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Von Recklinghausen's disease involving the chest -Two cases report- (흉부질환을 병발한 Von Recklinghausen's disease -2예 보고-)

  • Kim, Chi-Kyung;Park, Jae-gil;Lee, Hong-Kyun
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.149-153
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    • 1980
  • Von Recklinghausen's disease is a systemic hereditary disorder with varied manifestations in bone, soft tissue, nervous system, and skin, the most common of which is the developement of multiple, small, cutaneous tumors with a characteristic histologic picture. Tumors develop after birth and before puberty in most cases, and they increase in number until old age. Malignant neoplasms that complicate multiple neurofibromatosis include gliomas of the optic nerve, astrocytomaas of the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres, and sarcomas of peripheral nerves (femoral, tibial and intercostal nerves) and somatic soft tissues. Little attention has been paid to the presence of cystic lung disease in association with neurofibromatosis. Currently, most think of thoracic involvement in neurofibromatosis in terms of posterior mediastinal neuroma, pheochrocytoma, meningocele or, less commonly parenchymal pulmonary neurofibromas. Author have experienced 2 cases of Von Recklinghausen's disease. One case developed a hyge malignant Schwannoma in the parietal pleura of left 4th intercostal space and multiple benign neurofibromas (two in intercostal spacees and one in the neck) , and the other has several episodes of pneumothorax resulting from diffuse cystic lung disease which required closed thoracotomy drainage.

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Unroofed Coronary Sinus Syndrome with Valvular Disease - Report of A Case - (판막질환을 동반한 관상정맥동 천정결손 증후군 - 수술 치험 1례 -)

  • 박성달
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.162-168
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    • 1990
  • Unroofed coronary sinus syndrome is an uncommon anomaly which is caused by incomplete formation of the left atriovenous fold and it is usually associated with persistent left superior vena cava. It may be diagnosed by cardiac catheterization and cineangiography but, if it is not diagnosed, it can bring out significant complications due to right to left shunt, such as brain abscess, cerebral embolism, transient ischemic attack, arterial desaturation and there will reduced patient`s life expectancy. Therefore corrective operation was needed. A case of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome which combines with valvular heart disease was experienced at the department of thoracic & cardiovascular surgery of Kosin medical college. The patient was 49 years old female and she complained dyspnea on exertion for 2 yrs. Cardiac catheterization with cineangiography and both superior venacavogram were performed for diagnosis and she was diagnosed as unroofed coronary sinus syndrome combined with mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. Surgical correction was accomplished by reroofing of coronary sinus with pericardial patch, closure of atrial septal defect and annuloplasty of both atrioventricular valves. Postoperative results were satisfactory and course of recovery was uneventful. We report a case of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome with review.

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Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Bypass in Coronary Artery Occlusive Disease (복재정맥을 이용한 관상동맥 우회로 수술 - 12례 보고 -)

  • 곽문섭
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 1990
  • From Nov. 1987 to Aug. 1989, 12 patients with coronary occlusive disease underwent coronary bypass surgery at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Catholic University Medical College. The results were as follows: 1. There were 9 males and 3 females ranged in age from 25 to 69 years with a mean of 50.4 years. 2. The prevalent locations of coronary artery stenosis were left anterior descending branch [9 cases], right coronary artery[4 cases], first diagonal branch[3 cases], left circumflex artery [2 cases] in order of frequency. 3, Among 12 cases, 5 cases had an episode of previous myocardial infarction respectively. 4. We performed triple bypass operation in 3 cases, double bypass in 2 cases and single bypass in 7 cases using great saphenous vein. 5. Postoperative complications were cerebral embolism[1, died], pleural effusion[1], temporary cardiac arrest[1], supraventricular tachycardia[1] and late gastric ulcer bleeding[1]. 6. The follow up periods were ranged from 8 months to 30 months and all survivors were on antiplatelet medication showing free of angina.

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Prevalence of Aspirin Resistance and Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Cerebral Infarction

  • Choi, Jong-Tae;Shin, Kyung-A;Kim, Young-Kwon
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.233-238
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    • 2013
  • Aspirin is still the mainstay of antiplatelet therapy in the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. However, some patients are not responsive to the antithrombotic action of aspirin. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and clinical characteristics of aspirin resistance in patients with cerebral infarction. We tested platelet function in 557 patients who had been treated with aspirin in J general hospital. Platelet function was tested using the multiple electrode platelet aggregometry (MEA). Platelet reactivity was expressed as area under the aggregation curve (AUC, U) and >30 AUC was defined as aspirin resistance. Aspirin resistance was detected in 16.2% patients. There was not any significant differences in age, gender between aspirin resistance and aspirin sensitive patients. WBC was significantly higher in patients with aspirin resistance (P < .05). HDL-cholesterol was significantly higher in patients with aspirin sensitive (P < .05). Aspirin resistance was positive correlation with platelet count (r =.314, P =.003). The prevalence of aspirin resistance in cerebral infarction was 16.2%, and platelet count were related with aspirin resistance.

