• 제목/요약/키워드: Cardiovascular dysfunction

검색결과 357건 처리시간 0.019초

Puerarin pretreatment attenuates cardiomyocyte apoptosis induced by coronary microembolization in rats by activating the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway

  • Chen, Zhi-Qing;Zhou, You;Huang, Jun-Wen;Chen, Feng;Zheng, Jing;Li, Hao-Liang;Li, Tao;Li, Lang
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
    • /
    • 제25권2호
    • /
    • pp.147-157
    • /
    • 2021
  • Coronary microembolization (CME) is associated with cardiomyocyte apoptosis and cardiac dysfunction. Puerarin confers protection against multiple cardiovascular diseases, but its effects and specific mechanisms on CME are not fully known. Hence, our study investigated whether puerarin pretreatment could alleviate cardiomyocyte apoptosis and improve cardiac function following CME. The molecular mechanism associated was also explored. A total of 48 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into CME, CME + Puerarin (CME + Pue), sham, and sham + Puerarin (sham + Pue) groups (with 12 rats per group). A CME model was established in CME and CME + Pue groups by injecting 42 ㎛ microspheres into the left ventricle of rats. Rats in the CME + Pue and sham + Pue groups were intraperitoneally injected with puerarin at 120 mg/kg daily for 7 days before operation. Cardiac function, myocardial histopathology, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis index were determined via cardiac ultrasound, hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) and hematoxylin-basic fuchsin-picric acid (HBFP) stainings, and TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) staining, respectively. Western blotting was used to measure protein expression related to the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)/glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) pathway. We found that, puerarin significantly ameliorated cardiac dysfunction after CME, attenuated myocardial infarct size, and reduced myocardial apoptotic index. Besides, puerarin inhibited cardiomyocyte apoptosis, as revealed by decreased Bax and cleaved caspase-3, and up-regulated Bcl-2 and PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β pathway related proteins. Collectively, puerarin can inhibit cardiomyocyte apoptosis and thus attenuate myocardial injury caused by CME. Mechanistically, these effects may be achieved through activation of the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β pathway.

관상동맥 우회술의 최근성적에 대한 임상적 고찰 (Clinical Analysis of the Recent Results of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting)

  • 한성호;김혁;이철범;정원상;지행옥;강정호;김영학
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
    • /
    • 제35권7호
    • /
    • pp.523-529
    • /
    • 2002
  • 배경: 관상동맥 우회술은 수술경험이 축적됨에 따라 근래에 조기수술성적이 점차 향상됨이 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 관상동맥 우회술을 시행 받은 환자들에서 후향적 분석을 통하여 최근의 수술성적을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1996년 1월부터 2001년 8월까지 한양대학병원에서 154명의 환자가 관상동맥 우회술을 시행받았다. 전체 환자를 1996년부터 1998년까지 시행 받은 47명(제1기)과 그 이후에 시행 받은 107명 (제2기)으로 나누어 입원 기록을 근거로 술전진단, 수술방법, 사망률과 합병증을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 성비는 제1기에 남자 35명, 여자 12명, 제2기에 남자 78명 여자 29명으로 비슷한 분포를 보였고 평균 연령은 제1기 $55.9{\pm}62$세에서 제2기 $61.0{\pm}8.0$세로 의미 있게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 평균 좌심실 구출률은 제1기에 $54.6{\pm}11.8$% 제2기에 $56.9{\pm}13.0$%였다. 수술 위험 인자의 분포 중 술전의 심근경색이 제1기에 13명 (27.7%), 제2기에 14명(13.1%)로 의미 있는 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 수술은 전례에서 중등도 저체온의 체외순환 하에서 시행하였고, 심근 보호 방법으로는 제1기에는 심실세동 상태에서의 간헐적 대동맥 차단, 또는 결정질 냉심정지액이 주로 사용되었고 제2기에서는 냉혈 심정지액이 사용되었다. 체외순환시간은 제1기에서는 $149.2{\pm}48.7$분 제2기에서는 $113.1{\pm}30.6$분으로, 대동맥 차단시간은 제1기에서는 $81.3{\pm}26.5$분 제2기에서는 $72.2{\pm}23.9$분으로 각각 의미 있게 단축되었다(p<0.05). 내흉동맥의 사용율은 제1기에서는 42%(20/47), 제2기에서는 81%(87/107)로 증가하였으며 환자 1명당 문합수도 제1기 $2.5{\pm}0.6$개소에서 제2기 $3.0{\pm}1.1$개소로 의미 있게 증가 하였다(p<0.05). 대동맥내풍선 펌프는 제1기에 7명, 제2기에 17명에서 사용되었는데 술 전 사용율은 제1기에 28.6%(2/7) 제2기에 52.9%(9/17)로 증가하였고 좌심실 기능 부전(LVEF<40%), 또는 울혈성 심부전 소견이 있는 환자에서 광범위 하게 적용하였다. 수술 사망율은 제1기에 5명이 사망하여 10.6%(5/47)을 나타내었고 제2기에 1명이 사망하여 0.9%(1/107)로 의미 있게 감소하였다(p<0.05). 결론: 체외순환을 이용한 관상동맥 우회술은 근래에 더욱 안전하게 시행될 수 있으며 수술의 보편화와 수술 경험의 축적에 따른 체외순환 과대동맥 차단 시간의 단축, 심근 보호의 발달 그리고 좌심실 기능 부전이나 심부전이 있는 환자의 적절한 관리, 특히 대동맥내 풍선펌프의 광범위한 적용이 수술 사망률을 줄이는데 기여했을 것으로 사료된다.

