• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1038-1044
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• 1995

We have been used cryopreserved homograft valves for right ventricular outflow tract[RVOT reconstruction since November 1993. The homograft valves were harvested from the hearts of brain dead patients or hearts of transplant recipients. There were 12 male and 10 female patients. Their ages ranged from 5 months to 13 years[mean age,39.2 $\pm$ 37.4 months and the weight ranged from 5 to 48kg [mean weight, 13.7$\pm$ 9. l kg . The diagnoses included pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect [n=14 , tetralogy of Fallot[n=4 , truncus arteriosus[n=3 , and double outlet right ventricle with pulmonic stenosis[n=l .Monocuspid homograft patches were used for RVOT widening or REV[reparation l`etage ventriculaire operations in 4 patients. We also used homograft as valved conduits for RVOT reconstruction in 17 patients and left ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in anatomically corrected transposition in 1 patient. Among them size-reducing technique [converting a tricuspid valved conduit into a bicuspid valved conduit were applied to six patients for the correction of size mismatching. The mean follow-up period was 10.6 $\pm$ 5.4 months. There was one operative death[4.5% due to bleeding and one reoperation for removal of vegetation on the homograft leaflet. Postoperative echocardiography documented no significant homograft insufficiency and RVOT obstructions.In short-term, the homograft valves provide excellent hemodynamic characteristics, even though further studies are necessary to evaluate the long-term results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.362-370
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• 1984

The term corrected transposition of great arteries [hereafter referred to as corrected TGA] of the heart in which there is both a discordant atrio-ventricular relationship and transposition of the great vessels. Usually situs solitus is present, while the ventricles are inverted showing an l -loop. The great vessels are transposed and in the l-position so that the pulmonary artery arises from the right-sided morphological left ventricle and the anteriorly l- transposed aorta arises from the left-sided morphological right ventricle yielding an SLL pattern. In the majority of cases, associated lesions are common. The most frequent are ventricular septal defect, obstruction to the pulmonary outflow tract, tricuspid valve incompetence and atrio-ventricular conduction abnormalities. In the rare cases, no associated conditions are present and hemodynamic pathways are normal. In the report, we present one case of a 20 year-old male having corrected TGA associated with severe tricuspid valve incompetence, was corrected by tricuspid valve replacement, directly developed a supra-ventricular tachycardia but was controlled by calcium-entry blocker, verapamil, successfully.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.574-582
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• 1988

Endocardial cushion defects is a rare congenital heart disease. We experienced two complete endocardial cushion defects[ECD] and three partial ones, which were successfully repaired between 1986 and 1987. In a patient of complete ECD, associated with secundum ASD, Pulmonary stenosis and Down`s syndrome, the atrial and ventricular septal defects were closed separately with bovine pericardium and Dacron patches respectively, and then pulmonary stenosis was relieved by transannular patch widening in addition to valvotomy and infundibulectomy. In another patient with complete ECD, small interventricular communication was closed with simple suture with pledget and primum ASD was closed with pericardial patch. In first patient of partial ECD, primum atrial septal defect was closed with pericardial patch. In second patient of partial ECD, associated with secundum ASD, direct closure of secundum ASD and patch closure of primum ASD were performed. In third patient of partial ECD, associated with patent foramen ovale[PFO], primum ASD was closed with bovine pericardial patch and PFO was closed directly. In all patient except third patient of partial ECD, mitral clefts were closed with three or four 5-0 prolene interrupted sutures. Transient A-V dissociation developed postoperatively in two patients and transient nodal rhythm developed postoperatively in other two patients. Heart failure in complete ECD with Down`s syndrome was overcome with medical treatment.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.431-443
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• 1983

A hundred and fifty-one patients with congenital heart disease less than 24 months old underwent intracardiac repairs from January 1982 to July 1983, which consists 24.2% of all the patients with congenital heart diseases operated during the same period. There were 98 patients[64.9%] with acyanotic congenital heart disease and 53 patients[35.1%] with cyanotic congenital heart disease, and 55 patients[36.4%] were less than 1 year of age. Twenty-two patients died within 30 days after surgery and 3 patients died after postoperative 30th day: Ventricular septal defect, four of 90 patients; Tetralogy of Fallot, five of 23 patients; Transposition of great arteries, nine of 17 patients; Tricuspid atresia, four of 5 patients; Pulmonary atresia, all of 2 patients; Single ventricle, one of single patients. Over all mortality was 16.6% and mortality of acyanotic congenital heart disease, cyanotic congenital heart disease and patients less then 1 year of age was 4.1%, 39.6% and 20.0% respectively. Still the mortality of cyanotic congenital heart disease is high. Careful preoperative evaluation of the detailed intracardiac anatomy and hemodynamics of the patients and proper selection of surgical treatment yield better clinical results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2005