Reoperation for congenital heart disease (선천성 심장기형에 대한 2차수술로서의 개심술)

  • Ahn, H.;Sung, S.W.;Kim, Y.J.;Roh, J.R.;Suh, K.P.
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.280-287
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    • 1986
  • Between March 1978 and August 1985, 29 cases at various congenital heart diseases were reoperated because of remnant shunt of residual anomalies at Seoul National University Hospital. They were consisted of 10 cases of Tetralogy, 4 simple VSD, 6 complicated VSD. 3 partial ECD, and 5 other rare congenital anomalies. The interval between the initial and the second procedure ranged from 1 day to 122 months [mean; 26.9 months]. In 4 cases of them, the second procedure was done during initial hospitalization within 3 weeks post-operatively. The primary operation intended to be corrective surgery except four whose primary operation was palliative or exploratory one even though it was done with extracorporeal circulation. The indication for second operation was mainly residual shunt or valvular obstruction due to patch detachment or inadequate relief of stenotic lesion. Others were paravalvular leak, valvuloplasty failure, prosthetic valve failure, and inadequate primary diagnosis. Four patients were dead [14.3%]; three complicated VSD`s and one Tetralogy. There were 7 cases of nonfatal complication with subsequent improvement except one [diffuse cerebral dysfunction].

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Acute Type a Aortic Dissection during Pregnancy (임신중 발생한 급성 대동맥박리증)

  • Kim, Ki-Chool;Ahn, Hyuk;Chae, Hurn;Rho, Joon-Ryang;Kim, Chong-Whan
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.154-157
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    • 1993
  • Aortic dissection of the young woman without Marfan disease is related, in most instances, to pregnancy. We experienced a case of acute type A aortic dissection. The patient was 25 years old woman in 35 weeks of gestational age without evidence of Marfan's syndrome. The challenge of management was successfully met by delivery of the fetus first, followed by aorta surgery. 42 minutes of total circulatory arrest and 104 minutes of total aortic cross clamp time were needed. 34 minutes of selective cerebral perfusion via right axillary artery was used. The patient had uneventful hospital course and was discharged with her healthy baby on 15 th postoperative day.

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Surgical Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Patients on Hemodialysis due to Chronic Kidney Disease: Clinical Outcome and Intermediate-Term Results

  • Park, Byung Jo;Shin, Sumin;Kim, Hong Kwan;Choi, Yong Soo;Kim, Jhingook;Shim, Young Mog
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.193-198
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    • 2015
  • Background: Patients on dialysis undergoing surgery belong to a high-risk group. Only a few studies have evaluated the outcome of major thoracic surgical procedures in dialysis patients. We evaluated the outcomes of pulmonary resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients on hemodialysis (HD). Methods: Between 2008 and 2013, seven patients on HD underwent pulmonary resection for NSCLC at our institution. We retrospectively reviewed their surgical outcomes and prognoses. Results: The median duration of HD before surgery was 55.0 months. Five patients underwent lobectomy and two patients underwent wedge resection. Postoperative morbidity occurred in three patients, including pulmonary edema combined with pneumonia, cerebral infarction, and delirium. There were no instances of in-hospital mortality, although one patient died of intracranial bleeding 15 days after discharge. During follow-up, three patients (one patient with pathologic stage IIB NSCLC and two patients with pathologic stage IIIA NSCLC) experienced recurrence and died as a result of the progression of the cancer, while the remaining three patients (with pathologic stage I NSCLC) are alive with no evidence of disease. Conclusion: Surgery for NSCLC in HD patients can be performed with acceptable perioperative morbidity. Good medium-term survival in patients with pathologic stage I NSCLC can also be expected. Pulmonary resection seems to be the proper treatment option for dialysis patients with stage I NSCLC.

