• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.362-368
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• 2008

목적: T1-201 심근 SPECT에서 심장 대 폐 섭취비의 증가(LHR)는 심근관류스캔의 고위험소견으로 알려져 있으나, 약물부하 Tc-99m tetrofosmin 게이트 심근 SPECT에서 측정되는 LHR도 같은 역할을 하는지에 대하여는 의문이 있다. 이에 저자는 약물부하 Tc-99m tetrofosmin 게이트 심근 SPECT에서 측정된 LHR과 관상동맥조영술 및 게이트 심근관류 SPECT소견을 비교하여 이의 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 관상동맥질환이 의심되어 아데노신 부하 Tc-99m tetrofosmin 게이트 심근 SPECT를 시행한 환자 중 관상동맥조영술을 한 달 이내에 시행한 환자 157명을 대상으로 하였다. 게이트 SPECT는 먼저 휴식기 영상을 얻고, 3-4시간 후 아데노신 부하 영상을 얻었다. 총 157명의 대상환자에서 측정된 LHR과 관상동맥조영슬과 게이트 심근 관류 SPECT 결과를 비교하였다. 결과: 정상 대조군 50명에서 얻은 LHR은 $0.33{\pm}0.04$이었으며, 성별의 차이는 없었다. LHR이 0.41(평균+2표준편차)을 초과한 경우 LHR이 증가된 것으로 간주하였다. 정상관상동맥을 보인 53명 중 2명 (3.8%), 단일혈관질환 44명에서는 0명, 두혈관질환 27명 중 2명(7.4%), 세혈관질환 33명 중 8명(24.2%)에서 증가된 LHR을 보였다. LHR은 부하기 및 휴식기의 좌심실구혈률과 약한 음의 상관관계를 보였으며(r=-0.25, -0.25), 부하기 및 휴식기 관류결손의 총합과는 약한 양의 상관관계를 보였다(r=0.37, 0.36). 결론: 약물부하 후 1시간에 촬영한 Tc-99m tetrofosmin의 LHR은 세혈관질환을 가진 군과 심한 좌심실 기능부전을 가진 군, 그리고 부하기 및 휴식기 영상에서 심한 관류결손을 가진 군에서 높아서, 기존의 T1-201을 이용한 연구와 비슷하였으나, 연관성은 낮았다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제58권12호
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• pp.459-465
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• 2015

Postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans (PIBO) is an irreversible obstructive lung disease characterized by subepithelial inflammation and fibrotic narrowing of the bronchioles after lower respiratory tract infection during childhood, especially early childhood. Although diagnosis of PIBO should be confirmed by histopathology, it is generally based on history and clinical findings. Irreversible airway obstruction is demonstrated by decreased forced expiratory volume in 1 second with an absent bronchodilator response, and by mosaic perfusion, air trapping, and/or bronchiectasis on computed tomography images. However, lung function tests using spirometry are not feasible in young children, and most cases of PIBO develop during early childhood. Further studies focused on obtaining serial measurements of lung function in infants and toddlers with a risk of bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) after lower respiratory tract infection are therefore needed. Although an optimal treatment for PIBO has not been established, corticosteroids have been used to target the inflammatory component. Other treatment modalities for BO after lung transplantation or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation have been studied in clinical trials, and the results can be extrapolated for the treatment of PIBO. Lung transplantation remains the final option for children with PIBO who have progressed to end-stage lung disease.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.610-614
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• 2003

폐고혈압의 원인은 크게 심박출량의 증가나 혈관 수축 또는 폐쇄에 의한 폐혈관저항의 증가로 볼 수 있고 수동적으로도 높아질 수 있다. 다른 심기형이나 혈관기형을 동반하지 않고 개별 정맥의 협착으로 인해 유발되는 경우는 매우 드물다. 저자들은 출생시 식도 기관루 제거와 식도 연결을 시술한 환아에서 반복되는 청색증과 호흡곤란으로 일반외과 3회 입원 후 식도 협착으로 풍선 확장술을 시행하였던 10개월 영아에서 심초음파를 통해 폐동맥 고혈압을 진단하고 심혈관도자술을 통해 개별 폐정맥들의 협착을 원인으로 밝혔기에 보고하고자 한다.

