• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.907-912
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• 1991

Isolated primary tricuspid insufficiency except Ebstein`s anomaly is rare disease. Recently we experienced two cases of isolated primary tricuspid insufficiency and treated successfully with annuloplasty or valve replacement. We could not classify our case as one of the classification of isolated tricuspid insufficiency, because the morphology and microscopic finding did not suggest any similar variety.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.739-742
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• 2010

투석중인 40세의 만성 신부전 환자가 우측 쇄골하정맥 협착증으로 지역병원에서 2개의 스텐트를 삽입하였다. 경과 관찰 중 한 개의 스텐트가 우심실로 이동하면서 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전이 발생하였다. 경피적으로 스텐트 제거를 시도하였으나 실패하여 개흉 성장수술로 제거하면서 삼첨판막 성형술을 시행하여 좋은 결과를 보였기에 보고하고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.376-379
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• 2007

51세 환자가 3개월 전에 심장 자상으로 본원에 입원하여 심장봉합수술을 받았다. 이후 별다른 소견 없이 지내다가 약 2개월 전부터 발생된 호흡곤란을 주소로 내원하였다. 심장초음파상 심한 삼첨판막 페쇄부전이 관찰되었으며 삼첨판막의 건삭치환술과 판윤 성형술을 실시하였다. 이에 저자들은 심장 자상 후에 발생된 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전을 판막성형술로 치료하였기에 증례보고를 하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.100-104
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• 1980

Simultaneous triple valve replacements were performed in two patients on January and April 1980 at Seoul National University Hospital. The first case was 17 years old male patient with a history of exertional dyspnea for 7 years. He was in class III by the NYHA functional classification and diagnosed as aortic insufficiency, mitral steno-insufficiency and tricuspid insufficiency. The second case was 46 years old male patient suffered from exertional dyspnea for 5 years, He was in class IV and diagnosed as aortic stenoinsufficiency, mitral stenoinsufficiency and tricuspid insufficiency. Triple valve replacements were performed under the deep hypothermia and pharmacologic cardiac arrest with aortic cross clamping for 80 minutes to 159 minutes. Total extracorporeal circulation time were 197 and 176 minutes respectively. The postoperative courses were uneventful.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.229-232
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• 1980

Approximately 5 percent of infective endocarditis are limited to the right side of the heart, the tricuspid valve being the usual site of involvement. Usually there is no underlying cardiac disease, and the vegetations occur on previously normal tricuspid leaflets. This paper reports a case of bacterial endocarditis involving the bio-tricuspid valve in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot, and who required prosthetic valve replacement in addition to surgical therapy for the congenital lesions.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.724-728
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• 2001

8세 11개월된 남자 환자로 좌관상동맥의 폐동맥 기시 이상증(ALCAPA)에 대해 수술교정 후 심한 삼첨판 폐쇄부전이 발생하였기에 보고한다. 경흉부 심장초음파 검사와 관상동맥조영촬영으로 좌관상동맥의 폐동맥 기시 이상 및 허혈성 승모판 폐쇄부전과 경도의 삼첨판 폐쇄부전을 확인하였다. 수술교정은 좌관상동맥에도 동맥혈관 심정지액을 공급할 수 있도록 주폐동맥에 추가로 동맥 캐뉼라를 삽입하는 방법을 이용하여 좌관상 동맥을 대동맥 근부에 직접 연결해 주었다. 술후 경식도 초음파 검사에서 좌관상동맥의 대동맥 문합 부위에서 전향성 혈류가 잘 유지되고 있었고 삼첨판 폐쇄부전이 Gr III-IV/IV로 심하게 발생하였다. 체외순환을 다시 가동 후 Kay 형 판륜성형술 및 인공 건삭 형성, 그리고 건삭 단축술로 삼첨판 성형술을 하였다. 술후 경식도 초음파 검사에서 삼첨판 역류 정도는 경도 미만이었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.129-133
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• 2015

