• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.351-359
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• 2022

Objectives: The Regional CardioCerebroVascular Center (RCCVC) project was initiated to improve clinical outcomes for patients with acute myocardial infarction or stroke in non-capital areas of Korea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes and issues identified by the Busan RCCVC project in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods: Among the patients who were registered in the Korean Registry of Acute Myocardial Infarction for the RCCVC project between 2007 and 2019, those who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for STEMI at the Busan RCCVC were selected, and their medical data were compared with a historical cohort. Results: In total, 1161 patients were selected for the analysis. Ten years after the implementation of the Busan RCCVC project, the median door-to-balloon time was reduced from 86 (interquartile range [IQR], 64-116) to 54 (IQR, 44-61) minutes, and the median symptom-to-balloon time was reduced from 256 (IQR, 180-407) to 189 (IQR, 118-305) minutes (p<0.001). Inversely, the false-positive PCI team activation rate increased from 0.6% to 21.4% (p<0.001). However, the 1-year cardiovascular death and major adverse cardiac event rates did not change. Even after 10 years, approximately 75% of the patients had a symptom-to-balloon time over 120 minutes, and approximately 50% of the patients underwent inter-hospital transfer for primary PCI. Conclusions: A decade after the implementation of the Busan RCCVC project, although time parameters for early reperfusion therapy for STEMI improved, at the cost of an increased false-positive PCI team activation rate, survival outcomes were unchanged.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.440-445
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• 2013

Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) is a kind of mountain herbs whose roots have restorative properties and the cultivating acreage of balloon flower has been steadily increasing in Korea. More frequent rain and high amount of rainfalls as a result of climate changes predisposed balloon flower to the outbreaks of root rot at high-density cultivation area in recent years. Root crowns were usually discolored into brown to blackish brown at first and the infected plants showed slight wilting symptom at early infection stage. Severely infected roots were entirely rotted and whole plants eventually died at late infection stage. The overall disease severities of root rot of balloon flower were quite variable according to the surveyed fields in Jeonnam, Gyeongnam and Jeju Provinces, which ranged from 0.1% to 40%. The root rot occurred more severely at the paddy or clay soils than the sandy soils and their severities were much higher at lowland than upland in the same localty. The disease increased with aging of the balloon flower. The causal fungi were identified as Fusarium solani and F. oxysporum on the basis of their mycological characteristics. The optimum temperature ranges of their mycelial growths was found to be $24^{\circ}C$. The pathogenic characters of F. solani and F. oxysporum treated by artificial wounding inoculation on healthy roots of balloon flower revealed that F. solani was more virulent than F. oxysporum. This study identified the causal agents of root rot of balloon flower as Fusarium solani and F. oxysporum, probably for the first time.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.371-376
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• 2007

Objective : Balloon kyphoplasty can effectively relieve the symptomatic pain and correct the segmental deformity of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. While many articles have reported on the effectiveness of the procedure, there has not been any research on the factors affecting the deformity correction. Here, we evaluated both the relationship between postoperative pain relief and restoration of the vertebral height, and segmental kyphosis, as well as the various factors affecting segmental deformity correction after balloon kyphoplasty. Methods : Between January 2004 and December 2006, 137 patients (158 vertebral levels) underwent balloon kyphoplasty. We analyzed various factors such as the age and sex of the patient, preoperative compression ratio, kyphotic angle of compressed segment, injected PMMA volume, configuration of compression, preoperative bone mineral density (BMD) score, time interval between onset of symptom and the procedure, visual analogue scale (VAS) score for pain rating and surgery-related complications. Results : The mean postoperative VAS score improvement was $4.93{\pm}0.17$. The mean postoperative height restoration rate was $17.8{\pm}1.57%$ and the kyphotic angle reduction was $1.94{\pm}0.38^{\circ}$. However, there were no significant statistical correlations among VAS score improvement, height restoration rate, and kyphotic angle reduction. Among the various factors, the configuration of the compressed vertebral body (p=0.002) was related to the height restoration rate and the direction of the compression (p=0.006) was related with the kyphotic angle reduction. The preoperative compression ratio (p=0.023, p=0.006) and injected PMMA volume (p<0.001, p=0.035) affected both the height restoration and kyphotic angle reduction. Only the preoperative compression ratio was found to be as an independent affecting factor (95% CI : 1.064-5.068). Conclusion : The two major benefits of balloon kyphoplasty are immediate pain relief and local deformity correction, but segmental deformity correction achieved by balloon kyphoplasty does not result in additional pain relief. Among the factors that were shown to affect the segmental deformity correction, configuration of the compressed vertebral body, direction of the most compressed area, and preoperative compression ratio were not modifiable. However, careful preoperative consideration about the modifiable factor, the PMMA volume to inject, may contribute to the dynamic correction of the segmental deformity.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.115-130
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• 2003

