• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.654-658
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• 1990

Between January of 1980 and December of 1989, we are encountered 121 cases of Down syndrome here at Yonsei University Medical Center. of these being endocardial cushion defect, ventricular septal defect, tetralogy of Fallot, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus and complicated anomalies. The mean age was 1 month 2 years with the sexual division at 31 males and 29 females. Among these 60 patients, 10 of them were treated trough surgical management, 8 of them being open heart surgeries, the 8 open heart surgeries are broken down as follow: 4 total correction of ECD, 2 patch repair of VSD, 1 total correction of TOF, 1 patch repair of ASD secundum. Another 2 operative management are ligation of PDA and modified Blalock - Taussig shunt of TOF. Postoperatively all patients were weaned and extubated on an artificial ventilator without any respiratory complications, and were discharged without incident.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.536-543
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• 1987

The Fontan procedure was physiological correction which was initially applied to tricuspid atresia. We had used the modified Fontan operation in 8 cases at National Medical Center, Seoul, from Aug. 1984 to Oct. 1986. Age range was 20 months to 15 years [mean: 9 years] and male: female ratio was 5:3. 5 patients had tricuspid atresia [lb: 2 cases, Ic: 1 case, lib: 1 case, & llc: 1 case], 2 Patients had univentricular heart of left ventricular type, and one patient had transposition of great arteries with complete endocardial cushion defect. The operative principle was direct anastomosis between right atrium and pulmonary artery, whether main pulmonary artery or right pulmonary artery without any conduits. Postoperatively all patients needed high central venous pressure for adequate hemodynamic status in both survival [20-24 CmH2O] and mortality groups [20-24 CmH2O]. The fatal complications were as follows: empyema with bronchopleural fistula [1 case], bleeding tendency & brain damage [1 case], low cardiac output syndrome & acute renal failure [2 cases], and right to left shunt of unknown origin [1 case]. There were 5 hospital deaths; 3 of 5 tricuspid atresia patients, 1 of 2 univentricular heart patients, and 1 of 1 transposition of great arteries with complete endocar4ial cushion defect patient. The overall mortality was 62.5%. 3 survivors were nearly compatible with Choussat & Fontan criteria. Thus appropriate patient selection and experienced surgical technique were required for good results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.81-88
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• 1975

Up to October 31, 1975, 34 cases of atrial septal defect, secundum type, operated in this department, were presented. This is 23.2% of all congenital heart diseases, operated utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass, in this department during this period [34 out of 146]. Out of 34 cases, 32 cases are pure ostium secundum type and one case is sinus venosus and another one is ostium secundum type with partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Six cases of endocardial cushion defect and 3 cases of trilogy of Fallot are excluded in this report. All 34 cases are repaired under direct vision utilizing extracorporeal circulation. Among 34 cases of atrial septal defect, 16 cases are male, and 18 cases are female. Their ages range between 3 to 48 years, but over 59% of the cases are below the ages of 20 years. Thirty-two cases are repaired by direct sutures while 2 cases are repaired with Teflon patches. The average perfusion time is 30 minutes; the shortest 12 and the longest 81 minutes. The number of the defect is single in 31 cases, double in 2 cases, triple in one case. But the associated defect except the main defect are so small as can be closed by simple direct suture. The size of the defect is average $12cm^2$; the smallest 0.7 and the largest $25cm^2$. The surgical mortality is 2 cases [5.6%] and other cases are found to be excellent in the follow up studies.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.47.1-47.7
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• 2023

Del-Nido cardioplegia (DNc) is a single-dose cardioplegia that is widely used in human medicine because of its long duration. In this report, we describe two cases of open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) using DNc. One dog was diagnosed with partial atrioventricular septal defect, and the other dog was diagnosed with myxomatous mitral valve disease stage D. Both dogs were treated with open-heart surgery with DNc to induce temporary cardiac arrest. No complications from DNc were observed, and the patients were discharged. Veterinary heart surgeons should consider DNc as an option for temporary cardiac arrest during open-heart surgery with CPB.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.371-382
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• 1985

