• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.260-265
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• 1993

Twelve patients underwent surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection[TAPVC] between Sep. 1989 and May 1993. There were 9 boys and 3 girls whose ages ranged from 10 days to 17 month [median 1.2 month]. Six patients were less than 1 month of age at operation. The anomalous drainage was supracardiac in 6, cardiac in 2, infracardiac in 2, and mixed in 2. There were 3 early death, and its mortality rate was 25%. There were no operative mortality after Sep. 1991. Age at operation, presence of preoperative pulmonary venous obstruction, preoperative assisted ventilation and type of anomaly did not affect early mortality. Late pulmonary venous obstruction was developed in 4 patients between 1 month to 4 month after operation. Among these patients, 2 were died and one was reoperated and well, and the other one was not operated because of patient`s refusal. We conclude that late pulmonary venous obstruction is fatal and its early detection and correction is important for improving late survival.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.1004-1008
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• 1999

Background: Total anomalous pulmonary venous return is a relatively rare disease which has a very high mortality(80% within a year) if not properly corrected surgically. Material and Method: Twenty-six infants with total anomalous pulmonary venous return underwent repair between May, 1991 and February, 1996. Result: There were 19 boys and 7 girls. The mean age at operation was 2.6 months(range: 5 day to 11 month) and the mean body weight was 4.3kg(range:2.8 to 6.7 kg). Preoperative stabilization included ventilator for 5 patients and inotropic support for 6 patients. There were 6 hospital mortalities. Significant risk factors of operative mortality were preoperative ventilator care(p<0.03) and preoperative inotropic support(p<0.05). Age, body weight at operation, pulmonary venous obstruction, high pulmonary arterial pressure, spurasystemic right ventricular pressure or emergency operation did not affected the operative outcome. Postperative pulmonary venous obstruction occurred in three patients 2 or 3 months later, among them one patient was reoperated. The actuarial survival was 76% at 40 months. Conclusion: Although early mortality was high, repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return should be attempted in early life, but the patients receiving ventilator care or inotropic support need special attention.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.565-570
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• 1995

Seventy-three patients with isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection the patients associated with other major cardiac anomalies such as single ventricle, DORV[Double Outlet Right Ventricle and large VSD[Ventricular Septal Defect were excluded were underwent surgical repair from January 1980 through October 1993. There were 45 boys and 28 girls. The mean age at operation was 19.9 months[range 6 days to 24 years and mean body weight was 7.1kg[range 2.6kg to 45kg . The anomalous locations of connection were supracardiac in 38, cardiac in 21, infracardiac in 5, and mixed in 9. In 38 patients[52% , the venous drainage was obstructed. The obstruction ratios according to the connection type were as follows: 53%[28/38 in supracardiac, 52%[11/21 in cardiac, 100%[5/5 in infracardiac, 22%[2/9 in mixed type. The associated cardiac anomalies were persistent left SVC[2 , tricuspid valve regurgitation[3 , cor triatriatum[1 , and mitral cleft[1 . And associated noncardiac anomalies were imperforate anus[1 and Neil Weightman syndrome[1 . The operative mortality was 23%. The causes of death were pulmonary hypertensive crisis, perioperative myocardial failure, pneumonia with sepsis, arrhythmia and etc. The statistically significant factors in postoperative mortality were the pulmonary venous obstruction and age [p<0.01 . The operative mortality was high in groups of age under 1 month and pulmonary venous obstruction. The mean follow-up was 27.1 months. There were two late deaths. The first patient was three months old boy with supracardiac type and severe obstructive symptoms. The postoperative echocardiography was showed anastomotic stenosis and reoperations were performed twice but the patients expired due to pneumonia and sepsis. The second patient was three month old boy with supracardiac type and total correction was done and was doing well postoperatively. Eight years later, he expired suddenly due to arrhythmia. But all the other patients were in NYHA Fc I and received no medications. The 5-year survival rate excluding early expired patients is 97.1 $\pm$ 0.03 %. In conclusion, although the operative mortality of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection was relatively high compared to other major cardiac anomalies, we could expect excellent long-term results by early surgical correction.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2014

