• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.337-341
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• 1996

A 40-year-old male patient who had ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm Involving right coronary artery obstruction and thoracic descending aortic pseudoaneurysm was successfully managed by two-stage operation. Repair of intimal tear of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm with a patch of woven dacron vascular graft and right coronary artery bypass graft with great saphenous vein were performed in first stage operation. On 28 days postoperatively, Repair of intimal tear of descending aortic pseudoaneurysm with a patch of woven dacron vascular graft was done under the femorofemoral partial cardiopulri!onary bypass in second stage operation. The patient was discharged at postoperative 13th days without any evident.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.462-467
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• 2008

Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, usually occurring in infants and young children. Although the etiology of Kawasaki disease remains uncertain, its serious complicationssuch as giant aneurysm formation, coronary arterial stenotic lesions, and thrombotic occlusionhave been proven to cause myocardial ischemia or infarction in patients with Kawasaki disease. To prevent and treat these complications, several modes of therapyincluding long-term anticoagulation, interventional catheterization, and surgical treatmenthave been gradually developed. In this article, we review the cardiovascular complications following Kawasaki disease and the management thereof, which includes thrombolytic therapy, catheter intervention, and coronary artery bypass graft.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.373-377
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• 1978

Aneurysmal rupture of sinus Valsalva is known as one of rare cardiac disease and not controlled with medical treatment. We experienced 9 cases which were composed with 7 case of male and 2 cases of female during last 15 years. 7 cases were ruptured into right ventricle from right. coronary sinus and 2 cases were ruptured into right atrium from non-coronary sinus. The diagnosis was made with cardiac catheteriza1icn and cineangiccardicgram but 2 cases were misdiagnosed with only cardiac catheterization. All cases were corrected under cardiopulmonary bypass with means of direct suture with tdlon pledget by transatrial or transventricular approach. All were not confirmed in it's origin because of no history, no evidences of syphilis, TB, or bacterial endocarditis and only fibrosis in pathologic report. In postoperative course, 1 case had postoperative bleeding and 1 case was sufferd from left hemiplegia due to may be air embolism. Follow up study revealed all patient go on their usual life well with good improvement at this present time.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.693-697
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• 1989

A forty-eight-year-old female patient with ascending aortic aneurysm with aortic insufficiency underwent a modified Bentall operation. The ascending aorta and the aortic valve were replaced with a composite graft containing a St. Jude valve. The coronary orifices were anastomosed to the tubular Dacron prosthesis by means of a second smaller Gore-Tex tube, and a fistula between the aneurysmal sac and the right atrial appendage was created to drain oozing from the prosthesis. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged without complication. She is doing well on the 14 months follow-up.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.803-808
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• 1987

Two young male patients were operated on for the Marfan syndrome complicating ascending aortic aneurysm and a moderate degree of aortic regurgitation. We replaced the ascending aorta and aortic valve with Bjork-Shiley aortic valve composite graft and implanted the coronary ostia in the sides of the graft directly. Postoperatively, the atrial fibrillation occurred in one case and the other had uneventful course. They showed improvement in activity at follow-up.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.190-192
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• 2000

A 53-year-old male patient who had suffered from acute myocardial infarction before a week was admitted due to postinfarction angina A mobile pedunculated left ventricular thrombus of 2.0-cm diameter which was overlooked in cardiac catheterization and ventriculographic study was diagnosed with transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography. There was no exact clinical finding of left ventricular aneurysm and the thrombus was placed in the akinetic and hypokinetic apical portion. For preventing systemic embolism that was removed through a left ventriculotomy just prior to coronary artery bypass grafting.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.926-929
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• 1991

A 31 year-old male patient underwent surgical treatment of the pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta complicating after the Bentall operation, He had undergone the replacement of the ascending aorta using the composite valved graft with direct coronary reimplantation under the diagnosis of the annuloaortic ectasia of ascending aorta associated with Marfan syndrome. Eleven months after the operation, he started to feel dyspnea and anterior chest pain, and was diagnosed as pseudoaneurysm around the ascending aortic graft. The second operation consisted of the dacron patch closure of the defect of the aortic graft which was the hole for previous coronary reimplantation, and the anastomosis between the coronary orifice and the aortic graft with the intermediate graft of a 10mm woven dacron tube, and suture closure of the fistula opening from the aneurysm. His postoperative course was uneventful and discharged without complication. He is doing well 10 months postoperatively.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.106-109
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• 2008

