• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.675-679
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• 2005

배경: 삼중 판막 대치술의 임상적 결과에 대한 문헌들은 매우 드물다. 대랄 및 방법. 1992년 1월부터 2003년 12월까지 38명의 환자가 연세 심장혈관 병원에서 삼중 판막에 대한 대치술을 시행받았다. 평균 나이는 $49.5\pm10.7 (28\~69)$세였으며 24명이 여자였다. 류마치스성 심장 판막 질환이 가장 흔한 원인이었고(n=37), 수술 전 New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class는 II가 4명, III가 24명, IV가 10명이었다. 15명의 환자는(group 1) 최초의 수술에서 삼중 판막 대치술을 시행 받은 경우였고, 23명의 환자는(group 2) 이전에 일회 이상의 심장 수술을 받았으며 한 명을 제외하고는 삼첨 판막 대치술을 제일 나중에 시행 받은 경우였다. 7명의 환자는 최초 수술에서 삼첨 판막 성형술을 받은 후 삼첨 판막 대치술을 시행 받은 환자들이었다. 걸과 수술 사망은 6명$(15.8\%)$이었으며 모두 group 2에 속하는 환자들이었다. 최초 수술에서 삼중 판막 대치술을 시행 받은 15명의 환자는 수술 사망 없이 모두 퇴원하였다. 평균 $66.0\pm40.7$개월의 추적 관찰 기간 중에 만기 사망은 3명$(9.4\%)$에서 있었으며 대부분의 환자에서 NYHA functional class의 향상을 보였다. 4명의 환자에서 인공 판막과 관련된 합병증이 있었으며, 10년 생존율은 $68.8\%$였고, 생존자에 있어서 재수술을 포함한 10년 무사고 생존율은 $85.5\%$였다. 결론: 삼중 판막 대치술 후에 대부분의 환자에서 증상의 호전을 보였다. 그리고 추적 관찰기간 중에 인공 판막과 관련된 합병증 발생 및 생존율은 만족할 만한 결과를 보였다. 따라서 적응이 되는 경우에는 환자의 상태가 더 나빠지기 전에 삼중 판막 대치술을 적극적으로 고려해야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.504-509
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• 2014

Background: Most surgeons favor the pledgeted suture technique for heart valve replacements because they believe it decreases the risk of paravalvular leak (PVL). We hypothesized that the use of nonpledgeted rather than pledgeted sutures during mitral valve replacement (MVR) may decrease the incidence of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and risk of a major PVL. Methods: We analyzed 263 patients, divided into 175 patients who underwent MVR with nonpledgeted sutures from January 2003 to December 2013 and 88 patients who underwent MVR with pledgeted sutures from January 1995 to December 2001. We compared the occurrence of PVL and PVE between these groups. Results: In patients who underwent MVR with or without tricuspid valve surgery and/or a Maze operation, PVL occurred in 1.1% of the pledgeted group and 2.9% of the nonpledgeted group. The incidence of PVE was 2.9% in the nonpledgeted group and 1.1% in the pledgeted group. No differences were statistically significant. Conclusion: We suggest that a nonpledgeted suture technique can be an alternative to the traditional use of pledgeted sutures in most patients who undergo MVR, with no significant difference in the incidence of PVL.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.688-694
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• 1986

Takayasu`s disease is an arteritis of unknown etiology involving larger elastic arteries such as aorta and its branches, pulmonary arteries and rarely coronary arteries. Especially, aortic root involvement with the valvular leaflets has been reported in several cases of Takayasu`s arteritis. Recently we have experienced one case of Takayasu`s arteritis involving left subclavian artery, descending aorta, left renal artery and multiple valvular leaflets. The patient was 33 year-old female and admitted with complaints of cough, dyspnea and general weakness. Aortogram revealed extensive type of arteritis showing dilatation of ascending aorta, segmental narrowing of thoracic aorta and Riolan`s anastomosis. Double valve replacement [mitral and aortic valve] and tricuspid valve annuloplasty were performed. The patient made an excellent postoperative recovery and has shown striking improvement in cardiac status, NYHA functional class II eight months after operation.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.113-116
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• 2014