Severe and permanent tricuspid regurgitation induced by pacemaker leads is rarely reported in the literature. The mechanism of pacemaker-induced tricuspid regurgitation has been identified, but its management has not been well established. Furthermore, debate still exists regarding the proper surgical approach. We present the case of a patient with severe tricuspid regurgitation induced by a pacemaker lead, accompanied by triple valve disease. The patient underwent double valve replacement and tricuspid valve repair without removal of the pre-existing pacemaker lead. The operation was successful and the surgical procedure is discussed in detail.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.829-836
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• 1995

Ninety-one adult patients underwent three different methods of annuloplasty and compared them by the amount of tricuspid regurgitation. Group I [n=17 is Kay method, Group II [n=46 is modified Kay method and Group III [n=28 is De Vega and modified De Vega method. Preoperative and postopeative size of the liver and its function, the cardiothoracic ratio, EKG and echocardiogram were analyzed. The follow up was done for all the patients [mean 20.0$\pm$ 8.5 months . The postoperative size of the liver, the postoperative cardiothoracic ratio and the postoperative systolic pressure of the right ventricle decreased significantly compared to preoperative size, ratio and pressure [p=0.0001, p=0.0001, p=0.0001 . But there were no differences between the groups. The results of annuloplasty revealed that tricuspid regurgitation improved postoperatively [p=0.0001 even though there was no statistically significant differences in relation to the methods of annuloplasty. The right ventricular systolic pressure and the amount of regurgitation decreased significantly during the postoperative period by performing 3 different methods of annuloplasty, although we could not find the differences between the three different methods.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.775-786
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• 2023

Background and Objectives: Tricuspid valve (TV) repair techniques other than annuloplasty remain challenging and frequently end in tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) in complicated cases. However, the results of TVR are suboptimal compared with TV repair. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of TV edge-to-edge repair (E2E) compared to TVR for severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 230 patients with severe TR who underwent E2E (n=139) or TVR (n=91) from 2001 to 2020. Clinical and echocardiographic results were analyzed using inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis and propensity score matching. Results: The two groups showed no significant differences in early mortality and morbidities. During the mean follow-up of 106.2±68.8 months, late severe TR and TV reoperation rates were not significantly different between groups. E2E group, however, showed better outcomes in overall survival (p=0.023), freedom from significant tricuspid stenosis (TS) (trans-tricuspid pressure gradient ≥5 mmHg, p=0.021), and freedom from TV-related events (p<0.001). Matched analysis showed consistent results. Conclusions: E2E for severe TR presented more favorable clinical outcomes than TVR. Our study supports that E2E might be a valuable option in severe TR surgery, avoiding TVR.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.405-413
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• 1980

A total of 63 patients [42 males and 21 females] underwent multiple valve replacement with artificial valves between January 1975 and August 1980 at Seoul National University Hospital. There were 38 patients with aortic and mitral valve replacement, 22 with mitral and tricuspid, and 3 with aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve replacement. The valve lesions varied from trivial to severe and most aortic and mitral valves had mixed stenosis and insufficiency, while tricuspid valves had only insufficiency. The patients were severely symptomatic in majority of the cases, and belonged to the Classes III and IV [III:45, IV:16] of the NYHA functional criteria. Hemodynamic studies were performed on all the patients. The mean pulmonary wedge pressure was remarkably increased to 19.8 mmHg in aortic and mitral valve lesions and 18.0 mmHg in mitral and tricuspid valve lesions. The mean pulmonary arterial pressure was also increased, while the cardiac index was reduced. In 1977, the average perfusion time was 245.5 minutes for aortic and mitral valve replacement and 181.6 minutes for mitral and tricuspid valve replacement. It has progressively declined to 169.2 minutes for aortic and mitral valve replacement and 123 minutes for mitral and tricuspid valve replacement in 1980. The average period of aortic occlusion also declined after the use of cardioplegic solution. Twenty deaths occurred among the 63 patients operated upon, an overall mortality rate of 30.8%. The operative mortality has declined with successive year from a level of 66.7% before 1977 to 21.1% in 1980. Fourteen patients suffered from a list of postoperative complications, which eventually resolved with adequate treatment. All the survivors were enjoying the levels of daily life activities greater than those existing before the operation.