• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.237-244
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• 2009

We investigated the effects of acupuncture stimulation on pulse wave variables and heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy adults. To evaluate twenty healthy volunteers (10 men, 10 women) had acupuncture into both Hapkok (Ll4) and Taechung (Liv3) for 15 minutes. Radial pulse, Heart Rate Variability, body temperature and blood pressure were checked before and after acupuncture to evaluate Pulse Wave Variability and Autonomous Function. The results were as follows; Heart rate was significantly increased while systolic blood pressure (mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) were significantly increased after acupuncture treatment. Sixteen subjects didn't change representative pulse wave variables after acupuncture treatment. Energy, height of main peak (H1), height of pre-dicrotic valley (H2) and height of descending valley (H4) were decreased while height of dicrotic peak (H5) was significantly decreased after acupuncture treatment. Time to main peak (T1), time to pre-dicrotic valley (T2), time to dicrotic peak (T5), total time (T) and T-T4 were decreased while time to descending valley (T4) was increased after acupuncture treatment. Total area (At), area of main peak (Aw) and ratio of diastolic period area (Ad) were decreased while ratio of systolic period area (As) and angle of main peak (MPA) were increased after acupuncture treatment. The standard deviation of all normal RR intervals (SDNN) was increased while the root mean square of successive differences between the normal heart beats (RMSSD) was significantly increased after acupuncture treatment by time domain analysis. Low frequency power (LF) and LF/HF ratio were decreased while high frequency power (HF) was significantly increased after acupuncture treatment by frequency domain analysis. This study suggests that acupuncture treatment changes pulse wave variability and heart rate variability. Further study on various acupuncture treatment for pulse wave variability and heart rate variability is required.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.289-294
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 cardiac MRI를 이용하여 확장기와 수축기의 정량적 측정을 통해 각 단면의 심박출률의 차이를 알아보고자 하였다. 총 12명(정상 7명, 심근교 1명, 부정맥 4명)을 대상으로 심첨에서부터 대동맥궁 쪽으로 단면을 얻었다. 수축기와 확장기 영상을 확대하여 경계를 정하였고, 이 면적을 바탕으로 1, 3, 5, 6-7단면의 심박출률을 구하였다. 정상인의 평균 박출률은 각각 1, 3, 5, 6-7단면에서 67.14%, 66.24%, 65.63%, 그리고 65.29% 로 나타났다. 반면, 환자들의 평균 박출률은 각각 1, 3, 5, 6-7단면에서 61.74%, 60.92%, 60.89%, 그리고 61.89%로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 cardiac MRI를 이용한 특정단면의 심박출률은 각 단면마다 큰 차이가 없음을 알 수 있었고 따라서 cardic MRI를 이용한 심박출계수의 평가는 대표 단면만으로 가능함을 알 수 있었다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.970-975
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• 2012

In Sasang constitutional medicine, doctors diagnose and treat patients according to their Sasang consitutition (SC) type. In this work, by a clinical test with a radial pulse tonometer, we investigated radial pulse properties which were significant in distinguishing unhealthy subjects from healthy subjects for each SC type. We measured radial pulse properties on left and right Gwan locations with a pulse tonometer for 299 elderly female subjects of age of 50 years old or above. We used a newly developed SCAT system to determine subjects' SC types. Subjects' health levels of either healthy or unhealthy were determined independently by two Korean medical doctors. To investigate the statistical differences, we used either of Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney U test depending on the normality of distribution of test statistic. For TE type, unhealthy subjects were characterized with significant increases in heart rate, systolic to diastolic period, pulse depth, while they showed significant decreases in width of pulse in normal direction, pulse area in diastolic period, and high harmonic components (6th, 7th) of power spectral density. For SE type, unhealthy subjects were characterized with significant increases in pulse pressure and pulse depth, while no significant differences were found for SY type. We investigated the characteristic differences in radial pulse properties due to change in health levels on each SC type for elderly females. Pulse variables which were significantly different between healthy subjects and unhealthy subjects were found to vary between SC types. For TE type subjects, many variables were found significant at the left Gwan location, which is in support of the theory of hyperactive liver functioning for TE type. Irrespective of the constitution, the related changes in the pulse properties due to worsened health level were in support of elevated blood flow amount in compensation with weakened blood circulatory function.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1525-1536
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• 2021

