• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.247-249
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• 2011

We report a case of pseudo-pseudoaneurysm, which is a very rare complication of myocardial infarction. A 69-year-old man was admitted to our clinic with chest tightness and dyspnea. He had undergone aortic valve replacement with a pericardial bioprosthetic valve, ring mitral annuloplasty, and reconstruction of an aortic annular defect due to infective endocarditis with bovine pericardium 4 years prior. Echocardiography and computed tomography showed pericardial effusion and a 16-mm cavity at the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested either pseudo-pseudoaneurysm or myocardial abscess. We successfully repaired the myocardial defect using a patch made from a vascular graft with pledgeted horizontal mattress sutures under cardiopulmonary bypass.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.158-166
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• 1992

From 1985 to 1990, a total of 160 new valves were implanted for 125 adult patients to whom prosthetic valve replacement had been performed [One patient had consecutive 2 reoperations]. Following data are the results from the follow-up study from January 1985 to February 1991. Mean age of the patients was 37.9$\pm$12.1 years. Mean follow-up period was 25.8$\pm$18.8 months. In bioprosthesis, mean interval between the previous operation and reoperation was 85.6$\pm$36.4 months in aortic valve, and 87.3$\pm$30.0 months in mitral valve. The causes of reoperation were prosthetic valve failure[103 patients, 81.7%], prosthetic valve endocarditis[17 patients, 13.5%], periprosthetic leakage[5 patients, 4.0%], and aneurysm of ascending aorta[1 patient, 0.8%]. Fourteen patients[11.1%] died in hospital; 5 in 22 replacement of aortic valve[22.7%], 6 in 73 rereplacement of mitral valve[8.2%], and 3 in 31 replacement of multiple valves [9.7%] Except for 3 intraoperative deaths, postoperative, major and minor complications occurred in 39 patients[31.0%]. And the actuarial 5-year survival rate of operative survivors was 95.5$\pm$8.6%.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.72-76
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• 1980

A successful repair of transected descending thoracic aorta was performed in a 44-year-old man. The patient had once been hospitalized in a local clinic for 7 days after a steering wheel injury. Dealing with right Colle`s fracture, he was transferred to this hospital to rule out aortic injury. On admission, a chest PA film and concomitant aortogram revealed an aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta just distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery measuring 6 cm in diameter and 8 cm in length. He underwent urgent thoracotomy and the injured part of the aorta was replaced with a woven Dacron graft utilizing a Gott`s heparinized aortic shunt. The postoperative course was very smooth except hoarseness and left phrenic nerve palsy due to a blind clamping of the proximal aorta during the operation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.74-77
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• 2015

Chylothorax is a rare postoperative complication of a thoracic surgical procedure. Here, we report a case of chylothorax after thoracic endovascular aortic repair with debranching for the distal arch aneurysm of the aorta. First, the patient was treated by a medical method (nil per os, fat-free diet, and octreotide), but this method failed. The patient strongly refused surgical treatment. Therefore, we tried to occlude the thoracic duct by lymphangiography Lipiodol, and this line of treatment was successful.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.72-75
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• 2011

Aortic thrombi are important because it can cause the central and peripheral embolizations. Aortic thrombi can occur anywhere in the aorta but extremely rare in ascending aorta without atherosclerosis, aneurysm, cardiosurgical or traumatic state. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disorder of connective tissue and it can involve multisystem. Enhanced coagulation pathways, decreased fibrinolysis, and endothelial dysfunction probably contribute to vascular events in SSc. We report a case of a highly mobile thrombus in the ascending aorta, presented as an acute embolic stroke in the patient with systemic sclerosis. Surgical removal was performed to prevent recurrent embolic events.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.406-412
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• 2011

Background: Development of thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections (TAAD) is attributed to unbearable wall tension superimposed on defective aortic wall integrity and impaired aortic repair mechanisms. Central to this repair mechanisms are well-balanced and adequately functional cellular components of the aortic wall, including endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells (SMCs), inflammatory cells, and adventitial fibroblasts. Adventitial fibroblasts naturally produce aortic extracellular matrix (ECM), and, when aortic wall is injured, they can be transformed into SMCs, which in turn are involved in aortic remodeling. We postulated the hypothesis that adventitial fibroblasts in patients with TAAD may have defects in ECM production and SMC transformation. Materials and Methods: Adventitial fibroblasts were procured from the adventitial layer of fresh aortic tissues of patients with TAAD (Group I) and of multi-organ donors (Group II), and 4-passage cell culture was performed prior to the experiment. To assess ECM production, cells were treated with TNF-${\alpha}$ (50 pM) and the expression of MMP-2/MMP-3 was analyzed using western blot technique. To assess SMC transformation capacity, cells were treated with TGF-${\beta}1$ and expression of SM ${\alpha}$-actin, SM-MHC, Ki-67 and SM calponin was evaluated using western blot technique. Fibroblasts were then treated with TGF-${\beta}1$ (10 pM) for up to 10 days with TGF-${\beta}1$ supplementation every 2 days, and the proportion of transformed SMC in the cell line was measured using immunofluorescence assay for fibroblast surface antigen every 2 days. Results: MMP-3 expression was significantly lower in group I than in group II. TGF-${\beta}1$-stimulated adventitial fibroblasts in group I expressed less SM ${\alpha}$-actin, SM-MHC, and Ki-67 than in group II. SM-calponin expression was not different between the two groups. Presence of fibroblast was observed on immunofluorescence assay after more than 6 days of TGF-${\beta}1$ treatment in group I, while most fibroblasts were transformed to SMC within 4 days in group II. Conclusion: ECM production and SMC transformation are compromised in adventitial fibroblasts from patients with TAAD. This result suggests that functional restoration of adventitial fibroblasts could well be a novel approach for the prevention and treatment of TAAD.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.926-929
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• 1991

