• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.512-519
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• 1987

In the department of chest surgery of Pusan National University hospital cardiac valve surgery was done in 118 cases from March, 1982, to June, 1986. Among these, 90 were mitral valve replacement, 9 mitral commissurotomy, 5 mitral valvuloplasty, 4 aortic valve replacement, 4 double valve replacement, 4 mitral annuloplasty, one mitral annuloplasty with commissurotomy and valvuloplasty. 48 were male and 70 were female and age distribution ranged from 6 to 57 years [mean 30.6 years]. Early death within 30 days after operation was 14 cases: 10 had mitral valve replacement, 2 double valve replacement and 2 mitral annuloplasty respectively. Confirmed causes of death were low cardiac output syndrome in 9 cases, congestive heart failure in one case, cardiac tamponade in one case, malfunction of valve in one case, cardiac rupture in one case and renal failure in one case. The 104 cases were followed up for a total 190 years and range was from 2 to 54 months [Mean*SD: 21.9*16.5 months]. During follow-up period, 2 late deaths were developed: one was due to subdural hematoma and the other was congestive heart failure combined with fulminant hepatitis. Anticoagulation therapy was done with warfarin to the level of 20 to 40% of normal prothrombin time in 53 cases, dipyridamole and aspirin in 18 cases, or ticlopidine hcl in 15 cases. The frequency of bleeding due to anticoagulation therapy was 1.0% episodes per patient-years: one was in warfarin group and another was in dipyridamole and aspirin group. Among the studied 102 cases, 93 cases [91.2%] of patients were in NYHA class I or II during follow up period.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.148-154
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• 2012

Background: The adequate management of mild to moderate dilatation of the ascending aorta during cardiac operations remains controversial. In this study, we present the short-term outcomes of 90 patients undergoing ascending aortic wrapping with a Dacron graft during other cardiac operations. Materials and Methods: From March 2008 to January 2011, 90 consecutive patients underwent treatment for ascending aortic aneurysm using the external wrapping technique during the concomitant procedure. The study group consisted of 49 male and 41 female patients with a mean age of $58.7{\pm}13$years. The primary cardiac surgical procedures were coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 3, aortic valve replacement in 2, and aortic valvuloplasty in 85 patients (isolated in 62 and combined with CABG or mitral valvuloplasty in 23). The ascending aorta diameter was measured using a computed tomography scan within 4 weeks after surgery, and was compared with the preoperative value. Results: The diameters of the ascending aorta wrapped with the Dacron graft were significantly reduced within a month after surgery from $46.4{\pm}4.3$ mm to $33.0{\pm}3.5$ mm (p<0.05). There was no early mortality or major surgical complication. During the mean follow-up period of $15.4{\pm}5.2$ months, there was only one late death caused by septic multiorgan failure. Conclusion: Dacron wrapping of the ascending aorta offers excellent results with very low mortality and morbidity, and it can be regarded as a safe and effective method for the treatment of moderately dilated ascending aorta in selected patients.

• 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.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.116-119
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• 2008

경피적 카테터를 이용한 시술은 선천성 심질환의 진단 및 치료에 폭넓게 이용되고 있다. 이러한 시술과 연관된 합병증은 흔하지 않으며 대부분 끈 문제가 없다. 그러나 드물게 응급 수술이 필요할 정도의 매우 심각한 합병증을 유발할 수 있다. 본 증례는 생후 2주된 선천성 대동맥 판막 협착증 환아에서 경피적 풍선 판막 성형술 중 발생한 우측 총장골 동맥의 파열을 적극적으로 조치하여 성공적으로 손상 혈관의 수술적 치료를 시행하여 좋은 결과를 보여 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.777-780
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• 2009

교련부 분리는 대동맥판막 탈출증에 의한 대동맥판 역류를 일으키는 매우 드문 질환이다. 판막엽의 손상 없이 교련부 분리(avulsion of commissure)에 의해 발생한 중증 대동맥판 역류 2예를 치험하여 보고하고자 한다. 첫 번째 증례에서 교련부 분리에 의한 중증 대동맥판 역류에 대해 5-0 polypropylene으로 연속 봉합하여 교련부 재부착을 통한 성형술을 시행하였다. 수술 소견에서 판막엽은 정상 이었으나 우관상동맥판과 무관상동맥판 사이의 교련부 분리에 의한 중증 역류가 관찰되었다. 수술 후 특별한 문제 없이 회복하던 환자는 대동맥판 역류의 재발이 관찰되어, 술 후 14일째에 재수술을 시행하였고, 재부착을 시행했던 교련부위가 완전히 재분리 되어 있어, 판막 치환술을 시행하였다. 두 번째 증례도 우관상동맥판과 무관상동맥판 사이의 교련부 분리가 관찰되었으며 판막엽은 정상소견이었다. Pledget으로 보강한 5-0 polypropylene을 이용한 다수의 수평매트리스봉합으로 교련부 재부착을 시도하였으나 판막의 교합이 완벽하지 않아 조직판막으로 치환술을 시행하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2009

