• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.583-590
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• 1995

The three hundred and sixty nine patients who underwent either isolated or concomitant coronary artery bypass graft surgery since May, 1977 till December, 1993 at the Yonsei University Cardiovascular center were studied with respects to the incidence of operative risk factors, surgical methodology and consequent results. The patients were classified into two periods, according to the time of the surgery in relation to the date of the opening of the Yonsei cardiovascular center. Period I[1977 to 1990 , consisting of the patients who underwent surgery prior to the opening date, harboured a total of 189 patients with the mean age of 55 years, and the second, Period II[1991 to 1993 , those who underwent after the opening, of 180 patients with the mean age of 60 years. The Period II patients were involved in more operative risk factors, compared to the ones in Period I. The anatomy of the coronary arteries of the patients of Period II were more likely to have multilesional and left main disease. The patients in Period I were older, had more prominent left ventricular dysfunction and were more likely to be exposed to the risk factors. The number of implanted grafts were greater period II[average of 2.5 grafts per patient in Period I VS 3.2 in Period II and the frequency which the used left internal mammary artery was also significantly higher in Period II[49 and 104 cases in Period I and Period II . The incidence of perioperative myocardial infarction was 20 patients[10.6% in Period I, 14 patients[7.8% in period II. And the operative mortality was 20 patients[10.6% in period I, 8 patients[4.4% in period II. In conclusion we think that the operative results have improved in Period II, compared to that of Period I, in spite of the higher risks, due to accumulation of surgical experiences, improved surgical techniques and myocardial protection, specialized teamwork, application of the intraoperative TEE and appropriate pharmacological interventions by anesthesiologist.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 1993

We have anlayzed the polar maps of dipyridamole stress/rest $^{99m}Tc$-MIBI SPECT and compared the quantitated perfusion defects of dipyridamole stress polar map and the findings of coronary angiography in 56 pateints with coronary artery diseases. We performed the same day dipyridamole stress-rest myocardial SPECT, reconstructed the polar maps according to Cedars-Sinai method and quantitated perfusion detects of total myocardium and the territory of each artery, comparing the polar maps of patients with normal files. Stenosis more than 50 percent was considered significant and myocardial ischemic score was calculated as summed score of percents of main coronary arteries. Positive concordance of myocardial SPECT with coronary angiography were 82.6% with left anterior descending artery (LAD), 85.7% with left circumflex artery (LCx) and 78.6% with right coronary artery (RCA). Perfusion defect of SPECT polar map and the stenosis of coronary artery showed the contingency phi of 0.55 (p<0.0001) with total atreries, 0.38 (p = 0.016) with LAD, 0.50 (p<0.0001) with LCx and 0.40 (p = 0.007) with RCA. Dipyridamole stress percent defect of polar map was correlated with myocardial ischemic score with Spearman's rho of 0.47 (p = 0.001) in total arteries, 0.48 (p=0.001) in LAD, 0.56 (p < 0.001) in LCx and 0.38 (p=0.002) in RCA. These findings revealed that defect of the dipyridamole stress myocardial $^{99m}Tc$-MIBI SPECT and the percent extent of this defect were related with significant artery stenosis of individual arteries and the degree of stenosis. We thought that we could use the defects in the polar map of dipyridamole stress $^{99m}Tc$-MIBI SPECT for the quantification of myocardiasl perfusion decrease.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2004