• International Journal of Vascular Biomedical Engineering
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2006

In this article we introduce computer models that have been developed in the past to determine the concentration of metabolic gases, the oxygen and carbon dioxide, along the pulmonary circulation. The terminal concentration of these gases in the arterial blood is related with the total change of the partial pressure of the same gases in the alveoli for the time beginning with inspiration and ending with expiration. It is affected not only by the ventilation-perfusion ratio and the gas diffusion capacity of the lung membrane but also by the pulmonary defect such as shunt, dead space, diffusion impairment and ventilation-perfusion mismatch. Some pathological pulmonary symptoms such as ARDS and CDPD can be understood through the mathematical models of these pulmonary dysfunctions. Quantitative study on the blood oxygenation process using various computer models is therefore of foremost importance in order to monitor not only the pulmonary health but also the cardiac output and cell metabolism. Reviewed in this paper include the basic and advanced methods that enable numerical study on the gas exchange and on the arterial oxygenation process, which might depend on the various heart and lung physiological conditions listed above.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.1-25
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• 1967

In 20 normal cases and 39 pulmonary tuberculosis cases, regional pulmonary arterial blood flow measurements and lung perfusion scans by $^{131}I$-Macroaggregated albumin, lung inhalation scans by colloidal $^{198}Au$ and spirometries by respirometer were done at the Radiological Research Institute. The measured lung function tests were compared and the results were as the following: 1. The normal distribution of pulmonary blood flow was found to be $54.5{\pm}2.82%$ to the right lung and $45.5{\pm}2.39%$ to the left lung. The difference between the right and left pulmonary arterial blood flow was significant statistically (p<0.01). In the minimal pulmonary tuberculosis, the average distribution of pulmonary arterial blood flow was found to be $52.5{\pm}5.3%$ to the right lung and $47.5{\pm}1.0%$ to the left lung when the tuberculous lesion was in the right lung, and $56.2{\pm}4.4%$ to the right lung and $43.8{\pm}3.1%$ to the left lung when the tuberculous lesion was in the left lung. The difference of pulmonary arterial blood flow between the right and left lung was statistically not significant compared with the normal distribution. In the moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, the average distripution of pulmonary arterial blood flow was found to be $26.9{\pm}13.9%$ to the right lung and $73.1{\pm}13.9%$ to the left lung when the tuberculous lesion was more severe in the right lung, and $79.6{\pm}12.8%$ to the right lung and $20.4{\pm}13.0%$ to the left lung when the tuberculous lesion was more severe in the left lung. These were found to be highly significant statistically compared with the normal distribution of pulmonary arterial blood flow (p<0.01). When both lungs were evenly involved, the average distribution of pulmonary arterial blood flow was found to be $49.5{\pm}8.01%$ to the right lung and $50.5{\pm}8.01%$ to the left lung. In the far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, the average distribution of pulmonary arterial blood flow was found to be $18.5{\pm}11.6%$ to the right lung and $81.5{\pm}9.9%$ to the left lung when the tuberculous lesion was more severe in the right lung, and $78.2{\pm}8.9%$ to the right lung and $21.8{\pm}10.5%$ to the left lung when the tuberculous lesion was more severe in the left lung. These were found to be highly significant statistically compared with the normal distribution of pulmonary arterial blood flow (p<0.01). When both lungs were evenly involved the average distribution of pulmonary arterial blood flow was found to be $56.0{\pm}3.6%$ to the right lung and $44.0{\pm}3.2%$ to the left lung. 2. Lung perfusion scan by $^{131}I$-MAA in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis was as follows: a) In the pretreated minimal pulmonary tuberculosis, the decreased area of pulmonary arterial blood flow was corresponding to the chest roentgenogram, but the decrease of pulmonary arterial blood flow was more extensive than had been expected from the chest roentgenogram in the apparently healed minimal pulmonary tuberculosis. b) In the pretreated moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, the decrease of pulmonary arterial blood flow to the diseased area was corresponding to the chest roentgenogram, but the decrease of pulmonary arterial blood flow was more extensive in the treated moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis as in the treated minimal pulmonary tuberculosis. c) Pulmonary arterial blood flow in the patients with far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis both before and after chemotherapy were almost similar to the chest roentgenogram. Especially the decrease of pulmonary arterial blood flow to the cavity was usually greater than had been expected from the chest roentgenogram. 3. Lung inhalation scan by colloidal $^{198}Au$ in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis was as follows: a) In the minimal pulmonary tuberculosis, lung inhalation scan showed almost similar decrease of radioactivity corresponding to the chest roentgenogram. b) In the moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis the decrease of radioactivity in the diseased area was partly corresponding to the chest roentgenogram in one hand and on the other hand the radioactivity was found to be normally distributed in stead of tuberculous lesion in the chest roentgenogram. c) In the far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, lung inhalation scan showed almost similar decrease of radioactivity corresponding to the chest roentgenogram as in the minimal pulmonary tuberculosis. 4. From all these results, it was found that the characteristic finding in pulmonary tuberculosis was a decrease in pulmonary arterial blood flow to the diseased area and in general decrease of pulmonary arterial blood flow to the diseased area was more extensive than had been expected from the chest roentgenogram, especially in the treated group. Lung inhalation scan showed almost similar distribution of radioactivity corresponding to the chest roentgenogram in minimal and far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, but there was a variability in the moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. The measured values obtained from spirometry were parallel to the tuberculous lesion in chest roentgenogram.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2000

