• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.428-432
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• 1978

Between Jan. and Oct. 1978, mitral valve Replacement had been performed on eight patients using porcine aortic valve mounted on flexible polypropylene or Egyloil wire and Dacron covered stent. Mitral valve replacement was performed on five, mitral valve replacement with tricuspid valve replacement on two, and mitral valve replacement with tricuspid valve annuloplasty on 1 patient using five Carpentier and five Hancock Xenograft. Overall operative deaths were 2 cases. All other 6 cases did well after surgery and improved. No systemic thromboembolism occurred without anticoagulant-No valve failure took place. The results are satisfactory.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.57-59
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• 1994

Ebstein`s anomaly, a rare congenital cardiac anomaly, is characterized by downward displacement of abnormal tricuspid valve. Indication for surgical repair and the optimal surgical approach are still controversy. Recently, we experience a case of Ebstein anomaly, which was treated by atrilized right ventricular plication and annuloplasty. The patient was discharged with good result on 17th post-operative day.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.136-141
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• 2003

성인 선천성 심기형에 동반된 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전에 대한 판막륜 성형술의 중기 성적 및 잔존폐쇄부전의 위험인자를 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법： 1989년 8월부터 2001년 6월까지 총 73명의 성인환자가 선천성 심기형에 동반된 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전으로 판막륜 성형술을 받았다. 환자의 성비는 51：22로 여자가 많았고 연령은 16∼73세(평균 43세)였다. 진단은 심방중격결손(55), 심실중격결손(6), 부분 폐정맥 환류이상(4), 기타(8)의 순 이였다. 수술 전, 후 판막 폐쇄부전의 평균 혈류 속도는 각각 3.25 m/sec, 2.56 m/sec이었고, 판막 성형술의 방법은 De Vega 형(43), Kay 형(18), Ring Annuloplasty 형(12)의 순 이었다. 외래 추적기간은 2,347 patient-month (평균: 32.6개월)이었고, 이 기간 중 총 134예의 심초음파가 시행되었다. 초음파상 III/IV 이상의 잔존 판막 폐쇄 부전이 있는 경우 판막 성명술 실패로 간주하였다. 결과: 7명의 환자(9.6%)에서 판막 성명술 실패의 소견을 보였고, 이중 1명에서 삼천판막 치환술이 시행되었다. 잔존 폐쇄부전의 위험인자로는 심방 중격 결손 이외의 진단, 폐쇄부전이 우심실 압력 과부하에 의한 경우, 수술 후 높은 판막 폐쇄부전 혈류 속도 등으로 해석되었고. 판막 성형술의 방법은 잔존 폐쇄부전과 무관하였다. 결론: 선천성 심기형에 동반된 삼첨판막의 폐쇄부전이 우심실 압력 과부하에 의한 경우 판막 성형술 시 주의를 요하며, 수술 후 우심실 압부하가 소실되지 않는 경우 잔존 폐쇄부전의 위험이 높다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1036-1043
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• 1989

Seventy eight patients underwent operation for combined multiple valve disease, with an overall early mortality of 14.1 % from January, 1983 to September, 1988 in the department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery of Pusan National University Hospital. All of the above cases had combined multiple valve procedures. There were 33 mitral valve replacements and tricuspid annuloplasties, 33 aortic and mitral valve replacements, 5 aortic and mitral valve replacements with tricuspid annuloplasties, 3 aortic valve replacements and mitral annuloplasties, 1 open mitral commissurotomy and tricuspid annuloplasty and, 1 mitral valve replacement and primary closure of tricuspid valve cleft, 1 mitral valve replacement and aortic commissurotomy, 1 mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve replacement were done. 44 were male and 34 were female and the age distribution was from 14 to 57 with mean 38 year old. According to NYHA[New York Heart Association] classification, 49 patients were class I, 19 patients were class Il and 10 were class IV. Average perfusion time was 205.3 minutes. The live patients perfusion time was 178.7 minutes while that of dead ones was 272.0 minutes. Early deaths within 30 days from operation were 11 cases, 6 of which were due to low cardiac output, 3 were acute renal failure and 2 were cardiac rupture. The 65 patients were followed up from 2 to 30 months for a total 20.6 patient years. 1 patient committed suicide because of postoperative depression 1 year after operation. All of the survivors were enjoying their daily life and their NYHA class was superior to the preoperative ones.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.56-58
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• 2023

