• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.276-283
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• 2017

Objective: This case study describes the use of traditional Korean medicine to relieve chest pain and headaches in a patient with ischemic heart disease. Methods: The patient was treated with a range of traditional Korean medicine, including acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal medicines (Gamiondam-tang and Cheonmabanhwa-tang-gagambang). The Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) was used to measure the patient's status and improvements in the frequency of symptoms. Results: After the treatment, the NRS score for chest pain and headaches decreased from 6 to 0. In addition, chest discomfort and palpitations almost subsided. Conclusion: This clinical case study suggested that Gamiondam-tang and Cheonmabanhwa-tang-gagambang could be effective in relieving chest discomfort and headaches.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2002

An ischemic heart disease(IHD) is a anemic state of heart caused by disproportion between heart's demand and supply of oxygen. A patient who has this IHD feels serious chest pain called angina pectoris. In a keen condition it leads to a necrosis of heart muscles, known as myocardial infarction. In an ischemic heart disease the ECG waves gives us useful information of patients' heart. And CK(creatine kinase) in serum and Troponin T are the principal factors in diagnosis of IHD. In this study, the IHD patient classified by Sasang Constitutional Medicine had a notable medical effects. The symptoms of patient are disappeared and waves of ECG is closed to normal. The result of CK in serum is also recovered. So we report the healing process and results of this patient in this study.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2021

A decrease in coronary blood flow leads to an imbalance between the supply of oxygen to the myocardium and its demand, and reversible or irreversible damage to the myocardium could occur depending on the severity of the resultant ischemia and the duration of the imbalance. This imbalance results in a cascade of ischemic reactions in the following order: metabolic abnormalities, diastolic dysfunction, systolic dysfunction, and electrocardiogram changes. Variant angina is caused by the closure of the coronary artery due to reversible coronary artery spasm, resulting in myocardial ischemia and subsequent chest pain as a clinical symptom. Variant angina may be observed as ST segment elevation in electrocardiogram measured when present in chest pain. However, 12-lead electrocardiogram performed after the patient's chest pain resolves does not help in the diagnosis. Since the duration of chest pain appears to be <15 minutes, it is important to perform the 12-lead electrocardiogram when clinical symptoms are present. If nitroglycerin is administered without performing 12-lead electrocardiogram by 119 pre-hospital paramedics, the chest pain would be resolved, making it impossible to identify changes in the ST segment. Before administration of nitroglycerin, changes in the ST segment must be recorded by performing 12-lead electrocardiogram.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.41-54
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• 2007

