• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.689-699
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• 1996

신개발한 전기 유압식 심실 보조장치의 생 체 내 성능 테스트와 상기 심실보조장치를 이용한 좌심실 보 조가 자연심장 좌심실의 기능에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위한 동물실험을 고안하였다. 총 성숙 면양 8마리가 실험에 사용되었으며 이중 7마리로부터 자료 수집이 가능하였다. 심실 보조시 간은69분부터 7일 사이로 심실보조장치는 자연심장의 박동수범위 내에서 동기식 및 비동기식 방식 모 두 만족스럽게 작동하였으며, 좌심방 내의 음압의 발생 없이 주어진 정상 좌심방압 내에서 분당 4리터 이상의 보조 혈류량을 얻을 수 있었다. 심실보조 개시 3일 이후부터 혈중 유리혈색소의 급격한 증가를 보여 상당량의 용혈이 진행되고 있음 을 시사하였다. 또한 심실보조 후 혈액 남의 부동형 고분자판막(floating type polymer valve)에 소량의 혈 전이 발견되어 혈액적 합성 및 혈전저항성 면에 있어 보다 많은 연구 및 개선의 여지가 있음을시사하였 다. 심실보조시작후의 혈역학의 변화는혈류보조량분당2.0∼2.5리터 사이에서 자연심장의 박동수및 박출량과 좌심실 분당작업량(left ventricular minute work), 심내막 생육력비 (endocardial viability ratio), 흔합 정맥혈 및 관상동맥 정맥혈 산소량은 증가하는 소견을 보였으며,반대로 좌심실압 및 좌심방압과 좌심실압 변화율(left ventricular dp/dt)은 감소하는 소견을 보였다. 이중 심박출량의 변화 외에는 모두 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보여 효과적 인 좌심실의 탈부하가 이루어지고 있음을 입증하였다. 또한 동기식 심실보조시 심내막 생육력비 및 관상정맥혈의 산소량은 비동기식 심실보조시와 비교할 때 역시 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보여 동기식 심실보조에 의한 반박동(counterpulsation)이 심근의 관 류량을 증가시키며 따라서 손상된 심근의 회복에 유리 함을 시사하였다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2018

Objectives: Myocardial reperfusion is the only logical cure for ischemic heart disease. However, ischemic-reperfusion (I/R) injury is one of the underlying factors facilitating and accelerating the apoptosis in the myocardium. This study set to investigate the impact of Teucrium polium (TP) hydro-alcoholic extract on I/R induced apoptosis in the isolated rat heart. Methods: Isolated rat hearts were classified into six groups. The control samples were subjected to 80 min of perfusion with Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate (KHB) buffer; in control-ischemia group, after primary perfusion (20 min) the hearts were exposed to global ischemia (20 min) and reperfusion (40 min). Pretreated groups were perfused with $500{\mu}M$ of vitamin C and various TP concentrations (0.5, 1, 2 mg/ml) for 20 min, and then the hearts were exposed to ischemia and reperfusion for 20 min and 40 min, respectively. Cardiodynamic parameters including rate pressure product (RPP), heart rate (HR), the maximum up/down rate of left ventricular pressure (${\pm}dp/dt$), left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP), and coronary artery flow (CF) were achieved from Lab Chart software data. The Bax and BCl-2 gene expressions were measured in heart samples. Results: Hearts treated with TP extract and vit C represented a meaningful improvement in cardiac contractile function and CF. The overexpression of Bcl-2, downregulation of Bax, and improvement of apoptotic index (Bax/Bcl-2) were observed in pretreated TP extract and vit C hearts. Conclusion: The TP extract was found to ameliorate the cardiac function in the reperfused myocardium. Also, it can hinder apoptotic pathways causing cardioprotection.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.116-122
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• 2005