배경: 경도이상의 기능성 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전이 있는 경우 삼첨판 성형술이 널리 시행되고 있으며, 판륜링을 이용한 성형술이 우수한 성적을 나타내고 있다. 우리는 새로운 삼차원적 모양의 삼첨판륜링(Edwards $MC^3$ annuloplasty system [Edward LifeSciences, Irvine, CA])을 이용한 삼첨판 성형술의 조기성적을 보고하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 2004년 11월부터 2006년 7월까지 삼첨판륜의 확장 및 경도이상의 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전이 있는 72명의 환자에서 Edwards $MC^3$ annuloplasty ring을 이용한 삼첨판 성형술을 시행하였다. 72명의 환자 중, 68명에서 정중흉골절개술을 하였고 4명에서 로봇팔을 이용한 최소절개 개흉술을 시행하였다. 남녀비는 21 : 51이었고 평균 나이는 $53.9{\pm}12.3$세였다. 수술 전 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전은 평균 $2.2{\pm}1.0$도였으며 평균 NYHA functional class는 $3.1{\pm}0.8$, 평균 좌심실박출계수는 $57.0{\pm}9.9$%였다. 결과: 삼첨판막 폐쇄부전과 NYHA functional class는 각각 $0.4{\pm}0.6$, $2.0{\pm}0.7$으로 의미있게 감소하였고 삼첨판막 협착은 없었다(p<0.001). 병원 사망은 1명이 있었으며 술 후 합병증은 3도 블록이 발생하여 영구적 인공심박동기 삽입을 한 경우가 1명이 있었다. 결론: 3차원적 모양의 삼첨판륜링은 장착하기 용이하며 임상적, 심초음파 검사상 단기성적은 우수한 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 이 판막륜링의 장기 성적에 대하여는 연구 대상환자에 대한 정기적인 추적관찰 및 검사가 필요하고 더 많은 임상 적용 및 경험이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 1985

10 patients with mitral regurgitation associated with various congenital cardiac anomalies were treated by reconstructive techniques in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital during the period of 2 years from 1982 to 1984. There were mitral valvular cleft in one case, chordae tendineae rupture associated with congenital multiple cardiac-anomalies [VSD, PDA, prolapse of aortic non-coronary cusp through VSD] in one case, elongated chordae tendineae after removal of left atrial myxoma in one case, and mitral annular dilatation associated with VSD in 3 cases, large PDA in 2 cases, aortic regurgitation [bicuspid valve] in one case, and unknown origin in one case. Owing to the various pathology above mentioned, reconstructive surgical approach to mitral incompetence is accordingly complicated and a combination of the following different procedures were properly used case by case, that is, suture of chordae tendineae, shortening of elongated chordae tendineae, closure of VSD, ligation of PDA, aortic valvuloplasty, mitral annuloplasty with mattress suture, etc. All patients were survived and they have been excellent postoperative results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.382-389
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• 1991

The clinical observations on the 63 cases of the mitral valvular heart disease treated in the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosin medical college, during the period of 5 years from January, 1986 to December, 1989, are as follows. 1. Total 63 cases, 23 were male and 40 were female with sex ratio of 1: 1.7. 2. The age distribution was widely varied from 7 years of the youngest to 65 years oldest, average age was 35.3 year old. 3. The main clinical symptom and sign were D.O.E, general weakness, fatigability, palpitation, chest pain, hepatomegaly, pitting edema and both neck vein distension. 4. The preoperative N.Y.H.A functional classification were class II, III, IV in 28%, 54%, 16%. 5. The preoperative diagnosis were MS - 6.3%, MR - 53.9%, MSR - 36.5%, MVP - 3.1%. 6. All 63 patients were operated on the under direct vision using extracorporeal circulation, MVR in 18 cases, MVR and Tricuspid annuloplasty in 24 cases, DVR in 3 cases, DVR and Tricuspid annuloplasty in 5 cases, TVR in 1 case, Mitral annuloplasty in 4 cases, mitral valvuloplasty in 7 cases and mitral commissurotomy in 2 cases 7. The operative mortality was 7.9%, and 5 years actuarial survival rate was 89%.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1119-1122
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• 1999

Native valve endocarditis (NVE) without preexisting structural valve or congenital cardiac malformation especially in pediatric group is rare. A case of isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis in a 7-year-old child without any cardiac malformation is described. This child had suffered from fever and productive cough for 3 weeks. Blood culture grew Staphylococcus aureus. Fever was not controlled even with proper antibiotic treatment. Transthoracic echocardiogram and lung perfusion scan revealed a large vegetation on the tricuspid valve with multiple embolism Surgical procedures included vegetectomy partial cusps resection and pericardial patch valvuloplasty. Th patient was in NYHA class I during follow up.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.75-79
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• 2023

An eight-year-old, 28-kg male bull terrier who showed signs of lethargy and cough was referred for further evaluation of congestive heart failure. On presentation, physical examination revealed a systolic murmur at the left apex of the heart. Moreover, chest radiograph evaluation confirmed the mild alveolar and interstitial patterns in the caudal lung lobes and a grossly enlarged left atrium and left ventricle. Electrocardiography showed atrial fibrillation with a wide QRS complex, and transthoracic echocardiography revealed marked enlargement of the left atrium with abnormal morphology of the mitral valve. The thickened, hammer-like appearance and abnormal diastolic motion of the mitral valve leaflets were characterized by decreased leaflet separation and doming of the valve. The diagnosis was mitral stenosis with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation. The owner declined interventional valvuloplasty. Medical treatment included furosemide, pimobendan and diltiazem. Regular health check-ups have shown that vitality and clinical signs have improved considerably, and the dog have remained stable for 6 months after the presentation.