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of cine three-dimensional (3D) balanced steady-state free precession (b-SSFP) imaging combined with a non-local means (NLM) algorithm for image denoising in evaluating cardiac function in children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF). Materials and Methods: Thirty-five patients with rTOF (mean age, 12 years; range, 7-18 years) were enrolled to undergo cardiac cine image acquisition, including two-dimensional (2D) b-SSFP, 3D b-SSFP, and 3D b-SSFP combined with NLM. End-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), stroke volume (SV), and ejection fraction (EF) of the two ventricles were measured and indexed by body surface index. Acquisition time and image quality were recorded and compared among the three imaging sequences. Results: 3D b-SSFP with denoising vs. 2D b-SSFP had high correlation coefficients for EDV, ESV, SV, and EF of the left (0.959-0.991; p < 0.001) as well as right (0.755-0.965; p < 0.001) ventricular metrics. The image acquisition time ± standard deviation (SD) was 25.1 ± 2.4 seconds for 3D b-SSFP compared with 277.6 ± 0.7 seconds for 2D b-SSFP, indicating a significantly shorter time with the 3D than the 2D sequence (p < 0.001). Image quality score was better with 3D b-SSFP combined with denoising than with 3D b-SSFP (mean ± SD, 3.8 ± 0.6 vs. 3.5 ± 0.6; p = 0.005). Signal-to-noise ratios for blood and myocardium as well as contrast between blood and myocardium were higher for 3D b-SSFP combined with denoising than for 3D b-SSFP (p < 0.05 for all but septal myocardium). Conclusion: The 3D b-SSFP sequence can significantly reduce acquisition time compared to the 2D b-SSFP sequence for cine imaging in the evaluation of ventricular function in children with rTOF, and its quality can be further improved by combining it with an NLM denoising method.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.168-179
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• 2007

배경: 최근 관상동맥 질환의 증가로 심근경색으로 인하여 약물에 반응하지 않는 급성 심인성 쇼크 및 만성 울혈성 심부전 환자가 증가하는 추세에 있으며, 개심술 후 여러 가지 원인으로 인공심폐기로부터의 이탈이 불가능한 경우도 상당수에 이르고 있어서 이에 적절히 대처할 수 있는 한국인의 체형에 맞고 경제적인 심실보조기의 개발이 필요하다. 이에 저자는 돼지에서 허혈성 전처치의 개념을 이용하여 관상동맥 결찰을 통한 급성 심인성 쇼크 상태를 유발시키고, 여기에 단국대학교 의과대학 의공학교실과 흉부외과학교실에서 공동으로 개발한 DKUH-75 공압식 박동형 심실보조기를 구동시켜, 실제 생명을 위협하는 심한 심근경색 상태와 유사한 환경에서 심실보조기 구동이 실험동물의 혈역학적 수치 및, 심초음파도 상 심기능 수치 등 급성 심인성 쇼크 상태에서 악화되는 지표들을 호전 시킬 수 있는지를 확인하여 DKUH-75 좌심실보조기의 유용성에 대하여 평가 하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 10마리의 몸무게 50 kg 전후의 잡종돼지를 사용하여 허혈성 전처치의 개념을 이용한 관상동맥 좌전하행지 결찰을 통해 급성 심인성 쇼크 상태를 유발하고, 이들 중 5마리의 실험동물에 DKUH-75 좌심실 보조기를 장착하였다. 10마리의 실험동물 모두에서 관상동맥 결찰 전, 결찰 후 1시간에 혈역학적 수치와 심초음파도상 심기능 수치를 측정하였고 심실보조기를 장착한 5마리의 실험동물에서는 심실보조기 구동 후 1시간에 동일한 수치들을 추가 측정하였다. 결과: 관상동맥 결찰을 통하여 급성 심인성 쇼크를 유발한 10마리의 실험동물에서 관상동맥 결찰 전, 결찰 후 1시간의 혈역학적 측정결과 체동맥압(수축기, 이완기, 평균)은 결찰 후 통계적으로 유의하게 하강하였다. 페동맥압도 수축기, 이완기, 평균 모두 상승하였고 좌심실 이완기 말기압도 결찰 후 상승하였으며, 심박출 지수는 유의하게 감소하였다. 또한 심외막 심초음파도로 측정한 좌심실 수축기말 내경도 결찰 후 유의하게 증가하였으며 분획단축 및 좌심실구혈률은 감소하였다. 심실보조기를 장착한 5마리의 실험동물에서 관상동맥 결찰 1시간 후와 심실보조기 작동 1시간 후의 혈역학적 측정치를 비교하였을 때 수축기 체동맥압과 평균 체동맥압이 유의하게 상승하였으며 폐동맥압은 수축기, 이완기, 평균 모두에서 하강하였고 좌심실 이완기 말기압도 심실보조기 구동 후 유의하게 하강하였다. 심박출 지수는 심실보조기 구동 후 통계적으로 의미 있게 증가하였다. 또한 심외막 심초음파도로 측정한 좌심실 수축기말 내경은 심실보조기 구동 후 유의하게 감소하였으며 분획단축 및 좌심실구혈률은 통계적으로 의미 있게 증가하였다. 결론: DKUH-75 심실보조기는 관상동맥 결찰을 통한 심근경색으로 유발시킨 급성 심인성 쇼크 상태의 실험동물에 장착하여 단기간 구동한 결과 각종 혈역학 수치 및 심초음파도 상 심기능 수치를 개선시키고 이를 통하여 심근 기능 회복에 기여할 것으로 사료되었다. 이는 광범위한 심근경색으로 인한 급성 심인성 쇼크 상태에서 DKUH-75 심실보조기의 단기적 유용성을 의미하는 것이라 하겠다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.833-852
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• 1996

