• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.323-331
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• 2011

Background: Myocardial revascularization in patients with renal insufficiency is challenging to the cardiac surgeon, irrespective of utilizing extracorporeal circulation. This study aimed to compare the number of bypass grafts and the mid-term results and to evaluate independent survival predictors in patients with renal insufficiency undergoing on-pump or off-pump myocardial revascularization. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 103 patients with renal insufficiency, who had isolated myocardial revascularization between January 1999 and January 2009. The patients were divided into two groups, the on-pump group and the off-pump group. Results: The off-pump group received a significantly greater number of distal arterial grafts than the on-pump group. However, the mean number of total grafts, the degree of complete revascularization, and survival rate of the patients were not significantly different between the two groups. Multivariate analysis showed the independent predictors for reduced mid-term survival were the number of total grafts and postoperative periodic renal replacement therapy. Off-pump myocardial revascularization does not decrease the number of bypass grafts or influence on the mid-term results for patients with renal insufficiency, compared to on-pump myocardial revascularization. Conclusion: Myocardial revascularization with a large number of total grafts has a beneficial effect on survival in patients with renal insufficiency, irrespective of utilizing extracorporeal bypass.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2005

The potential for recovery of left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial revascularization represents a practical clinical definition for myocardial viability. The evaluation of viable myocardium in patients with severe global left ventricular dysfunction due to coronary artery disease and with regional dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction is an important issue whether left ventricular dysfunction may be reversible or irreversible after therapy. If the dysfunction is due to stunning or hibernation, functional improvement is observed. but stunned myocardium may recover of dysfunction with no revascularization. Hibernation is chronic process due to chronic reduction in the resting myocardial blood flow. There are two types of myocardial hibernation: "functional hibernation" with preserved contractile reserve and "structural hibernation" without contractile reserve in segments with preserved glucose metabolism. This review focus on the application of F-18 FDG and other radionuclides to evaluate myocardial viability. In addition the factors influencing predictive value of FDG imaging for evaluating viability and the different criteria for viability are also reviewed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.164-168
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• 1988

Between November, 1984, and May, 1986, 93 patients underwent combined valvular and coronary artery operation. They were 70 male and 23 female, the age ranging from 29 to 82. From this population 89 patients underwent single valve replacement and 4 patients underwent double valve replacement. Patients with mitral valve disease were in the majority present in the age group between 50 till 70, where as in the group after 60 years, patients with aortic valve disease were dominant. The main indication for aortic valve replacement was aortic stenosis and the indication for mitral valve replacement was equal between mitral stenosis and mitral incompetence, the later was due to papillary dysfunction after myocardial infarction. Dyspnea was a very frequent symptom and it was found in nearly all patients. 28 patients had a previous myocardial infarction and severe left ventricular dysfunction. The grafts were placed prior to valve replacement and periods of myocardial ischemia were kept at a minimum by maintaining coronary perfusion throughout the operation. It is our opinion that simultaneous valve replacement and myocardial revascularization does not increase the risk of cardiac valve replacement substantially.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.280-287
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• 2022

Several studies have shown the benefit of complete revascularization (CR) over culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease (MVD). Nevertheless, optimal strategy to select targets for non-culprit PCI has not been clarified. In this paper, we critically discuss and compare the safety and efficacy of different strategies for CR in patients with STEMI and MVD using a Bayesian network meta-analysis including all previous randomized controlled trials (RCTs). In Bayesian network meta-analysis of 13 RCTs, culprit-only PCI was associated with higher risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE), compared with angiography-guided or fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided CR strategies. However, there was no significant difference between angiography-guided and FFR-guided CR strategies in the risk of MACE and its individual components including all-cause death, cardiac death, myocardial infarction (MI), and revascularization. These evidence support that both angiography-guided and FFR-guided complete revascularization strategies would be reasonable treatment option in patients with STEMI and MVD. If the non-culprit lesion is severe on visual assessment, angiography-guided PCI can be considered. If the non-culprit lesion is intermediate in severity or unclear based on visual assessment, FFR-guided strategy can be used as a reliable and objective tool, providing similar benefits with less stents compared with an angiography-guided strategy. Further RCT is needed to evaluate direct comparison between angiography-guided and FFR-guided CR strategies in patients with STEMI and MVD. Ongoing FRAME-AMI trial (NCT02715518) will provide more evidence regarding this issue.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.603-615
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• 2024