Background: Numerous studies of safe, long term preservation for lung transplantation have been performed using ex vivo models or in vivo single lung transplantation models. However, a safe preservation time which is applicable for clinical use is difficult to determine. We prepared LPDG solution for lung preservation study. In this study we examined the efficacy of LPDG(low potassium dextran glucose) solution in 24-hour lung preservation by using a sequential bilateral canine lung allotransplant model. Material and Method: Seven bilateral lung transplant procedures were performed using weight-matched pairs(24 to 25kg) of adult mongrel dogs. The donor lungs were flushed with LPDG solution and maintained hyperinflated with 100% oxygen at 1$0^{\circ}C$ for a planned ischemic time of 24 hours for the lung implanted first. After sequential bilateral lung transplantation, dogs were maintained on ventilators for 3 hours: arterial resistance were determined if the recipients hourly after bilateral reperfusion and compared with pretransplant-recipient values, which were used as controls. After 2hours of reperfusion, the chest X-ray, computed tomogram and lung perfusion scan were performed for assessmint of early graft lung function. Pathological examinations for ultrastructural findings of alveolar structure and endothelial structure of pulmonary artery were performed. Result: Five of seven experiments successfully finished the whole assessments after bilateral reperfusion for three hours. Arterial oxygen tension in the recipients was markedly decrased in immediate reperfusion period but gradually recovered after reperfusion for three hours. The pulmonary artery and pulmonary vascular resistance showed singificant elevation(p<0.05 versus control values) but also recovered after reperfusion for three hours(p<0.05 versus immediate period value). The ultrastructural findings of alveolar structure and endothelial structure of pulmonary artery showed reversible mild injury in 24 hours of lung perservation and reperfusion. Conclusion : This study suggests that LPDG solution provides excellent preservation in a canine model in which the dog is completely dependent on the function of the transplanted lung.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2006

목적: 현재로는 각종 유독가스 흡입으로 인한 기도 손상시 기관지 내시경 검사가 가장 정확하나, 시행이 어렵고 환자에게 불편감을 주는 검사법이다. 반면, 폐환기/관류스캔은 비침습적이며 유용한 검사법으로서, 연구자들은 흡입에 의한 기도손상환자에서 조기 검사 및 추적검사를 실시하여 이들 스캔의 유용성을 평가하고자 하였다. 방법: 지하철 화재사고로 인한 기도손상이 의심되는 19명의 환자(남자: 9, 여자: 10, 평균연령 : 31.6세)를 대상으로 하였다. 사고 2일 후 $^{99m}Tc$-technegas 를 이용한 환기스캔을 실시하고, 4일 후 $^{99m}Tc$-MAA 를 이용한 폐관류스캔을 실시하였다. 비슷한 시기에 실시한 기관지 내시경 검사 소견과 스캔소견을 비교하고 환자의 증상이 호전된 후 추적검사(환기스캔은 16일 후, 관류스캔은 18일 후)를 실시하였다. 결과: 19명의 환자 중 14명은 정상스캔 소견을 보였고, 4명은 환기와 관류스캔 모두에서 결손의 소견을 보였으며, 나머지 1명은 환기스캔에서만 결손의 소견을 보였다. 비정상 소견을 보인 5명의 환자들은 스캔소견의 비정상부위와 기관지 내시경 검사에서 이상소견을 보인 부위가 유사하였고, 심한 호흡기 증상이 있었다. 흉부 X선 검사에서 이들 중 2명은 결핵을 앓은 흔적이 관찰되었다. 추적검사에서는 이상소견을 보인 모든 환자에서 스캔소견의 호전과 함께 임상소견도 호전되었다. 결론: 환기/관류 스캔은 화재에 의한 기도손상시 조기에 이를 진단할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 추적관찰에도 유용할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.467-472
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• 2007