Regular long term dance movement could be one of ways to induce improvement of psychophysiological variables, resulting in improvement of quality of life. However, there have been few studies to evaluate the effect of dance movement training on both physiological and psychological variables in the elderly. This study was focused to determine the effect of Korean traditional dance movement training on psychophysiological variables-body weight, body fat, lean body mass, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, agility, resting heart rate and blood pressure, depression and life satisfaction-in Korean elderly women. Thirty four subjects, aged between 65 and 75years who have normal cognition, sensory function, cerebellum function, cardiovascular function, participated in this study. Seventeen experimental group subjects were selected from E-elderly university in Kyung Gi province, and Seventeen control group subjects were selected from N-welfare facility in Seoul City. Seventeen experimental group subjects participated for 12weeks dance movement program. Korean traditional dance movement program was developed on the basis of Korean traditional dance and music by the author. The program consisted of approximately 50minutes of dance, 3times a week for 12weeks. During 50minutes workout, there were 15minutes of warm-up dancing, 25minutes of conditioning dance and 10minutes of cool-down dancing. The intensity for the conditioning phase was at between 60% and 65% of age-adjusted maximum heart rates. The body weight, body fat, lean body mass, muscle strength(grip strength, leg strength), muscle endurance, flexibility, agility, resting heart rate and blood pressure, depression and life satis-faction were measured prior to and following the experimental treatment. The participants in dance movement were interviewed focusing on subjective feeling following 12 week's regular dance movement. Data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation, percentage of change, X²-test, t-test, and ANCOVA test using SPSS PC/sup +/ program. Subjective feeling was categorized into cognitopsy-chological and physiological responses. Results were obtained as follows : 1) The body weight (F=15.52, p=.000), body fat (F=18.33, p=.000) and lean body mass (F=7.28, p=.011) of the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group following the dance movement training. 2) The leg strength (F=30.96, p=.000), muscle endurance (F=9.06, p=.005), agility(F=44.92, 000), flexibility(F=6.84, p=.014) of the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group following the dance movement training. There was no significant difference of grip strength(F=.43, p=.515) between experimental and control groups. 3) The heart rate(F=26.96, p=.000), systolic (F=10.40, p=.000) and diastolic(F=3.99, p=.005) blood pressure at rest of the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group following the dance movement training. 4) No significant difference of score of depression (F=3.49, p=.071) was observed between experimental and control groups. 5) Score of life satisfaction of experimental group was remarkably higher than that of control group following 12weeks of dance movement training (p<0.05). 6) Thematic responses about the dance movement following the training were positive. "I feel good" was the most frequent among cognitopsychological responses and "I feel lightness of body" was the most frequent among physiological responses. The results suggest that Korean traditional dance movement training can improve psychophysiological variables of Korean elderly.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.211-222
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• 1988