Reperfusion delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction leads to increased morbidity and mortality. We sought to measure the rates of reperfusion delay and to identify factors associated with reperfusion delay after arrival to hospitals. We included 360 patients who had acute myocardial infarction with ST-elevation or left bundle branch block on electrocardiogram and received reperfusion therapy from the three participating academic medical centers from 1997 to 2000. Through retrospective chart review, we collected data about time to reperfusion therapy, patient and hospital factors potentially associated with reperfusion delay. Factors independently associated with reperfusion delay were determined by logistic regression analysis. Median door­to­needle time was 60.0 minutes, and median door­to­balloon time was 102.5 minutes. According to recommendation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines, 226 out of 264(85.6％) of thrombolytic patients and 43 out of 96(44.8％) percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty(PTCA) patients experienced reperfusion delay. The significant factors associated with delay were type of reperfusion therapy, patient factors including hypertension and delayed symptom onset to presentation(>4 hours), and hospital factors including nocturnal presentation(6pm∼8am), weekend, and an individual hospital. A significant proportion of patients experienced reperfusion delay. The identified predictors of reperfusion delay may help design a hospital system to reduce the delay in reperfusion therapy

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2011

Objective : Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the Republic of Korea. Time is the most important factor in hyperacute stroke. Yet, there had been no protocol for mechanical thrombolysis. We have treated patients with hyperacute stroke by mechanical thrombolysis for 3 years. In current study, we analyzed the outcome of mechanical thrombolysis. Methods : From March 2008 to February 2011, 36 patients were treated with mechanical thrombolysis. Initially we treated the patients by aggressive mechanical clot disruption (AMCD) who were admitted within 6 hours after the symptom onset. If revascularization was not achieved, balloon angioplasty was performed, followed by stenting or temporary endovascular bypass was performed. The result in 15 cases was not so successful. Since then, we started using the thromboaspiration method as the first line treatment of the mechanical thrombolysis. Results : After using the thromboaspiration, we had better results in recanalization rate, modified Rankin Score (mRS) and reperfusion injury compared to AMCD. The recanalization rate was 80.85%, mRS is 2.85, and there was only 0.09% hemorrhagic formation. Conclusion : Even though thromboaspiration is not statistically significant due to the limited numbers of patients enrolled in this study, we think it is a good way in mechanical thronbolysis for hyperacute stroke.

• The Korean journal of internal medicine
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.1111-1118
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• 2018

Background/Aims: Chest pain is an essential symptom in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). One-third of patients with ACS present atypically, which can influence their receiving timely lifesaving therapy. Methods: A total of 617 NSTEMI patients from the Korea Acute MI Registry (KAMIR) and the Korea Working Group on MI (KorMI) databases were analyzed. The study population was divided into two groups by symptoms at presentation (typical symptoms group, 128; atypical symptoms groups, 128). Results: In this study population, 23% of patients presented without chest pain. After propensity score matching, the contact-to-device time ($2,618{\pm}381minutes$ vs. $1,739{\pm}241minutes$, p = 0.050), the symptoms-to-balloon time ($3,426{\pm}389minutes$ vs. $2,366{\pm}255minutes$, p = 0.024), and the door-to-balloon time ($2,339{\pm}380minutes$ vs. $1,544{\pm}244minutes$, p = 0.002) were significantly higher in the patients with atypical symptoms than in those with typical symptoms, respectively. Atypical symptoms were an independent predictor for 1-year mortality (hazard ratio, 2.820; 95% confidence interval, 1.058 to 7.515; p = 0.038). The Kaplan-Meier estimates showed higher risk for 12-month mortality in patients with atypical symptoms (p = 0.048) and no significant difference for 12-month major adverse cardiac events (p = 0.487). Conclusions: Acute myocardial infarction patients with atypical symptoms were not rare in clinical practice and showed a high risk of delayed reperfusion therapy. After imbalance between the groups was minimized by use of propensity score matching, patients who presented atypically had a high mortality rate.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.322-326
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• 2011

Objective : Stenting of symptomatic intracranial stenosis has recently become an alternative treatment modality. However, urgent intracranial stenting in patients with intracranial stenosis following a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke is open to dispute. We sought to assess the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of urgent intracranial stenting for severe stenosis (>70%) in TIA or minor stroke patients. Methods : Between June 2009 and October 2010, stent-assisted angioplasty by using a balloon-expandable coronary stent for intracranial severe stenosis (>70%) was performed in 7 patients after TIA and 5 patients after minor stroke (14 stenotic lesions). Technical success rates, complications, angiographic findings, and clinical outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. Results : Stenting was successful in all 12 patients. The mean time from symptom onset to stenting was 2.1 days (1-8 days). Post-procedural angiography showed restoration to a normal luminal diameter in all patients. In-stent thrombosis occurred in one patient (n=1, 8.3%), and was lysed with abciximab. No device-related complications, such as perforations or dissections at the target arteries or intracranial hemorrhaging, occurred in any patient. The mortality rate was 0%. No patient had an ischemic event over the mean follow-up period of 12.5 months (range, 7-21 months), and follow-up angiography (n=7) revealed no significant in-stent restenosis (>50%). Conclusion : Urgent recanalization with stenting is feasible, safe, and effective in patients with TIA or acute minor stroke with intracranial stenosis of ${\geq}$ 70%.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.246-251
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• 2005

