• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.579-582
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• 1995

The extended transseptal approach to the mitral valve replacement has been used for 30 patients. There were 19 women and 11 men. Twenty five patients had rheumatic heart disease, 4 had degenerative valve ,and 1 had valve prolapse. Fifteen of 30 patients had other associated procedure; 10 had aortic valve replacement; 5 had tricuspid annuloplasty. There were no postoperative complications associated with the approaches, ie, no bleeding, no sinus node dysfuction, and no atrioventricular conduction disturbance. Despite division of the sinus node artery, preoperative atrial rhythms[3 sinus rhythms and 27 atrial fibrillations were not changed during postoperative period. The extended transseptal approach provides good mitral valve exposure without inherent complications, and is superior to that of standard approach, so we use it routinely for mitral valve procedure.

• 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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• 제22권6호
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• pp.970-979
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• 1989

From April 1982 to December, 1988, multiple valve replacement was performed in 49 patients. Mitral and aortic valve replacement were done in 42 patients, 4 underwent mitral and tricuspid valve replacement and 3 patients underwent triple valve replacement. Of the valve implanted, 50 were Duromedics, 21 St. Jude, 13 Bjork-Shiley, 9 Carpentier-Edwards, 6 Ionescu-Shiley, and 2 Medtronic. The hospital mortality rate was 28.5 % [14 patients] and the late mortality rate was 6.1 % [3 patients], the mortality rate was high in early operative period but decreased with time. [20% at 1986, 18.2 % at 1987, 9.5% at 1988] The causes of death were low cardiac output in 8, congestive heart failure in 2, multiple organ failure in 1, LV rupture in 1, intracerebral hemorrhage in 1 and sudden death in l. The actuarial survival rate excluding operative death was 77% at 7 years.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.559-569
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• 2004

CarboMedics 기계판막은 낮은 판막관련 합병증을 보인다고 보고되어 왔다. 이 논문의 목적은 CarboMedics기계판막 치환술 후 장기 임상성적을 분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1988년 8월부터 1999년 9월까지 850명의 환자를 대상으로 1144예의 CarboMedics 판막치환술이 이루어졌다(대동맥판막 치환군 179예, 승모판막 치환군 385예, 이중판막치환군 234예, 삼첨판막 치환군 52예). 환자들의 평균연령은 44.5 $\pm$ 12.5세였고 완전 추적관찰은 95.3%의 환자에서 이루어졌으며, 평균 추적관찰 기간은 7.9년이었다. 결과: 병원 사망률은 3.4%였으며, 환자군에 따라 분류하면 대동백판막군 1.7%, 승모판막군이 2.6%, 이중판막군 4.7%, 그리고 삼첨판막군 9.6%로서 삼첨판막군이 대동맥판막군이나 승모판막군보다 수술사망률이 높았다(p〈0.05). 대동맥판막군, 승모판막군, 이중판막군, 그리고 삼첨판막군의 10년 생존율은 각각 87.1 $\pm$ 2.6%, 88.9 $\pm$ 1.7%, 82.4 $\pm$ 2.9%, 그리고 77.5 $\pm$ 7.0% 였으며, 환자의 연령과 삼첨판막 치환술이 다변량분석에서 장기생존에 영향을 미치는 위험인자였다(p〈0.05). 대동맥판막군, 승모판막군, 이중판막군, 그리고 삼첨판막군의 10년 혈전색전증 회피율은 92.5 $\pm$ 2.3%, 94.2 $\pm$ 1.4%, 94.3 $\pm$ 1.7%, 그리고 97.8 $\pm$ 2.2%였으며, 10년 항응고제 연관 출혈 회피율은 92.5 $\pm$ 2.6%, 93.0 $\pm$ 1.5%, 96.7 $\pm$ 1.3%, 그리고 88.6 $\pm$ 5.5%였으며, 10년 판막혈전증 회피율은 99.4 $\pm$ 0.6%, 98.2 $\pm$ 0.8%, 99.2 $\pm$ 0.8%, 그리고 87.6 $\pm$ 0.5%로서 삼첨판막군이 다른 판막 치환군에 비해 의미 있게 높은 판막혈전증의 발생을 보였다(p 〈0.05). 결론: CarboMedics 기계판막을 이용한 판막치환술의 장기성적에서 만족할 만한 생존율과 낮은 판막관련 합병증을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 삼첨판막 치환술은 다른 위치의 판막치환술과 비교하여 높은 수술사망률과 판막혈전증의 빈도를 보였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.422-425
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• 2015

Amyloid deposits in the heart are not exceptional in systemic amyloidosis. The clinical manifestations of cardiac amyloidosis may include restrictive cardiomyopathy, characterized by progressive diastolic and eventually systolic biventricular dysfunction; arrhythmia; and conduction defects. To the best of our knowledge, no previous cases of isolated tricuspid regurgitation as the initial manifestation of cardiac amyloidosis have been reported. We describe a rare case of cardiac amyloidosis that initially presented with severe tricuspid regurgitation in a 42-year-old woman who was successfully treated with tricuspid valve replacement. Unusual surgical findings prompted additional evaluation that established a diagnosis of plasma cell myeloma.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.67-70
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• 2015