배경: 심폐바이패스 없이 시행하는 관상동맥우회술("Off-pump" Coronary Artery Bypass grafting, OPCAB)은 체외순환의 부작용을 피할 수 있는 이점이 있으며 합병증 발생을 감소시킴으로써 특히 고 위험군 환자에서 유리한 것으로 보고되고 있다. 저자들은 심한 허혈성 좌심실 기능부전 환자들에서 관상동맥우회슬시 체외순환 유무에 따른 수술 성적을 비교하였으며 좌심실 기능의 회복정도를 비교분석 하였다. 대상 및 방법 1997년 3월부터 2004년 2월까지 본원에서 관상동맥우회술을 시행 받은 환자들 중 술 전 좌심실 박출계수(Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, LVEF)가$ 35\%$ 이하이고, 관상동맥우회술만을 단독으로 시행한 환자들을 대상으로 하였다. 대상 환자는 전체 75명으로 OPCAB을 시행한 경우가 33명$(mean\;LVEF\;=\;28.3\%),$ 전통적인 관상동맥우회술(Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass grafting, CCAB)을 시행한 경우가 42명$(mean\;LVEF\;=\;27.6\%)$으로 수술 전 위험인자 및 수술성적을 비교하였고 수술 후 가장 최근에 시행한 심초음파 검사 결과를 이용하여 두 군간의 좌심실 기능변화 정도를 비교하였다. 결과: 수술 전 위험요인 중 CCAB군에서 불안정성 협심증, 삼혈관 질환, 급성 심근경색이 많았으며 그 외 술 전 인자는 두 군 간 차이를 보이지 않았다 OPCAB군에서 수술시간이 통계적으로 유의하게 짧았으며, 원위부 문합수, 좌회선동맥 분지의 문합수는 CCAB군에서 유의하게 많았다. 수술 사망률$(OPCAB\; 9.1\%\;(n=3)\;Vs\;CCAB\;9.5\%\;(n=4)),$ 호흡기 사용일수, 중환자실 체류일수 및 재원기간은 차이가 없었다. 수술 후 합병증 발생률은 통계적 의미는 없었으나 CCAB군에서 더 많이 발생하는 양상이었다. 술 후 평균 16개월에 시행한 심초음파 검사에서 OPCAB군은 LVEF가 평균 $9.1\%$ 향상되었고 좌심실 확장기말 치수(LVEDD)는 4.3mm, 좌심실 수축기말 치수(LVESD)는 4.2mm 감소하였으며, CCAB군은 LVEF가 $11.0\%$ 향상되었고, LVEDD는 5.1mm, LVESD는 5.5mm 감소하였다. 그러나 두 군간의 차이에는 통계적인 유의성이 없었다. 결론: 심한 허혈성 좌심실 기능부전 환자에서 관상 동맥우회술이 수술 후 좌심실 기능을 향상시켜주는 것을 확인할 수 있었으나 체외순환 여부에 따른 좌심실 기능의 회복정도에는 차이가 얼었다. OPCAB은 심한 좌심실 기능저하가 있는 환자에서 수술 사망률 및 술 후 좌심실 기능 회복 측면에서 CCAB에 대등한 결과를 보였으며, 수술시간이 단축되는 장점과 합병증 발생이 감소되는 경향을 고려할 때 CCAB보다 우월하므로 좌심실 기능이 심하게 저하된 환자 수술 시 먼저 시도해 보아야 할 것이다.

• 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.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.273-282
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• 2013

The present study was designed to investigate the cardioprotective effects of Korean Red Ginseng extract (KRG) on isoproterenol (ISO)-induced cardiac injury in rats, particularly in regards to electrocardiographic changes, hemodynamics, cardiac function, serum cardiac enzymes, components of the myocardial antioxidant defense system, as well as inflammatory markers and histopathological changes in heart tissue. ISO (150 mg/kg, subcutaneous, two doses administered at 24-hour intervals) treatment induced significant decreases in P waves and QRS complexes (p<0.01), as well as a significant increase in ST segments. Moreover, ISO-treated rats exhibited decreases in left-ventricular systolic pressure, maximal rate of developed left ventricular pressure ($+dP/dt_{max}$) and minimal rate of developed left ventricular pressure ($-dP/dt_{max}$), in addition to significant increases in lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase and creatine kinase activity. Heart rate, however, was not significantly altered. And the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase were decreased, whereas the activity of malondialdehyde was increased in the ISO-treated group. ISO-treated group also showed increased caspase-3 level, release of inflammatory markers and neutrophil infiltration in heart tissue. KRG pretreatment (250 and 500 mg/kg, respectively) significantly ameliorated almost all of the parameters of heart failure and myocardial injury induced by ISO. The protective effect of KRG on ISO-induced cardiac injury was further confirmed by histopathological study. In this regard, ISO treatment induced fewer morphological changes in rats pretreated with 250 or 500 mg/kg of KRG. Compared with the control group, all indexes in rats administered KRG (500 mg/kg) alone were unaltered (p>0.05). Our results suggest that KRG significantly protects against cardiac injury and ISO-induced cardiac infarction by bolstering antioxidant action in myocardial tissue.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.702-705
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• 2006