목적: 위악성 종양으로 위전절제술 및 식도공장문합술을 시행 받은 환자에서 발생할 수 있는 문합부 양성협착의 빈도와, 위험인자 및 이에 대한 치료에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년 3월부터 2001년 2월까지 근치적 위전절제술 후 자동문합기를 사용하여 루앙와이 식도공장 문합술을 시행 받은 658명에서 추적관찰 기간 중 내시경 검사를 시행한 436명을 대상으로 후향적으로 분석하였다. 협착은 직경 9mm 내시경의 통과여부로 정의하였다. 결과: 남자는 292명, 여자는 144명이었고, 평균(mean) 나이는 53.7세$(23{\sim}81)$세였다. 436명 중 33명에서 문합부 협착이 진단되었으며 이 중 재발에 의해 협착이 발생한 9명을 제외한 24명을 대상으로 분석하였다. 성별, 나이, 자동문합기의 직경, 항암화학요법, 방사선치료, 역류성 식도염 여부, 당뇨 및 고혈압 등의 위험인자들과 양성협착 사이에 통계학적으로 의미 있는 결과를 보이지 않았다. 문합부 양성협착이 발견된 모든 환자에서 풍선확장술을 시행하였으며, 시행 후 모든 환자에서 증상의 호전을 보였다. 결론: 위험인자들과 문합부 양성협착의 발생빈도 사이의 관계를 조사한 결과 통계학적으로 의미 있는 인자는 없었으나 문합부 혈류와 관계된 인자들에 대해 추가적인 조사가 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 증상의 호전을 위하여 내시경 풍선 확장 시술을 시행하고 1회의 시술로 증상의 호전을 보이지 않는 경우가 있어 지속적인 내시경 추적검사가 요구된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.901-908
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• 2001

배경 : 관상동맥 질환 환자에게 시행되는 관상동맥 우회술의 수술 성적이 많이 향상되었으나, 아직도 좌심실기능부전이 중등도 이상으로 심한 환자에서의 관상동맥 우회술은 합병증과 사망률이 비교적 높다. 최근 수술기법 및 심근보호법의 발달로 이러한 고위험군의 환자에게 내과적 보존 치료보다는 외과적 재혈관화가 환자의 증상 개선과 장기 생존율을 향상시킨다고 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 이에 저자는 1995년 1월부터 1999년 3월까지 시행한 관상동맥 우회술 843예 가운데 수술 전 좌심실 박출계수가 30% 이하인 환자 31예(4.1%)의 임상자료를 후향적으로 조사하고 수술 전후 측정한 심장 초음파상의 심박출 계수의 변화를 비교 분석하였다. 환자의 연령은 41세에서 72세 사이로 평균 60.7$\pm$2.2세였고, 남자 26예, 여자 5예였다. 수술전 위험인자로 심근경색의 과거력이 있었던 경우가 30예로 대부분이었으며, Thallium heart scan 검사에서 불가역인 심근 손상이 7예였다. 관상동맥 조영술에서 3개 혈관 병변이 26, Rentrop 분류 1도가 16례로 가장 많았다. 관상동맥 우회술 동안에 이식된 혈관의 수는 평균 4.88$\pm$0.8 개/명이었고, 전 예에서 복재정맥을 사용하였으며 내흉동맥을 동시에 사용한 경우는 20예였다 대동맥 차단 및 심실세동 시간은 평균 77.9$\pm$1.6분 이었고 인공 심폐기 가동시간은 평균 244.7$\pm$3.7분 이였으며, 관상동맥 우회술과 동시에 시행된 술식으로는 좌심실류 제거술 2예, 승모판막 성형술 2예, 대동맥 판막 치환술 1예였다. 술후 합병증은 부정맥 3예, 출혈 2예, 흉골 지연 봉합 1예였고 수술 전후의 대동맥내 풍선펌프의 사용이 11예였으며, 2예에서 사망하여 수술 사망률은 6.5%이었다. 수술 후 흉통 및 증상의 개선을 보인 경우는 29예였고 수술 후 시행한 심초음파 검사상 좌심실 박출 계수는 평균 38.5$\pm$11.6%로 술전 평균 측정치 25.3$\pm$2.3%에 비해 유의하게 증가되었다(p 0.001). 환자들의 평균 추적기간은 25.3$\pm$5.6개월이었다. 결론 : 좌심실 기능이 저하된 관상동맥 질환 환자에서 관상동맥 우회술을 시행하여 비교적 만족할 만한 결과를 얻을 수 있었으며, 추후 장기 추적 조사가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.