• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.745-749
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• 2002

심장 횡문근종은 매우 드문 원발성 양성 심장 종양이며, 아주 드물게 심실성 부정맥을 유발하기도한다. 저자들은 결절성 경화증 1세 여자 환자에서 심실성 빈맥을 동반한 심장 횡문근종을 1례 치험하였다 술 전심초음파상 심실중격에서 기인하여 좌심실 유출로에 있는 2개의 종양이 발견되었다. 수술은 체외순환하에서 상행대동맥을 절개하여 실시하였으며, 육안으로 종양은 양성으로 보였다. 조직검사상 심장 횡문근종으로 확진되었다. 술 후 경과는 양호하였으며, 심실성 빈맥도 호전되었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.49-59
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• 1981

This is one case report of surgically treated partial atrioventricular canal. The 22 year-old male patient had no definitive history of frequent respiratory infection and cyanosis in his early childhood. Since his age of 7 years, dyspnea was manifested on exertion. First appearance of congestive heart failure was at his age of 16 years old. The physical examination revealed that the neck veins were distended and heaving of precordium. A thrill was palpable on the left 3rd-4th intercostal space extending from the sternal border toward the apex and Grade IV/VI systolic ejection murmur was audible on it. Neither cyanosis nor clubbing was noted. Liver was palpable about 5 finger breadths. Chest X-ray revealed increased pulmonary vascularity and severe cardiomegaly (C-T ratio = 74%). EKG revealed LAD, clockwise rotation, LVH and trifascicular block. Echocardiogram showed paradoxical ventricular septal movement, narrowed left ventricular outflow tract and abnormal diastolic movement of the anterior leaflet of mitral valve. Right heart catheterization resulted in large left to right shunt (Qp : Qs = 5.7: 1), ASD and moderate pulfllonary hypertension. Finally, left ventriculogram revealed typical goose neck appearance of left ventrlcalar outflow tract. On Oct. 10, 1980, open heart surgery was performed. Operative findings were: 1. Large primum defect ($6{\times}5$ Cm in diameter) 2. Cleft on the anterior leaflet of mitral valve. 3. The upper portion of ventricular septum was descent but no interventricular communication. 4. Downward attachment of the atrioventricular valves on the ventricular muscular septum. 5. Medium sized secumdum defect ($2{\times}1$ Cm in diameter). The cleft was repaired with 4 interrupted sutures. The primum defect was closed with Teflon patch and the secundum defect was closed with direct suture closure. Postoperatively atrial flutter-fibrillation in EKG and Grade U/VI apical systolic murmur were found. The postoperative course was uneventful and discharged on 29th postoperative day in good general conditions.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.131-135
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• 1995

Fifteen patients[10 female and 5 male from 13 to 73 years of age[mean age 46 years underwent excision of atrial myxomas between 1981 and 1993 at the Chonnam University Hospital. Fourteen patients presented with exertional or resting dyspnea, six with palpitation, five with systemic embolization, and three with syncope. Symptoms were present from 1 week to 14 months before operation. Fourteen tumors originated from the atrial septum of left atrium and one of bilateral atrium. All tumors were pedunculated; tumor sizes were variable from 2x1x1cm to 7x6x5cm. No ventricular tumors identified. The myxomas were successfully removed in all patients, either by shaving them from the atrial septum[n=7 or excising a portion of normal atrial septum with the tumor and ASD patch closure[n=8 . There was no perioperative or late death in our experience. Follow-up is current and complete in all cases[range 6 months to 13 years . Thirteen patients are in New York Heart Association Class I, and the remaining two patients are in Class II. One recurrent left atrial myxoma was identified at 20 months after operation. In this series, excellent results were obtained by simple excision of the tumor, with or without a margin of normal atrial septum. Long-term clinical & echocardiographic follow-up is recommended since late recurrence, although rare, has been reported.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.669-685
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• 1997

