• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.649-654
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• 1985

After first successful mitral valvotomy by Harken and Bailey in 1948, improvement of surgical technique and cardiac device may last rapidly for several years, but there after many patients deteriorate because of various causes, so incidence of reoperation for cardiac valvular disease has increased time by time. This paper is concerned with 21 patients in whom a second operation has been carried out from Jan. 1963 to Aug. 1984 at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular department, National Medical Center. Of 21 patients, 7 were male and 14 were female, and ages ranged from 14 to 37 years The second operation are classified into groups of secondary closed mitral commissurotomy [3 cases], open commissurotomy following closed mitral commissurotomy [1 case], Valve replacement following closed mitral commissurotomy [14 cases] or bioprosthetic valve replacement [3 cases]. Main cause of reoperation was restenosis or steno insufficiency, and that of bioprosthetic valve failure was bacterial endocarditis [1 case], fibrous tissue overgrowth on the Xenograft [1 case] and technical failure [1 case]. Early operative mortality was absent, but during follow-up, 4 patients died, so late mortality was 19.0%, and main cause of death was congestive heart failure.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.677-679
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• 1989

Recently, we have experienced a case of acute thrombotic obstruction of the St. Jude Medical cardiac valve in the mitral position of the Heart. We will discuss about the incidence, recognition and preventive measurement of the thrombotic St. Jude Medical valve with the review of literatures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.557-564
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• 1987

From September 1980 to July 1986, 135 cases of cardiac valve surgery were performed under the cardiopulmonary bypass. Out of 135 cases, single valve surgery was 114 cases including open mitral commissurotomy 17, mitral annuloplasty 2, mitral valve replacement 85, and aortic valve replacement 10 and double valve surgery was 21 cases. There were 68 males and 67 females ranging from 9 to 57 years of age. Early death within 30 days after operation was 17 cases [12.6%] and caused of death were ventricular arrhythmia 5, low cardiac output syndrome 4, excessive bleeding 3, pulmonary complication 2, and so on. Among 118 early survivors, 5 cases [5.1%] of late death were developed over a period of 2 to 72 months, and main cause of death was fatal bleeding complication associated with anticoagulation therapy. Symptomatically, 91.8% of patients were in NYHA functional class I or II at the end of the follow-up.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.281-295
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• 1978

Last year in this department 100 cases of open heart surgery were done annually. This year 200 cases of open heart surgery were scheduled. During the first 6 months of this year 112 open heart surgery cases were done with 13 deaths [11.6%]. There were 72 cases of cougenital malformation with 9 operative deaths [12.5%], consisting of 23 acyanotic cases with one death [4.5%] and 49 cases of cyanotic cases with 8 deaths [16.3%]. Out of 40 tetralogy of Fallot, 6 cases expired [15%]. For 39 cases of acquired valvular heart disease and one Ebstein anomaly valves were replaced with 4 operative deaths [10%]. Single valve replacement in 33 with 3 operative deaths and double valve replacement in 7 cases with one death were noted. Two patients expired among 28 mitral valve replacement cases [7.1%]. Among 7 double valve replacement patients, consisting of 3 mitral and aortic and 4 mitral and tricuspid valve replacement one case expired. In a case of Ebstein anomaly, tricuspid valve was replaced with plication of atrialized right ventricle successfully. The operative result was excellent.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.199-212
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• 1978

One hundred cases of cardiac valve replacement were done at this Department in the period from June 1968 to May 15, 1978. Seventy-one cases of mitral, 12 aortic, and one tricuspd valve were replaced. There were 16 cases of double valve replacement, 10 aortic with mitral and 6 mitral with tricuspid valve replacement. Prosthetic valves-Beall, Bjoerk-Shiley, Starr-Edwards, Wada-Cutter, Magovern-Cromie, and Smeloff-Cutter valves-were used. But in recent years bioprosthetic valves-Hancock, Carpentier-Edwards, and Angell-Shiley valves-were used mainly due to the difficulties of postoperative anticoagulation, especially for the rural Korean patients. Over all operative mortality was 2896, 26.2% for single and 37.5% for double valve replacement cases. There were 4 postoperative thrombo-embolism cases with 2 deaths. Four postoperative subacute bacterial endocardities cases with 2 deaths were noted. Three cases of postoperative congestive heart failure succumbed. Two cases of peri valvular leakage, one of which needs reopration, were found. There were 28 operative and 9 late deaths, leaving 63 long-tel m survivors, who showed marked improvements.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.249-254
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• 1993

Atrial fibrillation is commonly associated with organic mitral valve disease including rheumatic valvular heart diasease or mitral valve prolapse and so forth. Although spontaneous sinus reversion may occur in some patients after mitral valve operation, recurrence of atrial fibrillation is the rule in most of these patients. We have tried to maintain sinus rhythm after mital valve operation with oral quinidine therapy, and we will show the efficacy of this therapy in this report. From January 1986 to August 1992, 60 patients of mitral valvular heart disease, who had had atrial fibrillation preoperatively and gained sinus rhythm postoperatively, were selected for this study. These patients were divided into 2 groups: Control group [n=30] and Quinidine trial group [n=30]. The age,sex, duration of symptoms,left atrial size and other risk factors of the reversion to atrial fibrillation were adjusted to be similar between the two groups. The maintenance rate of sinus rhythm was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method, and the rate was significantly higher in quinidine trial group than in control group [ p=0.0001 ]. Univariate analysis was performed on the risk factors of reversion to atrial fibrillation, and the difference of maintenance rate between the two groups were corrected with this result: the difference was still statistically significant [ p=0.0205 ]. The quinidine levels were measured in postoperative days, and there were no difference of serum quinidine level between the quinidine success group and quinidine failure group. In conslusion, oral quinidine therapy was effective for the maintenance of sinus rhythm after mitral valve operation compared to control group, and there was no correlation between the serum quinidine level and clinical efficacy of quinidine therpy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권11호
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• pp.820-827
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• 2003

