• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.439-448
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• 2021

Remodeling is a commonly encountered term in the field of cardiothoracic surgery that is often used to describe various pathophysiological changes in the dimension, structure, and function of various cardiac chambers, including the aorta. Stanford type A or DeBakey type 1 aortic dissection (TAAD) is a perplexing pathologic condition that can present surgical teams with the need to navigate a maze of complex decision-making. Ascending or hemi-arch replacement leaves behind a significant amount of distal diseased aortic tissue, which might have a persistent false lumen or primary or secondary intimal tears (or communications between lumina), which can lead to dilatation of the aortic arch. Unfavorable aortic remodeling is a major cause of distal aortic deterioration after the index surgery. Cardiac surgeons are aware of post-surgical cardiac chamber remodeling, but the concept of distal aortic remodeling is still idealized. The contemporary literature from established aortic centers supports aggressive management of the residual aortic pathology during the index surgery, and with continuing technical advancements, endovascular stenting options are readily available for patients with TAAD or for complicated type B aortic dissection cases. This review discusses the pathophysiology and treatment options for favorable distal aortic remodeling, as well as its impact on mid- to long-term outcomes following TAAD repair.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.864-870
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• 1990

This study was undertaken to evaluate current technique of extracorporeal circulation by analyzing the results in 73 cases. We performed standard cardiopulmonary bypass using Polystan roller pump, bubble[Polystan] and membrane[Cobe] oxygenator. There were 42 males and 31 females. We studied the changes of hemoglobin. hemodynamics, speed of cooling and warming, methods of cannulation and ACT. Arterial cannula was inserted on ascending aorta except for 7 cases of femoral cannulation. Preoperative hemoglobin was 13.2 gm% and this value dropped to 7.5 gm% during perfusion. Blood pressure of 113 mmHg in systolic dropped 57mmHg in 10 minutes of perfusion and became 98 mmHg at the end of perfusion. Initial drop of blood pressure was marked in pediatric patient. Mean cooling time was 19.4 min[0.54 Q /min] and warming time was 34 minutes[0.25 Q /min]. During perfusion, ACT was maintained above 600 sec and 44 patient did not need additional Heparin.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.506-511
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• 1997

1980년 10월부터 1995년 5월까지 대동맥근 치환을 받은 53명의 환자를 대상으로 inclusion technique(IT)과 open technique(OT)의 수술성적을 비교하였다 대동맥근 치환술의 원인으로 W군에서는 대동맥륜확장을 동반할 상3n대동맥 동맥류가 20례, 대동맥박리가 8례, 그리고 인공판막심내막염이 1례였다. 07군에서는 대동맥륜 가성동맥류가 1례 있었다. 수술방법으로 Bentall등이 기술한 방 확장이 9례, 대동맥박리가 14례, 상행대동맥 법 또: 약가 변형된 방법을 사용하였다. 수술사망은 W군에서 패혈증과 심실부정 맥으로 각각 1례가 사망하 o3고 07구에서는 출혈로 1례가 사망하였다. 만기합병증은 W군에서 8례 발생하였으며 Of군에서 2례 발생하다. 마기사망은 W군에서 7례,07군에서 1례 발생하였다. 12개월 event free는 W군과 07군에서 각각 87% 와 85%, 24개월 생존률은 각각 87% 와 95%로 W군이 24개월생존률이 약간 높았으나 두 군 간에 통계학적 이 유의성은 없었다. nan으로 대동맥륜확장을 동반한 상행대동맥류나 대동맥박리에서 composite valve를 이용한 대동맥근 치 화술으 마조할 만한 단기 수술결과를 보여주었으나 inclusionfwrap technique과 ope technique간에 통계학적으로 의미있는 차이는 발견할 수 없었다. 그러나 시간이 지남에 따라 prothesis와 관련된 만기 합병증의 빈도가 증가하기 때문에 수술 후 추적관찰에 대한 노력이 장기생존에 중요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.893-901
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• 1994

