• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.518-525
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• 1992

50 months experience with St-Jude Medical Cardiac Valve Prosthesis The St. Jude Medical valve has become our mechanical valvular prosthesis of choice because of favorable hemodynamic results that associated with marked clinical improvement and low incidence of thromboembolism. The data for this study was collected from April 1986 to May 1990, four years period. There were total of 110 patients[female 53, male 58] in this series with 22 isolated aortic valve, 66 isolated mitral valve, 20 double valve, 2 tricuspid valve replacement. The mean follow up time was 23 months. Postoperatively, 77% of cases were in New York Heart Association[NYHA] functional class I, and mild and moderate symptoms[NYHA II ] were present in 20% and there were very few patients remaining in higher functional classifications. In postoperative echocardiographic study showed marked improved cardiac function. The overall early mortality was 5.4% and was higher after double[13.3%] and mitral valve replacement[5.6%] and the late mortality was one case after mitral valve replacement due to endocarditis. The cause of death in early mortality was attributed to heart failure, acute renal failure, sepsis, etc.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.262-269
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• 1999

배경: 약 11년 동안의 대동맥판막치환술에 대한 중.장기임상성적을 알아보기 위해 대동맥판막 치환술을 시행하였던 환자들을 추적관찰하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1986년 2월부터 1997년 5월까지 134례의 대동맥판막치환술이 시행되었다. 남자가 71명, 여자가 63명이었고 평균 연령은 38.9세였으며 최저 17세에서 최고 70세의 연령범위를 보였다. 결과: 동반된 수술은 승모판치환술(62례), 승모판치환술과 삼첨판성형술(14례), 대동맥륜확대술(16례), Cabrol 술식(10례) 등이었다. 119개의 기계판막과 15개의 조직판막이 치환되었으며 21 mm 이하의 작은 판막이 68례에서 치환되었다. 술후 조기 합병증은 35례에서 발생하였는데 이 중 울혈성심부전 9례, 저심박출증 6례, 술후 출혈 5례, 흉막 삼출액 5례 등의 발생빈도를 보였다. 조기사망은 13례(9.7%)에서 발생하였으며 그 원인은 저심박출증(5례), 울혈성 심부전(2례), 범발성 혈관내 응고장애(2례) 등이었다. 총 추적기간 누계는 452.7 환자-년이었으며 평균 추적기간은 3.4$\pm$3.1 년/환자였다. 판막과 유관한 장기합병증은 9례에서 발생하였는데 항응혈제관련 출혈 4례, 심내막염 2례, 혈색전증 2례, 판막파괴 1례 등이 있었다. 추적기간 중 심장과 유관한 후기 사망은 5례(1.1%/환자-년)에서 발생하였으며 이 중 항응혈제관련 출혈이 2례, 심부전이 2례, 심내막염이 1례였다. 결론: Kaplan-Meier 방법에 의한 11년 보험 통계적 생존률은 91.0$\pm$4.3%였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.411-413
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• 2020

A 34-year-old man who had undergone aortic valve replacement 8 years ago underwent an additional Bentall operation due to mechanical valve dehiscence 2 years later. Subsequently, he was diagnosed with Behçet disease and Batter syndrome. A week after being hospitalized again due to chest pain and dyspnea, a large pseudo-aneurysm was detected on computed tomography. Because of the excessively large size of the pseudo-aneurysm, surgical treatment seemed very risky. Therefore, we planned to perform thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and treated him successfully. However, the patient experienced recurrence of the same symptoms 4 months later, and was found to have type IV endoleak. He received a TEVAR procedure again, and it was successful.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.1031-1036
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• 1998

연구배경 : Medtronic-Hall 기계판막은 세계적으로 흔히 쓰이고 있으나, 우리 나라에는 그에 대한 임상연구가 되어 있지 않다 재료 및 방법 : 1986년 3월부터 1990년 5월까지 Medtronic-Hall 기계판막을 이용한 인공 심장판막 치환 환자 50례를 대상으로 하였다. 환자의 평균 연령은 35세였고 남녀비는 17:33이었다. 결과 : 판막 병변의 원인은 류마티스성이 43례로 대부분을 차지했고 38명의 환자에서 승모판 치환술을 7명에서 중복판막치환술을 그리고 5명의 환자에서 대동맥판막 치환술을 시행하였다. 술전 NYHA 기능 분류는 Class III 혹은 Class IV가 91.5%였지만 술후는 ClassI혹은 Class II가 87.2%로 호전된 양상을 보였다. 심장초음파 검사상 좌심방내경, 수축말기 및 확장말기 좌심실내경은 술후 모두 감소하였고 심박출률은 증가하였다. 술후 합병증은 출혈 3례, 저심박출 증후군 2례, 혈전색전증 1례, 전격성 간염 1례가 있었고 병원 사망례는 3례였다. 혈전색전증의 발생률은 1.5%/환자.년이었고 5년 생존률은 93.65$\pm$0.71%, 10년 생존률은 88.27$\pm$6.4%였다. 결론 : 이상에서 Medtronic-Hall 기계판막은 판막에 관련된 합병증 발생률이 낮고 판막의 내구성도 뛰어나며 혈역학적 수행능력이 타 기계판막에 뒤떨어지지 않는 판막으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.158-159
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• 1993