Background and Objectives: The clinical benefits of complete revascularization (CR) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients are unclear. Moreover, the benefit of CR is unknown in AMI with diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. We sought to compare the prognosis of CR and incomplete revascularization (IR) in patients with AMI and multivessel disease, according to the presence of DM. Methods: A total of 2,150 AMI patients with multivessel coronary artery disease were analyzed. CR was defined based on the angiographic image. The primary endpoint of this study was the patient-oriented composite outcome (POCO) defined as a composite of all-cause death, any myocardial infarction, and any revascularization within 3 years. Results: Overall, 3-year POCO was significantly lower in patients receiving angiographic CR (985 patients, 45.8%) compared with IR (1,165 patients, 54.2%). When divided into subgroups according to the presence of DM, CR reduced 3-year clinical outcomes in the non-DM group but not in the DM group (POCO: 11.7% vs. 23.2%, p<0.001, any revascularization: 7.2% vs. 10.8%, p=0.024 in the non-DM group, POCO: 24.3% vs. 27.8%, p=0.295, any revascularization: 13.3% vs. 11.3%, p=0.448 in the DM group, for CR vs. IR). Multivariate analysis showed that CR significantly reduced 3-year POCO (hazard ratio, 0.52; 95% confidence interval, 0.36-0.75) only in the non-DM group. Conclusions: In AMI patients with multivessel disease, CR may have less clinical benefit in DM patients than in non-DM patients.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.423-426
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• 2011

We report on two women who underwent myocardial revascularization associated with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) with different pathogenic patterns. The first woman presented with acute myocardial infarction, and preoperative angiograms demonstrated rapidly progressing coronary lesions, presumptive unstable plaque, and dissection. Operative findings, however, showed fresh thrombi in the coronary arteries, and she was diagnosed postoperatively as having APS. Her one-year angiogram demonstrated improved coronary lesions and a competitive flow pattern in the grafts. The second woman presented with unstable angina and had been treated for systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary APS for more than 14 years. She underwent myocardial revascularization due to accelerated coronary atherosclerosis. Her one-year angiogram demonstrated patent grafts.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.34-46
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• 2022

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is used to treat obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). The role of PCI is well defined in acute coronary syndrome, but that for stable CAD remains debatable. Although PCI generally relieves angina in patients with stable CAD, it may not change its prognosis. The extent and severity of CAD are major determinants of prognosis, and complete revascularization (CR) of all ischemia-causing lesions might improve outcomes. Several studies have shown better outcomes with CR than with incomplete revascularization, emphasizing the importance of functional angioplasty. However, different definitions of inducible myocardial ischemia have been used across studies, making their comparison difficult. Various diagnostic tools have been used to estimate the presence, extent, and severity of inducible myocardial ischemia. However, to date, there are no agreed reference standards of inducible myocardial ischemia. The hallmarks of inducible myocardial ischemia such as electrocardiographic changes and regional wall motion abnormalities may be more clinically relevant as the reference standard to define ischemia-causing lesions. In this review, we summarize studies regarding myocardial ischemia, PCI guidance, and possible explanations for similar findings across studies. Also, we provide some insights into the ideal definition of inducible myocardial ischemia and highlight the appropriate PCI strategy.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제48권11호
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• pp.989-999
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• 2018

Background and Objectives: We aimed to compare outcomes of complete revascularization (CR) versus culprit-only revascularization for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease (MVD) in the $2^{nd}$ generation drug-eluting stent (DES) era. Methods: From 2009 to 2014, patients with STEMI and MVD, who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using a $2^{nd}$ generation DES for culprit lesions were enrolled. CR was defined as PCI for a non-infarct-related artery during the index admission. Major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) was defined as cardiovascular (CV) death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, target lesion revascularization, or heart failure during the follow-up year. Results: In total, 705 MVD patients were suitable for the analysis, of whom 286 (41%) underwent culprit-only PCI and 419 (59%) underwent CR during the index admission. The incidence of MACE was 11.5% in the CR group versus 18.5% in the culprit-only group (hazard ratio [HR], 0.56; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.37-0.86; p<0.01; adjusted HR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.40-0.99; p=0.04). The CR group revealed a significantly lower incidence of CV death (7.2% vs. 12.9%; HR, 0.51; 95% CI, 0.31-0.86; p=0.01 and adjusted HR, 0.57; 95% CI; 0.32-0.97; p=0.03, respectively). Conclusions: CR was associated with better outcomes including reductions in MACE and CV death at 1 year of follow-up compared with culprit-only PCI in the $2^{nd}$ generation DES era.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2000

