• 보험의학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.10-14
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• 2012

The importance of the diseases which are differentiated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cannot be overemphasized in insurance medicine. Although there are lots of diseases similar with AMI, in this paper, 5 diseases were described; Myocardial bridging, cocaine toxicity, myocarditis, cardiac syndrome X, and Takotsubo syndrome. Costs of the interventions like coronary angiography or echocardiography are relatively low in Korea compared to western countries. Therefore, detection of those diseases has been increased recently and illegal drug addiction also has been increased probably due to globalization. In conclusion, the knowledge of those diseases dealt with this article could be helpful for the person who is related to insurance medicine.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.788-794
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• 2011

Purpose: Reduced heart rate variability significantly increases cardiovascular mortality. Metabolic syndrome increases the cardiac autonomic dysfunction. Recently, increasing cardiovascular mortality has been reported in patients with schizophrenia. This study was done to compare heart rate variability between adults with and without schizophrenia and to compare the relationship of heart rate variability to metabolic syndrome in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia. Methods: This was a descriptive and correlational study in which 719 adults without schizophrenia and 308 adults with schizophrenia took part between May and June 2008. We measured the following: five-minute heart rate variability; high-frequency, low-frequency, the ratio of low-frequency to high-frequency, and the Standard Deviation of all the normal RR intervals. Data was also collected on metabolic syndrome, abdominal obesity, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, blood pressure and fasting glucose. Results: The Standard Deviation of all the normal RR intervals values of heart rate variability indices were $1.53{\pm}0.18$. The low-frequency and high-frequency values of heart rate variability indices were significantly higher in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia ($3.89{\pm}1.36$; $3.80{\pm}1.20$) than those in the healthy participants ($2.20{\pm}0.46$; $2.10{\pm}0.46$). There were no significant differences between the schizophrenic patients with and without metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that schizophrenia patients have significantly lower cardiac autonomic control, but they have significantly higher low-frequency and high-frequency values than those of healthy adults. Use of antipsychotic drug may affect the autonomic nervous system in schizophrenic patients. Metabolic syndrome was not associated with cardiac autonomic control in schizophrenia patients.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.108-111
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• 2015

DiGeorge syndrome is an immunodeficient disease associated with abnormal development of 3rd and 4th pharyngeal pouches. As a hemizygous deletion of chromosome 22q11.2 occurs, various clinical phenotypes are shown with a broad spectrum. Conotruncal cardiac anomalies, hypoplastic thymus, and hypocalcemia are the classic triad of DiGeorge syndrome. As this syndrome is characterized by hypoplastic or aplastic thymus, there are missing thymic shadow on their plain chest x-ray. Immunodeficient patients are traditionally known to be at an increased risk for malignancy, especially lymphoma. We experienced a 7-year-old DiGeorge syndrome patient with mediastinal mass shadow on her plain chest x-ray. She visited Severance Children's Hospital hospital with recurrent pneumonia, and throughout her repeated chest x-ray, there was a mass like shadow on anterior mediastinal area. We did full evaluation including chest computed tomography, chest ultrasonography, and chest magnetic resonance imaging. To rule out malignancy, video assisted thoracoscopic surgery was done. Final diagnosis of the mass which was thought to be malignancy, was lymphoproliferative lesion.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.929-935
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• 1990

Violence in our society, combined with improving transport system, resulted in increased numbers of patients with cardiac wounds reaching the hospital alive. Most patients with penetrating cardiac injury, rather than blunt injury, present with a syndrome of either hemorrhagic shock or cardiac tamponade. And they should be operated upon as soon as possible. Often the atrioventricular valves and other important cardiac structures are also damaged by the penetrating instruments or missile. Both intracardiac communications and atrioventricular fistulas may result in significant left-to-right shunts accompanied by congestive heart failure, necessitating surgical correction. Usually, retained cardiac foreign bodies, which are almost always bullets or fragments of missiles, may lie within a cardiac chamber or in the myocardium. Emboli of bullets or other missiles from distant sites to the right side of the heart are numerous enough to require attention. Recently we experienced a case with intracardiac foreign body due to penetrating cardiac injury. A 19 year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to penetrating anterior chest wound by iron segment. The roentgenogram of the chest revealed a radio-opaque metallic shadow in left lower chest around the cardiac apex, mild blunting of left costophrenic space, but no cardiomegaly. During operation the foreign body was noted to be present in the cardiac chamber by the portable C-arm fluoroscopy. But during the manipulation it moved into left inferior pulmonary vein from left ventricle by way of left atrium. So we could manage to remove it from left inferior pulmonary vein by direct approach to the vein. It was iron segment, sized 0.lcm x0.6cmx0.5cm, with sharp margins. The patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery except for chylopericardium and was discharged.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.107-113
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• 1995

It is well known that multipoint and computerized intraoperative mapping systems improve the results of surgery for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and show tremendous potential for opening an entirely new era of surgical intervention for the more common and lethal types of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias such as atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation. In addition, the ability to map and ablate the sometimes fleeting automatic atrial tachycardia is greatly enhanced by computerized mapping systems. In this study, we have developed 64 channel computerized data analysis system using microcomputer (Macintosh ${II}_{x}$) for basic research of electrophysiology and electrical propagation. The bipolar electrogram information is acquired from 64 cardiac sites simultaneously at a sampling rate of 1 ksampls/sec with continuous and total data storage of up to 30 seconds. When the reference electrogram is selected and reference point is picked up, delay time from the reference point is displayed on two dimensional diagram of the heart. System design permits easy expansion to almost 256 simultaneous sites. this system is expected to enable us to study pathophysiology of cardiac arrhythmia and to improve the result of diagnosis and surgical treatment for cardiac arrhythmia.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.404-408
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• 2011

