• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.659-666
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• 1990

We evaluated 68 patients with mitral valve disease who underwent mitral valve replacement from April, 1986, to December, 1988. Among them 20 patients showed increased systolic pulmonary arterial pressure greater than 60 mmHg and postoperative hemodynamic data were obtained in 19 patients average 13 months after mitral valve replacement. The results were as followings. 1. Average pulmonary systolic pressure decreased from 84.8$\pm$4.5 preoperatively to 33. 0$\pm$1.9mmHg postoperatively[P<0.001]. 2. Average pulmonary vascular resistance index decreased from 1425$\pm$148 preoperatively to 287+35.8 dyne * sec * cm2 * m postoperatively[P<0.001]. 3. Average cardiac index rose from 1.927$\pm$0.169 preoperatively to 2.625$\pm$0.159 L/min/m2 postoperatively [P <0.005]. This study shows that pulmonary hypertension and the increased pulmonary vascular resistance index due to mitral valve disease can regress significantly after mitral valve replacement.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2000

Background: Reconstruction surgery of mitral valve regurgitation is now considered as an effective operative technique and has shown good long-term results. Although reconstructive surgery of mitral valve has been performed since 1970s, we have started only in early 1990s in full scale because of small number of the mitral regurgitation compared to mitral stenosis and lack of knowledge from the viewpoint of patients and physicians. Material and Method: From January 1992 to December 1996, 100 patients underwent repair of the mitral valve for mitral regurgitation with or without mitral stenosis in Seoul National University Hospital. 45(45%) of the patients were men and 55(55%) were women. The mean age was 39.9$\pm$14.4 years. The causes of the mitral regurgitation were rheumatic in 61, degenerative in 28 and others in 11. According to the Carpentier's pathological classification of mitral regurgitation 5 patients were type I. 55 patients were type II and 40 patients were type III. 7 patients underwent concomitant aortic valvuloplasty and 8 patients underwent aortic valve replacement. 7 patients underwent Maze operation or pulmonary vein isolation. Result: There were no operative death but 3 major operative complications: 2patients were postoperative low cardiac output syndrome(needed intra-aortic ballon pump support) and 1 patient was postoperative bleeding. There was one late death(1.0%) The cause of death was sepsis secondary to acute bacterial endocarditis. 3 patients required reoperation for recurred mitral regurgitation. There were no statistically significant risk factors for reoperation. The other 96 patients showed no or mild degree of mitral regurgitation 99 survivors were in NYHA functional class I or II. There were two throumboembolisms but no anticoagulation-related complications. Conclusion: We concluded that mitral valve repair could be performed successfully in most cases of mitral regurgitation even in the rheumatic and combined lesions with very low operative mortality and morbidity. The early results are very promising.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.164-168
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• 1988

Between November, 1984, and May, 1986, 93 patients underwent combined valvular and coronary artery operation. They were 70 male and 23 female, the age ranging from 29 to 82. From this population 89 patients underwent single valve replacement and 4 patients underwent double valve replacement. Patients with mitral valve disease were in the majority present in the age group between 50 till 70, where as in the group after 60 years, patients with aortic valve disease were dominant. The main indication for aortic valve replacement was aortic stenosis and the indication for mitral valve replacement was equal between mitral stenosis and mitral incompetence, the later was due to papillary dysfunction after myocardial infarction. Dyspnea was a very frequent symptom and it was found in nearly all patients. 28 patients had a previous myocardial infarction and severe left ventricular dysfunction. The grafts were placed prior to valve replacement and periods of myocardial ischemia were kept at a minimum by maintaining coronary perfusion throughout the operation. It is our opinion that simultaneous valve replacement and myocardial revascularization does not increase the risk of cardiac valve replacement substantially.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.236-244
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• 1990

To improve the prognosis of mitral valve replacement surgery, analysis and evaluation of pre and intra operative risk factors will be very much valuable. Author studied 205 cases of mitral valve replacement from Feb 1982 to June 1989 for the risk factors of hospital death. 90 patients were male and 115 were female, and age was from 16 to 59 years, Mitral stenosis dominant lesions were 91 cases and regurgitation 114. Suspected risk factors were NYHA functional class, cardiothoracic ratio, implanted valve type and size, operation time, age and sex, thrombus in left atrium, atrial fibrillation, aortic cross clamping time, left ventricular end diastolic and systolic dimension, nephropathy, hepatopathy and respiratory insufficiency. Statistic analysis was performed by X2 test between survivors and death group. Statistical significances as pre and intraoperative risk factors of hospital death after mitral valve replacement were confirmed in those presence of AF on the EKG, NYHA functional class[>IV], cardiothoracic ratio[>70%], and implanted valve size[>33mm]

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.419-421
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• 2021