The present study was performed to evaluate the effects of xylazine and tiletamine + zolazepam on echocardiograms before and after experimental myocardial infarctions in clinically normal dogs taken preliminary examinations related to cardiac function. The results are as follows. With xylazine administration, left ventricle end-diastolic dimension, left ventricle end-systolic dimension, left atrium/aorta, ejection time and velocity of circumferential fiber shortening increased and mitral valve CD slope, % delta D decreased(p<0.01). In tiletamine+zolazepam administered group, interventricular septum amplitude(p<0.01), mitral valve DE slope(p<0.05) and ejection time(p<0.01) decreased and left atrium/aorta, ejection time also decreased compared with xylazine group(p<0.01). In 48 hours after experimental myocardial infarction group, anterior aortic wall amplitude decreased compared with control, xylazine, tiletamine + zolazepam group, respectively(p<0.01). Posterior aortic wall amplitude decreased compared with control(p<0.01). Left ventricle end systolic dimension increased compared with control and tiletamine + zolazepam group, respectively(p<0.01). Left ventricular posterior wall end systolic dimension decreased compared with control(p<0.01). Left ventricular posterior wall amplitude decreased compared with control and tiletamine+zolazepam group(p<0.01). Left atrium/aorta decreased compared with xylazine group(p<0.01). % thickening left ventricular posterior wall decreased compared with control(p<0.05). % delta D decreased compared with control and tiletamine+zolazepam group(p<0.01). Ejection time decreased compared with xylazine(p<0.01). Velocity of circumferential fiber shortening increased compared with control and tiletamine + zolazepam group(p<0.01). With xylazine administration 48 hours after experimental myocardial infarction, anterior aortic wall amplitude, posterior aortic wall amplitude decreased compared with control(p<0.01). Left ventricle end-diastolic dimension increased compared with control(p<0.01). Left ventricle end-systolic dimension increased compared with control and tiletamine + zolazepam group, respectively(p<0.01). Left ventricular posterior wall end-systolic dimension and left ventricular posterior wall end-diastolic dimension decreased compared with control(p<0.01). Left atrium/aorta decreased compared with xylazine group(p<0.01). % thickening left ventricular posterior. wall(p<0.05) and % delta D(p<0.01) decreased compared with control. Velocity of circumferential fiber shortening increased compared with tiletamine + zolazepam group(p<0.01). With tiletamine + zolazepam administration 48 hours after experimental myocardial infarction, anterior aortic wall amplitude decreased compared with control, xylazine and tiletamine+zolazepam group, respectively(p<0.01). Posterior aortic wall amplitude decreased compared with control(p<0.01). Left ventricle end-systolic dimension increased compared with control and tiletamine+zolazepam group(p<0.01). Left ventricular posterior wall end-systolic dimension, left ventricular posterior wall end-diastolic dimension and interventricular septum amplitude decreased compared with control(p<0.01). Left atrium/aorta decreased compared with xylazine group(p<0.01). % delta D decreased compared with control and tiletamine + zolazepam group(p<0.01). Ejection time decreased compared with xylazine group and velocity of circumferential fiber shortening increased compared withtiletamine+zolazepam group(p<0.01). Conclusively, echocardiography was proved to be a useful, diagnostic, non-invasive and simple method for establishing the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and evaluating the effects of drug on cardiac function before and after myocardial infarction.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.456-459
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• 2023

Penetrating chest trauma may result in significant intracardiac injury. A traumatic ventricular septal defect is a rare complication that requires surgical management, particularly if heart failure ensues. We report a case of delayed repair of an outlet-type ventricular septal defect and perforation of the aortic and pulmonary valve leaflets following a stab wound. This report highlights diagnostic and surgical considerations and also presents an opportunity to review the conotruncal anatomy, which may be relatively unfamiliar to many adult cardiac surgeons.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.429-434
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• 1992

We experienced a rare case of traumatic ventricular septal defect by penetrating stab injury The patient was 26-year-old women who got stab wound at the left anterior third intercostal space and left sternal border with a knife. seven hours after admission, the patient was undertaken an emergency thoracotomy due to hypovolemic shock caused by massive bleeding from transected left internal mammary artery, vein, and right ventricular outflow tract. On postoperative second day, the patient was suffered from moderate dyspnea, and arterial blood gas analysis and chest X-ray revealed hypoxemia and pulmonary edema. Right heart cardiac catheterization with Swan-Ganz Cathater showed oxygen step-up between right atrium and main pulmonary artery and a 1.6:1 ratio of pulmonary to systemic blood flow. At operation, harsh systolic thrill was palpable along right ventricular outflow tract. Through small vertical right ventriculotomy, the linear ventricular septal laceration on infundibular septum was noticed, and its size was 1.5cm with sharp margin This defeat was repaired by three interrupted matress sutures using Prolene 4-O with pledget. Her postoperative course was uneventful, and she discharged with good physical condition.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2012