배경: 폐 이식이 호흡부전증 환자의 유일한 치료방법으로 인정받고 있으나 이는 역설적으로 많은 호흡부전증 환자의 이식 대기 기간 증가와 공급 장기 부족 현상을 초래하였다. 이에 동물에서 장기를 적출하는 이종 장기이식 수술이 대두되게 되었다. 그러나 이들 이종 장기이식 후 나타나는 초급성 거부반응을 아직 해결하지 못했으며 본 실험은 기초연구로써 이들 초급성 거부반응을 일으키는 주요 인자인 면역글로불린의 이식 전, 후 변화를 관찰하였다. 대상 및 방법: $20{\sim}30kg$의 잡종견과 돼지 각 6마리를 이용하여 돼지의 좌측 신장을 잡종견의 좌측 대퇴동정맥에 연결하여 30분간 관류하였고 다시 우측 신장을 교체 연결 후 30분간 관류하였다. 다시 돼지의 좌측 폐를 잡종견의 폐동맥과 좌심방에 연결 후 30분간 관류하였고 우측 폐를 교체 연결한 후 30분간 관류하였다. 실험과 실험 사이에 혈액을 채취하여 혈청을 분류하였고 절제한 신장과 폐의 IgM과 IgG 침착 정도를 관찰하였다. 결과: 관류 시간이 길어짐에 따라 혈액의 IgM은 감소하였으나 IgG의 감소는 확실하지 않았다. 신장과 폐의 면역형광염색 소견에서 IgM, IgG의 염색반응이 크게 줄어드는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 결론: 이와 같은 연구결과로 이종 장기이식 전에 신장 및 폐를 이용하여 수혜자의 혈액을 관류함으로써 공급자의 자연 항체를 흡수 제거하는 방법은 이종 이식 후 발생하는 초급성 거부반응을 줄일 수 있으리라 생각한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6765-6768
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• 2015

Aims: To study the effectiveness of human recombinant endostatin injection (Endostar(R)) combined with cisplatin doublets in treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to evaluate outcome by CT perfusion imaging. Methods: From April 2011 to September 2014, 76 patients with advanced NSCLC who were treated with platinum-based doublets were divided into group A (36 patients) and group B (40 patients). Endostar(R) 15mg/day was administered 4 days before chemotherapy and combined with chemotherapy from day 5 in group A, and combined with chemotherapy from the first day in Group B. Endostar(R) in the two groups was injected intravenously for 14 days. Results: Treatment effectiveness in the two groups differed with statistical significance (p<0.05). Effectiveness evaluated by CT perfusion imaging, BF, BV, MTT and PS also demonstrated significant differences (all p<0.05). Adverse reactions in the two groups did not significantly vary (p> 0.05). Conclusions: The response rate with Endostar(R) administered 4 days before chemotherapy and combined with chemotherapy from day 5 in group A was better than Endostar(R) combined with chemotherapy from the first day, and CT perfusion imaging could be a reasonable method for evaluation of patient outcomes.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제77권2호
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• pp.81-84
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• 2014

A patient treated with venlafaxine for major depression developed an interstitial lung disease (ILD) with the characteristic clinical, radiological and pathological features of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. A high resolution computed tomography scan demonstrated ground glass opacity, mosaic perfusion with air-trapping and traction bronchiectasis in both lungs. The pathological findings were consistent with a nonspecific interstitial pneumonia pattern. Clinical and radiological improvements were noted after the discontinuation of venlafaxine and the administration of a corticosteroid. This report provides further evidence that the anti-depressant venlafaxine can cause ILD.