대량의 심낭삼출액을 제거한 뒤 발생할 수 있는 심한 좌심실 부전에 관한 보고는 많지 않다. 심실 간의 용적 차이, 심장의 갑작스런 확장 그리고 교감신경계의 작용 등이 심실기능 부전의 원인으로 생각될 수 있다. 검상돌기하 심낭창을 통해 심장 압전을 완화한 뒤 심실 기능 부전이 발생한 두 증례를 보고하면서, 특히 심장수술 후 심장 압전이 있는 환자의 경우 혈류역학을 잘 관찰하면서 심낭삼출액을 서서히 제거할 것을 제안한다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.64.1-64.12
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• 2021

Background: Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), a neurodegenerative disease leading to reduced dopamine production, is a common disease in aged horses. The treatment is based on administration of the dopamine agonist pergolide. This drug has been related to valvular fibrosis in humans, but the cardiovascular effect of this drug has not yet been investigated in horses. Objectives: To determine whether pergolide induces valvular disease in horses or affects the cardiac function. Methods: Standard, tissue Doppler (TDE) and two-dimensional speckle tracking (STE) echocardiography were performed in horses with diagnosed PPID based on adrenocorticotropic hormone dosage. Measurements taken in horses treated with pergolide were compared with those from untreated horses with nonparametric t-tests. Furthermore, measurements from follow-up examinations performed at least three months after the initial exam were compared with a Wilcoxon signed rank test for repeated measurements in each group. Results: Twenty-three horses were included. None of the 12 horses under treatment developed valvular regurgitation. Furthermore, no differences in the measurements of the left ventricular systolic or diastolic function could be seen between the group of horses with treatment and those without treatment. Measurements taken in the follow-up exam did not differ compared to those taken in the initial exam in both groups. Conclusions: No changes of the left ventricular function assessed by TDE and STE could be shown in a small population of horses with confirmed PPID. Treatment with pergolide did not affect the ventricular function nor induce valvular disease.

• 약학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.829-836
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• 1997

Studies on the effect of quinones on cardiac function has been conducted with normal hearts. But not with injured hearts, I.e. ischemia/reperfusion-injured heart. Quinone compounds are known to produce oxygen free radicals during metabolism, and for this reason, quinones are implicated in the aggravation of ischemia/reperfusion injury or cardioprotection, as in the case of ischemic preconditioning depending on the experimental conditions. The present study was carried out to examine the effect of 2-chloro-3-(4-cyanophenylamino)-1.4-naphthoquinone (NQ-Y15) on cardiac function of ischemic/reperfused and normal rat hearts. In isolated perfused hearts, various functional parameters such as left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (EDP) and maximum positive and negative dP/dt ($[\pm}dP/dt_{max}$), time to contracture, heart rate (HR) and coronary flow rate (CFR) were measured before and 30 min after dosing and following 25 min ischemia/30min reperfusion. NQ-Y15 increased LVDP, +dP/$d_{max}$and -dP/$dt_{min}$ by 18%. 30%, and 40%, respectively. There were no significant changes in other haemodynamic parameters. After ischemia/reperfusion injury, pretreatment with NQ-Y15 induced a significant decrease in LVDP and $[\pm}dP/dt_{max}$, but an increase in EDP. LDH-release was not significantly increased. These results suggested that NQ-Y15 may augment the ventricular contractility but it makes hearts more vulnerable to ischemia/reperfusion injury.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.309-317
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• 1999