Traumatic tricuspid regurgitation is a rare complication of blunt chest trauma caused by chordal rupture, anterior papillary muscle rupture and anterior leaflet tear. Since clinical symptoms are vague, early diagnosis is difficult and some patient exhibit symptoms of right heart failure. Right heart failure has been the traditional indication for surgical treatment, such as tricuspid valve replacement. Recently, early detection using transthoracic echocardiography and surgical treatment, like valve repair, prior to overt right heart failure have been shown to better prognosis. We report a case of traumatic tricuspid regurgitation with chordal rupture in patient due to traffic accident.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.522-526
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• 1990

We have experienced 2 cases vocal cord paralysis after open heart surgery. One was a postoperatively developed right unilateral vocal cord paralysis after prosthetic mitral valve replacement with tricuspid valve annuloplasty. The other was a postoperative left unilateral vocal cord paralysis after prosthetic aortic and mitral valve replacement with tricuspid annuloplasty. They were intubated for forty-eight and seventy-two hours but after extubation complained of hoarseness, aphonia, anxiety, and ineffective coughing Indirect laryngoscopy performed at about postoperative one week, revealed partial paralysis and decreased mobility of the vocal cord. After active phonation therapy, symptoms were improved gradually and in the follow up indirect laryngoscopy, the vocal cord paralysis was improved. The symptoms were recovered completely at about postoperative one month in both. The cause of vocal cord paralysis after open heart surgery may be any retraction or stretching injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve, especially right side, during median sternotomy retraction and open heart operation procedures. As a result, avoid of excessive spread of median sternotomy retractor and excessive manipulation and retraction of the heart during open heart procedures will reduce the occurrence of the vocal cord paralysis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.283-285
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• 2018

A 73-year-old woman who underwent combined bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement, tricuspid ring annuloplasty, and coronary artery bypass grafting 12 years previously visited our clinic due to aggravated dyspnea caused by structural valve deterioration of the mitral prosthesis. Because aortic or femoral artery cannulation and cross-clamping would have a high risk of stroke owing to severe calcification of the ascending aorta and ilio-femoral vessels, and because there was a risk of redo sternotomy due to the patent bypass grafts, a comprehensive approach including axillary artery cannulation, a minimally invasive right thoracotomy approach, and a clampless hypothermic fibrillatory arrest technique was used during redo mitral valve replacement.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.114-121
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• 1994

St. Jude Medical cardiac valve replacement was performed in 135 consecutive patients from Aug.1986 to Dec. 1991.72 had mitral, 28 had aortic, 1 had tricuspid and 34 had double valve replacement. The hospital mortality rate was 4.4% & the late mortality rate was 3.7 %. Follow-up was done on 115 surviving patients:mean follow-up period was 29.78 $\pm$ 18.32 months. Paravalvular leakage was observed in two patients, possible prosthetic valvular endocarditis wasobserved in one patient and other specific valve-related complications were none. The overall actuarial survival rate at 6 years were 91.6% in total, 96.4% in aortic, 95.5 % in mitral and 81.9 % in double valve replacement.We concluded, therefore that good clinical results and a low complication rate could be achieved with St. Jude Medical valve in short-term follow-up & long-term follow-up was also necessary.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.5-9
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• 1999

배경: Ebstein 기형은 삼첨판, 우심실 및 우심방의 특징적인 변형을 보이는 희귀한 선천성 심질환이다. 이 질환의 외과적인 치료는 삼첨판성형술과 판막치환술로 두가지가 시행되고있으나 가장 좋은 술식에 대해서는 의견이 일치되고 있지는 않다. 대상 및 방법: 본원에서 1984년 1월부터 1996년 12월까지 Ebstein기형의 수술적 교정을 한 8례를 대상으로 하였으며 대상 환자의 연령 및 성별분포, 임상증상, 흉부 방사선학적 소견, 술전 검사소견, 수술소견, 수술방법, 수술 결과등을 비교검토하였다. 결과: 성비는 남자 5명, 여자 3명이었고, 연령분포는 최소 2세에서 최고 28세로 평균연령은 17.6세였다. 모든예에서 전형적인 삼첨판의 변형을 보였으며 동반된 심기형으로는 개방성 난원창, 심방중격 결손증, 폐동맥 협착증이 있었다. 수술적 방법으로는 삼첨판막 치환술과 삼첨판륜 성형술 및 주름 성형술을 각각 4례씩 실시하였다. 술후 합병증으로 Danielson 술식을 받은 2례에서 빈맥이 있었으며 삼첨판 치환술을 받은 2례에서 완전 방실차단이 생겨 인공심박동기를 설치하였다. 2례의 술후 사망례가 있었으며 생존한 6례에서는 술후 평균 64.83 개월간 추적 관찰결과 NYHA class I-II로 별문제 없이 지내고 있고 술전보다 양호한 심기능을 보였다. 술후 5례에서 심초음파를 실시하였고 삼첨판의 역류정도는 술전 중등도이상에서 술후 경증도로 개선되었다. 결론: Ebstein 기형의 수술적 방법의 선택은 각환자의 해부학적 특성에 따라 다르지만, 삼첨판의 기형과 변형이 작고 판막치환이 필요하지않다면 삼첨판륜성형과 주름성형술이 좋은 술식이라고 판단된다.