The hemorragic episode is the major problem of mechanical prosthesis, because of the necessity for anticoagulant therapy to prevent complication of thromboembolism. Double valve replacement was performed to 42 year old male due to aortic stenoinsufficiency and mitral stenosis. For anticoagulant therapy, the patient has been given wafarin under the control of prothrombin time 0.5-2 times of normal) in the our hospital. The patient was injuried the right pelvic area by waves in the beach 4 years after double valve replacement. Pelvic MRI scan showed huge hematoma in the right pelvic cavity. The patient was operated removal of intrapelvic hematoma.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.371-382
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• 1985

Over the past 4 decades after World War II a great deal of data and clinical experiences have been accumulated relating to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases in Korea. Clinical data on cardiovascular surgical cases performed in all 22 hospitals for open heart surgery in Korea was collected from it`s starting up to December 1984. The first recorded open heart surgery for a young adult atrial septal defect was performed by Young Kyoon Lee, M.D. on August 7, 1959, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea. And, some scattered reports on cardiovascular surgical cases in it`s early period have changed recently the number of hospitals for open heart surgery and clinical cases enormously in total amount of 13, 100 cardiovascular operations performed on 12, 990 cases up to December 1984. Of the total 13, 100 cardiovascular operations, congenital cardiovascular anomaly occupied 70%. Of the congenital cases, 6, 580 operations for acyanotic group [operative mortality 4.5%], and 2, 489 operations for cyanotic group [operative mortality 20%]. The incidence of congenital cardiovascular anomaly in order of frequency was ventricular septal defect [29%], patent ductus arteriosus [26%], Tetralogy of Fallot [22%], atrial septal defect [8, 6%], pulmonary valve stenosis [3.0%], and endocardial cushion defect [1.1%]. Of the 3, 412 valvular heart disease cases, which occupied 85% of total 4, 031 acquired cardiovascular disease, individual incidence was in mitral 2, 565 [63.5%], double valve 451 [11.1%], and simple aortic valve 351 [8.7%]. Total number of valve replaced, mechanical and tissue, was 2, 795, and 1, 884 for mitral, 808 for aortic, and 103 for tricuspid in position. Operative mortality for prosthetic valve replacement in total was 9.8%. Remained acquired cardiovascular cases chronic constrictive pericarditis [7.9%], cardiac tumor [1.9%], coronary artery bypass [1.8%], cardiac trauma [1.2%] and less than 1% of thoracic aortic aneurysm. Overall operative mortality for open and non-open cardiovascular surgical operation was 7.7% [congenital acyanotic group 3.2%, congenital cyanotic group 19.4%, and acquired group 7.8%]. In conclusion, present status of cardiovascular surgery in Korea is stabilized with accumulation of clinical cases and experiences, and the future in the field of cardiovascular surgery is promising, especially in the infant cardiac surgery and aortocoronary bypass surgery, with abrupt increase of specialized cardiac centers, trained specialists, and expanding social health insurance.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2021

Background: Sutureless and rapid deployment valves for aortic valve replacement (AVR) were introduced in Korea in December 2016. This study evaluated changing trends in the prosthetic valves used for AVR in Korea after the introduction of sutureless and rapid deployment valves. Methods: From December 2016 to December 2018, 4,899 patients underwent AVR in Korea. After applying the exclusion criteria, 4,872 patients were analyzed to determine changes in the type of prosthetic valve used for AVR. The study period was divided into 5 groups corresponding to 5-month intervals. Results: The total number of AVR cases was 194.88±28.78 per month during the study period. Mechanical valves were used in approximately 27% to 33% of cases, and the proportion of mechanical valve use showed a tendency to decrease, with marginal significance overall (p=0.078) and significant decreases in patients less than 60 years of age and in men (p=0.013 and p=0.023, respectively). The use of sutureless valves increased from 13.4% to 25.8% of cases (p<0.001), especially in elderly patients (>70 years) and those requiring concomitant surgery. In a comparison between sutureless and rapid deployment valves, the use of Perceval S valves (a type of sutureless valve), gradually increased (p<0.001). Conclusion: After the introduction of sutureless and rapid deployment valves in Korea, the rate of use of these new valves remarkably increased, especially in elderly patients and those requiring concomitant surgery. Further studies should investigate the clinical outcomes of these new prostheses.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.283-290
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• 1988