양대혈관 우심실기시증에 있어서 양심실 교정의 수술성적은 최근에 점점 향상되고 있다. 심실중격결손에 따른 양대혈관 우심실기시증의 수술 방법 및 장기 결과에 대하여 알아보았다. 대상 및 방법: 1979년 9월부터 2003년 12월까지 양대혈관 우심실기시증으로 양심실 교정을 받은 환자는 126명이었다. 양심실 교정시의 환자들의 평균연령은 1.8세(0$\~$44)였고 남자가 86명($68.3\%$), 여자가 40명($31.7\%$)이었다 심실중격결손의 형태에 따라 양대혈관 우심실기시증을 분류하여 살펴보았다. 결과: 심실중격결손의 위치는 대동맥하형이 79예($62.7\%$), 폐동맥하형이 17예($13.5\%$), 이중교통형이 16예 ($12.7\%$), 비교통형이 14예($11.1\%$)였다 28명($22.2\%$)의 환자가 이전에 고식적 수술을 받았으며 완전교정술까지의 평균기간은 41.0$\pm$45.1개월이었다. 완전교정술의 방법으로는 37예($29.4\%$)에서 심실내 배플만을, 49예($38.9\%$)에서 심실내 배플 및 우심실유출로첩포확장술을, 15예($11.9\%$)에서 심실내 배플 및 Rastelli술식을 시행 받았으며 8예($6.3\%$)에서 동맥전환술 및 심실내 배플수술을, 4예($3.2\%$)에서 REV술식을 시행 받았다. 수술 사망은 13명($10.3\%$)이었으며 24명($19.0\%$)의 환자에서 25회의 재수술이 필요하였다. 수술 후 사망과 재수술의 위험인자는 각각 심폐기 가동시간(p=0.020)과 이전에 고식적 수술을 받은 경우(p=0.013)였다. 추적관찰은 98명의 환자에서 가능하였고 평균추적기간은 118.9 $\pm$ 70.7 개월이었다. 15년에서의 생존율 및 무재수술생존율은 각각 $82.5\%$, $66.7\%$였다 대혈관전위형과 원위형에서 단순 심실중격 결손형이나 활로4징형보다 의미 있게 생존율이 낮았으나(p < 0.01), 무재수술생존율은 통계적 차이가 없었다. 결론: 양대혈관 우심실기시증에 있어서 심실중격결손의 형태에 따른 적절한 교정방법으로 보다 나은 수술결과를 얻을 수 있으리라 생각한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.566-575
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• 2003

저자들은 본 연구에서 양대혈관우심실기시증에 대한 양심실 교정의 18년간의 임상 성적을 보고하고자 하였다 대신 및 방법: 1986년 5월부터 2002년 9월까지 양대혈관우심실기시증으로 양심실교정을 받은 112명의 환자를 대상으로 하여(남자 80명, 여자 32명) 형태학적 특성, 수술방법, 조기 사망과 재수술에 대한 위험 인자를 분석하였고, 생존율과 무재수술 생존율을 살펴보았다. 결과: 심실중격결손의 유형은 대동맥하형이 가장 흔하였고(n=58, 52%) 비교통형이 두 번째로 많은 유형이었다 n=32, 29%). 수술 방법은 심실 내 배플 수술(n=71, 63%),좌심실-대동맥 배플 후 우심실-폐동맥 인조도관 삽입술 또는 REV수술(n=24, 21.4%), 동맥전환술(n=14, 12.5%), Senning 술식(n=3, 2.7%) 등이었다. 34명(30%)에서는 교정 수술 전 고식 수술이 필요하였으며, 23명(21%)의 환아에서는 교정술 후 재수술이 필요하였다. 조기 사망은 12명(10.7%)이었고, 4예의 만기 사망이 있었다. 조기 사망의 위험인자로는 수술 당시 3개월 이하의 연령군(p=0.003), 심폐기 가동시간 및 대동맥 차단시간(p=0.015, p=0.067), 수술방법(동맥전환술)(p <0.001)과 심실중격결손의 유형(폐동맥하형(p=0.002)이 있었고, 다변량 석에서 3개월 이하의 수술 연령이 의미있는 위험 인자였다(p=0.011). 재수술의 위험인자는 교정술시 연령(1세 미만, p=0.02), 교정술 시 폐동맥분지성형술(p=0.024), 심실중격결손증의 유형(비교통형)(p=0.001), 수술 유형(인조도관 삽입술 및 REV수술)(p=0.028, p=0.017)이었고, 다변량분석에서 의미 는 위험 인자는 발견되지 않았다. 추적 관찰은 91명에서 이루어졌으며 평균 추적 관찰 기간은 10.8$\pm$56.4 (2~201)개월이었다. 5년, 10년 및 15년 생존율은 86.5%, 85%, 85%이었고 무재수술 생존율은 85%, 71.5%, 70% 이었다. 결론: 연구 결과 3개월 이하의 수술 연령군, 폐동맥하형 심실중격결손의 경우 조기 사망률이 의미있게 높았으며 이들 대부분은 동맥전환술을 받은 환아였다. 또한 비교통형 심실중격결손 환아와 페동맥 인조도관 삽입술 및 REV수술에서 재수술률이 높았다. 본 연구를 통해, 형태학적 특성과 연령을 고려하여 양대혈관우심실기시증에 대한 수술 전략을 수립하면 양심실 교정은 좋은 장기 성적을 기대해 볼 수 있다는 사실을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.105-109
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• 1980