배경: 좌주관상동맥 개구부 협착에서의 혈관성형술은 기존의 관상동맥우회술 시행 시에 발생할 수 있는 혈류 경합과 역행성 혈류의 문제를 해결할 수 있는 방법으로 여겨지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 좌주관상동맥 혈관성형술의 수술 성적과 예후에 대한 분석을 시행하여 좌주관상동맥 혈관성형술의 수술적 효용성을 확인하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1991년 7월부터 2003년 5월까지 부천세종병원에서 좌관상동맥 개구부 협착으로 혈관성형술을 시행 받은 29명의 환자들을 대상으로 환자들의 수술 전 임상양상, 수술결과, 수술 후 관상동맥조영술과 심초음파 검사 등을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 대상 환자들의 평균나이는 53.1$\pm$12.5세였으며 남녀비는 8 : 21이었다. 여성 환자 중 12예에서는 뚜렷한 죽상 경화증의 위험인자를 확인할 수 없었다. 26예(89.7%)의 환자는 다른 원위부 관상동맥에 병변이 없는 단독 좌주관상동맥 개구부 협착 소견을 보였다. 결과: 28예의 환자에서 전방접근법을 사용하였고, 1예의 환자에서 상방접근법을 사용하였으며, 주폐동맥의 절단을 1예에서 시행하였다. 4예의 환자에서 관상동맥우회술을 동시에 시행하였다 수술 사망은 1예(3.4%)에서 발생하였으며 장기 추적관찰 결과 1예에서 외상으로 인한 만기 사망이 발생하여 5년 생존율은 91.2$\pm$6.1%였다. 수술 후 13예(44.8%)의 환자에서 17차례의 관상동맥조영술이 시행되었으며, 이 중 2예에서 첩포 원위부 협착이 발생하였고 1예에서 우관상동맥 개구부의 새로운 협착이 발생하여 3예의 경피적 중재술이 시행되었다. 1예의 환자에서 첩포 근위부 협착이 발생하여 관상동맥우회술을 시행하였다. 대상 환자들의 5년 재시술 회피율은 82.4$\pm$8.5%였다. 수술 후 1도 이하의 새로운 대동맥 폐쇄부전이 4예에서 그리고 수술 전 동반되었던 대동맥 폐쇄부전의 심화가 1예에서 관찰되었다. 결론: 본 연구에서 좌주관상동맥 혈관성형술은 좌주관상동맥 개구부의 협착에 사용될 수 있는 효과적인 수술방법임을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 수술 후 발생할 수 있는 혈관성형술 부위의 협착과 대동맥 폐쇄부전에 대한 면밀한 추적 관찰이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.281-284
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• 2015

We present the case of a 38-year-old woman admitted to our outpatient clinic with accelerating back pain and fatigue following a kick to her back by her husband. Upon arrival, we detected ST segment elevation in the D1, aVL, and V2 leads and accelerated idioventricular rhythm. She had pallor and hypotension consistent with cardiogenic shock. We immediately performed coronary angiography and found a long dissection starting from the mid-left main coronary artery and progressing into the mid-left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex arteries. She was then transferred to the operating room for surgery. A saphenous vein was grafted to the distal LAD. Since the patient was hypotensive under noradrenaline and dopamine infusions, she was transferred to the cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator and intra-aortic balloon pump. During follow-up, her blood pressure remained low, at approximately 60/40 mmHg, despite aggressive inotropic and mechanical support. On the second postoperative day, asystole and cardiovascular arrest quickly developed, and despite aggressive cardiopulmonary resuscitation, she died.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1323-1328
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• 1996

저자들은 1992년 10월부터 1994년 8월사이에 전남대학교병원 흉부외과에서 좌주관동맥협착으로 외과적 치료를 받았던 21례의 임상소견을 분석, 보고하고저 한다. 남자가 12례, 여자가 9례였으며 연령은 75세부터 67세가지로 평균 49.12$\pm$12.54세였다. 불안정 협심증이 14례 (66.7%), 안정 협심증이 4례(19. 0%).급성 심근경색증이 3례였다 병변은 단순 좌주관동맥협착이 11례(52.4%)로 가장 많았는데 이중 5 례가 좌주관동맥개구부헙착 환자였으며 단일, 이중, 삼중 관동맥협착과 동반된 례가 4례(19.0%), 3례 (14.2%). 3례(14.2%)이었다. 수술수기로는 16례 에서 관동맥우회로이식술을, 개구부협착만 있었던 5례에서 자가 심낭을 이용한 개구부성 형술을 시행하였는데 관동맥우회로이식술을 시행하였던 전례에서 내유동맥을 사용하여 좌전하행지에 문합하였고, 1례에서는 대둔지에 연쇄문합을 실시하였다. 술후 1례(4. 76%)가 출혈 및 저심박출증으로 술후 2일째 사망하였으며 수술합병증으로는 출혈에 의한 재수술 2례, 창상감염 2례 및 부정맥 1례 등이 있었다. 좌주관동맥질환의 외과적 치료후 수술사망율이나 합병증 발 생율은 다른 부위의 관동맥질환의 외과적 치료에 비해 높지 않았으며 40대 이하의 여자에서 발생빈도가 높은 좌주관동맥 개구부형 착에서는 미용상의 문제, 혈역학적 특성 및 향후 재수술시 이식편 등을 고려할 때 자가 심낭을 이용한 개구부성 형술이 의의있는 수술수기로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2016