심폐바이패스 없이 시행하는 관상동맥우회술과 경피적 관상동맥중재술의 병합요법 : 적응증 및 조기성적 (Hybrid Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Combined with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Indications and Early Results)

  • 황호영;김진현;조광리;김기봉
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
    • /
    • 제38권11호
    • /
    • pp.733-738
    • /
    • 2005
  • 배경: 경피적 관상동맥중재술과 최소침습성 관상동맥우회술을 병합하여 시행하는 하이브리드 관상동맥우회술(hybrid coronary artery bypass surgery; hybrid CABG)는 고위험군 환자에서 심근의 불완전한 재관류가 예상되는 경우에 수술관련 유병률을 낮추고 완전 재관류화를 이루기 위하여 적용할 수 있다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년 1월부터 2004년 7월 사이에 심폐바이패스를 사용하지 않고 관상동맥우회술을 시행한 782명의 환자 중에서 수술 전, 후에 경피적 관상동맥중재술을 같이 시행한 25명$(3.2\%)$의 환자들(M : F=17:8)을 대상으로 임상적 결과 및 심혈관 조영술을 통한 개존율을 비교하였다. 결과: 수술 전에 중재술을 시행한 8예 중 7예는 최소절개 관상동맥우회술을 시행하기에 부적합한 병변에 대해서 경피적 관상동맥중재술을 시행하였고, 다른 1예는 급성심근경색증에서 culprit병변에 대한 응급 중재술후 관상동맥우회술이 필요했던 경우였다. 수술 후 중재술을 시행한 17예는 관상동맥의 중등도 병변($70\~90\%$ 협착)으로 수술 후 이식도관과의 경쟁혈류가 예상되었던 경우 8예, 관상동맥병변이 혈관 전체에 광범위하여 혈관문합이 불가능했던 경우 5예, 상행대동맥 석회화를 동반하면서 이용 가능한 동맥 우회도관의 부족 3예, 그리고 심근내 관상동맥의 주행 1예 등에서 관상동맥우회술 후에 대상혈관에 대한 경피적 중재술을 시행하였다. 관상동맥우회술시 평균 원위부 문합수는 평균 $2.3\pm1.0$ 개소였으며, 중재술로 치료된 병변의 수는 평균 $1.2\pm0.4$개소였다. 중재술 및 수술관련사망은 없었다. 중재술관련 합병증으로 심근경색이 발생한 경우 1예가 있었으며 수술관련 합병증으로는 일시적인 심방세동 5예, 수술전후 심근경색 1예, 일시적 신기능저하 1예가 있었다. 전례에서 수술 후 평균 $1.8\pm1.6$일째에 관상동맥조영술을 시행하여 모든 도관의 개존율$(100\%=57/57)$을 확인하였다 수술 전 중재 술을 시행한 1개소에서는 중재술 부위의 재협착소견이 보여 수술 후 조영술시 재풍선확장술로 치료하였다. 수술 후 추적관찰(평균 $25\pm26$개월)동안 1예에서 심부전으로 사망하였다. 생존한 환자 24예에서 술 후 평균 $9.6\pm3$개월째에 관상동맥조영술을 시행하였고 이식도관이 string 징후를 보인 1예를 제외하고 모두 개존(56/57)되어 있었으며, 약물용출형 스탠트를 시행하기 이전의 12예의 중재술 중 2예에서 $50\%$ 이상의 스텐트 협착이 있었으나 흉통의 재발은 없었다. 결론: 하이브리드 관상동맥 우회 술은 수술위험도를 낮추기 위하여 최소절개 관상동맥우회술과 병합하여 시도될 수 있을 뿐 아니라, 선택적 환자들에서는 정중 흉골절개 관상동맥우회술과 병합하여 수술관련 유병률을 낮추고 심근의 완전 재관류화를 도모할 수 있었다.