목적: 심근의 생존능을 평가하기 위해 보편적으로 재관류술 전에 시행하는 심근관류 SPECT에 의한 관류지수를 평가함으로써 좌심실의 재구도 즉 좌심실 확장을 미리 예측할 수 있는 지와 또한 재관류술이 재구도를 예방하는데 도움이 되는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 급성심근경색이 진단되어 혈전용해제 치료를 받은 7명과 치료하지 않은 9명으로 입원 후 $2{\sim}9$일 이내에 심근관류 영상을 시행한 16명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 모든 심근관류영상은 관동맥확장술과 관동맥우회로술과 같은 재관류술 시행 전에 시행하였다. 모든 환자는 심근경색 1주내에 초기 심초음파를 경색후 평균 $6.7{\pm}4.7$개월에 추적 심초음파를 시행하였다. 좌심실의 용적은 Simpson 방법을 이용하여 심첨부 4방에서 확장기 말과 수축기 말에 좌심실용적을 구하였다. 좌심실 벽운동은 심근관류 SPECT와 같이 16분절로 나누었으며 운동이상의 정도를 4단계로 나누어 평가하였다. 각 환자의 관류와 벽운동 장애의 점수의 총합을 16분절로 나누어 관류와 벽운동지수를 구하였다. 경색초기의 좌심실용적과 비교하여 추적 검사시에 좌심실의 용적이 10% 이상 증가한 군(A군, n=8)과 용적이 감소하거나 10% 미만 증가된군(B군, n=8)의 두 군으로 인위적으로 나누었다. 두 군간에 경색초기의 좌심실의 벽운동지수, Q파 여부, 재관류술여부, CKMB 수치, 관류지수, 초기 좌심실용적 및 좌심실 구혈률 등을 비교하였다. 좌심실 용적의 확장 유무 및 좌심실 용적의 변화량과 부하기-휴식기 관류지수, 벽운동지수, 초기 좌심실용적, Q파 여부, 재관류술 여부, CKMB 수치 그리고 좌심실 구혈률 등의 관계를 다변량로짓 분석을 시행하여 분석하였다. 또한 좌심실 확장정도와 여러 변수와의 관계를 다변량선형 분석을 통해 분석하였다. 결과: 좌심실 용적의 증가와 벽운동지수, 관류지수, CKMB수치, 재관류술여부, Q파 유무, 좌심실 구혈률과의 관계를 좌심실의 용적이 증가된군(A군)과 증가되지 않은 군(B군)으로 나누어 평가하였다. 좌심실 용적의 증가여부에 따른 차이를 보았을 때 휴식시의 관류지수는 용적이 증가한 군에서 유의한 차이로 의미 있는 감소를 보였다. 그러나 이외 인자들은 양군간에 차이가 없었다. 좌심실 용적의 증가와 재관류술 여부와의 관계: 좌심실 확장을 보인 8명의 환자 중 3명은 재관류술을 시행하지 않았으며 이 들 3명 모두에서 좌심실 용적의 확장을 보였다. 또한 재관류술을 시행한 13명의 환자 중 5명(38%)은 좌심실 용적의 확장을 보였다. 좌심실 용적의 증가와 경색위치와의 관계: 전벽 경색 10명 중 4명, 하벽 경색 5명 중 3명, 그리고 측벽 경색을 보인 1명에서 용적 확장소견을 보였다. 좌심실 용적의 확장유무 및 확장정도와 부하 및 휴식기 관류지수, 초기 좌심실 용적, CKMB수치, Q파 유무, 벽운동지수, 심실 구혈률, 재관류술 여부에 따른 다변량분석: 용적 증가량을 비독립변수로 하여 다중회귀선형분석에서 경색초기에 평가한 휴식시의 관류지수만이 좌심실용적 변화량에 대해 유의한 예측인자로 나타났다. 그러나 이외의 모든 인자들은 유의한 예측인자로 작용하지 못하였다. 또한 좌심실 용적의 증가량을 10% 이상 증가 여부를 비독립 변수로 한 다중회귀로짓분석에서는 휴식시의 관류지수와 재관류술 여부가 유의한 예측인자로 나타났다. 결론: 급성 심근경색 초기에 실시한 심근관류 SPECT 검사상 좌심실 확장군과 비확장군은 유의한 휴식기 관류지수의 차이를 보였고 또한 다변량분석에서 휴식기의 관류지수는 좌심실 확장을 예측할 수 있는 유일한 지표였다. 또한 작은 수의 증례이지만 경색관련 동맥의 재관류술은 좌심실 확장을 감소시킬 수 있는 하나의 방법으로 보인다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.881-889
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• 1991

The ideal goal of the coronary artery bypass surgery is complete revascularization. To estimate the numerical degree of completeness of revascularization, the following formula was used in 50 patients having aorta-coronary bypass grafting for the treatment of unstable angina. myocardial perfusion score of revascularized area Degree of Completeness = ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- x100[%] preoperative myocardial perfusion score Randomized patients who underwent revascularization procedures in 19Hb were compared with the patients who received similar elective operation each year from 1988 through 1991. To obtain these data, the patients aged 38 ~ 75[mean 54$\pm$9.1years], composed of 31 males and 19 females were randomly sampled. The number of grafts per patient increased from 2.30 in 1986, to 3.07 in 1988 - 89, to 3.21 in 1990, and to 3.50 in 1991. [0.05 The degree of completeness improved from 75.4% to 81.4%, 91.6% and 88.6% respectively. It improved significantly in the last two years, [P<0.05, Mann-Whitney U test] At a follow-up of three months, 90 percent[45/50] of patients remained angina, free, 6 percent[3/50] had residual angina, and 4 percent[2/50] died. The last two patients degree of completeness corresponded to 43% and 30% respectively As a conclusion, the degree of completeness seems to improve year by year, and to have close relationship with the clinical results.