• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.858-861
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• 1994

Prosthetic valve thrombosis is rare but it is one of fatal complication after heart valve surgery. Improvements of the valve design and the material have decreased the frequency of thrombosis but have not eliminated completely. And some cases of prosthetic valve thrombosis during pregnancy were reported inspite of adequate anticoagulation therapy.Urgent surgical intervention is indicated for prosthetic valve thrombosis but it is associated with high operative risk, therefore medical thrombolytic therapy such as urokinase or streptokinase therapy is regarded as an alternative therapy. This is a case report of the successful thrombolytic therapy for valve thrombosis in a pregnant patient after mechanical mitral valve replacement.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 1999

One of the many dilemmas that the clinical restorative dentist must face is treating young adolescent patient who prematurely loses his permanent teeth. Temporary prosthetic replacement can be achieved with removable denture, orthodontic band-wire fixed denture, adhesion bridge, composite resin splint with reinforcing material until the patients go through growth and development. But, all of these have limitations. Advances in restorative materials and reinforcement materials have made possible new techniques which are as much esthetic, conservative and more economic and stronger than adhesion brides. Two cases are being presented where gas-plasma treated, woven polyethylene fabric to reinforce composite resin was used to fabricate a temporary prosthetic restoration to replace a missing maxillary central incisor. This relatively noninvasive and basically reversible procedure allows the patient to decide the final restoration as he or she goes thorough maturation of the hard and soft tissues.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.364-367
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• 2015

Cardiovascular involvement in cases of Behcet's disease is a rare but life-threatening condition, and prosthetic valve detachment is a frequent and serious complication attributable to Behcet's disease following the surgical repair of aortic regurgitation. We report the case of a patient with Behcet's disease presenting with contained aortic rupture around the aortic root. The patient had previously undergone aortic valve surgery three times due to recurrent prosthetic valve detachment. An emergency operation was performed, consisting of aortic root replacement (ARR) using a composite valved conduit and the replacement of the hemiarch. ARR may be an appropriate surgical option for patients with Behcet's disease in order to prevent recurrence of the disease.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.369-372
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• 2004

인공판막 혈전에 의한 관상동맥 폐쇄 후 발생하는 급성심근경색은 드물지만 치명적인 질환으로 환자들의 생존율을 높이기 위해서는 빠른 진단과 적절한 치료가 중요하다 본원에서는 기계승모판막 혈전에 의한 좌전하행지의 폐쇄로 급성심근경색이 발생한 환자 1예에서 중재시술 및 항혈전요법 후 승모판 재치환술을 성공적으로 시행하였기에 증례 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.522-526
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• 1990

We have experienced 2 cases vocal cord paralysis after open heart surgery. One was a postoperatively developed right unilateral vocal cord paralysis after prosthetic mitral valve replacement with tricuspid valve annuloplasty. The other was a postoperative left unilateral vocal cord paralysis after prosthetic aortic and mitral valve replacement with tricuspid annuloplasty. They were intubated for forty-eight and seventy-two hours but after extubation complained of hoarseness, aphonia, anxiety, and ineffective coughing Indirect laryngoscopy performed at about postoperative one week, revealed partial paralysis and decreased mobility of the vocal cord. After active phonation therapy, symptoms were improved gradually and in the follow up indirect laryngoscopy, the vocal cord paralysis was improved. The symptoms were recovered completely at about postoperative one month in both. The cause of vocal cord paralysis after open heart surgery may be any retraction or stretching injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve, especially right side, during median sternotomy retraction and open heart operation procedures. As a result, avoid of excessive spread of median sternotomy retractor and excessive manipulation and retraction of the heart during open heart procedures will reduce the occurrence of the vocal cord paralysis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.973-978
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• 1997

본원에서는 1991년 1월부터 1995년 12월까지 64명의 환자가 인공심장판막의 이상으로 재치환술을 받았다. 주로 판막자체의 기능부전으로 53명(82.8%)이 재수술을 받았으며, 나머지는 판막혈전증으로 6명(9.4%), 판막 주위의 누출로 3명(4.7%), 심내막염으로 2명(3.6%)이 재수술을 받았다. 판막자체의 기능부전(40명, 75%)과 판 막혈전증(4명, 67%)은 주로 승모판막에서 호발하였으며, 판막 주위의 누출(3명, 100%)은 대동맥판막에서 발 생하였다. 가장 긴 적출기간 첫번째 인공심장판막 치환술을 받은 후로부터 재수술을 받기까지의 기간 은 판막자체의 기능부전으로 평균 107.4$\pm$24.6개월이었고, 판막혈전증을 동반한 심내막염(1명)에서 1개월로 가 장 짧았다. 대동맥판막과 승모판막에서 평균 적출기간은 각각 109.5$\pm$10.4, 109.2$\pm$10.7개월이었다. 전체 병원 사망율은 9.38%(6/64), 저심박출증이 4명으로 가장 많았고 기타 출혈 및 중추신경계 손상이 각각 1례씩 있었 다. 독립적인 술후 위 험 인자로는, 술전 MilD class W(P=0.011), 응급 수술(P=0.011), 심내막염(P=0.001) 들이 의미가 있었으며 기타 나이, 성별, 대동맥차단시간, 적출기간, 중복 판막 치환술 2차 재치환술, 판막위치 등 은 술후 위험 인자로서 통계학적 의미가 없었다. 평균 추적기간은 28.8$\pm$17.8개월이었고, 3년 누적 생존율은 92.0$\pm$6.2%, 2년 무합병 생존율은 84.3$\pm$6.1%였다. 인공심장판막 실패로 인하여 재수술을 받아야할 환자에 있어서, 위에서 언급한 위험 인자 술전 miBs class W, 응급 수술, 심내막염의 관점에서 술전 상태를 잘 조절하여 재수술을 시행하여야 한다. 가능한 다른 위험 인자에 대해서도 추후 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.232-235
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• 2007

