• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.766-774
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• 1989

Four neonates with critical pulmonary outflow obstruction underwent emergency palliative operation between February 1988 and May 1989 at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital. There were three boys and one girl, the mean age was 12.25 days [ranging from 3 days to 26 days], and the mean body weight was 3,625 gm [ranging from 3,450 gm to 4,200 gm]. Two patients had severe pulmonic valvular stenosis with intact ventricular septum, a third had pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, and another had pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect. All were cyanotic, showed arterial desaturation with metabolic acidosis, and had congestive heart failure. To relieve the pulmonary outflow tract obstruction, we performed transventricular pulmonary valvulotomy [Brock operation] with a mosquito clamp in all cases without extracorporeal circulation. Three patients survived the operation and showed satisfactory postoperative results. The patient who had pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect expired 5 days after surgery. We consider transventricular pulmonary valvulotomy [Brock operation] with a mosquito clamp as one of the preferable procedures for critical pulmonary outflow obstruction in the neonatal period.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.112-114
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• 2016

The half-turned truncal switch (HTTS) operation has been reported as an alternative to the Rastelli or $r{\acute{e}}paration$ $\grave{a}$ $l^{\prime}{\acute{e}}tage$ ventriculaire procedures. HTTS prevents left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction in patients with complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and pulmonary stenosis (PS), or in those with a Taussig-Bing anomaly with PS. The advantages of the HTTS procedure are avoidance of late LVOT or right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) obstruction, and of overstretching of the pulmonary artery. We report the case of a patient who underwent HTTS for TGA with VSD and PS, in whom there was no LVOT obstruction and only mild aortic regurgitation and mild RVOT obstruction, including observations at 12-year follow-up. Our experience with long-term follow-up of HTTS supports a solution for late complications after the Rastelli procedure.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.32-41
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• 1992

From August 1982 to December 1991, 58 consecutive infants with tetralogy of Fallot underwent primary repair. Age ranged from 22 days to twelve months [n=58, 8.7$\pm$2.7 months] and body weight from 3.1 to 13 kilograms [n=58, 7.8$\pm$1.7 kilograms]. Qne infant had absence of the pulmonary valve; one had Ebstein`s anomaly and one had supramitral ring. Thirty-two patients [56%] experienced anoxic spell. Preoperative pulmonary artery indices were measured in 38 cases, ranging 126-552mm2/M2BSA[n=38, 251$\pm$79mm2/M2BSA]. All infants required a right ventricular outflow tract patch; in 41, the patch extended across the pulmonary valve annulus, in 13 of them, monocusps were constructed. All had patch closure of ventricular septal defect. Two infants had REV operation for avoiding injury to the canal branch of the right coronary artery which cross the right ventricular out flow tract. Post repair PRV/LV were measured at operating room in 40 cases, which revealed mean value of 0.49$\pm$0.12 [range: 0.25-0.74]. The hospital mortality was 10.3% [6 patients], and causes of deaths were right heart failure due to sustained right ventricular hypertension[4] and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, intractablesuraventricular tachyarrhythmia[1], hypoxia[1] due to residual right to left shunt across the atrial septal defect in patient associated with Ebstein`s anomaly. All infants were doing well at follow-up from 1 to 101 months[20.6 months /patient, 1, 072 patient-month] Serial postoperative echocardiograms revealed no residual ventricular septal defects and estimated RVOT gradients between 0 and 40 mmHg except 3 cases [50, 50, 60 mmHg]. There were no late deaths and late ventricular arrhythmias or congestive heart failure. Redo operations were done in 2 cases because of residual right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. This experience with infants with tetralogy of Fallot suggests that, if mortality is tolerable, eletive repair of tetralogy of Fallot could be reasonably undertaken during the first year of life, and even better results could be anticipated along with improvement of methods of myocardial protection and postoperative care.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.57.1-57.7
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• 2021

In a 3-year-old Samoyed, aortic bulging was found on radiography during a general check-up. On echocardiography, turbulent flow was found in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) with high velocity (6.1 m/s). A linear structure was attached to the interventricular septum and connected to the chordae tendineae reaching the papillary muscle. A part of the structure moved during cardiac cycle, similar to mitral motion. This dog was diagnosed with LVOT obstruction caused by accessory mitral valve tissue (AMVT). This is the first report of AMVT in veterinary medicine. AMVT should be considered as a possible cause of LVOT obstruction in dogs.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.491-494
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• 1995