Untreated severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is associated with poor outcomes. Functional TR occurs secondary to dilatation of the annulus and tethering of the leaflets. Ring annuloplasty alone can correct most cases, but is insufficient in cases of severe annular dilatation due to severe leaflet tethering. In such cases, a tricuspid edge-to-edge technique may be an option. However, stitching of the leaflet tips alone is likely to result in tearing of the leaflets. Approximation of the durable chordae tendineae is considered helpful for this problem. Herein, we present the case of a 39-year-old man who had undergone open-heart surgery for acute type A aortic dissection 13 months earlier. A right mini-thoracotomy approach with a beating-heart strategy was used, which did not require unnecessary pericardial adhesiolysis and dissection. This technique had the advantage of reducing the operation time and the risk of bleeding. To summarize, we present a case of tricuspid valve repair in a high-risk patient with severe leaflet tethering that was successfully managed using these methods.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.446-455
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• 1985

A total and consecutive 156 patients have undergone cardiac valve surgery including 13 closed mitral commissurotomy, 13 open mitral commissurotomy, one mitral annuloplasty, 75 mitral valve replacement, one aortic annuloplasty, 24 aortic valve replacement, 3 tricuspid valve replacement, 25 double valve replacement and one triple valve replacement. 155 prosthetic valves were replaced in a period between September 1976 and August 1985. There were 68 males and 88 females with age range from 8 to 69 yrs [mean 36.5 yr]. Out of replaced valves, 61 was tissue valve including 54 Carpentier-Edwards, and 4 was mechanical valves including 74 St. Jude Medical, and the position replaced was 101 valves for mitral, 46 for aortic and 8 for tricuspid. Single valve replacement in 102 cases, double valve replacement in 25 cases [17 for AVR+MVR, and 8 for MVR+TVR], and only one case was noted in the triple valve replacement. Early mortality within 30 days after operation was noted in 11 cases [7%]; 7 after MVR, 2 after DVR, and each one after open mitral commissurotomy and mitral annuloplasty. Cause of death was valve thrombus, cerebral air embolism, low output syndrome, uncontrollable arrhythmia, parapneumonic sepsis, acute cardiac tamponade and left atrial rupture. 7 late deaths were noted during the follow-up period from 1 to 104 months [average 48 month]; three due to valve and left atrial thrombus formation, two due to CVA from overdose of warfarin, and each one due to congestive heart failure and chronic constrictive pericarditis, Anticoagulants after prosthetic valve replacement were maintained with warfarin, dipyridamole and aspirin to the level of around 50% of normal prothrombin time in 79 cases, and Ticlopidine with aspirin in 47 cases to compare the result of each group. There were 11 major thromboembolic episodes including 3 deaths in the warfarin group. Two cases of CVA due to overdose of warfarin was noted in the warfarin group. In the ticlopidine group, there was only one left atrial thrombus confirmed at the time of autopsy. Among the survived 138 cases, nearly all cases[136 cases] were included in NYHA functional class I and II during the follow-up period. In conclusion, surgical treatment of the cardiac valve disease in 156 clinical cases revealed excellent result with acceptable operative risk and late mortality. Prevention of thrombus formation with anti-platelet aggregator Ticlopidine has better result than warfarin group presently with no specific side effect such as bleeding or gastrointestinal trouble.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.389-397
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• 1984