Fracture of prosthetic valve leaflets in the absence of traumatic injury is very rare. Leaflet fracture can cause acute pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock and is potentially life-threatening, requiring emergency surgery. Thus, a leaflet fracture must be diagnosed quickly and accurately. We present the case of a 46-year-old man with CarboMedics prosthetic aortic and mitral valve replacements implanted 24 years previously. The patient presented at our emergency department with abrupt dyspnea and fever. We diagnosed severe mitral valve regurgitation with anterior leaflet fracture. The patient underwent venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and delayed mitral valve replacement. The foreign body was removed step by step because the diagnosis was missed. Two pieces of broken leaflets were found in the left common iliac artery and left external iliac artery. The patient was treated successfully and remains asymptomatic 1 year following surgery.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.247-253
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• 1981

A total and consecutive 46 patients have undergone cardiac valvular surgery including 8 open mitral commissurotomy and 38 mitral, aortic, mitral-aortic, mitral-tricuspid, tricuspid valve replacements using 46 artificial valves in a period between September 1976 and July 1981. They were 19 males and 27 females with the age ranging from 16 to 50 (mean 32.6) years. Out of 46 valves replaced, 6 were prosthetic valves and 40 were tissue valves, and 33 were replaced in mitral, 9 in aortic and 3 In tricuspid position. Isolated replacements were 33 mitral valves, 6 aortic valves and 1 tricuspid valve; double valve replacements were 6 mitral-aortic valves and 2 mitral-tricuspid valves. . Early mortality within 30 days after operation was noted in 4 cases; 3 after MVR and 1 after open mitral commissurotomy. Causes of death were thrombus obstruction of Beall-Surgitool, Cerebral air embolism, acute renal shut down due to low output syndrome, and left upper pUlmonary vein rupture after open mitral commissurotomy (early mortality 8.7%). 3 late deaths were noted during the follow-up period from 2 to 59 months; 1 due to cerebral hemorrhage from warfarin overdose 3 months, 1 due to miliary tuberculosis 9 months, and another 1 due to cardiac failure after open mitral commissurotomy 42 months postoperatively. Total survival rate 59 months after valvular surgery was 84.8%; there were no early and late death in the group of AVR, TVR and double valve replacements. Preoperative NYHA Class III & IV were 35 cases (76%) out of total 46 cases, and 38 cases (94.8%) out of 39 survival cases were included In NYHA Class I & II during the follow-up period.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.234-237
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• 1994

We report a case of double orifice mitral valve complicating a partial atrioventricular septal defect.The preoperative diagnosis was suggested by a characteristic angiographic and echocardiographic findings but the correct diagnosis of double orifice mitral valve itself was proven by open heart surgery. The smaller accessory mitral orifice was located in the left lateral leaflet and was left untouched. The A-V septal defect was closed with Gore-Tex patch and localized tricuspid annuloplasty was done using Gore-Tex tubular graft for correction of severe tricuspid regurgitation. The anterior mitral cleft left intact had mild mitral regurgitation on postoperative echocardiography.Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged 2 weeks later.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.363-365
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• 2008

부승모판막(accessory mitral valve tissue)은 매우 드문 선천성 심장병이며, 좌심실 유출로 협착(left ventricular outflow tract obstruction)의 드문 원인 중의 하나이다. 심수축기시에 부승모판막이 낙하산처럼 펴지며 잡아당기고 있어서 앞승모판막첨(anterior mitral valve leaflet)이 좌심실 유출로 쪽으로 당겨지면서 유출로 협착을 유발한다. 저자들은 본 환자에서 심초음파 검사를 통해 대동맥판막하 협착(subaortic stenosis)의 진단 하에 수술을 하였으며, 수술 중 부승모판막을 화인하고 수술을 하였기에 증례 보고를 하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.705-711
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• 2002

