• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.822-828
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• 1995

This paper reports 15 native valve endocarditis cases had surgical operation in the past 10 years at the department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Chonbuk National University Hospital. In this study, 10 cases out of 15 were in class I or II by the New York Heart Association functional classification. None of the cases had a history of taking addictive drugs. Five cases were congenital heart disease, three cases were rheumatic heart disease and two cases were degenerative heart disease. Thus 10 cases had the underlying disease. All cases had antibiotics treatment for 3 to 6 weeks before operation. In the culture test, only four cases were positive in the blood culture and one case was positive in the excised valve culture. Organisms on blood and valve culture were Streptococcus epidermis, Streptococcus viridans, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. In the 10 cases without ventricular septal defect, the aortic valve was involved in four, mitral in four, both in two and involved valves in the 5 cases with ventricular septal defect were tricuspid in three, pulmonic in two. Eight cases had operation because they showed moderate congestive heart failure due to valvular insufficiency and vegetation with or without embolism. Seven cases had operation because they showed persistent or progressive congestive heart failure and/or uncontrolled infection. Five cases with ventricular septal defect underwent the closure of ventricular septal defect, vegetectomy and leaflet excision of the affected valves without valve replacement. In the cases without ventricular septal defect, the affected valves were replaced with St. Jude mechanical prosthesis. Postoperative complications were recurrent endocarditis in two, embolism in one, allergic vasculitis in two, spleen rupture in one and postpericardiotomy syndrome in one. At the first postoperative day, one case died of cerebral embolism. At the 11th postoperative month, one case died of recurrent endocarditis and paravalvular leakage in spite of a couple of aortic valve replacement. In the survived cases[13 cases in this study , all cases but one became class I or II by the New York Heart Association functional classification.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.755-758
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• 2008

저자들은 8년 전 감염성 심내막염으로 대동맥판막과 승모판 치환 및 섬유체 재건을 시행한 65세 남자 환자에서 발생한 인공판막 심내막염에 대하여 재수술을 시행한 예를 보고한다. 환자는 술 전 심초음파 소견상 1cm크기의 판막하 농양을 동반한 대동맥 판막륜 농양과 승모판 Vegetation 및 섬유체 결손을 보였다. 심부전 소견이 심하여 응급수술을 시행하였다. 두개의 소 심낭 패취를 이용하여 절재된 대동맥판과 승모판의 판륜 및 섬유체를 재건한 다음 기계판막을 대치하였다. 술 후 심초음파 소견상 판막주위 누출은 없었다. 현재 특별한 합병증 없이 통원 치료 중이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 1989

A total of 420 pyrolytic carbon mechanical valves were implanted in 336 patients from January, 1984, through Jung, 1988. Of the valves implanted, 131 were Bjork-Shiley, 250 St-Jude, and 39 Duromedics. The cumulative follow-up was 398 patient-years with a mean follow-up of 14.4 months per patients. Among 336 patients, 175 had mitral, 68 aortic, 82 multiple, 10 tricuspid, and one pulmonary valve replacement. The hospital mortality figures were 9 of 336[2.67%] in all, 5 of 175[2.85%] in isolated mitral, 1 of 68[1.47%] in isolated aortic and 3 of 82[3.65%] in multiple valve replacement. The causes of hospital mortality were myocardial failure in 5, sepsis in 2, bleeding in 1, cerebral embolism in l. There was no late valve related mortality. The actuarial survival rate at 4.5years was 99.4*0.1%. The complications occurred in 15 of 336[4.46%]; 7 of 175[4.0%] in isolated mitral, 4 of 68[5.88%] in isolated aortic, and 4 of 82[4.89%] in multiple valve replacement. The causes of complications were thromboembolism in 4, hemorrhage in 4, paravalvular leakage in 4, hepatitis in 2, and complete AV block in l. Actuarial probability of survival at 4.5 years was 95.0*0.1%. The low mortality and complications encourage us to applicate these valves to any patient including children and young women.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.266-271
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• 1994

Between 1985 and 1993, 29 children from 1 to 15 years of age have undergone cardiac valve replacements at Buchon Sejong Hospital. The patients were composed of 20 males and 9 females and 17 patient had congenital heart disease and 12 patients had acquired heart disease. Two of these patients have had second valve replacements due to paravalvular leakage and valve thrombosis. Single valve replacements were 29 and double valve replacements were 2. All the patients had received prosthetic valves except one. Among the 25 patients who had definite post-operative records, the overall mortality was 12%[4% was early mortality and 8% was late mortality].25 patients were followed up with coumadin anticoagulation for total 633 patient-months[minimum 2 months to maximum 93 months, mean 25.3 months] and actuarial survival rate was 88.5 $\pm$ 6.3% at 7 years and event free rate was 70.3 $\pm$ 11.7% at 7 years. These results suggest that pediatric valve replacements can now be performed at a low operative risk although various problems are still remained and the choice of valve is prosthetic valve mainly due to its durability at the present time.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1556-1562
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• 1992