Tetralogy of Fallot is a cyanotic congenital heart disease characterized by large ventricular septal defect[VSD] and stenosis of right ventricular outflow tract[RVOT] and the degree of RVOT stenosis and the state of pulmonary arteries are the major determinant of prognosis of this anomaly after operation. The sum of blood flow through RVOT and collateral flow from systemic arteries determine the total pulmonary blood flow and it is drained to left atrium and left ventricle. Therefore the degree of development of left ventricle not only reflects pulmonary blood flow and the status of peripheral pulmonary arteries but also affects postoperative prognosis as a systemic ventricle. In this article, left ventricular volume and its influence on postoperative cardiac function in tetralogy of Fallot were studied in 34 patients operated on at Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital in 1985. Mean age of the patients was 5 1/12*3 9/12 years[range 9/12 - 14 8/12 years], mean body surface area[BSA] 0.65*0.20m2[range 0.38 - 1.22m2], mean body weight 15.6k6.48kg[range 7.0 - 36kg]and mean hematocrit 50.6*9.77%[range 32.0 - 73.5%]. Left ventricular end-diastolic volume[LVEDV] of them were from 11.2 to 113cc and there was a good linear correlation between BSA[m2, X]and LVEDV[cc, Y][Y= - 20.0+923x, r= 0.84, p < 0.005]. Mean LVEDV/m2 was [57.6 * 18.3 cc / m2[range 28.7 - 95.8 cc / m2] and there was a significant reduction of volume compared with normal value. As body surface increases, there was a increasing tendency in LVEDV/m2 but there was no statistical significance. Mean total amount of postoperatively infused dopamine in these 33 patients[except one who expired postoperatively] was 65.6*74.5mg / kg and it was 40.6*44.0mg / kg in routine RVOT widening group [Group I] and 205*49.3mg / kg in transannular RVOT widening group[Group II]. There was a statistically significant difference between two groups. In group I patients there was a good linear inverse correlation between dopamine total amount[mg / kg, Y] and LV volume[cc / m2, X] [Y = 150 - 1.89 X, r = - 0. 77, p < 0.005]. But there were no correlations between dopamine total amount and Hct, cardiopulmonary bypass time and aorta cross clamp time. In conclusion, the patient with small preoperative left ventricular volume required more amount of dopamine as an inotropic agent for the maintenance of a cardiac function in postoperative period. But this is a result of immediate postoperative period and does not reflect the long term effect of left ventricular volume in tetralogy of Fallot. There must be more study for the evaluation of its long term effect.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.103-115
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• 2007

The aim of this study was to compare the reaction of the cardiovascular system, and the anesthetic effect among 3 experimental groups, epidural administration of medetomidine as a single agent, the combination of buprenorphine and medetomidine, and the combination of fentanyl and medetomidine. Twenty one dogs were anesthetized with isoflurane and allowed to breathe spontaneously. Epidural, arterial, and venous catheters were inserted. The tip of epidural catheter was positioned at the level of the space between the sixth and seventh lumbar vertebra. After a stable plane of anesthesia was achieved, these dogs were each administered one of the following treatments epidurally : medetomidine $10{\mu}g/kg$ (Group M), a combination of medetomidine $5{\mu}g/kg$ and buprenorphine $10{\mu}g/kg$ (Group M/B), and a combination of medetomidine $5{\mu}g/kg$ and fentanyl $10{\mu}g/kg$ (Group M/F). Heart rate (HR), Respiratory rate (RR), End-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2), and arterial blood pressure were measured before drug administration (base line) and 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, and 60 min postinjection. Blood gas analysis was performed before injection and 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 60 min postinjection. Isoflurane was discontinued 80 min postinjection and pain/motor function were evaluated up to 260 min postinjection every 15 min. At the early stage of drug introduction (until 5 min), the HR was decreased significantly in all 3 groups compared with base line. In Group M, HR was significantly decreased compared with the other 2 groups. With time (starting 20 min after drug introduction), the HR was decreased significantly in Group M/B in respect to base line. However, no significant difference was seen number-wise in all 3 groups. During 60 min after drug introduction, the systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressures were highest in Group M and lowest in Group M/F. Among 3 groups, drug action and motor loss duration were longest in Group M/F. Analgesic effect observed in the M/F group was the most prominent and long-lasting, compared to those seen in the other 2 groups. Given the fact that the recovery of motor function takes place in a short period of time after analgesic effects disappeared, additional use of M/F depending on the patient's condition would be a good way to achieve effective pain management. However, proper care should be taken to ensure the function of cardiovascular system in the patient because the administration of M/F under isoflurane anesthesia results in a significant decline in arterial blood pressure ($65{\pm}10mmHg$).