Scimitar증후군은 우측 폐정맥이 하대정맥을 통하여 좌심방이 아닌 우심방으로 연결되는 부분 폐 정맥 환류이상을 보이면서 우측 폐의 발육부전, 우폐동맥의 발육부전 및 폐 분리증 등과 같은 동반 기형을 보이는 매우 드문 심폐기형 가운데 하나이다. 또한 선천성 항문 막힘증은 출생 후 조기에 잘록 창자 창냄술과 같은 적극적인 수술적 치료가 요구되는 항문 직장 기형의 하나로 비뇨기계 이상, 척추 이상, 기관지 식도루, 식도 폐쇄증 혹은 심혈관계 이상 등이 동반될 수 있다. 그러나, 부분 폐 정맥 환류 이상의 하나인 scimitar증후군이 항문 막힘증과 함께 동반됨을 보고한 예는 아직까지 국내외적으로 없었다. 이에 저자들은 호흡 곤란 및 선천성 편측 폐 발육부전 및 항문 막힘증을 주소로 입원한 신생아에서 진단된 scimitar 증후군 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.827-829
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• 2000

We experienced a case of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return from righ lung to inferior vena cava, which combined with Scimitar sign in 18 years old female patient. Diagnostic procedures were simple chest x-ray chest CT, and cardiac catheterization. We redirected the anomalous venous flow from inferior vena cava to left atrium through the intracardiac tunnel which was made with autologous pericardium. Postoperative course was not eventful.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.346-354
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• 1982

A Complete transposition of the great arteries combined with V.S.D, A.S.D, dextrocardia, and P.S is a rare congenital anomaly. The patient was a 10 year-old female whose complaints were frequent URI, exertional dyspnea, and cyanosis at rest since birth. Cheat X-ray films showed Dextrocardia ; situs inversus, moderate cardiomegaly, and Characteristic egg-shape heart shadow. E.K.G, Echocardiography, Cardiac Catheterization, and Angio-Cardiography were performed. Open heart Surgery was done under diagnosis of d-TGA, Dextrocardia, V.S.D, A.S.D, and P.S. At the time of Operation, Dextroeardia, T.G.A, Secndum type A.S.D, A.S.D, and P.S. At the time of Operation, Dextroeardia, T.G.A, Secndum type A.S.D. ($2.0{\times}2.0cm$. in diameter), V.S.D. type II ($1.5cm{\times}1.5cm$ in diameter), and pulmonary valvular stenosis were noted. Mustard operation using pericardial Baffle in the atrium for T.G.A. was perforsned. Teflon patch graft for closure of V.S.D. through tricuspid orifice and pulmonary Valvulotomy through pulmonary arteriotomy were performed. The post-op, low cardiac output Syndrome and dysrhythmicawere developed till Postoperative day #7, so that was controlled by inotropic and antiarrhythmic agents. After that, patient's conditions were Uneventful.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.34-39
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• 1983

The syndrome of anomalous muscle bundle dividing the right ventricle into two pressure chambers has been described by many authors. The malformation should not be confused with tetralogy of Fallot itself because the obstructive hypertrophic bands are usually proximal to the right ventricular infundibulum. One case [11 years old male] of double chambered right ventricle due to aberrant muscle bundle with intact ventricular septum is presented. The pressure gradient was 68 mmHg between inflow and outflow tracts of right ventricle on cardiac catheterization. On opening the right ventricle, there noted stenosis of outflow tract by infundibular membrane, hypertrophied anomalous muscle bundle, thickened moderator band & hypertrophied anterior papillary muscle. Open heart surgery was carried out with the aid of extracorporeal support, Anomalous muscle bundle [1.0 cm x 4.0 cm] and infundibular membrane were resected safely. The hypertrophied moderator band was cut at mid-portion and anterior papillary muscle was split vertically. The postoperative course was uneventful and discharged in good condition 2 weeks later.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.386-392
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• 2018

터너 증후군이란 한 개의 X 염색체와 전부 혹은 부분이 결여된 X 염색체를 나타내는 염색체 이상 질환이다. 치근 형태 이상이 터너 증후군 환자에서 정상에서보다 호발한다고 보고되었는데, 치근의 이러한 특징은 근관치료를 까다롭게 만들고, 특수한 처치를 요하기도 한다. 또한 터너 증후군 환자들은 종종 심장 또는 신장의 기형과 같은 전신적인 문제를 동반하기도 하므로, 임상의는 터너 증후군의 특징적인 구내 소견을 인지하고, 사전에 구내 합병증을 예방하기 위해 환자들이 정기적으로 치과 검진을 받을 수 있게 해야 한다. 10세 때에 터너증후군 진단을 받은 12세 여자 환자가 하악 양측 소구치 부위의 불편감을 주소로 내원했다. 특징적으로 하악의 모든소구치에서 우상치와 치외치가 관찰되었다. 하악 양측 제1소구치는 세 개의 치근을, 근단부 병소를 보이는 하악 양측 제2소구치는 두 개의 치근을 가지고 있었다. 근관의 복잡한 해부학적 특징 때문에 치과 현미경을 이용한 적절한 시야를 확보하여 근관치료를 마무리 했다. 2년간의 정기적인 관찰 결과 해당치아와 관련된 임상적 징후나 증상, 치근단 병소는 관찰되지 않았다. 본 증례 보고를 통해 터너 증후군 환자의 구강내 특징과 이의 치과적 관리에 대해 보고하고자 하였다.