Forty two consecutive patients who had had valve replacement with St. Jude Medical prosthesis were studied on a view point of intravascular hemolysis. Patients were consisted of 14 mitral valve replacement, and 7 aortic valve replacement, and 21 double, mitral and aortic, valve replacement. Serum LDH, indirect bilirubin, GOT, hemoglobin levels and ret-iculocyte count were pursued in postopeative 1st day, 3rd day, 7th day, 14th day and 21th day. Postoperatively, all patients were not detected paravalvular leakage on the ech-ocardiographical study. The patients with double valve replacement revealed higher levels of LDH on postopeative 14th day[P<0 05] than those with single valve replacement. Among the patients with single valve replacement, the patients with aortic valve replacement revealed slightly higher levels of entire postopeative data, but considered insignificant. There was correlation between the severity of hemolysis and the size of replaced aortic valve. In the postoperative LDH levels, the patients with small sized-aortic valve[less than 21mm in diameter] replacement revealed higher levels of postoperative 3rd day, 7th day and 14th day than those with large size[more than 23mm in diameter]. The patients with high level LDH of greater than 800 WU /L on postoperative 7th day were 61.9%[26 of 42]. The high LDH frequency of DVR was 71.4%[15 of 21], MVR 50.0%[7 of 14] and AVR, 57.1%[4 of 7]. The level of LDH declined gradualiy thereafter through postoperative 3 weeks. In conclusion, intravascular hemolysis after prosthetic valve replacement was dependent on position of valve replacement and size of valve. And this study supports the conventional valve selection and usage in our hospital. The patients with subclinical hemolysis after valve replacement should be placed on a close observation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.92-96
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• 1997

구강 생식기의 궤양, 안구와 피부 병변을 특징으로 하는 베체씨 병의 예후는 중추 신경계, 위장관, 혈 관계의 합병증에 의존된다. 심장의 병변 특히 대동맥 판막 폐쇄부전증은 매우 드물고, 일반적으로 혈역 학적 불안정성은 개심술을 통하여 치료된다. 그러나 많은 환자에서 인공 판막의 이탈, 판막 주변 누출. 전도 장애, 가성 동맥류 등의 심각한 합병증이 보고되어 왔다. 이런 합병증을 막기 위하여 많은 노력이 있었으며 그중 하나는 동종 이식편읜 사용이었다. 서울대학교병원 흉부외과에서는 베체씨 대동맥염으로 인해 인조 판막 이탈이 있었던 39세 남자 환자에서 동종 이식편을 이용한 대동맥 근위부 치환술을 시도하여 좋은 결과를 얻었기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 1999

배경: 건삭보존 승모판 치환술이 승모판 폐쇄부전증에 있어서는 좌심실 기능의 개선 및 술후 합병증을 줄일 수 있다고 알려져 있으나 승모판 협착증에 있어서는 좌심실 유출로의 폐쇄나 기계판엽의 운동장애 없이 적당한 크기의 기계판막을 삽입할 수 없다는 점등으로 아직 논란의 대상이 되고 있다. 대상 및 방법: 본원에서는 5명의 승모판 협착증환자와 7명의 승모판 폐쇄부전증 환자를 대상으로, 융합된 교련의 절개, 두꺼워진 판첨을 얇게 박리하고, 전판첨을 전판륜으로부터 2 mm 정도에 절개를 가하고 전판첨 중앙부를 절제하여 판엽을 두 개의 분절로 분리하여 교련부에 재 부착함으로써 건삭 및 판첨을 판륜에 위치이동 하면서 승모판막 치환술을 시행하여 건삭 및 판륜의 연속성을 유지하였다. 결과: 술후 기계판엽의 운동장애나 판막주위누출, 좌심실 유출로의 폐쇄 등 합병증 및 수술 사망환자는 없었다. 결론: 결론적으로 건삭보존 승모판 치환술이 승모판 협착증에 있어서도 안전하고 효과적인 수술방법이라 할 수 있다

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.815-818
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• 1997