A 31 year-old male patient underwent surgical treatment of the pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta complicating after the Bentall operation, He had undergone the replacement of the ascending aorta using the composite valved graft with direct coronary reimplantation under the diagnosis of the annuloaortic ectasia of ascending aorta associated with Marfan syndrome. Eleven months after the operation, he started to feel dyspnea and anterior chest pain, and was diagnosed as pseudoaneurysm around the ascending aortic graft. The second operation consisted of the dacron patch closure of the defect of the aortic graft which was the hole for previous coronary reimplantation, and the anastomosis between the coronary orifice and the aortic graft with the intermediate graft of a 10mm woven dacron tube, and suture closure of the fistula opening from the aneurysm. His postoperative course was uneventful and discharged without complication. He is doing well 10 months postoperatively.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.332-334
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• 1995

Two hypertensive men with DeBakey type III dissection were admitted due to acute onset of leg ischemia.One patient had ischemia of both legs,The other patient had ischemia of the right leg.Angiograms showed occlusion of aortic bifurcation in one patient and occlusion of right common iliac artery and right renal artery in the other patient.The first patient who had ischemia of both legs was relieved by axillo-bifemoral bypass operation and the second patient with right leg ischemia by femoro-femoral bypass.The dissection of the aorta was successfully managed by conservative measures including hypotensive medication.The bypass grafts was functioning well one year later.The aortic dissection should not be overlooked as an etiology of acute onset of ischemia of the lower extremities.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.524-527
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• 2009

Stent graft는 점차 대동맥질환에 대해 수술적 치료를 대체하거나 수술 범위를 줄여줄 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 저자들은 상행대동맥과 하행대동맥에 각각 독립된 대동맥류를 가진 80세 남자환자에서 수술적 치료와 스텐트 삽입을 동시에 시행하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 증례보고를 하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.335-342
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• 2003

배경: 급성대동맥 박리증의 수술 시 궁부에 내막 파열이 있는 경우 본원에서는 파열 원위부까지 대동맥 박리부를 치환하여 수술해 왔다. 이의 임상 경험을 분석하여 그 결과를 알아보고자 이 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 뜻 방법: 1996년 3월부터 2002년 7월까지 본원에 Stanford A형 급성 대동맥 박리증으로 수술받은 사람 중 대동맥궁 근처에 내막파열이 있었던 환자 31명을 대상으로 후향성 조사를 시행하였다. 환자의 성비는 남자 12명, 여자 19명이었고 나이는 59.6$\pm$9.4세이었다. 수술은 18명에서는 반궁치환술(Hemiarch replacement)을 시행하였고 13명에서는 궁분지치환술(Arch branch replacement)을 시행하였다. 3명은 Clamshell incision을 28명은 정중흉골절개술을 시행하였다. 모든 환자에서 극저체온 순환정지하에서 원위부 문합과 궁부 치환을 시행하였다. 동반 수술은 Bentall 수술이 2예, axillobifemoral bypass 1예, femorofemoral bypass 1예 carotid a bypass가 1예 등이었다. 결과: 술 후 합병증은 급성신부전이 8예, 중추신경합병증이 3예, 저심박출증이 2예, 말초 순환 부전이 2예, 창상 감염이 2예 발생하였다. 사망은 술 후 30일 이내 원내 사망이 4명으로 사인은 급성신부전 1예, 출혈 1예, 저심박출증 1예 및 말초순환장애 수술 후 재관류 손상 1예였다. 술 후 30일 이후 원내 사망은 3예로 사인은 신부전 1예와 다장기 부전증 2예로 총 수술사망률은 22.5%였다. 퇴원 후 만기 사망은 4예로 사인은 뇌출혈 2예와 원위부 파열이 2예였는데 이 중 반궁치환술을 한 경우가 3예였다. 결론: 반궁치환술은 궁분지치환술보다 상대적으로 수술시간이 짧고 수술사망이 적으나, 만기 사망이 많았다. 궁분지치환술은 수술시간이 길고 사망률이 높은 수술이나 대동맥궁 분지부에 길이 파열된 경우 필요한 수술이므로 향후 더 연구가 필요하리라 생각한다