Background: A previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may affect the outcomes of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The objective of this study was to compare the early in-hospital postoperative outcomes between patients who underwent CABG with or without previous PCI. Methods: The present study included 160 patients who underwent isolated elective on-pump CABG at the department of cardiothoracic surgery, Minia University Hospital from January 2010 to December 2014. Patients who previously underwent PCI (n=38) were compared to patients who did not (n=122). Preoperative, operative, and early in-hospital postoperative data were analyzed. The end points of the study were in-hospital mortality and postoperative major adverse events. Results: Non-significant differences were found between the study groups regarding preoperative demographic data, risk factors, left ventricular ejection fraction, New York Heart Association class, EuroSCORE, the presence of left main disease, reoperation for bleeding, postoperative acute myocardial infarction, a neurological deficit, need for renal dialysis, hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality. The average time from PCI to CABG was $13.9{\pm}5.4$ years. The previous PCI group exhibited a significantly larger proportion of patients who experienced in-hospital major adverse events (15.8% vs. 2.5%, p=0.002). On multivariate analysis, only previous PCI was found to be a significant predictor of major adverse events (odds ratio, 0.16; 95% confidence interval, 0.03 to 0.71; p=0.01). Conclusion: Previous PCI was found to have a significant effect on the incidence of early major adverse events after CABG. Further large-scale and long-term studies are recommended.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.594-600
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• 1989

Primary intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot with low mortality and early good results, has been accomplished in recent years. But palliative procedures have been reserved for those hypoplastic pulmonary arteries, a hypoplastic left ventricle or anomalies of the coronary artery would make total correction difficult. And the Blalock-Taussig shunt operation is recognized as a standard and popular palliative procedure. I undertook a retrospective determination of the effect of the Blalock-Taussig shunt operation on the development of the main pulmonary artery and the right and left pulmonary arteries. Between January, 1980, and April, 1987, at the Severance Hospital, 16 patients were studied by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography, before undergoing Blalock-Taussig shunting procedures for the palliation of severe symptoms of tetralogy of Fallot, and some time later, usually prior to a second procedure. The mean interval between catheterizations was 22.25 months. Patients with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia or with an occluded shunt were not included. The primary and secondary angiograms of each patient were reviewed, and measurements of the diameter of the main pulmonary artery, the right and left pulmonary arteries, and the descending thoracic aorta were taken. The results are as follows; 1. The hematocrit decreased from 56.39% to 50.34%[p< 0.05], and the arterial oxygen saturation increased from 62.00 % to 81.31 %[p< 0.001] following shunt procedures 2. The ratio of the diameter of the right pulmonary artery plus the left pulmonary artery to the diameter of the descending thoracic aorta increased 1.30 k 0.28 times [p< 0.01]; but the ratio of the diameter of the main pulmonary artery to the diameter of the descending thoracic aorta increased 1.10 * 0.33 times, which was not. significant[p< 0.05]. 3. The interval between shunting and second catheterization was not related to the magnitude of change in the pulmonary arteries[r=0.141, p >0.05]. 4. The changes in the ratio of the diameter of the right pulmonary artery plus the diameter of the left pulmonary artery to the diameter of the descending thoracic aorta was inversely related to the initial ratio[r=0.757, p >0.001], but the change in the ratio of the diameter of the main pulmonary artery to the descending thoracic aorta was not related[r=0.059, p >0.05]. 5. There were no differences in enlargement of the pulmonary artery on the side of the shunt [ipsilateral] versus enlargement on the opposite side [p >0.05], nor according to the size of the shunt[p >0.05]. In conclusion, this study suggests that the Blalock-Taussig shunt is effective for the development of the right and left pulmonary arteries but not effective for the main pulmonary artery.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.453-463
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• 1995