승모판막폐쇄부전에 대한 판막성형술은 치환술에 비해 많은 장점들이 있다 하지만 심내막염으로 인한 승모판막폐쇄부전에 대한 성형술 결과에 대한 연구보고는 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 대상 및 방법: 1995년 4월부터 2001년 10월까지 급성 혹은 치유된 심내막염으로 발생한 승모판막폐쇄부전으로 판막성형술을 받은 14명의 환자를 대상으로 후향적으로 조사하였다. 남녀비는 9 : 5이었고 평균 연령은 32$\pm$10세였다. 과거에 색전증은 4명에서 있었으며 2명은 급성심내막염 상태에서 수술을 하였다. 승모판막폐쇄부전은 III도가 6명, IV도가 8명 이었다. 시행된 승모판성형술로는 판륜성형술이 12명에서 판첨성형술은 14명에서 시행되었다 한 명은 술후 경식도초음파 검사에서 승모판폐쇄부전이 II도 이상으로 관찰되어 판막치환술을 시행하였다. 결과: 조기사망은 없었으며 승모판막폐쇄부전은 13명 모두 0-I도를 승모판협착은 13명에서 경도 이하 상태였다. 35$\pm$22개월을 추적조사한 결과 만기사망은 없었다. 승모판막폐쇄부전은 11명(84.6%)에서 0-I도를, 승모판협착은 12명(92.3%)에서 경도 이하 상태였다. 재수술은 한 명(7.1%)에서 수술 47개월 후 승모판 및 대동맥판폐쇄부전으로 이중판막치환술이 필요하였다. 5년 후 승모판막폐쇄부전 재발 및 재수술로부터의 자유도는 각각 91$\pm$9%와 75$\pm$22%였다. 결론: 심내막염으로 인한 심한 승모판막폐쇄부전에서 판막성형술은 양호한 조기 및 중기 생존율과 감염의 재발 없이 현저한 증상 호전을 보이며, 일부 선택된 심내막염성 승모판막폐쇄부전 환자들에서 성형술은 좋은 치료방법의 하나라고 생각한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.373-377
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• 1997

소아에서의 선천성 승모판 폐쇄부전은 다른 기형의 동반과 함께 일찍 심부전을 일으키게 되나 기계 판막과 조직 판막 모두 소아에서는 한병증과 재수술을 요하는 바 자신의 조직을 최대한 이용하여 교정하는 것이 바람직하다. 1991년 1월부터 1995년 5월까지 15세이하의 소아에서 선천성승모판폐쇄부전증으로 32예에서 교정수술을 시행하였다. 나이는 3개월에서 9년 7개월(평균 24.0 $\pm$26.1) 이었으며 남아가 16예, 여아가 16예 였다. 26예(81 %)에서 심장기형을 동반하였으며 이중 심실중격결손증이 18예를 차지하고 있었다. 수술시 승모판막의 병리적 소견을 보면 판막윤의 확장만을 보인 경우가 7예, 판막침의 탈출증이 18예, 판막에 열이 있는 경우가 5예 그리고 판막침의 운동장애를 보인 경우가 2예 있었다. 판막의 교정은 판막윤 성형술만을 시행한 경우가 14예, redundant leaflet을 교정한 경우가 6예, 판막열을 폐쇄한 경우가 5예, 판막삭의 축소를 시행한 경우가 4예, 판막의 부분절제가 2예, 유두상근의 분리를 1예에서 시행하였다. 수술사망은 없었으며 만기사망은 심부전과 패혈증으로 2예에서 발생되었다. 추적관찰시 8예 에서 교정된 판막의 부전이 濚森퓸\ulcorner이중 2예에서 재수술을 시행하여 판막을 인공판막으로 치환하였다. 모든 환아의 46개월의 생존율은 92.5%를 보였으며 재수술회피율은 12개월, 46개월시 95%와 92.5% 를 보였고 판막교정의 실패율은 12개월,46개월시 68.7%와 61 8%를 보였다. 그러므로 소아에서 승모판의 교정수술은 비록 판막교정의 실패율은 높지만 낮은 사망과 낮은 재의 위험성을 보이기 때문에 소아에서 승모판폐쇄부전증은 가능곤판막의 재건으로 치료해야 할것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.90-94
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• 1996

1994년 4월부터 1995년 3월까지 승모판폐쇄부전 환자 6명에서 확장성 polytetrafluoroethylene을 사용하여 건삭재건 수술술기인 새로운 건삭형성술을 이용하여 승모판 재건을 시도하였다. 승모판 폐쇄부전의 원인으로는 3명에서 전첨탈출(anterior leaflet prolapse), 나머지 3명은 양첨탈출(both leaflet prolapse)이었다. 6례 환자의 평균연령은 65세(범위 55∼75)였으며, 남성 3명, 여성 3명이었다. 수술 사망례는 없었고, 수술후 합병증 없이 퇴원하여 현재 관찰중이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.441-444
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• 2007

슬라이드 판막륜 성형술은 승모판막 폐쇄 부전증 환자에서 승모판막 성형술 후 드물게 발생하는 승모판막 전엽의 전방 운동의 발생을 막는 효과가 있다. 저자들은 과도한 판막륜 조직과 심각한 판막륜이완으로 인해 발생한 승모판막 역류를 보이는 말판 증후군 환자에서 벽측 판막륜 주름을 잡아 광범위한 사각절제술과 슬라이드 판막륜 성형술을 용이하게 하여 성공적인 판막 성형술을 시행하였기에 보고하는 바이다.