• Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.141-143
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• 2015

Ortner's syndrome is a rare clinical entity with hoarseness attributable to recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in cardiovascular diseases. The mechanism of this condition is thought to be due to compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by a dilated, tense cardiovascular structure against its adjacent tissue; thus, this is also known as cardio-vocal syndrome. We experienced the case of a 81-year-old female suffering from hoarseness due to a large aneurysm of the aortic arch, and reviews the literature for possible cardiovascular causes of Ortner's syndrome.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.127-133
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• 2009

Cardiomyopathies were previously defined as "an idiopathic myocardial disease that is not secondary to any other type of congenital/acquired heart disease or systemic diseases." With increasing understanding of etiology and pathogenesis in human medicine, the difference between cardiomyopathy and specific heart muscle disease has become indistinct. Cardiomyopathies are now classified by the dominant pathophysiology or, if possible, by etiological/pathogenetic factors. The American Heart Association recently advocated the following new definition of cardiomyopathy: Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the myocardium associated with mechanical and/or electrical dysfunction that usually (but not invariably) exhibit inappropriate ventricular hypertrophy or dilatation and are due to a variety of causes that frequently are genetic. Cardiomyopathies either are confined to the heart or are part of generalized systemic disorders, often leading to cardiovascular death or progressive heart failure-related disability. Because the understanding of etiology or pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy has been limited in veterinary medicine, the previous classification is generally used. It is considered a dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive group on the basis of the predominant morphological and functional abnormalities. In addition, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and unclassified cardiomyopathy were also recognized in dogs and/or cats.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.1677-1684
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• 1996

The theory of optimal stack filtering has been used in difference of estimates(DoE) approach to the detection of intensity edges in noisy image. In this approach, stack filters are applied to a noisy image to obtain local estimates of the dilated and eroded versions of the noise-free image. Thresholding the difference between these two estimates produces the estimated edge map. In this paper, the DoE approach is modified by imposing a symmetry condition of the data used to train the two stack filers. Under this condition, the stack filters obtained are duals of each other. Only one filter must therefore be trained;the other is simply its dual. They also produce statistially unbiased estimates. This new technique is called the symmetric Difference of Estimates (SDoE) approach.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.1209-1213
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• 2005

Nuclear membrane is one of the main barriers in intracellular delivery of genetic materials. The previous report showed that glucocorticoid receptor dilated the nuclear pore to 60 nm in the presence of a ligand. It was also suggested that the transport of genetic material to nucleus might be facilitated by glucocorticoid. In this study, the effect of glucocorticoid preincubation in the polymeric gene delivery was investigated. The cells were preincubated with dexamethasone, a potent glucocorticoid, and transfection assays were performed with polyethylenimine (PEI) and polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer. As a result, the transfection efficiency of PEI or PAMAM to the cells in the presence of dexamethasone was enhanced, compared to the cells without dexamethasone. This effect was not observed in the cells preincubated with cholesterol. The polymer/DNA complex was stable in the presence of dexamethasone. In addition, the cytotoxicities of the polymeric carriers to the cells were observed in the presence of dexamethasone. In conclusion, dexamethasone enhances the transfection efficiency of polymeric carriers and may be useful in the development of polymeric gene carriers.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.89-92
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• 2020

A 5-year-old dog was evaluated for a lethargy and respiratory distress. Radiograph revealed cardiomegaly with pleural effusion, and the dog died during a thoracocentesis. At necropsy, the descending aorta and pulmonary trunk were dilated and in close contact, but there was no external evidence of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). When the descending aorta was opened however, an ostium opening into the pulmonary trunk was evident. Histopathological investigation revealed that the intramural PDA resembled vascular tissue with a structure and architecture. The diagnosis was an intramural PDA, an extremely rarely reported type of PDA in the dog.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 1996

This paper aims to probe the effect of SQ in the rat liver which pretreated with CP was examined by transmission electron microscope. In the A group, the difference between the normal and the treated groups were not detected at 24 hours, but the few mitochondria were expanded at the 72 hours. In the B group, the cisternae of rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum were partially destructed and attached ribosomes were remarkably decreased at 24 hours. A number of the mitochondria were dilated and increased in number, the filamentous materials also detected at 72 hours. These results suggest that SQ is not only concerned with construction of the membrane of the cell organelles but also decreased the cellular toxicity in the hepatic cells.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.595-601
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• 1999

기본 배년 네트워크의 내부 링크를 확장계수배만큼 확장한 확장 배년 네트워크는 기존 병렬처리 컴퓨터나 ATM 스위칭 시스템을 위한 효율적인 통신하부구조로서 여겨져왔다. 본 논문에서는 특히 각 스위치 소자 내부 버퍼가 있는 확장 배년 네트워크의 성능 분석 모델을 마코프 체인에 기초하여 제안한다. 제안한 분석모델에 의해 도출된 네트워크 지연시간과 정규처리율의 값을 모의실험결과와 비교하고, 네트워크 부하가 높고 확장계수가 작은 경우를 제외하고는 두 결과값이 항상 일치함을 보인다. 이러한 확장 배년 네트워크는 스위치의 크기와 관계없이 확장 계수가 3 이상이면 이상적인 처리율과 지연시간을 나타낸다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.550-554
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• 1992

The selection of an appropriate surgical technique for repair of aneurysm of the ascending aortia with aortic insufficiency is unsettled. The etiology of the disease process has been the best indicator for the type of repair. Placement of a supracoronary graft[seperate graft and valve] is a compromise if the coronary ostia are displaced cephalad by the aneurysm, where as insertion of a valved conduit is difficult and unnecessary if the coronary ostia are normally placed. A 53 year old female patient underwent primary repaiar of proximal dissected layer and aortic valve replacement with 24mm carbomedics, The operative findings consisted of a supravalvular intimal tear, cicumferential dissection, dilated aortic annulus and normal position of coronary ostia. She is good physical activity now llmonths posoperatively.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.456-462
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• 1989

We experienced one case of the calcified giant thrombosis in the enlarged right atrium and coronary sinus with markedly dilated persistent left superior vena cava and absent right superior vena cava in 29year old female patient. We supposed that the dilatation of persistent left superior vena cava was due to poststenotic dilatation secondary to obstruction on orifice of coronary sinus by thrombosis. The giant thrombosis in the right atrium and coronary sinus was successfully resected. She had improvement on preoperative chest discomfort but, the moderate hepatomegaly was developed and then she was discharged with incompletely recovered state due to economical poverty on postoperative 6th weeks. The continuous follow-up and study are indeed necessary for further evaluation of pathology and etiology.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.716-720
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• 1988

Since Krause first described coronary arteriovenous fistula in 1865, there have been nearly 300 additional patients with this malformation reported in the literature. Increasing numbers of patients with this anomaly are being recognized each year resulting from the widespread use of cardiac catheterization and selective coronary arteriography in the evaluation of a variety of cardiac problems. A 9 month old male was admitted with the chief complaint of cardiac murmur and frequent URI and diagnosed as coronary A-V fistula at the distal portion of left anterior descending coronary artery to the apex of the right ventricle by cardiac catheterization and aortography. On the operative field, the left anterior descending coronary was markedly dilated about 1.5 cm in diameter from the aorta to the apex of the heart. The fistula opening was closed with 5-0 Prolene continuously under cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate hypothermia[28*C]. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged without problem.