2004년 10월부터 2005년 4월 중순까지 6개월 동안 영남대학교병원 응급의료센터에서 흉통으로 내원하여 허혈성 심장질환으로 진단받은 환자 170명을 대상으로 면담 조사를 통하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 170명의 대상자중 남자가 118명, 여자가 52명이었고, 평균연령은 $63{\pm}12$세였다. 전체 대상자의 48.2%가 고혈압을 가지고 있었다. 타병원 경유여부는 2차병원 50.9%, 직접 내원 30.6%, 의원 12.4%, 본원외래 순이었으며 전원되어 온 환자가 직접 내원한 환자보다 2배 이상 많았다. 특히 거리가 25 km이상 먼 지역에서 방문한 경우는 전원군에서는 55.5%, 직접 내원군은 28.3%으로 전원군에서 먼 거리 지역의 환자가 많았다(p<0.05). 교통이용에 소요된 시간은 전원군이 $53.3{\pm}19.6$분, 직접내원군이 $33.0{\pm}25.3$분으로 전원군에서 더 많은 시간이 소요되었다(p<0.05). 이용교통수단은 119나 129가 31.8%, 자가용은 31.2%, 앰블런스 22.9%, 택시 10.0%, 대중교통 4.1% 순이었다. 흉통 발생시각으로부터 응급의료센터에 도착까지 총 소요된 시간은 최소 30분에서 최대 86,400분(30일)이며, 환자의 44.1%가 증상발현 이후 6시간 이내에 도착했으며, 24시간 이내에 도착한 경우는 67.1%였다. 특히 심근경색증 환자군중 6시간 이상 지체된 경우는 58명으로 54.8%를 차지하였다. 응급의료센터에 내원 전에 응급처치 여부에 있어서 환자 대부분이 의식이 명료하였기 때문에 심폐소생술은 거의 시행되지 않았다. 대체 의료 행위로는 아무것도 안함이 74.7%로 가장 많았고, 그 다음은 사혈, 소화제, 청심원, 부황과 뜸 순이었다. 니트로글리세린이용은 환자의 52.4%가 이용하였고, 타병원에서 혈전용해제를 쓰고 온 경우는 전체 대상자의 1.2%였다. 환자의 최초 흉통 발생 시간대는 오전 6~12시가 34.1%로 가장 많이 발생하였고, 흉통 발생 당시 상황은 휴식중(37.1%), 수면중(22.9%) 순으로 나타났다. 증상발현 장소로는 집이 79.4%로 가장 많았고, 흉통양상은 둔한 양상, 쥐어짜는 듯한 양상 순 등으로 나타났다. 흉통발생시각에서 응급의료센터 도착까지 각 지연 요소별 소요된 시간의 중앙값은 환자 지연시간은 521분, 교통이용 소요시간은 40분, 타병원에 들렀다 온 경우 타병원에서 소요된 시간은 40분으로 총소요시간의 중앙값은 600분이었다. 향후 추적결과에서 자진퇴원은 7.6%, 사망은 6.5%, 입원은 85.9%로 대부분 입원하였다. 심근경색증 환자의 경우 총 106명중 12.2%에서 혈전용해제가 투여되었고, 45.3%에서는 PTCA와 stent 삽입술이 시행되었다. 결론적으로 흉통을 호소한지 6시간 이상 지체된 체 병원에 방문한 경우가 많았고 직접 본원으로 내원한 환자보다 전원 되어 온 환자가 많으므로 의원이나 특히 병원급 이상의 의료기관에서는 적극적으로 혈전용해제 투여가 이루어질 수 있도록 의료 인력에 대해 지속적인 교육 및 시설과 장비를 갖출 수 있는 방안이 모색되어야 하고 심근경색증의 전구증상 및 증상에 관한 일반인들의 교육이 시급하며 특히 흡연자나 고혈압, 당뇨 및 협심증, 고지혈증, 뇌졸중 등 심근경색증의 위험인자와 병력을 가진 환자들에 대한 체계적이고 지속적인 교육이 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 1970

This is a report of three cases of successful embolectomy in peripheral arteries. First case was the patient who received a mitral commissurotomy 8 months ago. In that time, there was no evidence of left atrial thrombosis. He showed an embolism in the middle portion of left brachial artery without complaining of any ischemic pain. Embolectomy was performed 15 days after disappearance of radial pulse and resulted in no return of radial pulse postoperatively. Second case was a case of an embolism in lower portion of right brachial artery. She complained severe ischemic pain and cyanosis in the right forearm and fingers. She was also in the beginning state of cardiac failure, which was suspected from her hypertension associated with cardiomegaly and arrythmia Embolectomy was performed 17 hours after onset of acute pain. Immediate full pulsation of radial artery was obtained after embolectomy and the acute ischemic symptoms subsided gradually. Third case was an embolism in superior mesenteric artery which occured 24 hours after pneumonectomy for right bronchogenic carcinoma and the patient suddenly complained diffuse abdominal colicky pain. 7 hours after attack of abdominal pain. embolectomy with extensive reset ion of the small intestine was performed with uneventful recovery and without complication, such as short bowel syndrome, postoperatively. Histopathologically, the embolus was consisted of a tissue of anaplastic cell carcinoma, which was identical to the tumor of the resected right lung. Histological findings of other emboli of first and second case were old thrombus.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.373-378
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• 1988