St. Jude Medical cardiac valve replacement was performed in 90 consecutive patients from Jan. 1984 to Dec. 1987. 54 had mitral, 12 had aortic and 24 had multiple valve replacement. Follow up extended for 1 to 47 months[mean 17.1 month] with a cumulative period of 1351 months. The overall actuarial survival rate at 4 years was 87.1% and overall hospital mortality was 6.7%. The linearlized incidence of thrombotic obstruction, thromboembolism, valve failure was 0.8% / pt. yr. each. The lower incidence of valve related mortality or morbidity was statistically significant. The performance of the St. Jude Medical mechanical valve was excellent compared to other substitute valves and has low incidence of thromboembolism or valve failure.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.296-306
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• 1992

A 6 year experience with the bileaflet St. Jude Medical valve is reported. Between Feb. 1986 and Dec. 1992, 68 patients received 87 such valves[36 mitral, 13 aortic, and 19 double mitral-aortic valve replacements]. The results are summarized as follows 1. There were 35 male and 33 female patients ranging in age from 17 to 55 years the mean age of 35.3 $\pm$ 9.7 years. 2. The mean aortic clamp time[ACT] of the MVR, AVR and DVR groups were 91.5$\pm$16.4, 117.2$\pm$28.7 and 165.5$\pm$24.1 minutes. The mean total bypass time [TBT] of the MVR, AVR and DVR groups were 112.8$\pm$19.5, 134.7$\pm$31.4 and 192.2$\pm$28.5 minutes. 3. Eighty seven valves were used [55 mitral site, 32 aortic site]. 31mm[20], 33mm[15], 29mm[15], 27mm[2], 25mm[2] and 35mm[1] were used in mitral site and 23mm[13], 21mm[8], 19mm[7] and 25mm[4] were used in the aortic site. In the DVR, there were valve combinations such as 4 cases of M[29mm]-A[19mm], 4 of M[31mm]-A[23mm], 3 of M[33mm]-A[23mm] and others. 4. Preoperative NYHA functional classes were II [3 cases], III [46 cases], IV[19 cases] and improved to I [52 cases] and Il [13 cases] postoperatively. 5 Early postoperative complications were occurred in 15 cases[2Z.l%] and there were LOS in 5 cases[7.4%], arrythmia [3 cases], wound infection [2 cases], hepatitis [2 cases], sudden cardiac arrest [2 cases] and postoperative bleeding [1 case]. The early hospital death was occurred in 3 cases[4.4%] with LOS [1 case] and sudden cardiac arrest [2 cases]. 6. Mean follow-up time of survival cases[65 cases] was 31.3$\pm$21.9 months and the total follow-up time was 169.8 patient-years. Late postoperative complications were occurred in 4 cases[2 thromboembolism, 1 paravalvular leak, 1 thromboembolism br paravalvular leak, 1 valve endocarditis] with the occurrence rate as 2.35% per patient-years. Reoperation was performed in 2 cases [1 paravalvular leak, 1 left atrial thrombus] and there was one [1.5%] late valve related death. Therefore the 6 year complication free rate was 90.6% and 6 year actuarial survival rate was 98.3$\pm$1.7%. On the basis of this experience and the results, SJMvalve appears to be one of the best performing mechanical prosthesis currently available, in terms of both hemodynamics and lower complications with warfarin antioagulation.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.285-298
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• 1992

An analysis of the dynamics in the closing phase of the occluder of a mechanical monoleaflet heart valve prosthesis is presented. The dynamic analysis of the fluid in the vicinity of the occluder was based on the control vo]use approach. The backflow velocity of the fluid was computed by applying the continuity, Bernoulli's and momentum equations in the unsteady state. By considering the fluid pressure and gravity as external forces acting on the occluder, the moment equilibrium on fine occluder was employed to analyze the motion of the occluder during closing and the force of impact between the occluder and the guiding struts. Occluder comes to rest after several oscillations in about 10-18 msec after the Inltiaton of closing. As the aortic pressure increases, the occludes closes faster and comes to the final resting position earlier and the impact force increases also. But backflow is not af footed by the variation of the aortic pressure. With decreasing time delay of the ventricle pressure, the occluder closes faster and impact force Increases. The computed magnitudes of the occluder tiP velocities as well as the backflow of the fluid during the closing phase using this model were in agreement with previously reported experimental measurements.