A fibroma arising in the right ventricle outflow tract of a 14 month-old infant was successfully removed. The patient was first seen because of shortness of breath and tachycardia. Pertinent clinical and laboratory findings included a grade II/VI systolic murmur, blood pressure of 120/60 mmHg, slight cardiomegaly on chest X-ray, a mass obstructing the outflow tract of the right ventricle on echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. On october 30,1992, under cardiopulmonary bypass, a 4cm x 3cm x 3cm tumor was resected from the right ventricular outflow tract, together with a portion of the ventricular wall. Histologically, it was diagnosis as a fibroma. The patient was sent home on the 6th postoperative day following an uneventful recovery form the operation. Although cardiac fibroma is the second most common cardiac tumor in infancy and childhood, it is usually found in the left ventricle and one arising in the right ventricle is considered rare. Although it is a benign tumor, it could produce a severe cardiac dysfunction and even sudden death, depending on its size and location. With the advance in diagnostic techniques and operative management, there is a renewed interest in the early detection and operative removal of these tumors. The case herein presented is the first such case successfully managed and reported in the Korean literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1038-1044
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• 1995

We have been used cryopreserved homograft valves for right ventricular outflow tract[RVOT reconstruction since November 1993. The homograft valves were harvested from the hearts of brain dead patients or hearts of transplant recipients. There were 12 male and 10 female patients. Their ages ranged from 5 months to 13 years[mean age,39.2 $\pm$ 37.4 months and the weight ranged from 5 to 48kg [mean weight, 13.7$\pm$ 9. l kg . The diagnoses included pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect [n=14 , tetralogy of Fallot[n=4 , truncus arteriosus[n=3 , and double outlet right ventricle with pulmonic stenosis[n=l .Monocuspid homograft patches were used for RVOT widening or REV[reparation l`etage ventriculaire operations in 4 patients. We also used homograft as valved conduits for RVOT reconstruction in 17 patients and left ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in anatomically corrected transposition in 1 patient. Among them size-reducing technique [converting a tricuspid valved conduit into a bicuspid valved conduit were applied to six patients for the correction of size mismatching. The mean follow-up period was 10.6 $\pm$ 5.4 months. There was one operative death[4.5% due to bleeding and one reoperation for removal of vegetation on the homograft leaflet. Postoperative echocardiography documented no significant homograft insufficiency and RVOT obstructions.In short-term, the homograft valves provide excellent hemodynamic characteristics, even though further studies are necessary to evaluate the long-term results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.911-920
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• 2003

본 연구에서 지난 17년간 경험한 부분방실중격결손증의 외과적 교정술의 장기결과를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1986년 4월부터 2002년 12월까지 부분방실중격결손증으로 외과적 교정술을 시행 받은 93명의 환자를 대상으로 사망률, 생존율 및 그 위험인자를 분석하고, 추적관찰 기간중 재수술과 관련되는 위험인자를 분석하였다. 남자 환자가 32명 여자 환자가 61명이었으며, 수술 당시 연령의 중앙값은 68개월(3∼818개월)이었고 평균추적관찰기간은 108$\pm$59.4개월(1∼200개월)이었다. 결과: 조기사망은 4예로 수술 사망률은 4.3%였다. 사망원인은 발작성 폐동맥고혈압증 1예, 저심박출증 1예, 심부전에 의한 심폐기이탈실패 1예, 심실세동 1예였고, 사망과 관련하여 통계적으로 의미 있는 인자는 없었다. 조기사망한 환자 4명을 제외한 89명의 환자를 추적 관찰하였고, 1예에서 만기사망을 확인하였다. 3년, 5년, 10년, 15년 생존율은 각각 95.7%, 94.3%, 94.3%, 94.3%였다. 수술 직후 63명(67.7%)의 환자에서 좌측 방실판막폐쇄부전이 개선되었고, 14명(15.1%)의 환자에서는 술 전과 같았고, 12명(12.9%)에서는 악화되었다. 추적관찰 기간 중 8명(9.0%)의 환자에서 재수술을 시행하였으며, 완전 교정술 후 평균 38.6개월(3∼136개월) 후 시행되었다. 3년, 5년, 10년, 15년 무재수술 생존율은 각각 94.0%, 91.4%, 91.4%, 88.2%였다. 재수술의 원인으로는 좌측 방실판막페쇄부전이 7예, 좌심실유출로협착이 2예, 잔존심방중격결손 1예, 좌측 방실판막협착 1예, 우심부전 1예였고, 재수술과 관련하여 좌심실 유출로 협착이 통계적으로 의미있는 위험인자였다(p=0.002). 10명의 환자에서 술 후 부정맥이 발생하였는데, 3명의 환자에서 상심실성 부정맥, 7명의 환자에서는 완전 방실전도차단이 발생하였고, 이 중 6명의 환자에서 영구 인공심박조율기의 삽입이 필요하였다. 걸론: 부분방실중격결손증은 낮은 사망률로 수술을 시행할 수 있었다. 재수술의 원인은 좌측 방실판막페쇄부전이 가장 많았다. 방실판막구조물의 기형이 동반된 경우 재수술의 가능성이 높아지는 경향을 보였으나 통계적 의미는 없었다. 또한, 술후 좌심실유출로협착여부가 재수술의 위험인자였으므로 좌측 방실판막 및 좌심실 유출로의 해부학적인 구조에 대한 정확한 이해가 요구된다. 좌심실유출로협착은 발생시 대동맥하부의 조직에 대한 절제술을 시행할 수 있으나 재발 가능성이 크고, 필요시 수정 Konno수술로 만족할만한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한, 방실전도차단은 초기시행단계에서 많이 발생하였으며, 심장 전도계에 대한 정확한 해부학적 이해와 경험축적으로 극복할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.58-62
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• 2010

심실 중격 결손과 폐동맥 협착을 가지고 있는 대혈관 전위 환자의 수술적 치료방법으로 Rastelli 수술법이 보편화되어 왔으나, 추적 관찰 중에 심장외 도관의 폐쇄, 좌심실 유출로의 폐쇄, 부정맥이 높은 확률로 발생하는 등의 장기 성적이 만족스럽지 못하였다. 이와 같은 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본원에서 2003년과 2006년에 심실 중격 결손과 폐동맥 협착을 가지고 있는 대혈관 전위 환자 2명을 반회전 동맥간 회전술 및 Lecompte 술식을 이용하여 수술하였고, 추적 관찰을 통해 양심실 유출로의 중기 변화에 대한 경험을 보고한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.16-21
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• 1990

From November 1978 through June 1989, 33 patients aged 3 months to 27 years [mean 9.7 years] underwent repair of intracardiac defects associated with corrected transposition. Five patients had had previous palliative surgery. Operation were performed in 31 for ventricular septal defect, 22 for pulmonary outflow tract obstruction, 16 for atrial septal defect, and 5 for anatomical tricuspid valve regurgitation. Pulmonary outflow tract obstruction was relieved by pulmonary valvotomy in 9, Rastelli procedure in 5, modified Fontan procedure in 3, and by REV procedure in 5 patients recently. Early mortality was 21.2%[7/33] and no late mortality during follow up period. Two had residual pulmonary outflow tract obstruction and one residual VSD. In eight patients, transient arrhythmia was found but soon returned to sinus rhythm. Five patients developed complete heart block and 2 were given permanent pacemaker insertion. There were 8 RBBB, 1 LBBB and one second degree atrioventricular block patients, but all showed no clinical significance. This report suggests that surgical repair of intracardiac defects associated with corrected transposition can be achieved with acceptable low risk. Though the mortality is still high, we can improved the result by advancing surgical technique, knowledge of the special conduction system, and by improving postoperative care.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1250-1253
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• 1992

A patient with intravascular hemolysis due to residual shunt and right ventricular outflow track obstruction after total correction of TOF was presented. The patient was 29 years old female. She underwented VSD closure with dacron patch, infundibulectomy, pulmonic valvotomy and direct closure of PFO. 8 months after the operation, severe intravascular hemolysis and hemolytic anemia appeared. Conservative therapies were not effective, her general condition and laboratory finding got worse gradually. She underwent reoperation, the shunt was closed and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction was corrected by pulmonary valvotomy, infudibulectomy and transannular patch. After operation, hemolysis disappeared dramatically. Severe hemolysis may induce renal failure and necessitate transfusion frequently. If hemolytic anemia is not corrected by conservative treatment, early reoperation is required.