Effects of Aqua-Acupuncture of Carthami Flos(GV15) on the Changes of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Rats (아문(瘂門)(GV15)의 홍화약침(紅花藥針)이 백서(白鼠)의 뇌혈류역학(腦血流力學) 변동(變動)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Ahn, Young-sun;Wei, Tung-shuen;Cho, Myung-rae;Chae, Woo-seok;Yun, Yeo-choong
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.92-111
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    • 2002
  • Objective : Carthami Flos has been used as a herb to promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis in oriental medicine for many centuries, and Amun(GV15) has been used as a meridian point to treat apoplexy etc. To investigate treatment of cerevral vascular disease(CVA) by promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis(活血化瘀法), we observed the experimental effects and mechanism of auqa-acupunture of Carthami Flos(ACF) injected into GV15 on cerevral hemodynamics and cardiovascular system of rats. Method : Aqua-acupuncture of Carthami Flos(ACF) was injected into GV15, and then we investigated experimental effects and mechanism of ACF on the cerebral hemodynamics[regional cerebral blood flow(rCBF), pial arterial diameter(PAD), meal arterial blood pressure(MABP)] and cardiovascular system[cardiac muscle contractile force(CMF), heart rate(HR)I by pretreatment with methylene blue(MTB) and indomethacin(IDN). The changes in rCBF, MABP, CMF and HR were tested by Laser Doppler Flowmetry(LDF), and the changes in PAD was determinated by video microscopy methods and video analyzer. Results :The results were as follows in normal rats ; The changes of rCBF and PAD were significantly increased by ACF($120{\mu}{\ell}/kg$) in a injected time-dependent manner, but MABP was not changed by ACF. The changes of cardiovascular system were increased by ACF in a injected time-dependent manner. And pretreatment with MTB was significantly inhibited ACE induced increase of rCBF and PAD, and was decreased ACF induced increase of HR. And pretreatment with IDN was increased ACF induced MABP and CMF. And the results were as follows in cerebral ischemic rats ; The changes of rCBF was increased stabilizly by treatment with ACF($120{\mu}{\ell}/kg$) in during the period of cerebral reperfusion, but pretreatment with MTB was increased ACF induced increase of rCBF during the period of cerebral reperfusion. The results were as follows in normal rats ; The changes of rCBF and PAD were significantly increased by ACF($120{\mu}{\ell}/kg$) in a injected time-dependent manner, but MABP was not changed by ACF. The changes of cardiovascular system were increased by ACF in a injected time-dependent manner. And pretreatment with MTB was significantly inhibited ACF induced increase of rCBF and PAD, and was decreased ACF induced increase of HR. And pretreatment with IDN was increased ACF induced MABP and CMF. And the results were as follows in cerebral ischemic rats ; The changes of rCBF was increased stabilizly by treatment with ACF($120{\mu}{\ell}/kg$) in during the period of cerebral reperfusion, but pretreatment with MTB was increased ACF induced increase of rCBF during the period of cerebral reperfusion Conclusions : In conclusion, ACF causes a diverse response of rCBF, PAD an HR, and action of ACF is mediated by cyclic GMP. I suggested that ACF has an anti-ischemic effect through the improvement of crebral hemodynamics in a transient cerebral ischemia.

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The Case-Control Study of Risk Factors of Silent Cerebral Infarction (무증상 뇌경색의 위험요인에 대한 환자;대조군 연구)

  • Baek, Hye-Ki;Ko, Mi-Mi;Yu, Byeong-Chan;Bang, Ok-Sun;Oh, Yeong-Seon;Kim, Yeon-Jin;Kim, Jung-Hyun;Kim, Yoon-Sik;Seol, In-Chan
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.850-862
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    • 2007
  • Background : Cerebrovascular disease is a major cause of death and disability in adults. Silent cerebral infarction (SCI) portends more severe cerebral infarction or may lead to insidious progressive brain damage resulting in vascular dementia. Known cardiovascular risk factors, such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, hyperlipidemia and ischemic heart disease may increase the risk of SCI. This study was designed to evaluate the risk factors of SCI in an apparently normal adult population. Methods : We divided 340 neurologically normal adults (mean age=59.90$\pm$8.30, men:women = 146:194) who underwent brain computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the Stroke Medical Center in Daejeon University Oriental Medicine Hospital in two groups, Silent inf. and Controls,and analyzed risk factors of SCI by interview, physical examination and blood test. Risk factors of SCI were assessed by interview, physical examination and blood test. We performed Pearson's chi-square test and two-sample t-test for univariate analysis and multiple logistic regressions for multivariate analysis to evaluate risk factors of SCI. Results : Old age, diabetes mellitus, and high lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels were associated with SCI on univariate analysis. Diabetes mellitus was demonstrated to be an independent risk factor for SCI on multivariate analysis. Conclusions : Advanced age, diabetes mellitus, and LDH levels are associated with SCI.

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Changes of Plasma Creatinine Kinase-BB after Total Circulatory Arrest (총순환정지후 혈중 크레아티닌 카이네이즈 BB의 변화에 관한 연구)

  • 이석재;김용진;김오곤
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.31 no.10
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    • pp.945-951
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    • 1998
  • Background: Although profound hypothermia with total circulatory arrest(TCA) is a valuable maneuver in cardiac surgery, its applications have been limited due to serious complications, especially cerebral damage. In this study, the possible role of creatinine kinase-BB(CK-BB), an index enzyme of ischemic cerebral damage, was assayed as a parameter for the assessment of the cerebral complications after TCA. Hemoglobin(Hb), ionized calcium(Ca++), and blood glucose levels were also assessed as clinical parameters involved in cerebral damage. Materials and methods: Among patients with congenital heart disease, 18 patients who had been operated on with TCA were randomly selected and divided into two groups: 6 with acyanotic and 12 with cyanotic heart disease. Arterial blood from each patient was collected before and after TCA at scheduled times(15 min., 30 min, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12hr). The levels of CK-BB, Hb, Ca++, and blood glucose were assessed in each sample. Results: As a whole, correlation between CK-BB level and blood sampling time after TCA was not statistically significant. Also, the difference in the level of CK-BB after TCA was not significant between the acyanotic and cyanotic groups. The levels of Hb and CK-BB correlated significantly. Conclusions: The results, which showed no correlation between the alterations in CK-BB level and the TCA duration, suggest that the single assay of the CK-BB level is not a representative measurement for the assessment of cerebral damage after TCA. Also, the cyanotic congenital heart disease group is not more vulnerable to cerebral damage induced by TCA.

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