Partial anomalous pulmonary vein connection (PAPVC) is a rare congenital abnormal cardiac defect involving the pulmonary veins draining into the right atrium (RA) directly or indirectly by venous connection. Ninety percent of PAPVCs are accompanied by atrial septal defect (ASD). To our knowledge, there is no previous report of PAPVC with ventricular septal defect (VSD) without ASD in Korea, and in this paper, we report the first such case. A 2-day-old girl was admitted into the Chonnam National University Hospital for evaluation of a cardiac murmur. An echocardiogram revealed perimembranous VSD without ASD. She underwent patch closure of the VSD at 5 months of age. Although the VSD was completely closed, she had persistent cardiomegaly with right ventricular volume overload, as revealed by echocardiography. Three years later, cardiac catheterization and chest computed tomography revealed a PAPVC, with the right upper pulmonary vein draining into the right SVC. Therefore, correction of the PAPVC was surgically performed at 3 years of age. We conclude that it is important to suspect PAPVC in patients with right ventricular volume overload, but without ASD.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.815-820
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• 2005

배경: 온전한 심실 중격을 가진 폐동맥 폐쇄증은 드문 선천성 심장 질환으로, 치료에 대한 다양한 접근 방법이 있어 왔지만, 아직까지 보편적으로 받아들여지는 방법은 없는 실정이다. 대상 및 방법: 1999년에서 2000년 사이에 온전한 심실 중격을 가진 폐동맥 폐쇄증을 진단 받고 수술한 14명의 신생아 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 수술 전 심초음파로 삼천판막의 크기를 측정하여 Z 값을 구하였다. 환자 모두에게 심초음파에 의한 추적관찰이 가능하였으며, 평균 추적관찰 기간은 46.0$\pm$9.5개월이었다. 결과: 14명의 환자들 중 2명의 조기 사망이 있었고, 1명의 환자는 1과 1/2심실교정의 시행 후 만기 사망하였다. 7명의 환자에서 양심실성 교정이 가능하였고, 이들의 Z값은 -0.8$\pm$1.50이었다. 1과 1/2심실 교정이 3명의 환자에게 시행되었으며, 이들의 Z값은 각각 -2, -2.5, -3이었다. Z값이 -4.5, -4.6인 2명의 환자에게 있어 단심실성 교정을 시행하였다. 이들 모두에 대한 심초음파 추적이 이루어졌으며, 남아 있는 심장 내의 결손으로 중등도의 폐동맥판막 폐쇄부전이 2명, 심한 정도의 폐동맥판막 폐쇄부전이 2명 있었다. 환자들의 우심실 기능은 비교적 괜찮았으며, 좌심실 기능은 정상이었다. 결론: 온전한 심실 중격을 가지고 있는 폐동맥 폐쇄증을 가지고 있는 신생아 환자들에게 있어 수술적 치료의 사망률은 그다지 높지 않았으며, 삼첨판막의 크기를 고려한 수술 방침의 결정은 비교적 안전하고 좋은 결과를 보일 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.403-409
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• 2005