Forty nine patients [M: 31, F: 18], age from 2 months to 17 years [mean= 4.9 years], underwent operations, from April 1986 to December 1992, for the relief of subvalvular aortic stenosis in normal atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial connections.There were 4 anatomic types of subaortic stenosis : membranous in 29 cases [59.2%], fibromuscular in 11 [22.4%], diffuse tunnel type in 7 [14.3%], and miscellaneous in 2 cases. Thirty four patients [69.4%] had associated cardiac anomalies, of which ventricular septal defect was the most common [27 cases]. Other anomalies were patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, valvular aortic stenosis, double chambered right ventricle [DCRV], infundibular pulmonic stenosis, persistent left superior vena cava, and rigt aortic arch. Mean systolic pressure gradient between the left ventricle and ascending aorta was 26.4$\pm$17.6 mmHg : 13.1$\pm$17.6mmHg in the membranous type, 22.0$\pm$18.4mmHg in the fibromucular type, and 56.1$\pm$38.4mmHg in the diffuse tunnel type. Operative procedures were determined according to the type of subvalvular aortic stenosis : simple excision of subaortic membrane in the membranous type [29 cases], left ventricular myectomy with or without myotomy or fibrous tissue excision in the fibromuscular type [11 cases]. Among the 7 of diffuse tunnel type cases, ventricular myectomy was performed in 2 and a modified Konno operation was performed in 5 . Postoperative follow up was made with periodic echocardiography. The Mean postoperative follow up period was 33.8 months. There were 2 hospital mortalities [4.1%] and 2 late deaths. Residual stenosis remained in 3 cases and recurrence developed in 2 cases during the follow up period. 5 years actuarial survival rate was 91.8$\pm$3.9% and 5 year complication free rate was 72.3$\pm$10.4%. Conclusions : 1. Subvalvular aortic stenosis should be relieved completely as soon as possible when diagnosed, regardless of left ventricular outflow tract pressure gradient. 2. Good results were obtained using only simple excision of subaortic membrane in the membranous type of subaortic stenosis. However, aortoventriculoplasty [modified Konno prodedure] was necessary for good results in the diffuse tunnel type. 3. Periodic postoperative echocardiography was helpful in detecting the progression of residual stenosis and development of new stenosis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.263-269
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• 1997

1987년 4월부터 1996년 5월까지 복잡 선천성 심기형을 가진 13명의 환자에서 Norwood술식을적용 하였다. 진단별 분포로는 좌심형성부전증후군이 7례이었고, 상행대동맥과 대동맥궁의 형성부전이 있으 면서 심실중격결손증 및 대동맥하 협착증을 동반한 승모판 협착증, 심실중격결손증, 대동맥축착 및 대 동맥하 헙착증을 동반한 승모판 폐쇄증, 심실중격결손증 및 대동맥하 협착증을 동반한 대동맥궁 단절, 대혈관전위를 동반한 삼첨판 폐쇄증이 각각 1례씩 있었으며 이중입구부 좌심실이 2례 있었다 수술 당 시 나이는 3일에서 8.7개월 (평균 60.5 $\pm$ 71.6일, 중앙값 i9일)이었다. 수술 사망율( <30일)은 46% (6명) 이었으며 만기 사망율은 15% (2명)였다. 모든 수술사망은 술후 24시간 이내에 발생하였으며 체외순환으 로부터 이탈에 실패한 경우가 5례, 술후 갑작스런 혈역학적 불안정으로 사망한 경우가 1례 있었고, 만기 사망은모두 흡인성 폐렴에 의한 것이었다. 5명의 장기 생존자에 대한추후술식으로는2명의 환자에서 Norwood술식 후 각각 12, 17개월에 변형 Fontan수술을 하였으며 1명에서 4.5개월 후에 완전 대정맥폐동맥 단락술을 시행하였고 수술 사망은 없었다. 나머지 2명의 환자에서는 Fontan 술식전의 중간단계 로 양방향성 상대정맥-폐동맥 단락술을 각각 3, 5.5개휠 후에 시행하였으며 수술사망이 1례 있었다. 수 술 사망 및 만기 사망을 포함한 모든 환자에서 1년 생존율은 30.8%였다. 결론적으로 본원에서 경험한 Norwood 술식의 사망율이 다른 주요 심장기 형의 사망율과 비교하여 높지만 이에 대한 경험이 축적되면서 더 좋은 성적을 기대할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.639-644
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• 2009