수면 무호흡 증후군 환자에서 자율 신경 장애의 평가 (Evaluation of Autonomic Neuropathy in Patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome)

  • 이학준;박혜정;신창진;김기범;정진흥;이관호;이현우
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
    • /
    • 제45권2호
    • /
    • pp.404-415
    • /
    • 1998
  • 연구배경: 수면 무호흡 증후군에서 고혈압, 허혈성 심질환, 심부정맥등과 같은 심혈관 합병증과 주간 과다 졸음증은 주간 사고와 사망율의 증가와 관계가 있다. 수면 무호흡 증후군 환자에서의 심혈관 합병증의 원인으로는 수면중의 저산소혈증과 자율 신경 장애가 중요한 역할을 한다. 현재까지 수면 무호흡 증후군 환자에서 자율 신경 장애 유무에 대해서는 상반된 결과가 발표되고 있으며 발생기전도 잘 밝혀져 있지 않다. 저자들은 수면 무호흡 증후군 환자에서 자율 신경 장애 검사로 심혈관 자율 신경 장애 검사법이 유용한 검사가 될 수 있을지를 알아보았고 자율 신경 장애의 유무를 확인하였으며 이들 장애가 의미있는 상관 관계가 있는 인자를 알아보았다. 방 법: 수면 다원 검사에서 수면 무호흡 증후군으로 진단된 환자와 건강한 대조군에서 심혈관 자율 신경 장애 검사를 실시하여 환자군에서 자율 신경 장애 유무를 관찰하였으며 또한 수면 무호흡 증후군에서 심혈관 자율 신경 장애 검사가 유효한 검사법이 될 수 있을지를 알아 보았다. 또한 심혈관 자율 신경 장애 검사 결과와 수면 다원 검사 결과를 비교 분석하여 자율 신경 장애와 관계있는 인자를 알아보았다. 결 과: 수면 무호흡 증후군 환자에서 심혈관 자율 신경 장애 검사법의 결과 환자군에서 대조군보다 Valsalva maneuver 에서 유의한 차이를 보이면서 낮게 측정되었으며 나머지 항목에서는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 자율 신경 장애의 정도를 나타내는 자율 신경 장애 접수는 환자군이 $1.10{\pm}0.55$점으로 대조군의 $0.30{\pm}0.36$ 점보다 의의있게 높았으며, 교정한 QTc 간격도 환자군이 $423.93{\pm}18.44msec$, 대조군이 $396.93{\pm}19.85msec$로 두 군간에 유의한 차이를 보였다 (p<0.001). 그러나 자율 신경 장애 접수와 교정한 QTc 간격사이에는 상관 관계가 없었다 (r=0.410, p=0.073). 자율 신경 장애 점수와 수면 다원 검사에서 측정된 항목사이에는 유의한 상관 관계를 가지는 항목을 관찰할 수 없었다. 자율 신경 장애 정도를 유형에 따라 5가지로 분류하고 환자의 분포를 당뇨병 환자와 비교해 본 결과 두 질환은 서로 다른 분포를 보였다. 결 론: 수면 무호흡 증후군 환자에서 심혈관 자율 신경 장애 검사법을 적용하여 자율 신경계의 장애가 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며 심혈관자율 신경 장애 검사법이 수면무호흡 환자의 자율 신경 장애를 평가할 수 있는 유용한 검사법이었다. 앞으로 자율 신경 장애의 발생에 관여하는 인자를 밝히기 위한 더 많은 연구가 시행되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.