During 42 month period 91 consecutive patient underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. The mean age of these patient was 57 years [range from 28 to 78 years . There were 57 men and 34 women. The preoperative risk factors that include beyond the 50 % of total patients were male sex, obesity, hypo-high-density lipoproteinemia, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hyper-low-density lipoproteinemia, hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension. Preoperatively 27 patients had stable angina pectoris and 39 patients of unstable angina pectoris. Twenty five patients had previous myocardial infarction history. The patterns of disease were 8 patients of single vessel involvement, 18 patients of double vessel involvement, 54 patients of triple vessel involvement and 11 patients of left main coronary artery disease. Fifty five patients were in Canadian Cardiovascular Society functional class III. Myocardial revascularization was performed under emergency conditions in 5 patients. Nine percent of patients had previous PTCA history. We performed 16 cases of sequential anastomosis, internal mammary artery harvest in 86 percent of total patients and total 284 distal anastomoses[mean 3.1 anastomosis per patient . The mean ACC time was 60.5 minutes and ECC time was mean 110 minutes. The combined surgeries were 16 cases of endarterectomy, 2 cases of LV aneurysmectomy, 1 case of Bentall operation, 1 case of repair of sinus of Valsalva, 1 case of ligation of coronary AV fistula and 1 case of excision of breast mass. The most common complication was wound infection[12 cases, 13 % . There was one hospital death due to postoperative respiratory failure and low output syndrome in patient with postinfarction VSD, LV aneurysm. Postoperative 88 patients were in Functional class I or II. The 99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion scan that used as evaluation of postoperative state was well correlated with patient`s symptoms instead of some disadvantages.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제52권12호
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• pp.906-907
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• 2022

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2000

Background: We analyzed the result of the "Off-Pump" Coronary Artery Bypass grafting (OPCAB) performed to minimize inflammatory responses to cardiopulmonary bypass and myocardial ischemia during the aortic cross-clamp period. Material and Method : The preoperative diagnosis operative procedure mortality complication and postoperative course of the 50 patients who underwent OPCAB between January 1998 and September 1998 were analyzed. There were 34 males and 16 females with mean age of 60$\pm$9 years. Preoperative clinical diagnoses were unstable angina in 31(62%) stable angina in 16(32%) and clinical diagnoses were unstable angina in 31(62%) stable angina in 16(32%) and postinfarction angina in 3(6%) patients. Preoperative angiographic diagnoses were three-vessel disease in 25(50%) two-vessel disease in 5(10%) one-vessel disease in 7(14%) and left main disease in 13(26%) patients. There were elective operation in 37 cases and urgent operation in 13 cases. Result: The mean number of grafts was 3.2$\pm$1.2 per patient. Grafts used were unilateral internal thoracic artery in 43 greater saphenous vein in 37 radial artery in 7 bilateral internal thoracic arteries in 4 and right gastroepiploic artery in 2 cases Forty sequential anastomoses were performed in 18 cases. Vessels accessed were left anterior descending artery in 48 diagonal branch in 41 obtuse marginal branch in 30 right coronary artery in 24 posterior descending artery in 9 ramus intermedius in 5 and posterolateral branch in 5 anastomoses. Predischarge coronary angiography performed in 44 patients demonstrated the patency rate of 89.5%(128/143) Operative mortality was 2%(1/150) Postoperative complications were arrhythmia in 5 graft occlusion that needed reoperation in 4. perioperative myocardial infarction in 2 femoral artery thromboembolism developed after the application of IABP in 1 postoperative transient delirium in 1 peripheral compression neuropathy in 1 case. Sixteen patients(32%) were extubated at the operating room and the other patients were extubated at the mean 13$\pm$20 hours after the operation. Mean duration of stay in intensive care unit was 49$\pm$46 hours. Thirteen patients(26%) required blood transfusions perioperatively and the amount of perioperative blood transfusion was mean 0.70$\pm$1.36 pack/patient. Conclusion: OPCAB is suggested to be the ideal technique with less postoperative complication less hospitalization time and less cost.less cost.