만성 신부전증은 지속적인 혈액투석을 하고 있음에도 다양한 형태의 좌심실 기능부전을 보이며, 특히 좌심실 수축기능이 정상이면서 이완기능 장애만으로 임상적인 심부전증 증상인 폐부종 등이 나타나기도 한다. 또한 혈액투석 후 급격한 혈액량의 변화가 생기므로 적정 심박출을 유지하기 위하여 좌심실 이완기능이 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 저자들은 혈액투석이 좌심실의 수축 및 이완기능에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 Doppler 심초음파도 지표들을 이용해 투석 전후에 좌심실 수축 및 이완기능의 변화를 비교분석 하였다. 심초음파 검사상 좌심실 수축기능 부전이 없고(fractional shortening>30%), 심장 판막질환이나 심근 국소벽 운동장애가 없으며 정상 심율동을 가진 만성 신부전증 환자 30명(남자 15명, 연령$45{\pm}10$세)을 대상으로 이면성 심초음파도 검사를 시행하고, 혈액투석 전후의 좌심실 용적, 좌심실 수축기능 및 Doppler 심초음파도를 이용한 좌심실 이완기능 지표들의 변화를 관찰하여 분석하였다. 혈액투석 후 맥박은 약간 증가하는 소견을 보였으나 통계적 유의성은 없었고, 혈압은 수축기 혈압 및 이완기 혈압의 감소가 있었다. 혈액투석 후 좌심방 및 좌심실 확장기 내경의 크기가 감소했으나 좌심실 수축기 내경의 크기는 변화가 없었고, 심실중격 및 좌심실 후벽의 두께는 변화가 없었다. 좌심실 수축기능 지표인 Fractional shortening, 좌심실 구혈율, 좌심실 박출지수, mean VCF은 투석 전후에 유의한 변화를 보이지 않아 혈액투석으로 인한 좌심실 수축지표의 변화는 관찰되지 않았다. 혈액투석 후 좌심실 이완기능지표의 변화로서 peak E velocity는 현저히 감소하였고, peak A velocity의 변화는 통계적 유의성이 없었다. E/A ratio가 감소하였고, IVRT(Isovolumic Relaxation Time)의 증가가 있었으나, DT(Deceleration time)의 변화는 없었다. 수축기 및 이완기 기능 지표로 사용되는 IMP(Index of Myocardial Performance)는 좌심실 구혈율의 증가와 함께 현저히 증가되었다. 이상의 결과로 혈액투석 후 전부하의 감소에 따른 좌심실 이완기능 지표의 변화로서 E파속 및 E/A비의 감소, IVRT 증가가 나타나고 수축기 기능 및 이완기 기능의 지표로 이용되는 IMP의 증가가 발생하므로, 혈액투석 후 흔히 좌심실 이완기능 장애의 악화가 발생하는 것으로 추정된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.605-612
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• 2000

Background: Ischemic preconditioning enhances the tolerance of myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion injury, with the enhancement of the recovery of post-ischemic myocardial function. This study was disigned to assess whether the protective effect of ischemic preconditioning could provide one additional hour of myocardial preservation in four hour myocardial ischemia in a rate heart. Material and method: Fourty four Spargue-Dawley rats, weighing 300~450gm, were divided into four groups. Group 1(n=7) and group 3(n=12) were subjected to 30 minutes of aerobic Langendorff perfusion without ischemic preconditioning and then preserved in saline solution at 2~4$^{\circ}C$ for 4 hours and 5 respectively. Group 2(n=7) and group 4(n=18) were perfused in the same way for 20 minutes, followed by 3 minutes of global mormothermic ischemia and 10 minutes of perfusion and then preserved in the same cold saline solution for 4 hours and 5 hours respectively. Heart rate, left ventricular developed pressure(LVDP), and coronary flow were measured at 15 minutes during perfusion as baseline. Spontaneous defibrillation time was measured after reperfusion. Heart rate, LVDP, and coronary flow were also recorded at 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 45 minutes during reperfusion. Samples of the apical left ventricular wall were studied using a transmission electron microscope. Result: Time of spontaneous defibrillation(TSD) was significantly longer in group 4 than in group 1(p<0.001), and TSD in group 1 was significantly longer in comparision to that of group 2(p<0.05). Heart rate at 45 minutes was significantly higher in group 1 than in group 4(p<0.05). Heart rate at 15 min was significantly higher in group 2 than in group 1(p<0.001) and in group 4 than in group 3(p<0.05). Left ventricular developed pressure(LVDP) at 30 minutes and 45 minutes was higher in group 1 than in group 4(p<0.01), LVDP at 45 minutes was higher in group 4 than in group 3(p<0.05). Rate-pressure product(RPP) at 30 minutes and 45 minutes was higher in group 1 than in group 4(p<0.05). RPP at 15 minutes was higher in group 2 than in group 1(p<0.01). RPP at 30 minutes and 45 minutes was higher in group 4 than in group 3(p<0.05). Group 2 showed relatively less sarcoplasmic edema and less nuclear chromatin clearance than group 1. Group 4 showed less myocardial cell damage than group 3, group 4 showed less myocardial cell damage than group 3, group 4 showed more myocardial cell edema than group 1. Conclusion: Ischemic preconditioning enhanced the recovery of postischemic myocardial function after 4 hours and 5 hours preservation. However, it was not demonstrated that ischemic preconditioning could definitely provide one additional hour of myocardial preservation in four hour myocardial ischemia in a rat heart.