  • PDF

Long-term Outcome of Fontan-Associated Protein-Losing Enteropathy: Treatment Modality and Predictive Factor of Mortality

  • Ja-Kyoung Yoon;Gi Beom Kim;Mi Kyoung Song;Sang Yun Lee;Seong Ho Kim;So Ick Jang;Woong Han Kim;Chang-Ha Lee;Kyung Jin Ahn;Eun Jung Bae
    • Korean Circulation Journal
    • /
    • 제52권8호
    • /
    • pp.606-620
    • /
    • 2022
  • Background and Objectives: Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a devastating complication after the Fontan operation. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics, treatment response, and outcomes of Fontan-associated PLE. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 38 patients with Fontan-associated PLE from 1992 to 2018 in 2 institutions in Korea. Results: PLE occurred in 4.6% of the total 832 patients after the Fontan operation. After a mean period of 7.7 years after Fontan operation, PLE was diagnosed at a mean age of 11.6 years. The mean follow-up period was 8.9 years. The survival rates were 81.6% at 5 years and 76.5% at 10 years. In the multivariate analysis, New York Heart Association Functional classification III or IV (p=0.002), low aortic oxygen saturation (<90%) (p=0.003), and ventricular dysfunction (p=0.032) at the time of PLE diagnosis were found as predictors of mortality. PLE was resolved in 10 of the 38 patients after treatment. Among medical managements, an initial heparin response was associated with survival (p=0.043). Heparin treatment resulted in resolution in 4 patients. We found no evidence on pulmonary vasodilator therapy alone. PLE was also resolved after surgical Fontan fenestration (2/6), aortopulmonary collateral ligation (1/1), and transplantation (1/1). Conclusions: The survival rate of patients with Fontan-associated PLE has improved with the advancement of conservative care. Although there is no definitive method, some treatments led to the resolution of PLE in one-fourth of the patients. Further investigations are needed to develop the best prevention and therapeutic strategies for PLE.

Korean Red Ginseng enhances cardiac hemodynamics on doxorubicin-induced toxicity in rats