Over the past 4 decades after World War II a great deal of data and clinical experiences have been accumulated relating to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases in Korea. Clinical data on cardiovascular surgical cases performed in all 22 hospitals for open heart surgery in Korea was collected from it`s starting up to December 1984. The first recorded open heart surgery for a young adult atrial septal defect was performed by Young Kyoon Lee, M.D. on August 7, 1959, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea. And, some scattered reports on cardiovascular surgical cases in it`s early period have changed recently the number of hospitals for open heart surgery and clinical cases enormously in total amount of 13, 100 cardiovascular operations performed on 12, 990 cases up to December 1984. Of the total 13, 100 cardiovascular operations, congenital cardiovascular anomaly occupied 70%. Of the congenital cases, 6, 580 operations for acyanotic group [operative mortality 4.5%], and 2, 489 operations for cyanotic group [operative mortality 20%]. The incidence of congenital cardiovascular anomaly in order of frequency was ventricular septal defect [29%], patent ductus arteriosus [26%], Tetralogy of Fallot [22%], atrial septal defect [8, 6%], pulmonary valve stenosis [3.0%], and endocardial cushion defect [1.1%]. Of the 3, 412 valvular heart disease cases, which occupied 85% of total 4, 031 acquired cardiovascular disease, individual incidence was in mitral 2, 565 [63.5%], double valve 451 [11.1%], and simple aortic valve 351 [8.7%]. Total number of valve replaced, mechanical and tissue, was 2, 795, and 1, 884 for mitral, 808 for aortic, and 103 for tricuspid in position. Operative mortality for prosthetic valve replacement in total was 9.8%. Remained acquired cardiovascular cases chronic constrictive pericarditis [7.9%], cardiac tumor [1.9%], coronary artery bypass [1.8%], cardiac trauma [1.2%] and less than 1% of thoracic aortic aneurysm. Overall operative mortality for open and non-open cardiovascular surgical operation was 7.7% [congenital acyanotic group 3.2%, congenital cyanotic group 19.4%, and acquired group 7.8%]. In conclusion, present status of cardiovascular surgery in Korea is stabilized with accumulation of clinical cases and experiences, and the future in the field of cardiovascular surgery is promising, especially in the infant cardiac surgery and aortocoronary bypass surgery, with abrupt increase of specialized cardiac centers, trained specialists, and expanding social health insurance.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.862-870
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• 2002

단심증과 총폐정맥연결이상증을 동반한 환아는 조기에 증상이 발현하는 경우가 흔하며, 특히 폐쇄성 폐정맥 통로가 존재하는 경우는 사망률이 매우 높은 질환으로 보고되고 있다. 이런 환아군에 대한 일단계 수술 결과와 이에 영향하는 위험인자를 분석하고자 본 연구를 실시하였다. 대상 및 연구방법: 1987년 1월에서 2002년 6월까지 서울대 어린이병원 흉부외과에서 경험한 총폐정맥연결이상증을 동반한 단심증으로 일단계 교정술을 받은 39례를 대상으로 하였다. 환아의 연령의 중앙값은 2.4(0.03~10.7)개월이었고, 남녀비는 29:10이 었다. 단심증은 우세우심실 20례, 방실중격결손을 동반한 단심증 15례, 우세좌심실 3례, 삼첨판 폐쇄증이 1례였고 총폐정맥연결이상증은 상심형 22례, 심장형 5례, 하심형 11례, 혼합형 1례였다. 폐쇄성 폐정맥 통로를 보였던 환아는 11례였다. 수술은 37례에서 단심증의 폐혈류 균형을 조절하기 위한 고식술을 시행하였으며, 31례에서 총폐정맥연결이상증을 함께 교정하였다. 본 연구에서는 상기 환자군을 대상으로 술전상태, 사망률, 술후경과 등을 살펴보고, 조기 사망에 영향하는 인자들을 발견하기 위해 단변량, 다변량 분석법을 이용하였다. 결과: 생존 환아의 평균추적관찰기간은 34.3$\pm$43.0(0.53~146.2)개월이었으며 조기사망률은 43.6% (17/39)였다. 조기사망원인은 저심박출증이 8례, 심기능부전에 의한 심례기이탈 실패가 3례, 술후 발생한 패혈증을 동반한 감염(2), 발작성 폐동맥 고혈압(1), 폐부종(1), 폐렴(1), 부정맥(1) 등이었다. 단변량분석에서 조기사망에 영향하는 인자는 체중, 신생아기 수술적응, 폐정맥 통로의 폐쇄, 술전상태, 일단계 수술시 총폐정맥연결이상증의 교정, 수술시간, 심폐기가동시간 등이었고, 다변량분석에서는 체중, 일단계 수술 당시의 연령, 신생아기 수술적응, 술전상태, 심폐기가동시간 등이 위험인자로 분석되었다. 결론$\boxUl$ 연구자 등은 본 연구를 통하여 총폐정맥연결이상증을 동반한 단심증이 조기에 증상이 발현되어 신생아기 또는 조기 영아기에 일단계 수술이 필요한 경우가 흔하고, 특히 폐정맥 통로의 폐쇄를 동반한 경우 술전상태가 불량함에도 불구하고 조기에 수술적 교정이 불가피한 경우가 적지 않으며, 이 경우 일단계 수술시 총폐정맥연결이상증에 대한 수술적 교정이 추가되어 수술시간 및 심폐기가동시간이 연장되고 이로 인해 술후 심근기능의 저하가 초래되어 높은 수술 사망률을 보인다는 사실을 확인하였다. 반면, 폐정맥 통로의 폐쇄를 동반되지 않은 일부 환아군에 대하여 일단계 수술시 이를 교정하지 않고 차후로 미루는 것이 수술시간 및 체외순환시간을 단축하고 심근 기능저하와 폐혈관 손상을 줄여 수술성적의 향상을 기대할 수 있었다. 그러나 이러한 수술 방침이 최종단계의 폰탄 술식까지 성공적으로 시행하기 위한 이상적인 치료원칙임을 입증하기 위해서는 보다 장기적인 추적이 필요하다.