A 52-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to fever and myalgia that occurred 2 weeks earlier. He showed a complete atrioventricular block on his electrocardiogram, and his vital signs were unstable. On his transthoracic echocardiograph, the 1.5 cm vegetation in the aortic valve with severe aortic regurgitation suggested infective endocarditis. His transesophageal enchocardiograph showed abscess in his mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and vegetation was suspected on his anterior mitral valve leaflet. The patient underwent an emergent operation for valve replacement with temporary epicardial pacing. Intraoperatively, the septal leaflet of his tricuspid valve was injured during the debridement of the abscess pocket that was extended to the membranous septum. The aortic, mitral, and tricuspid mechanical valves were replaced with annular reconstruction without complications. After 14 days of intravenous antibiotics, we successfully changed the epicardial pacemaker into a transvenous DDD-type permanent pacemaker by placing a left ventricular lead via the coronary sinus and an atrial lead in the right atrium appendage. The patient was discharged in a tolerable state and was examined uneventfully in our hospital's outpatient clinic for 8 months.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.686-691
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• 2001

배경: Duromedics 판막은 1982년부터 사용되어 왔으나 국내에서는 장기 임상 성적에 대한 보고가 없는 실정이다. 이에 본원에서 시행된 Duromedics 판막의 장기 임상 성적을 보고하는 바이다. 대상 및 방법: 1987년부터 1988년 사이에 23명의 성인 환자에게 Duromedics 기계판막을 이용하여 판막치환술을 시행하였다. 승모판막 치환이 8예, 대동맥판 치환이 5예, 삼첨판막 치환이 1예, 대동맥판막과 승모판막을 동시에 치환한 경우가 6예, 승모판막과 삼첨판막을 동시에 치환한 경우가 1예였다. 남자 환자가 12명, 여자 환자가 11명이었고 환자들의 평균 연령은 35$\pm$10(15~52) 세였다. 저자들은 이 환자들에게 치환된 Duromedics 기계 판막의 임상적인 결과를 추적 조사하였다. 결과: 조기 사망은 1예로서 4.3%(1/23)의 조기 사망률을 보였고 만기 사망도 1예로서 4.3%(1/23)의 만기 사망률을 보였다. 사망 원인은 저심박출 증후군과 구조적 판막실패였다. 평균 추적기간은 133$\pm$43개월(8~157)이었다. 재수술을 시행한 경우는 모두 3예가 있었는데 판막혈전증이 1예, 구조적 판막이상이 1예, 비구조적 판막 이상이 1예였다. 10년 생존율(actuarial survival rate)은 90.9%이었다. 결론: 비록 임상 연구를 하기에 충분한 환자 수는 아니었지만, Duromedics 판막의 장기 임상 성적은 다른 판막에 비해 우수하거나 비슷하였으며, 구조적 결함도 발견되지 않았다. 하지만 향후 좀더 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권10호
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• pp.876-879
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• 2004

일반적으로 폐질환과 심장 질환이 동시에 발견되었을 때 동시 수술은 술자가 고려해야 되는 사항이 많다. 59세 여자 환자가 우중엽절제술과 이중판막 재치환술과 삼첨판막륜성형술을 동시에 시행 받았다. 동시 수술은 폐와 심장의 병변을 일거에 해소하면서 2차적으로 시행해야 하는 폐절제술 또는 심장수술에 따르는 위험성을 피할 수 있는 장점이 있으며 안전하게 시행할 수 있는 술식이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.435-441
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• 1980

Ebstein`s anomaly had been amenable to reparative surgery since 1962. However, neither the role of surgery in Ebstein`s anomaly nor the surgical procedure of choice for its correction are clearly defined. Whether or not the atrialized right ventricle, which plays a major role in the functional abnormalities, should be obliterated in all cases remains unsolved. Four cases of Ebstein`s anomaly treated surgically at Seoul National University Hospital were reported. All had closure of the atrial septal defect, obliteration of the atrialized right ventricle by plication, and insertion of a tricuspid bioprosthesis and an epicardial ventricular pacemaker. One patient had a pulmonic valvotomy due to stenotic bicuspid pulmonic valve also. All but one had discharged with a good result.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.381-385
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• 1996