Background: Surgical repair of a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to the superior vena cava (SVC) may be complicated by sinus node dysfunction or SVC obstruction. We modified the Warden procedure by using a right atrial auricular flap to decrease the occurrence of these complications. Methods: Between February 2005 and July 2012, 10 consecutive patients underwent a modified Warden procedure to correct PAPVC. The median patient age was 5.7 years. Eight patients (80%) had an atrial septal defect. To surgically correct the PAPVC, we made a U-shaped incision on the right atrial appendage and sutured the flap to the posterior wall of the SVC. The anterior wall was reconstructed with various patch materials. Results: No early or late deaths occurred, nor did any patient require early or late reoperation for SVC or pulmonary venous obstruction. No new arrhythmias appeared during follow-up, which was complete in all patients (mean, 29.5 months). Conclusion: Our modification of the Warden procedure seems to be effective and safe. This technique may lower the risk of SVC obstruction, pulmonary venous obstruction, and sinus dysfunction.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제71권4호
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• pp.245-248
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• 2011

Venous thromboembolism represents as an obstruction of a vein by a blood clot in the blood stream. The most common manifestations of venous thromboembolism (VTE) are pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremity. This article reviews the recent advances in this spectrum and introduces new drugs that will be used in venous thromboembolism in the near future.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.194-198
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• 2009

목 적 : 총폐정맥 환류이상은 드문 선천성 심장질환이나, 진단 즉시 완전 교정 수술이 필요한 질환이며 폐정맥 협착 동반 유무에 따라 수술 사망률과 예후가 다르게 보고되고 있다. 이번 연구는 총폐정맥 환류이상 환아를 조사하여 이들의 임상적 특성과 수술 후 경과를 살펴보고자 시행하였다. 방 법 : 1994년 1월부터 2008년 2월까지 14년간 경북대학교병원에서 총폐정맥 환류이상으로 진단된 환아 27명의 의무 기록 정보를 후향적으로 분석 하였다. 결 과 : 총폐정맥 환류이상 환아 27명은 남아 17명, 여아 10명이었고, 진단 시 나이는 평균 $28.1{\pm}33.4$일(1-126일), 평균 체중은 $3.6{\pm}0.9$ kg (1.9-6.3 kg)였다. 병원을 방문한 주 증상으로 빈호흡, 저산소증 등의 호흡기 증상이 7명, 수유 시 청색증이나 전신 청색증이 13명, 심잡음이 7명이었다. 13명(48.1%)에서 심부전 소견을 보였다. 심초음파 검사로 진단된 해부학적 형태로 심상부형이 15명(55.6%), 심형이 6명(22.2%), 심하부형이 5명(18.5%)이고 혼합형은 1명(3.7%)있었다. 수술 전 폐정맥 협착이 동반된 경우는 7명으로 심상부형에서 5명, 심형과 심하부형에서 각각 1명이었다. 본원에서 수술 받은 환아는 총 24명으로 수술 중 경식도 초음파 검사는 14명(58.3%)에서 시행하였다. 수술 중 경식도 초음파 검사를 사용한 경우의 사망률은 0%이고 사용하지 않은 경우의 사망률 40%로 유의한 차이(P<0.05)를 보였다. 수술 사망은 4명(16.7%)으로, 수술하지 않고 사망한 환아 2명을 포함하여 전체 사망률은 22.2%였다. 그러나 수술 시기를 2000년을 기준으로 구분하여 살펴보면, 사망한 4명 모두 2000년 이전이었으며(사망률 50%, 4/8명), 2000년 이후에는 수술 후 사망이 한 명도 없었다(사망률 0%, 0/18명). 수술 후 폐정맥의 협착은 심초음파 검사로 진단하여 5명에서 발생하였다. 5명중 3명은 수술 부위의 협착이고 나머지 2명은 폐정맥 자체의 협착이었다. 수술 부위의 협착을 보인 3명은 재수술을 시행하였고(평균 기간 : 24일) 재수술 후 사망률은 0%이며, 현재 모두 약물치료는 시행하지 않으며 특별한 증상도 보이지 않으나 3명 모두 정기적으로 시행한 심초음파에서 후기 재 협착 소견을 보였다. 이들이 수술 부위의 후기 재 협착이 진단되기까지의 평균 기간은 31.3개월(17-54개월)이었다. 폐정맥 자체의 협착을 보인 환아는 2명으로, 교정 수술 후 심초음파 검사로 진단되기까지의 기간은 각각 3개월과 84개월이었다. 추적 관찰되었던 환아 20명에서 평균 관찰 기간은 $24.2{\pm}24.9$개월(2-80개월)이었다. 결 론 : 수술 후 폐정맥 협착 및 수술 부위의 재 협착이 발생할 수 있으므로 수술 중 경식도 초음파 검사의 적극적 이용과 수술 후 정기적이고 지속적인 관리가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1149-1153
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• 1991