온전한 심실중격을 가진 폐동맥 폐쇄증은 병변의 다양성으로 인하여 여러 가지의 외과적 술식이 요구되는 질환이다. 본 연구에서는 온전한 심실중격을 가진 폐동맥 폐쇄증으로 수술을 받은 환자들을 대상으로 수술 방법에 따른 결과 및 장기 성적에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1992년 1월부터 2004년 6월 사이에 외과적 치료를 받았던 총 38명의 환자들을 대상으로 하였다. 평균 연령은 18일$(2\~382일)$이었으며, 삼첨판막륜 크기의 평균 Z값은 $-3.1(-5.6\~0.8)$이었다. 우심실-관상동맥루를 동반한 환자는 13명$(36\%)$이었으며, 우심실의존 관상동맥순환을 보인 환자는 4명$(11\%)$이었다. 평균 추적기간은 55개월(3개월-12.2년)이었다. 결과: 24명의 환자들에서 우심실 감압술이 시행되었고, 14명의 환자들에서는 체폐동맥 단락술만이 시행되었다. 우심실 감압술을 시행받은 환자들의 평균 삼첨판막륜 Z-값은 $-2.2\pm1.1$로 체폐동맥 단락술만 시행받은 환자들의 평균 Z값 $-4.8\pm0.6$보다 컸다(p=0.000). 5명$(13\%)$의 조기 사망과 1명의 만기 사망이 발생하였다. 조기 사망은 우심실 감압술을 시행받은 환자들 중 3명$(13\%)$, 체페동맥 단락술만 시행받은 환자들 중에서 2명$(14\%)$이 발생하였다(p=1.0). 양심실 교정을 받은 환자가 12명$(32\%)$, 단심실 교정을 받은 환자가 8명$(21\%)$, 부분양심실 교정을 받은 환자가 4명$(11\%)$, 최종 교정을 기다리고 있는 환자가 9명$(24\%)$이었다. Kaplan-Meier방법으로 산출한 5년 및 8년 생존율은 $83.2\%$이었다. 결론: 대부분의 사망은 초기 수술 후에 발생하였으며, 양심실 혹은 단심실 교정을 의도한 군간에 사망률의 차이는 없었다. 전체적인 장기 생존율은 비교적 양호하였다. 환자 각각의 삼첨판막륜 및 우심실 크기, 그리고 관상동맥 이상 유무를 정확히 평가하여 적절한 수술 방법을 적용하면 조기 사망률의 개선을 기대할 수 있으리라 생각한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 1992

The quantitatively measured local myocardial perfusion rates with microspheres are used as an objective indicator of even distribution of cardioplegic solution, and the efficacy of the retrograde right atrial route of cardioplegia is evaluated in hearts with various levels of coronary arterial obstruction. After initial antegrade cardioplegia under the median sternotomy and aortic cannulation, 60 hearts from anesthetized New Zealand white rabbits are divided in random order as normal group [ligated left main coronary artery ; MA, MR] and diagonal group [ligated proximal diagonal artery ; LA, LR]. Half of each group [N=10] are perfused with antegrade cardioplegia[A] under the pressure of 100 cmH2O and the other half with retrograde right atrial route[R] under the pressure of 60 cmH2O[St. Thomas cardioplegic solution mixed with measured amount of microspheres]. The myocardium is subdivided into segments as A[atria], RV[right ventricle]. S[septum], LV[normally perfused left ventricular free wall], ROI[ischemic myocardium of left ventricular free wall]. LV and RQI are further divided into N[subendocardium] and P[subepicardium]. The resulting local myocardial perfusion rates and N /P of each group are compared with Wilcoxon rank sum test. The weight of the hearts is 5.94$\pm$0.66g, and there are no statistically significant dif-ferences[p>0.05, ANOVA] between six compared group. The mean flow rate[F: ml /g / min] of MR group is comparable with MA group[p>0.05], but in N and L group, there are significantly depressed F with right atrial route of cardioplegia, which means elevated perfusion resistance with this route. In spite of no significant differences in delivered doses of microsphere[DEL] between compared groups[p>0.05, ANOVA], there are significantly depressed REC and NF in hearts with right atrial cardioplegia which suggests increased requirement of cardioplegic solution with this route. The interventricular septum shows poor perfusion with right atrial route of cardioplegia without obstruction of supplying coronary arteries. But, with obstruction of coronary artery supplying septum as in M group, the flow rate is superior with right atrial route of infusion. The left ventricular free wall perfusion rates of every RQI with R route are superior to that of A route[p<0.05]. But, in LV segments, there are unfavorable effects of right atrial cardioplegia in L group, although the subendocardial perfusion is well maintained in N group. The LV free wall of left main group shows depressed perfusion rates with antegrade route as compared with RQI segments of diagonal group. But, by contraries, there are increased perfusion rates and superior N /P ratio with retrograde right atrial route. It implies more effective perfusion with right atrial route of cardioplegia in more proximal coronary arterial obstruction[i.e., M group as compared with L group]. As a conclusion, all region of ischemia have superior perfusion rates with right atrial car-dioplegia as compared with antegrade route, and especially excellent results can be obtained in hearts with more proximal obstruction of coronary arteries which would otherwise result in more severe ischemic damage. But, the depressed perfusion rates of the segments with normal coronary artery in hearts with coronary arterial obstruction may be a problem of concern with right atrial cardioplegia and needs solution.