경북대학교병원 흉부외과에서는 1984년 4월부터 1990년 4월까지 7례의 Ebsteln기형에 대해서 6례에서는 삼첨 판치 환술을, 1례에서는 Hardy 방식 의 삼첨 판륜성 형술(tricuspid annuloplasty)과 심방화된 우심실의 주름형성술(plication)을 시행하였다. 환자의 연령분포는 2세에서 46세까지 였고,술후 사망은 2례에서 있었다. 생존례는 4년이상 추적관찰시 일시적인 발작성 빈맥이 1례에서 있었으나 모두 NYHA class I-II로 별문제없이 지내고 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.389-397
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• 1984

Sixty cases of open heart surgery were performed in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Chonbuk National University Hospital from July, 1983 to June, 1984. The patients were consisted of 40 [66%] congenital anomalies containing 26 [43%] patients of acyanotic group and 4 [23%] of cyanotic group, and 20 [34%] acquired heart diseases which involved one or more cardiac valves. The male patients were 42 and the female 18. In 20 valvular heart diseases, open mitral commissurotomy was done in 5 patients, mitral valvular replacement with tissue valve in 6, mitral valvular replacement with mechanical valve in 5, mitral valvular replacement with tricuspid annuloplasty in 2, mitral annuloplasty in 1, and mitral and aortic valvular replacements with mechanical valves in 1. The most frequency complication was low cardiac output syndrome occurred in 9, and the next was urethral stenosis, ARDS, and postoperative bleeding, etc. The perioperative mortality was 21% in congenital cyanotic heart disease, 12% in congenital acyanotic heart disease, and 5% in acquired heart disease.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.602-614
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• 1983

Six hundred fourteen consecutive cases of bioprosthetic cardiac valve replacement performed during the period from March 1976 through December 1982 were reviewed. A total of 748 tissue valves [534 Ionescu-Shiley valves, 144 Hancock valves, 46 Angell-Shiley, and 24 Carpentier-Edwards] were implanted in 610 patients. Of these, 477 had single valve replacements [403 mitral, 60 aortic, and 14 tricuspid] including three REDO MVR and one REDO AVR. The remaining 129 had double valve replacements [95 AVR and MVR and 34 MVR and TVR] and 8 had triple valve replacement.592 cases were evaluated. Overall early mortality rate [within 30 days of operation] was 7.1% [6.2% in single valve replacement, 10.2% in double valve replacement, and 16.7% in triple valve replacement]. Leading causes of mortality were low cardiac output or myocardial failure and ventricular arrhythmias. The follow-up period was from one month to 7 years with a cumulative follow-up of 906.6 patient-years [mean 1.53 years]. The late mortality was 1.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 6.6% and 2.0% per patient-year for MVR, AVR, TVR or triple valve replacement, AVR+MVR, MVR+TVR and total, respectively. Actuarial analysis of late results including early mortalities indicates an expected survival rate of 87.6+1.8% at 3 years and 85.92.4% at 7 years for all cases. We also analyzed actuarial survival rate between groups of each valve replacement [AVR, TVR, Double valve, and Triple valve] and the tissue valve groups in MVR. We experienced 7 cases [0.77% per patient-year] of confirmed endocarditis, two of which were fatal. Valve failure-free rates calculated according to the confirmed cases were 97.5% at 4 years, 87.5% at 7 years, and 88.3% at 6 years for Ionescu-Shiley, Hancock and Angell-Shiley valves, respectively. The occurrence rate of thromboembolism was 2.0% per patient-year in total cases, although almost all the patients were given anticoagulant therapy for one year. The occurring rate in MVR was 1.5% and 2.7% per patient-year for Ionescu-Shiley and Hancock valve groups, respectively. The difference in actuarial rate free from thromboemboli between Ionescu-Shiley and Hancock groups was statistically significant [P value less than 0.001]. Thromboembolic events beyond the period of anticoagulation therapy mainly occurred in patients with atrial fibrillation. The actuarial thromboemboli free survival was 95.71.4% at 3 years and 80.17.3% at 7 years. The incidence of hemorrhagic complications was 1.2% per patient-year [fatality 0.55% per patient-year] for anticoagulated patients. Although our clinical data favorably compares with results from other reports, our results suggest that anticoagulant therapy be given on a short-term basis or not at all to hemodynamically stable patients. Long-term therapy with antiplatelet drugs is probably inevitable with patients who have thromboembolic risk factors [such as atrial fibrillation].