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.203-208
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• 2018

본 연구는 심혈관질환의 위험인자인 맥압과 혈청지질 그리고 폐기능 사이의 연관성이 존재하는지를 융합적으로 연구하고자 서울에 위치한 일개 회사의 사무직 종사자 109명(남성 51명, 여성 58명)을 대상으로 진행하였다. 대상자의 평균 연령은 $43.44{\pm}7.23$세, 남성 $43.44{\pm}7.27$세, 여성 $49.1{\pm}11.5$세였고, 키와 체중, BMI, 수축기혈압과 이완기 혈압을 측정하였고, 남녀의 차이가 있었다. 대상자의 맥압 평균은 $47.82{\pm}9.02mmHg$로 남녀의 차이는 없었다. %FVC의 평균은 $84.26{\pm}9.91%$로 남녀의 차이는 없었다. 맥압과 수축기혈압에서 남성(p<0.01), 여성(p<0.01)과 양의 상관관계를 나타내었으며, 남성에게서 FVC와 HDL는 양의 상관관계로 나타났다(p<0.05). 맥압과 %FVC는 음의 상관관계로 나타났다(-0.267, P<0.01). 회귀분석 결과 R2 은 0.071 로 맥압이 %FVC에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 혈압 측정에서의 맥압과 폐기능 검사는 심혈관계질환의 예측인자로 유용성이 있을 것으로 사료되며, 향후 심혈관질환의 연구의 융복합 연계가 필요할 것이다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.393-398
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The association between tea consumption and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) remains controversial. This study aimed to determine whether tea consumption has an effect on CHD risk in Chinese adults. SUBJECTS/METHODS: In this hospital-based case-control study, 267 cases of CHD and 235 non-CHD controls were enrolled. Blood samples from all cases were examined. Cardiac function indices (left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, lactate dehydrogenase, and creatine kinase of the muscle or brain type), blood lipid index (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol), and blood coagulation function indices (fibrinogen and activated partial thromboplastin time) were recorded. Tea consumption of study participants was assessed by a specifically designed questionnaire. The baseline characteristics of the study populations were recorded, and CHD-related biomarkers were detected. Differences in baseline characteristics of the study participants were examined using t-tests for continuous variables and chi-squared tests for categorical variables. Unconditional logistic regression was used to measure the association between tea and CHD. RESULTS: There were significant differences in cardiac function indices, blood lipid index, and blood coagulation indices between CHD cases and controls (P < 0.05). We found tea consumption reduced CHD risk in female participants (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 0.484, 95% CI: 0.242-0.968, P = 0.0403). Regarding the type of tea consumed, the risk of CHD was reduced in women who drank partially fermented tea (adjusted OR = 0.210, 95% CI: 0.084-0.522, P = 0.0008). Analytic results for the amount of tea consumed per unit time showed CHD risk was reduced in women who consumed 1-2 cups of tea per day (adjusted OR = 0.291, 95% CI: 0.131-0.643, P = 0.0023). A tea-drinking frequency of > 6 days/week was beneficial for CHD prevention (adjusted OR = 0.183, 95% CI: 0.049-0.679, P = 0.0112). When analyzed according to the duration of tea consumption, the risk of CHD was reduced in participants who had been drinking tea for 10-20 years (adjusted OR = 0.360, 95% CI: 0.137-0.946, P = 0.0382). CONCLUSIONS: Tea consumption is associated with a reduced risk of CHD in female but not male populations in Guangzhou.