Sixty cases of open heart surgery were performed in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Chonbuk National University Hospital from July, 1983 to June, 1984. The patients were consisted of 40 [66%] congenital anomalies containing 26 [43%] patients of acyanotic group and 4 [23%] of cyanotic group, and 20 [34%] acquired heart diseases which involved one or more cardiac valves. The male patients were 42 and the female 18. In 20 valvular heart diseases, open mitral commissurotomy was done in 5 patients, mitral valvular replacement with tissue valve in 6, mitral valvular replacement with mechanical valve in 5, mitral valvular replacement with tricuspid annuloplasty in 2, mitral annuloplasty in 1, and mitral and aortic valvular replacements with mechanical valves in 1. The most frequency complication was low cardiac output syndrome occurred in 9, and the next was urethral stenosis, ARDS, and postoperative bleeding, etc. The perioperative mortality was 21% in congenital cyanotic heart disease, 12% in congenital acyanotic heart disease, and 5% in acquired heart disease.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.580-585
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• 2008

배경: 기능성 삼첨판막부전증의 수술치료에 여러 방법의 판륜성형술이 이용된다. 저자들은 기능성 삼첨판막부전증에 삼첨판후판륜주름술(posterior annular plication technique; Davits technique)을 이용하고 그 중장기결과를 알아보았다. 대상 및 방법: 1991년 1월부터 2006년 8월까지 기능성 삼첨판부 전정도가 2도(판막부전 범위, $1{\sim}4$도) 이상이거나 판막부전증이 2도 미만이더라도 삼첨판판륜이 직경 5.0cm 이상으로 늘어난 58예의 성인환자들(남, 22예; 여, 36예)에서 후판륜주름술을 시행하였다. 수술 전 26예(44.9%)가 3도 이상의 기능성 삼첨판부전증을 가지고 있었다. 모든 환자에서 승모판막치환술이 시행되었고 이 중 20예(34.5%)는 대동맥판막치환술도 같이 시행되었다. 결과: $101.4{\pm}51.6$개월의 추적기간 동안에 기능성 삼첨판막부전증은 28예(49.1%)에서 거의 완전히 소실되거나 흔적만 보였고, 8예(14.0%)에서 2도 이상 3도 미만을 보였으며, 2예(3.5%)에서는 3도의 삼첨판막부전을 보였다. 모든 환자에서 수술 전에 비해 수술 후 삼첨판막 부전정도는 평균 $2.66{\pm}0.73$에서 $0.82{\pm}0.89$로 호전되었다(p<0.0001). 삼첨판막에 대한 재수술이나 판막부전 정도가 수술 전보다 더 악화된 예는 없었다. 결론: 기능성 삼첨판막부전증에 대한 변형식 Davila 후판륜주름술은 의의 있는 중장기적 결과를 보였으며 유용한 수술방법으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 1985

Cortriatriatum is rare congenital heart disease characterized by the presence of a fibromuscular diaphragm that subdivides the left atrium into a proximal or "accessory" and a distal or "true" left atrial chamber. A 15 year old girl with cortriatriatum underwent surgical correction at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang College in November, 1984. This case was preoperatively diagnosed as a single atrium with functional tricuspid regurgitation But on operation, we found that there were transverse septum in the left atrium through large ASD, low chamber receives the pulmonary veins, and the upper chamber gives rise to the left atrial appendage and leads to the mitral valve. And the anomalous membrane has no fenestrations. We excised completely the anomalous septum, reconstructed atrial septal defect with dacron patch and performed the tricuspid annuloplasty with DeVega method. Postoperative course was uneventful during follow up, during follow up.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.506-511
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• 1987

Increased clinical interest, stimulated by newer diagnostic techniques, has made it apparent that Ebstein`s anomaly represents a spectrum of right heart abnormalities. In the usual case, the septal and posterior leaflets of the tricuspid valve are not attached to the true annulus, but are displaced distally into the ventricle. Also the degree of malattachment and the structural deformities of the cusps may vary greatly. Recently we experienced 6 cases of Ebstein`s anomaly who underwent corrective operation in our hospital. Five patients were operated by plication and annuloplasty techniques based on the construction of a monocusp valve by the use of the anterior leaflet. Remained one was operated on by tricuspid valve replacement using No 31 mm C-E tissue valve. There was no operative mortality and the postoperative courses were relatively good with marked symptom improvement.