외상성 대동맥판막 손상 환자에게 대동맥 판막 성형술과 대동맥 판막 치환술로 각각 치료한 2예를 보고한다. 한 명은 18세 남자 환자로 대동맥 판막 성형술을 시행하였으나 수술 후 5년째 중등도의 잔존한 대동맥판막폐쇄부전증으로 추적관찰 중이며 다른 64세 남자 환자는 기계판막 치환술 후 관찰 중이다. 신중하게 선택된 일부의 환자를 제외한 외상성 대동맥판막폐쇄부전증에는 판막치환술을 우선적 수술 방법으로 귄유한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.223-229
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• 1987

Doppler echocardiography provides valuable information regarding prosthetic heart valve function rather than structure. There are three methods of expressing the severity of mitral valve obstruction: the transvalvular pressure gradient, effective valve area, and pressure half-time. Of these, the transvalvular pressure gradient [~p] can be determined by the measurement of maximum transvalvular blood flow velocity [V] according to the modified Bernoulli`s equation [gp=4V*]. Eleven patients, who underwent mitral valve replacement with Duromedics mechanical prostheses, and 17 normal persons were investigated. There were significantly higher calculated pressure gradients in prosthetic than normal mitral valves [9.*10*2.22mmHg-vs-3.26*0.99mmHg:p<0,01], and there was a inverse relationship between pressure gradient and prosthetic valve size [11.17*0.%mmHg in size 27mm and 29mm -v- 7.38*1.12mmHg in size 31mm and 33mm; r=0.85, p<0.01] The noninvasive Doppler technique should be useful in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve obstruction.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.444-448
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• 1996

작은 인공판막주위 누출에 의한 용혈성 빈혈은 인공판막 치환술후올수 있는 합병증중의 하나이다. 경도의 용혈은 대개 기계 판막으로 대동맥 판막 치환술을 시행했을 때 생기 지만, 드물게는 승모판막 치환 술 후에 생 기도 더욱 드물게 조직판막 치환술 후에도 생 긴다 조직판막 치환술후에 용혈성 빈혈은 거의 생기지 않는다. lonescu-Shiley 심낭판막 치환술을 받은 환자에서 용혈성 빈혈은 승모판막에서는 없었고, 대동맥판막 에서 주로 발생하였다고 보고되 어 왔다. 41세 여자환자가 갑자기 진한적색뇨가생겨 본원에 입원하였다. 이 환자는 10년전 승모판막 폐쇄부전증으로 승모판막 치환술(lonescu-Shiley판막 27mm)을 받았던 병 력 이 있다. 심초음파검사상 판막을 통한 경도의 승모판막 폐쇄부전과 함께 판막의 비후가 관찰되었으나 판막주 위를 통해 세어나오는 판막주위 누출의 소견은 관찰할 수 없었다. 말초혈액도말검사상정적혈구성 정색소성 빈혈을 보였다. 혈액 및 요 검사에서 심한 용혈소견이 보였다. 51. Jude Medical 양엽 판막(size 27mm)으로 승모판막 치환술을 시행하였다. 수술시 lonescu-Shiley 판막에 판엽의 석 회화와 뒤틀림 ( istortion)이 있었고, 술자위 치 에서 1시 방향에 직경 5mm의 작은 판막주위 누출이 발견되었으며 이것이 용혈성 빈혈의 원인으로 생각되었다. 승모판 막 재치환술후 용혈소견은 완전히 사라졌다. 저자들은 작은 인공판막주위 누출에 의한 심한 용혈성 빈혈이 발생한 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰 과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.498-505
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• 1983

It has been over 20 years since successful operations of Cardiac valves at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery, college of medicine, Yonsei University. About six hundreds of patients with severely symptomatic valvular heart disease have had valve operations with complete loss or sharp decrease in their cardiac symptoms since 1956. As the number of cardiac patient increases, reoperation on valves assumes greater importance. To define the group of patients undergoing reoperations on valves and the factors influencing their survival, we have reviewed our experiences of the reoperation on valves at the Yonsei University, Severance Hospital. This is a report of 29 cases which was undergone secondary or more surgery for valvular heart disease from 1966 to 1983. The primary operations includes 159 cases of open heart surgery from 1966 to 1975 and 476 cases from 1976 to march, 1983. The secondary operations are classified into groups of secondary valvuloplasty or valvotomy [8 cases], prosthetic valve replacement following valvuloplasty or valvotomy [14 cases] and prosthetic valve rereplacement [2 case] for such as calcification, degeneration and perforation of the cusps and paravalvular leakage, of the bioprosthetic valves. The leading indication for reoperation of mitral valve was restenosis or stenoinsufficiency, The indications of aortic valve replacement was active bacterial endocarditis, medically uncontrollable prosthetic endocarditis or paravalvular leakage. Overall death rate of the reoperation was 17.4% [5 death among the 29 patients] and the leading causes of death were myocardial failure, arrhythmia, cerebral embolism, acute renal failure due to low output syndrome. And it was followed by sepsis associated with active prosthetic endocarditis. The death rate of reoperation was 4.3% in the elective cases except urgent cases and the death rate of overall cardiac valve except reoperation cases was 4.1% in the last two years. Although the general mortality of reoperation was high, both mortality rates were comparable except emergency cases due to urgent preoperative patient’s condition.