  • Jang, Young-Jin;Lee, Dongbin;Hossain, Mohammad Amjad;Aravinthan, Adithan;Kang, Chang-Won;Kim, Nam Soo;Kim, Jong-Hoon
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
    • /
    • 제44권3호
    • /
    • pp.483-489
    • /
    • 2020
  • Background: Korean Red Ginseng (KRG) has been known to possess many ginsenosides. These ginsenosides are used for curing cardiovascular problems. The present study show the protective potential of KRG against doxorubicin (DOX)-induced myocardial dysfunction, by assessing electrocardiographic, hemodynamic, and biochemical parameters and histopathological findings. Methods: Animals were fed a standard chow and adjusted to their environment for 3 days before the experiments. Next, the rats were equally divided into five groups (n = 9, each group). The animals were administered with KRG (250 and 500 mg/kg) for 10 days and injected with DOX (20 mg/kg, subcutaneously, twice at a 24-h interval) on the 8th and 9th day. Electrocardiography and echocardiography were performed to study hemodynamics. Plasma levels of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and malondialdehyde were measured. In addition, the dose of troponin I and activity of myeloperoxidase in serum and cardiac tissue were analyzed, and the histopathological findings were evaluated using light microscopy. Results: Administration of KRG at a dose of 250 and 500 mg/kg recovered electrocardiographic changes, ejection fraction, fractional shortening, left ventricular systolic pressure, the maximal rate of change in left ventricle contraction (-dP/dtmax), and left ventricle relaxation (-dP/dtmax). In addition, KRG treatment significantly normalized the oxidative stress markers in plasma, dose dependently. In addition, the values of troponin I and myeloperoxidase were ameliorated by KRG treatment, dose dependently. And, KRG treatment showed better histopathological findings when compared with the DOX control group. Conclusion: These mean that KRG mitigates myocardial damage by modulating the hemodynamics, histopathological abnormality, and oxidative stress related to DOX-induced cardiomyopathy in rats. The results of the present study show protective effects of KRG on cardiac toxicity.

폐문부박리가 폐혈류 역학에 미치는 영향 (Pulmonary Hemodynamic Alterations Following Radical Hilar Stripping)

  • 곽문섭;이홍균
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
    • /
    • 제9권1호
    • /
    • pp.20-26
    • /
    • 1976
  • Author has performed experimental study on hemodynamic changes of lung following radical hilar stripping and contralateral pulmonary artery ligation. In view of hemodynamic changes in group 1 (right pulmonary artery ligation only) and group 2(left hilar stripping+right pulmonary artery ligation). group 2 showed remarkable decrease rate in oxygen uptake (P<0.001) and total pulmonary blood flow(P<0.001), and the more increase rate in mean pulmonary artery pressure(P<0.02) and total pulmonary vascular resistance (P<0.001). Meanwhile, the decrease percent of left lung vascular resistance was lower than group 1(P<0.001). The hemodynamic changes in group 1 returned to control range two weeks later. In the group 2, two dogs were expired as a result of atelectasis and pulmonary hypertension. Among allying 8 dogs, five months after operation, follow up studies performed in two dogs, which showed normal pulmonary hemodynamics similar to preoperative data. The altered blood gas values and decreased oxygen uptake are more remarkable in denervated lung, which may due to pulmonary hypertension and partly retained more secretion in bronchial trees than usual. Important factors of raising pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary artery pressure are considered as the increased blood flow to remaining left lung and dysfunction of pulmonary vascular bed to accept the increased blood flow after denervation. Loss of nerve innervation had a influence, to some extent, to the decrease of oxygen uptake and the increase of pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary artery pressure. There can be little question that denervation does impair the pulmonary hemodynamics, however, intact pulmonary nerve innervation is not absolutely essential for survival of the animal.

  • PDF

최소침습적 관상동맥우회술의 발전단계와 경험에 대한 고찰 (Clinical Experiences of MIDCAB - Developmental Stage and Early Short-term Results -)

  • 이영탁;정철현
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
    • /
    • 제32권11호
    • /
    • pp.1009-1016
    • /
    • 1999
  • Background: Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery(MIDCAB) has been increasing in interest along with the new techniques in myocardial immobilization for easier and safer procedures. Until the opening of the era of new techniques, adequate accuracy and good patency of grafts were debatable. Our experiences of MIDCAB were studied according to the stages of technical developments. Material and Methods: Since March 1996, 55 patients have undergone MIDCAB procedures. The patients of off-pump CABG(no cardiopulmonary bypass under full sternotomy) were excluded from the study. In the early experience(Stage I), a left anterior small thoracotomy through the left parasternal incision was performed(n=6); then an approach through the lower partial sternotomy was used(Stage II, n=33); and recently, a chest wall elevator for harvesting the internal thoracic artery and the foot plate for myocardial immobilization have been used(USSC, Norwalk, CT)(Stage III, n=16). Result: The surgical procedures of four patients in the Stage II group have been converted to conventional bypass because of the deeply seated left anterior descending coronary artery in two patients, fracture of the calcific lesion in the right coronary artery in one patient, and a cardiogenic shock during hypothermia in the other patient with ventricular dysfunction. Two patients in stage II experienced symptomatic recurrences after surgery and restenosis was verified on angiocardiography. They were managed by interventional procedures. All the other patients were doing well without symptoms, except one patients in Stage II who underwent PTCA procedure for a lesion in the circumflex artery during the follow up period. Conclusion: The new and specialized devices are essential to the development of MIDCAB surgery. MIDCAB and the hybrid procedures in multi-vessel disease are on the way to further development. So far, our experience is limited only to a single device among the many new devices for the purpose.