다발성 관상동맥류는 성인에서 매우 드물게 보고되고 있다. 그 발생 원인으로는 동맥경화, 선천성 혈관 기형, 외상, 매독과 관련된 혈관 병변, 결체조직 질환, 가와사키병 등이 있으며, 일반적으로 관상동맥의 혈관구조물 중에서 중피(media)의 약화와 관련이 있다. 현증이 있거나 파열, 색전, 종괴로 인한 압박에 기인한 부정맥, 허혈 등의 합병증을 예방하기 위해 수술적 치료를 고려할 수 있다. 저자들은 중간지와 좌 회선지 관상동맥의 기시부에 위치하는 다발성 관상동맥류와 관련하여 파열 및 부정맥이 동반된 환자에서의 수술적 치료에 대해 증례 보고를 하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.607-612
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• 1997

저자들은 1964년부터 1994년까지 발살바동 동맥류파열로 진단받고 수술받은 53례를 분석하고 추적조사 하였다. 파열된 발살바동은 우관상 발살바동이 43례(81%)로 가장 많았고 무관상 발살바동이 7례(13%), 다발성이 2례있었다. 우관상동에서 발생한 파열은 대부분 우심실로 유출되었고(81.4%), 무관상 발살바동에서 발생한 것은 대부분 우심방으로 유출되었다(71.4%). 수술방법으로는 대동맥과 유출된 심장챔버 양측을 절 개하는 방법을 주로 사용하였고 41례(77%)에서는 직접봉합을 12례(23%)에서는 청포를 이용하여 봉합하였다. 대동맥판막부전은 26례(49%)에서 동반되었는데 14례에서는 대동맥판 성형술을 10례에서는 대동맥판 치환수술을 하였다. 대동맥판 성형술을 한 14례에서 9년동안 대동맥판쇄부전이 발생하지 않을 빈도는 55%였다. 수술사망은 없었으며 2례에서 만기사망이 발생하여 10년 생존률은 95%였다. 15례에서 만기합병증이 발생하였다. 대동맥판 부전이 5례, 조직판막의 구조적실패가 3례, 발살바동의 재파열이 2례였다. 10년동안 만기합병증이 발생하지 않을 확률은 53%로 비교적 높았고 심내막염 동반이 위험인자로 작용하였다. 결론적 으로 발 移姆옰커\ulcorner\ulcorner외과적 치료는 만족할 만한 단기 및 장기생존율을 보였으나 대동맥판부전 또는 심내 막염과 관련된 경우 만기 합병증 발생률이 높은 것으로 나타나 대동맥판부전이나 심내막염이 동반되었을 때에는 좀 더 세심한 관찰이 요망된다고 생각된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제59권8호
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• pp.328-334
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• 2016

Purpose: Although a significant number of reports on new therapeutic options for refractory Kawasaki disease (KD) such as steroid, infliximab, or repeated intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) are available, their effectiveness in reducing the prevalence of coronary artery lesions (CAL) remains controversial. This study aimed to define the clinical characteristics of patients with refractory KD and to assess the effects of adjuvant therapy on patient outcomes. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 38 refractory KD patients from January 2012 to March 2015. We divided these patients into 2 groups: group 1 received more than 3 IVIG administration+steroid therapy, (n=7, 18.4%), and group 2 patients were unresponsive to initial IVIG and required steroid therapy or second IVIG (n=31, 81.6%). We compared the clinical manifestations, laboratory results, and echocardiographic findings between the groups and examined the clinical utility of additional therapies in both groups. Results: A significant difference was found in the total duration of fever between the groups ($13.0{\pm}4.04days$ in group 1 vs. $8.87{\pm}2.30days$ in group 2; P=0.035). At the end of the follow-up, all cases in group 1 showed suppressed CAL. In group 2, coronary artery aneurysm occurred in 2 patients (6.4%). All the patients treated with intravenous corticosteroids without additional IVIG developed CALs including coronary artery aneurysms. Conclusion: No statistical difference was found in the development of CAL between the groups. Prospective, randomized, clinical studies are needed to elucidate the effects of adjunctive therapy in refractory KD patients.