대동맥 동맥류/대동맥 박리증, 두눈먼거리증, 목젖갈림증/입천장갈림증, 그리고 동맥혈관계의 이상과다 뒤틀림 등을 독특한 표현형으로 하는 Loeys-Dietz 증후군은 새로이 기술된 공격적 성향의 결체 조직 질환으로, transforming growth factor-$\beta$ receptor type 1 또는 type 2를 encoding 하는 유전자 돌연 변이가 발병 원인이다. Loeys-Dietz 증후군은 Marfan 증후군, Ehlers-Danlos 증후군 4형 등의 표현형과 일부 비슷한 형태를 공유한다. 그러나, Loeys-Dietz 증후군은 다른 질환보다 더 심한 병태생리적 특성을 가지고 있기 때문에, 임상의들은 이들 결체 조직 질환들을 감별하여야 한다. 강한 의심, 조기 진단, 예방적 수술, 그리고 지속적 영상 검사가 적절한 Loeys-Dietz 증후군 치료를 위해 실행되어야 한다. 저자들은 대동맥 파열, 목젖갈림증, 그리고 두눈먼거리증의 3징후를 가진 Loeys-Dietz 증후군의 환자를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.674-684
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• 1991

The surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot [TOF] was initiated by Blalock and Taussig in 1945 with the establishment of the subclavian artery to pulmonary artery anastomosis. In an imaginative and daring effort, in 1954, Lillehei and collaborators [1955] using controlled cross-circulation, carried out the first intracardiac repair of TOF by closing the ventricular septal defect [VSD] and relieving the pulmonary stenosis under direct vision. Nowadays, total correction is the ideal operation for treatment of TOF and is accomplished with extracorporeal circulation. And the results of surgery for TOF have steadily improved over the years, thanks to important contributions of many surgeons. Nevertheless because of its protean physiologic and anatomic presentation, TOF continues to offer challenges to cardiologist and cardiac surgeons. Thirty two cases of TOF have undergone total corrective surgery using extracorporeal circulation in the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University, from Oct. 1985 to Feb. 1990. Clinical considerations were applied to these cases and the results were obtained as follows. 1. The heart lung machine used for extracorporeal circulation was SarnsO 7000, 5-head roller pump, and the number and type of oxygenators were 10 of bubble type and 22 of membrane type. The mean bypass time was 148.9 minutes and the mean aortic cross clamp time was 123.8 minutes. The GIK [glucose-insulin-potassium] solution was used as cardioplegic solution for myocardial protection during operation. 2. 20 cases were male and 12 were female, the mean age was 8 years old and the mean body weight was 25Kg. 3. The preoperative symptoms were cyanosis [29 cases], squatting [27 cases] and etc. The mean values of preoperative Hb., Hct., and SaO2 were 16.5 gm /dl, 50.3%, and 78.5%. 4. Combined anomalies were noticed in 16 cases [50%]. Among them 10 cases were PFO and 6 cases were ASD. 5. The degree of aorta overriding were 25% in 5 cases, 25 ~ 50% in 22 cases and above 50% in 5 cases. The dPA/Ao [ratio of diameter of pulmonary artery trunk to ascending aorta] were below 25% in 5 cases, 25 ~ 50% in 10 cases, 50 ~ 70% in 6 cases and above 75% in 11 cases. 6. The types of RVOT [right ventricular outflow tract] stenosis were valvular and infundibular in 14 cases [43.6%], diffuse hypoplastic type in 12 cases [37.5%], infundibular in 5 cases, and valvular and supravalvular in 1 case. 7. One stage radical corrective surgery was applied to the all cases. In widening of the RVOT, 3 types of patches were used: MVOP [monocusp ventricular outflow patch, Polystan BioprosthesesO] in 3 cases, knitted Dacron vessel patches in 2 cases, and double layer with bovine pericardium and woven Dacron prosthesis in 26 cases. 8. Postoperative complications were occurred in 15 cases. Among them, low output syndrome were occurred in 10 cases [31.3%] and 2 of them were expired postoperatively.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.753-758
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• 1985

Hemorrhage is an important complication after operation with cardiopulmonary bypass and sometimes necessitates a further emergency operation. Between July, 1962 and June, 1985, reoperation for hemorrhage was carried out on 81 patients [3.1%] out of a total 2634 patients who had previously undergone cardiopulmonary bypass surgery at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei University Medical Center. There were 38 males and 43 females, with an average age of 25 years [ranging 6 months to 60 years] and an average body weight of 38 kg [ranging 5 to 77 kg].There were 43 patients of cyanotic heart disease, 32 patients of acquired valvular heart disease, 4 patients of coronary artery occlusive disease, 2 patients of ascending aorta aneurysm and annuloaortic ectasia. The average amount of blood loss in the case of cyanotic heart disease was 71.7140ml/kg, in acyanotic heart disease 45.16.3ml/kg, in acquired heart disease, 56.514.4ml/kg and in coronary artery occlusive disease, 50.618.7ml/kg during first post operative day. But there was no statistical difference [p>0.05]. The mean blood loss below 10 years old was 70.412.1 ml/kg. Those below 10 years old were believed to bleed more than any other group. But there was also no statistical difference [p>0.05]. Indications for reoperation were continued excessive blood loss [74%], cardiac tamponade or hypotension [23%] and radiological evidence of a large hematoma in the thorax and pericardium [2%]. Average bypass time was 2.10.1 hours [ranging 30 minutes to 5 hours]. The interval between operation and reoperation was as follows; less than 12 hours in 49 patients [60%], 12 to 24 hours in 20 patients [25%], 24 to 48 hours in 8 patients [10%], more than 48 hours in 4 patients [5%]. The commonest sites for bleeding were chest wall [36%], heart [34%], aorta [12%], pericardium [6%], thymus [5%] and others [6%]. But no definite source was found in ll patients [31%]. Twenty seven out of 81 patients [31%] had wound problems and 5 patients [6%] were expired. [Mean SEM]. In conclusion, in order to decrease the amount of blood loss after open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, shortening of bypass time and bleeding control at the wire suture site during chest wall closure were important. If the amount of blood loss was over 45 ml/kg or 8 m/kg/hour, reoperation should be considered as soon as possible. After operating, careful wound dressings were applied to prevent wound problems.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 1985

Renal arterial infusion of renotropic agents has been a very useful technique in the renal function studies. This type of experiments have usually been conducted in the large animals such as dogs and sheep. In these animals a catheter can be placed in the site without much disturbances of renal blood flow. Rabbits as an experimental model, however, caused a disturbances of renal blood flow by a catheterization of renal artery by its properties. Therefore we have developed a new technique that allows a simple and selective access to one side of renal arteries and the other as a control, without any disturbances of renal function. The distance between the both bifurcations of renal arteries on abdominal aorta is about 7 mm. To locate the tip of catheter on one side renal artery, ascending cannulation performed via femoral artery was done. We did an experiment with the technique to clarify the effect of calmodulin inhibitor on the renal function. One of the phenothiazine derivatives, trifluoperazine known as a powerful calmodulin inhibitor. Trifluoperazine, actual dose ranges of $2.76-5.20\;ug\;{\cdot}\;kg^{-1}\;{\cdot}\;min^{-1}$, increased urine volume and glomerular filtration rate significantly. Significant increases in urinary excretion of sodium, chloride and potassium were found. Fractional excretion of sodium and free water clearance increased significantly. These data suggest that this new technique is very useful in field of renal physiology and that striking effect of trifluoperazine on the renal function may be caused by increasing the renal hemodynamics, and by the inhibition of sodium, chloride and potassium reabsorption in the renal tubules.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.306-309
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• 2020

A 59-year-old man presented for possible durable ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation. He had previously been diagnosed with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, a ventricular septal defect, an atrial septal defect, pulmonary valve stenosis, and aortic valve regurgitation. In the previous 22 years, he had undergone palliative cardiac surgery 3 times. VAD implantation as a bridge to transplantation was planned. Owing to severe adhesions, mesocardia, a left ascending aorta, and moderate aortic regurgitation, we performed VAD implantation and aortic valve closure via a dual left thoracotomy and partial sternotomy.