인공판막심내막염은 드물지만 합병증으로 판막주위가 감염으로 파괴되고 농양이 형성되는 경우가 있어 높 은 사망율을 가져온다. 그러나 적절한 항생제의 사용, 심장초음파 검사에 기초를 둔 조기 진단,수술시 효과적인 심근보호. 그리고 수술경험의 축적으로 인공판막심내막염에 있어서 보다좋은 장단기 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 35세 남자 환자가 94년 8월에 대동맥판막, 승모판막대치술과 함께 삼첨판륜성형술을 받은후 특별한 증상 없이 지내다가 갑자기 시작된 실어증, 양안구의 좌측편위, 고열로 입원하여 심장초음파 검사를 시행한 결과 인공판막 심내막염 소견을 보여 6주간의 항생제 치료후 수술을 시행하였다. 수술소견상 대동맥 판륜을 따라 증식물 소견과 판막 주위의 누출, 농양주머니가 형성되어 있었고 승모판막은 비교적 건강해 보였다. 수술은 감염된 조직의 전체적인 제거와 냉동저장된 대동맥 동종이식편을 이용하여 재대치 수술을 시행했다. 환자는 수술후 63일째 퇴원했으며 퇴원후 7개월 동안 외래 추적 관찰결과 특별한 이상소견 없이 지내고 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.92-100
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• 1986

Results of reoperation for tissue valve failure were presented with review of current knowledge. Through January 1986, 19 patients required reoperation: 18 had undergone mitral, 2 aortic, and 1 tricuspid valve. Primary tissue failure was the main cause of tissue valve failure: it occurred in 18 valves [15 mitral, 2 aortic, and 1 tricuspid] at a mean postoperative interval of 54-25 months [range 29-120]. During the same period, 2 patients required reoperation for prosthetic valve endocarditis, 1 for paravalvular leakage. The types of valves failed were 12 lonescu-Shiley valves, 5 Hancock valves, and 1 Carpentier-Edwards valve. All 6 patients younger than 15 years of age at first operation had been implanted with lonescu-Shiley valves and failed after a mean interval of 35 months. In contrast, 11 patients older than 15 years had been implanted with 5 Hancock, 6 lonescu-Shiley, and 1 Carpentier-Edwards valve initially, and eventually failed after mean intervals of 81, 53, 47 months each other. The kinds of valves used at reoperation were 8 lonescu-Shiley, 4 Bjork-Shiley, and 6 St. Jude Medical valves for primary tissue failure cases and 3 lonescu-Shiley valves for the other 3 cases. Overall mortality at reoperation was 10%: 5.6% for primary tissue failure, 50% for prosthetic valve endocarditis. In 15 cases [all mitral] primary tissue failure were caused by calcification associated with or without leaflet destruction or fibrous ingrowth, and in 2 cases [all aortic] caused by cusp perforation and tearing without any evidence of calcification. In conclusion: 1 primary tissue failure is the main cause of reoperation in patients with tissue valve failure; 2. the majority of the failed valves is in mitral position; 3. leaflet calcification is the leading pathology of primary tissue failure; 4, reoperation for tissue valve failure may be a major concern, although the mortality is low; 5. the limited durability of tissue valve suggests its use be restricted to selected cases.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2024

Background: Sutureless aortic valves may enable shorter procedure times, which benefits patients with elevated surgical risk. We describe the outcomes of patients with aortic stenosis who underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) using the sutureless Perceval aortic bioprosthesis. Methods: Data from a retrospective cohort were obtained from a clinical database. The study enrolled patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who underwent surgical AVR with a sutureless bioprosthesis between August 2015 and December 2020. In total, 113 patients were included (mean age, 75.3±8.4 years; 57.5% women; median Society of Thoracic Surgeons score, 9.7%; mean follow-up period, 51.19±20.6 months). Of these patients, 41 were octogenarians (36.2%) and 3 were nonagenarians (2.6%). Transthoracic echocardiography was employed to assess changes in ejection fraction (EF), left ventricular mass index (LVMI), and mean pressure gradient (MPG). Results: The in-hospital mortality rate was 2.6%, and 13 patients developed new-onset atrial fibrillation. A permanent pacemaker was implanted in 3 patients (2.6%). The median intensive care unit stay was 1 day (interquartile range [IQR], 1-2 days), and the median hospital stay was 12 days (IQR, 9.5-15 days). The overall survival rate at 5 years was 95.9%. LVMI and MPG were reduced postoperatively, while EF increased over the follow-up period. No structural valve deterioration was observed, and no meaningful paravalvular leakage developed during follow-up. Conclusion: The use of a sutureless valve in the aortic position is safe and feasible, even for high-risk elderly patients requiring surgical AVR. LVMI and MPG decreased postoperatively, while EF increased over the follow-up period.