Since the introduction of percutaneous; transluminal coronary angioplasty[PTCA] by Grunt-zig in 1977, this is widely used in some patients with coronary artery disease and is an effective alternative to surgery for many patients. Indications for emergency coronary artery bypass graft[CABG] after PTCA are prolonged chest pain, worsening of coronary artery obstruction, "current of injury" by electrocardiogram, cardiogenic shock, and in a lesser incidence, ventricular fibrillation, coronary artery dissection[without obstruction], heart block, and intractable cardiac arrest. Recently, we have experienced one case of emergency CABG following unsuccessful PTCA. The patient was 54 year-old male and admitted with complaint of angina pectoris. The routine electrocardiogram revealed within normal limit. The treadmill test revealed severe chest pain after 2 min. exercise. Coronary cineangiogram revealed 95% segmental stenosis of the proximal right coronary artery. Our cardiologist was planned PTCA. During PTCA, severe chest pain and ischemic pattern on electrocardiogram were developed. But they were not relieved even by morphine and nitroglycerin till 90 min. So we performed emergency single coronary artery bypass graft from aorta to proximal right coronary artery with great saphenous vein. The patient had an excellent postoperative recovery and was free from anginal attack. He has shown striking improvement in general status[NYHA functional class 1] during 6 months after operation.operation.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2006

Unstable angina is a critical phase of coronary heart disease, with widely variable symptoms and prognoses. Recently, despite the advances in surgical revascularization, catheter-based revascularization and medical treatment, an increasing number of patients with angina pectoris are refractory to medical therapy and; therefore, can not be considered as candidates for coronary artery bypass grafting or interventional angioplasty. These patients are often treated with narcotics for pain relief, and forced to severely reduce their levels of activity and productivity. It has become clear that alleviating the pain caused by myocardial ischemia may be possible by altering the sympathetic afferent nerve fibers. Sympathetic blockade can be produced using high thoracic epidural analgesia. Herein, the case of a patient with intractable angina and poor ventricular function, who received high thoracic epidural analgesia to relieve ischemic chest pain, is reported.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.384-392
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• 1987

The occlusive coronary artery disease presents a potential threat to a significant population in the United State. According to many case reports, the increasing incidence of coronary artery disease due to atherosclerosis is noted in Korean, recently. We experienced one case of coronary artery disease. He was a 68 year old male who had been suffered from hypertension since 1 5 years ago, and had intermittent conservative treatment at local clinic. He had been afflicted with severe chest pain on exertion, but this symptom was relieved on rest. Pre-operative EKG finding revealed no any other ischemic sign. Significant S-T segment depression was noted at lead II, aVF, V3, V4, and V5, and inverted T wave in V5 and V6 after Master`s test. Simple chest X-ray finding showed emphysematous field, bilaterally. Final pre-operative diagnosis was made by coronary angiogram, which showed almost 90% degree of occlusive lesion in the proximal part of left main coronary artery above the origin LAD artery. He was treated successfully by aorta-coronary saphenous vein graft under extra-corporeal circulation in May, 1987. He has been followed up with uneventful course.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.514-517
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• 2003

선천성 관상동맥 기형 중 관상동맥 이상기시는 매우 드물게 발생한다. 무증상인 경우도 있지만 실신, 부정맥, 호흡곤란이나 심인성 급사를 일으키기도 한다고 알려져 있다. 저자들은 반복적인 운동 시 실신과 호흡곤란을 주소로 내원한 12세 환아에서 좌관상동맥의 우관상동 기시를 진단하여 관상동맥 이동술(coronary artery transfer)을 시행하여 성공적으로 치험하였기에 관련 문헌과 함께 보고한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.496-500
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• 1993

Takaysu`s arteritis is an arteritis of unknown etiology involving larger elastic arteries. The end stage pathologic feature is vascular obstructive change and the resulting clinical manifestations are local ischemic symptoms such as syncope, visual disturbance, claudication of extremities, hypertension, and angina. Recently we have experienced one case of Takayasu`s arteritis involving aortic arch, left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery. The patient was 27 year-old female and she was admitted because of headache and neck pain. Aortogram revealed fusiform dilatation of left common carotid artery with focal narrowing on it`s distal portion. The patient underwent surgical resection and replacement of Dacron tube graft between distal and proximal left common carotid artery. 3 months after operation, she was readmitted because of shoulder pain and headache. Aortogram revealed focal narrowing of proximal left common carotid artery and total obstruction of left subclavian artery which caused subclavian steel syndrome. Aorto-left common carotid and aorto-left subclavian bypass graft replacement were done.