Tetralogy of Fallot has shown its familial aggregation in several familial studies. This reported case is another example which occurred in a family in two brothers. They revealed no cytogenetic abnormalities, but the anatomical cardiac malformation of them showed much similarity, total conal defect in ventricular septum and .one had patent foramen ovale, the other atrial septal defect. The familial recurrence tendency of Tetralogy of Fallot as well as other congenital heart diseases could be explained on multifactorial inheritance as shown in many reports. In spite that we couldn`t find out any environmental trigger or teratogens, our case may be accepted on the base of multifactorial mechanism.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.226-229
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• 1999

A 5-month-old, 5kg, intact male mixed dog was admitted to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University because of severe systolic murmur. On physical examination, the dog appeared to be thin and slightly small for his age. Radiographic studies with barium sulfate clearly showed the presence of loops of intestines in the pericardium. Based on these findings peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia was diagnosed. Many abnormalities were found in dog's heart : ventricular septal defect, pulmonic stenosis with moderate pulmonic valve insufficiency, and mild mitral and tricuspid valve insufficiency. Puppy's longterm prognosis was fair. His intestines were removed from his pericardium and the defect in his diaphragm was closed. The surgery went smoothly and puppy recovered very nicely from anesthesia.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2023

Background: Surgical closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) is infrequently indicated during infancy. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who underwent surgical ASD closure during infancy. Methods: A single-center retrospective review was performed for 39 patients (19 males) who underwent surgical ASD closure during infancy between 1993 and 2020. The median body weight percentile at the time of operation was 9.3. Results: During a median follow-up of 60.9 months, 4 late deaths occurred due to chronic respiratory failure. A preoperative history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) was the only risk factor for late mortality identified in Cox regression (hazard ratio, 3.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.75-163.04; p=0.015). The 5-year survival rate was significantly lower in patients with preoperative history of BPD (97.0% vs. 50.0%, p<0.001) and preoperative ventilatory support (97.1% vs. 40.4%, p<0.001). There were significant postoperative increases in left ventricular end-diastolic (p=0.017), end-systolic (p=0.014), and stroke volume (p=0.013) indices. A generalized estimated equation model showed significantly better postoperative improvement in body weight percentiles in patients with lower weight percentiles at the time of operation (<10th percentile, p=0.01) and larger indexed ASD diameter (≥45 mm/m², p=0.025). Conclusion: Patients with ASD necessitating surgical closure during infancy are extremely small preoperatively and remain small even after surgical closure. However, postoperative somatic growth was more prominent in smaller patients with larger defects, which may be attributable to an increase in postoperative cardiac output due to changes in ventricular septal configuration. The benefits of ASD closure in patients with BPD are undetermined.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.105-109
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• 1979

Since 1973, 40 patients with Patent Ductus Arteriosus were operated in The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Medical College. Clinical analysis of these cases: 1. Age ranged from 8 months old to 28 years old Sex ratio was 22 females to 18 males. 2. Pulse pressure widening above 50 mmHg was appeared in 27 patients. In 31 patients, continuous machinery murmur was heard on left second and third intercostal space, but 9 patients has holosystolic murmur on left sternal border. 3. Retrograde Aortography was performed in 11 patients and right heart catheterization, 17 patients, In 8 patients, pulmonary hypertension [above 30 mmHg in` systole] was noted. 3 out of 8 patients was combined with Ventricular Septal Defect. Severe pulmonary hypertension [above 80mmHg in systole] was presented in 3 patients. 4. In 38 patients, operative method was performed with multiple suture ligation of PDA, and in 2 patients, suture closure through pulmonary arteriotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. 5. One operative death occurred in a patient in this group. Cause of death was right heart failure after multiple suture ligation of PDA and pulmonary artery bandings.