후 강심제 사용빈도는 off-pump CABG에서 유의하게 낮았다. 수술 사망은 차이가 없었으며, 수술 후 측정한 CK-MB, 중환자실 인원기간 및 호흡기 사용시간은 off-pump CABG에서 통계적으로 유의하게 낮았다. 그러나 출혈로 인한 재수술, 수술 후 심근경색증, 감염, 신부전증, 신경학적 합병증 및 수술 후 입원 기간 등은 두 군간에 통제적 유의성이 없었다. 결론: 당뇨환자에서 시행한 off-pump CABG는 on-pump CABG에 비해 심근의 손상이 적으면서 수술 후 회복이 빨랐다. 따라서 두 방법 모두 좋은 결과를 보여 주었으나, off-pump CABG가 당뇨환자에서 좀 더 효과적인 수술 방법이라고 생각한다. 그러나 전향적인 연구 등 더 많은 연구가 필요하리라 생각한다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2007

Objectives : To assess whether the risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality rates for non-emergent and isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) patients exhibited a consistent trend from 2001 to 2003. Methods : The data used in this study came from CABG claims that were submitted to a Korean Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Study datasets included data from 17 tertiary hospitals, which had at least 25 claims each year over 3 years. The inter-hospital differences in patients' risk-factors were identified and controlled in the risk-adjustment model. Actual and predicted mortality rates for each hospital were calculated in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2001+2002, and were then examined to identify consistent rate patterns over time. Kappa analysis was applied to assess the agreements between rates. Results : Hospitals with lower-than-expected inpatient mortality rates showed more consistent rates than those with higher-than-expected mortality rates. The mortality rates that were calculated based on data obtained over multiple years had less variation among hospitals than rates based on single year data. Based on the Kappa score, the highest agreement was found when the rates were compared between the 2-year combined data (2001+2002) and 2003. Conclusions : Consistent patterns over 3 years were most evident for hospitals which had lower-than expected mortality rates. Policy makers can use this information to identify the degree of outcomes in hospitals and help motivate or channel the behaviors of providers.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2014

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether school-aged children with Kawasaki disease (KD) have an increased risk for early atherosclerosis. Methods: The study included 98 children. The children were divided into the following groups: group A (n=19), KD with coronary arterial lesions that persisted or regressed; group B (n=49), KD without coronary arterial lesions; and group C (n=30), healthy children. Anthropometric variables and the levels of biochemical markers, including total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein A, apolipoprotein B, homocysteine, highsensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and brachial artery stiffness using pulse wave velocity were compared among the three groups. Results: There were no significant differences in blood pressure and body index among the three groups. Additionally, there was no sex-specific difference. Moreover, the levels of triglyceride, HDL-C, apolipoprotein A, and hs-CRP did not differ among the three groups. However, the levels of total cholesterol (P =0.018), LDL-C (P =0.0003), and apolipoprotein B (P =0.029) were significantly higher in group A than in group C. Further, the level of homocysteine and the aortic pulse wave velocity were significantly higher in groups A and B than in group C (P=0.0001). Conclusion: School-aged children after KD have high lipid profiles and arterial stiffness indicating an increased risk for early atherosclerosis.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.308-316
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• 2011

혈관 질환 위험인자의 가족력은 이미 잘 알려져 있으며 최근 심혈관 질환의 위험인자를 대상으로 한 연구에서는 가족력 뿐 만 아니라 배우자간의 위험인자 일치성이 있다고 밝혔다. 이는 혈관 질환 위험인자에서의 가족력은 유전적인 이유뿐 만이 아니라 환경적 요인으로 인해서도 발생한 다는 것을 암시한다. 그러나 뇌졸중이 발생한 환자에서 그 배우자간 위험인자의 일치성을 알아본 연구는 없었다. 이 연구는 본 연구를 진행하기 앞서 시행한 연구로서 뇌졸중으로 입원했던 환자를 대상으로 위험인자간의 관련성을 조사해 그 경향성을 파악하고자 하였는데 고혈압의 유무(p=0.025)와 경동맥 내막-중막 두께(r=0.479, p=0.001)에서 의미있는 연관성을 보였으나 나이를 보정하는 경우 의미가 없는 것으로 드러났다. 일반 인구 대상이거나 심혈관질환자가 대상이었던 종전의 연구 결과와는 다른 결과였다. 의미 있는 경향성을 보인 위험인자에 대해서 추후 보다 큰 규모의 연구가 필요할 것이다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 1993

Among 64 patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent coronary angiogrphy, 7 patients (10.9%) showed normal coronary artery. Six patients were men and 1 patient was female. The mean age of patients were $31.1{\pm}3.9$ years. Among the risk factors of coronary heart disease, smoking was most probable factor in patients with acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary angiography. $^{99m}Tc$-MIBI heart SPECT performed 5 of 7 patients and showed that it could be used in diagnosis, localization, extent of infarct area in patients with acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary angiograpy. But follow up $^{99m}Tc$-MIBI heart SPECT study will be needed to define the ability of myocardial viability in this patients.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.287-294
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• 2004

Diabetic complication is one of major risk factors leading to vascular disease such as atherosclerosis, stroke, coronary heart disease and etc. Several factors affecting the acceleration of diabetic vascular complication have been known such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, immune complex and genetic factors. To screen and develop new therapeutics agents for diabetic vascular complication, it is strongly needed to develop animal models for diabetic complications. However in rodents models, diabetic complications is not well developed. Furthermore to assess the possibility of new therapeutics for diabetic vascular complications, diabetic animal models which have the risk factors of diabetic complications is needed. We aim to develop and establish an diabetic animal model which have diabetic complications with hyperlipidemia which is one of risk factors for diabetic complications. We induced insulin -dependent diabetes by intra. venous injection of streptozotocin (35 mg/kg/day) in RICO rats which is a spontaneous animal model for hyperlipidemia. Our models (STZ RICO) showed hyperglycemia, persistent high level of plasma cholesterol and triglyceridemia with severe diabetic renal changes until 28 weeks after induction of diabetes. STZ-RICO rats could be used for the evaluations of newly developed diabetic drugs.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2015

Background: The endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) method has been used in coronary artery bypass surgery in many countries. We started using the EVH method recently, and investigated the results during the early learning period. Methods: Between March 2012 and June 2014, 75 patients (31 patients in the EVH method group, and 44 patients in the open method group) who underwent isolated first-time coronary artery bypass grafting using vein grafts were retrospectively analyzed with respect to the early outcomes including graft patency and risk factors for leg wound complications. For assessing the patency of vein graft, we performed coronary computed tomography angiography during the immediate postoperative period and 6 months later. Results: Mean harvesting time of endoscopic method was about 15 minutes. Patency rate during the immediate operative period and the 6-month patency rate were similar between the two groups (postoperative period: EVH 100% vs. open method 94.4%, p=0.493; at 6 months: EVH 93.3% vs. open method 90.9%, p=0.791). Leg wound complications occurred more frequently in the open method group (EVH 3.2% vs. open method 13.6%, p=0.127). According to the analysis, age was an independent risk factor for leg wound complications. Conclusion: EVH is a feasible method even for beginners and can be performed satisfactorily during their learning period.