  • PDF

P wave dispersion on 12-lead electrocardiography in adolescents with neurocardiogenic syncope

  • Lee, Dong-Hyuk;Lee, Kyung-Min;Yoon, Jung-Min;Lim, Jae-Woo;Kho, Kyung-Ok;Kil, Hong-Ryang;Cheon, Eun-Jung
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
    • /
    • 제59권11호
    • /
    • pp.451-455
    • /
    • 2016
  • Purpose: Neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) is the most frequent cause of fainting during adolescence. Inappropriate cardiovascular autonomic control may be responsible for this clinical event. The head-up tilt test has been considered a diagnostic standard, but it is cumbersome and has a high false-positive rate. We performed a study to evaluate whether P-wave dispersion (PWD) could be a useful electrocardiographic parameter of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in children with NCS. Methods: Fifty-four patients with NCS (28 boys and 26 girls; mean age, $12.3{\pm}1.4$ years) and 55 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were enrolled. PWD was obtained as the difference between maximum and minimum durations of the P wave on standard 12-lead electrocardiography in all patients and controls Results: The value of PWD was significantly higher in the syncope group than in the control group ($69.7{\pm}19.6$ msec vs. $45.5{\pm}17.1$ msec, respectively; P<0.001). The minimum duration of P wave was shorter in the syncope group than in the control group ($43.8{\pm}16.8$ msec vs. $53.5{\pm}10.7$ msec, respectively; P<0.001). Left atrial volume was not different between the groups on transthoracic echocardiography. Conclusion: PWD on echocardiography could be used as a clinical parameter in patients with NCS.

Effects of Nelumbinis Semen on Contractile Dysfunction in Ischemic and Reperfused Rat Heart

  • Kim, Jong-Hoon;Kang, Moon-Kyu;Cho, Chong-Woon;Chung, Hwan-Suck;Kang, Chang-Woon;Parvez, Shoukat;Bae, Hyun-Su
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
    • /
    • 제29권9호
    • /
    • pp.777-785
    • /
    • 2006
  • Nelumbinis Semen (NS), or lotus seed, is one of the most well-known traditional herbal medicines and is frequently used to treat cardiovascular symptoms in Korea. The anti-ischemic effects of NS on ischemia-induced isolated rat heart were investigated through analyses of changes in blood pressure, aortic flow, coronary flow, and cardiac output. The subjects in this study were divided into two groups: a control, untreated ischemia-induced group, and an ischemia-induced group treated with NS. There were no significant differences in perfusion pressure, aortic flow, coronary flow and cardiac output between the groups before ischemia was induced. The supply of oxygen and buffer was stopped for ten minutes to induce ischemia in isolated rat hearts, and NS was administered during ischemia induction. NS treatment significantly prevented decreases in perfusion pressure, aortic flow, coronary flow and cardiac output under ischemic conditions (p<0.01). In addition, the mechanism of the anti-ischemic effects of NS was also examined through quantitation of intracellular calcium content in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes. NS significantly prevented intracellular calcium increases induced by isoproterenol (p<0.01). These results suggest that NS has distinct anti-ischemic effects through calcium antagonism.