A modified procedure for the operative management of the corrected transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis or atresia was performed in 4 patients. (age ; 18 months-9 years). The operation consists of a venous switch procedure (Senning), intraventricular baffling directing the blood flow from the morphologic left ventricle into the aorta via ventricular septal defect through the right ventriculotomy, and insertion of valved conduit between the morphologic right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. All the four patients had large non-restrictive ventriular septal defects and no evidence of significant mitral valve regurgitation. Both ventricles were well-developed. Three cases had pulmonary atresia, and the remainder had severe subpulmonic stenosis. Postperatively, all patients showed no findings of systemic or pulmonary venous obstruction withnormal sinus rhythm. One patient died of sepsis due to infection by Methicillin-resistant S. aureus on the thirteenth postoperative day. Follow-up is done on the survivors, and all of them are dong well with regular sinus rhythm, with their functional class I or II at 2 to 8 months after the operation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.52-56
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• 1994

This is case report of total anomalous pulmonary venous return with atrial septal defect which were corrected surgically by intracardiac procedure under total cardiopulmonary bypass.Two patients were supracardiac type,cardiac and mixed type was each one.The mixed type was three years old female patient.She was diagnosed as atrial septal defect with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return[right pulmonary vein drains into superior vena cava and right atrium] and corrected as usual.After operation,she underwent exertional dyspnea and frequent tachycardia.Chest x-ray film showed pulmonary congestion.Follow up cardiac cineangiogram revealed that left pulmonary vein also anomalously drained into left innominate vein through vertical vein.Through left thoracotomy,anastomosis was successfully carried between left atrium and vertical vein without cardiopulmonary bypass and there was no sign of pulmonary artery obstruction for two years follow up.The other three patient were corrected successfully without complication and got good result.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.381-388
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• 1984

Cor triatriatum is rare congenital cardiac anomaly first described by Church in 1868. The anomaly consists of an abnormal partitioning of the left atrium by a fibromuscular membrane that divides the atrium into an upper chamber, which receives the pulmonary veins, and a lower chamber, which contains the atrial appendage and the mitral valve. The upper and lower chambers communicate through a stenotic fenestration in the membrane, which has the hemodynamic consequence of pulmonary venous obstruction. Recently we experienced cot triatriatum associated with partial anomalous pulmonary drainage to right atrium. The upper chamber was connected to right atrium through a sinus venous type of ASD and received left superior and both inferior pulmonary vein, whereas the lower chamber so called true left atrium communicated with right atrium through foramen ovale type of ASD, left atrial appendage and mitral orifice. And the anomalous membrane has no fenestrations which permit blood flow. The operation was made right atrial approach under the CPB. We excised completely the anomalous septum and reconstructed atrial septal defect with pericardial patch to drain the right upper pulmonary vein to the left atrium. The postoperative course has been good during follow up.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.695-705
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• 1987

This report provides follow - up data on 37 patients, aged 7 days to 25 years [median: 6.5 months], who underwent repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection at Seoul national University Hospital between May, 1978 and June, 1987. The patients were 22 males and 17 females and the sex ratio was 1.6 to 1, showing a male predominance. Sixteen patients had supracardiac, 13 cardiac, 3 infracardiac and 5 had a mixed type. The duration of follow up was from 1 month to 60 months [median: 14 months] There were eight early and one late deaths, and the overall mortality was 24%. The deaths during 1 year of life were eight [89%] and only one death [11%] occurred above 1 year of age. The mortality of cardiac type was unusually high, accounting for 56 percent of the total death, which was probably due to the preoperative poor clinical condition such as pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure. The major cause of death was the perioperative myocardial failure, and the survival was closely related to the preoperative clinical status, age and moderately elevated pulmonary arterial pressure, the sign of the elevated pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary venous obstruction. Early diagnosis and early application of surgical intervention is essential to the improved postoperative survival