승모판 재건술의 장점은 이미 잘 확립되어져 왔고 그래서 최근에는 승모판막 질환에서 판막 재건술 이 선택적인 수술수기로 여겨지고 있다. 저자들은, 승모판막 폐쇄부전으로 판막 재건술을 시행한 38례(승모판 재건술을 시행받은 환자는 총 49명이었으나, 승모판막 치환술을 받은 11명의 환자는 제외함.)의 환자들에서 중기성적을 보고하는 바이다. 대상 및 방법: 1991년 3월부터 2001년 3월까지, 38명의 환자가 승모판막 폐쇄부전으로 판막 재건술을 시행받았고, 일부는 판막협착이 동반되기도 하였다. 평균연령은 47.6 $\pm$ 14.7세(범위 15~70세)이고 이중 11명은 남자 27명은 여자였다. 폐쇄부전의 원인은 퇴행성 14, 류마티스성 21, 감염성 2, 선천성 1명이었다. 결과: Carpentier 기능분류상 제일형 3례, 제이형 16례이고 제삼형은 19례 이었다 적용된 수술수기는 판륜성형술 15, 교련절개술 19, 판첨절제 및 판륜중첩술 9, 건삭단축술 11, 건삭 전이술 5, 새로운 건삭형성술 2례이고, 유두근분할이 2례, 판첨의 세균성증식 제거술이 2례 이었고, 이들 수기들은 대부분 환자에서 복합적으로 적용되었다. 조기사망이 2명이었는데 사망원인은 호흡부전, 신부전 그리고 폐혈증이었고, 만기사망은 없었다 또한 중등도의 승모판막 폐쇄부전 및 승모판의 협착으로 총 6례에서 판막재건술 후 승모판막 치환술이 이루어졌다. 추적관찰 기간은 1개월부터 116개월이고 평균 43개월이었다. 수술 전 후 NYHA 기능분류는 술 전 2.36에서 술 후 1.70으로 호전된 양상을 보였다. 결론 : 대부분의 승모판막 폐쇄부전에서 기술적으로 환자에게 적용이 가능하다면 판막 재건술은 안정적인 기능적 결과를 얻을 수 있고 또 낮은 수술사망이나 만기사망을 얻을 수 있는 효과적인 수술수기가 될 것이다.맥 차단 시간은 평균 $96.6{\pm}35.3$분 이었고, 심폐관류 시간은 평균 179.2${\pm}$94.6분이었다. 전체 조기 사망률은 8.6%이었으나 선택적 수술에서의 사망률은 3.1%였으며 가장 흔한 사망 원인은 6례(2.1%)에서 나타난 저심박출증이었다. 조기 사망에 영향을 미치는 요소는 고혈압, 70세 이상의 고령, 좌심실 박출계수 40% 미만의 좌심실기능 저하, 울혈성 심부전, 술전 대동맥내 풍선펌프, 응급 수술, 만성 신부전이었다. 생존한 환자 269례중 241례에서 추적관찰을 시행하였으며 평균 추적관찰 기간은 39.0127.0개월이었다. 만기 사망이 7례(2.9%)에서 있었으며 이중 4례가 심장질환으로 인한 사망이었고, 증상의 재발이 14례(5.8%)에서 발생하였다. 증상이 재발한 환자 14례중 13례에서 관상동맥 조영술을 시행하였으며 이에 준하여 재관상동맥 우회술, 관상동맥 중재술과 약물요법을 시행했고 1례를 제외한 12례에서 이후 증상의 재발은 없었다. 결론: 관상동맥 우회술후 조기 성적뿐 아니라 만기 사망과 증상의 재발 등에 관하여 지속적으로 추적관찰을 하여 비교적 만족할만한 성적을 얻었으나 성적을 향상시키기 위해서는 수술수기의 향상뿐 아니라 수술후 관리와 외래 추적관찰 등에 대한 적극적인 관심도 필요할 것으로 생각된다.하고도 완전교정술 도달 확률이 높은 치료전략이라는 사실을 입증하였으며 주대동맥폐동맥혈관부행지의 크기나 숫자가 단일화하기 쉬운 형태학적 특징을 지닌 경우에는 조기에 일단계완전교정술을 시행하여 양호한 결과를 얻을 수 있다는 사실을 발견하였다. 반면 본 환아군 중 단일화술을 먼저 시도한 군에서는 비록 단계적인 단일화를 시도한 군에서 단일화술과 관계된 수술사망율이 약간 낮기는 하였으나 완전교정술까지 완료될 가능성에는 차이가 없었다. 그러나

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.355-359
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• 1995

A clinical analysis was performed on 48 cases with mitral stenosis who received open mitral commissurotomy from December 1983 to June 1991 at the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital. Fifteen patients were men and 33 were women. the mean age was 35.6 years with the range of 16 to 61 years. The distribution of preoperative NYHA Functional Classes was as follows; class II, 25 patients; class III, 20 patients; class IV, 3 patients. Three patients had cerebral emboli preoperatively, all of whom were in atrial fibrillation. The preoperative electrocardiographic studies revealed that 32 patients had sinus rhythms and 16 had atrial fibrillations. Twenty-six patients had open mitral commissurotomy alone and 22 patients had additional cardiac procedures. Intraoperatively, there were 6 cases of left atrial thrombosis. There was no perioperative death but early postoperative complications were found in 3 cases. The patients were followed up from 2 to 99 months[mean 33.7 months . There was one case of late unexplained sudden death. There was a case of late postoperative cerebral infarction, 5 cases of mitral restenosis and 3 cases of congestive heart failure and/or arrhythmia. Mitral valve replacements were required in 3 patients.But, it is evident that open mitral commissurotomy has many advantages beyond mitral valve replacement concerning the results of the mitral valve replacement underwent during the same period at the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital.