• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.242-249
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• 2016

Background: We evaluated early and long-term results after heart transplantation (HTPL). Methods: One hundred five consecutive patients (male:female=80:25) who underwent HTPL between 1994 and 2013 were enrolled. Based on the changes in immunosuppressive regimen, the study patients were divided into two groups. Early and long-term clinical outcomes were evaluated and compared between the patients who underwent HTPL before (group E, n=41) and after July 2009 (group L, n=64). The group L patients were older (p<0.001), had higher incidence of hypertension (p=0.001) and chronic kidney disease (p<0.001), and more frequently needed preoperative mechanical ventilation (p=0.027) and mechanical circulatory support (p=0.014) than the group E patients. Results: Overall operative mortality was 3.8%, and postoperative morbidities included acute kidney injury (n=31), respiratory complications (n=16), reoperation for bleeding (n=15) and wound complications (n=10). There were no significant differences in early results except acute kidney injury between group E and group L patients. Overall survival rates at 1, 5, and 10 years were 83.8%, 67.7%, and 54.9%, respectively, with no significant difference between the two patient groups. Rejection-free rates at 1 and 5 years were 63.0% and 59.7%, respectively; rates were significantly higher in group L than in group E (p<0.001). Conclusion: Despite increased preoperative comorbidities, group L patients showed similar early and long-term outcomes and significantly higher rejection-free rates when compared with group E patients.

• Journal of International Society for Simulation Surgery
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.37-40
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• 2014

Purpose For living donor liver transplantation, liver segmentation is difficult due to the variability of its shape across patients and similarity of the density of neighbor organs such as heart, stomach, kidney, and spleen. In this paper, we propose an automatic segmentation of the liver using multi-planar anatomy and deformable surface model in portal phase of abdominal contrast-enhanced CT images. Method Our method is composed of four main steps. First, the optimal liver volume is extracted by positional information of pelvis and rib and by separating lungs and heart from CT images. Second, anisotropic diffusing filtering and adaptive thresholding are used to segment the initial liver volume. Third, morphological opening and connected component labeling are applied to multiple planes for removing neighbor organs. Finally, deformable surface model and probability summation map are performed to refine a posterior liver surface and missing left robe in previous step. Results All experimental datasets were acquired on ten living donors using a SIEMENS CT system. Each image had a matrix size of $512{\times}512$ pixels with in-plane resolutions ranging from 0.54 to 0.70 mm. The slice spacing was 2.0 mm and the number of images per scan ranged from 136 to 229. For accuracy evaluation, the average symmetric surface distance (ASD) and the volume overlap error (VE) between automatic segmentation and manual segmentation by two radiologists are calculated. The ASD was $0.26{\pm}0.12mm$ for manual1 versus automatic and $0.24{\pm}0.09mm$ for manual2 versus automatic while that of inter-radiologists was $0.23{\pm}0.05mm$. The VE was $0.86{\pm}0.45%$ for manual1 versus automatic and $0.73{\pm}0.33%$ for manaual2 versus automatic while that of inter-radiologist was $0.76{\pm}0.21%$. Conclusion Our method can be used for the liver volumetry for the pre-surgery planning of living donor liver transplantation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.1004-1008
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• 1998

본 논문은 동맥관개존증으로 인한 Eisenmenger 증후군 환자에서 시행된 심장-폐이식 수술에 대한 증례 보고이다. 동맥관 개존증으로 인한 Eisenmenger 증후군인 32세의 여자 수혜자는 1996년 6월 이후 심부전으로 심한 호흡곤란을 겪고 있었으며, 1997년 7월초에 빈맥, 호흡곤란, 하지부종을 주소로 응급실을 통하여 입원한 후 호흡곤란, 저산소증, 상심실성 빈맥, 전해질 이상 등으로 치료받으면서 퇴원하지 못하고 심장-폐 이식 대상자로 등록되었다. 수술전에 시행한 심초음파검사에서 우-좌단락의 동맥관개존증, 우심실 및 우심방의 심한 확장, 100 mmHg의 우심실 수축기압 소견을 보였다. 폐동맥압이 체동맥압보다 높게 역전되어 있었고 심한 이산화탄소 정체 및 저산소증의 소견을 보여서 중환자실에서 인공호흡기로 호흡기능을 보조받고 있었다. 공여자는 교통사고로 두부손상을 입고 뇌사판정을 받은 1 8세 남자였다. 공여자 및 수헤자의 혈액형은 모두 AB(+)형이었다. 1997년 10월 26일 심장-폐이식을 시행하였다. 심장 -폐분절은 공여자가 있던 타병원에서 구득하여 냉장보존 상태로 본원으로 이송하였다. 이식된 심장 및 폐의 총 허혈 시간은 각각 249분 및 270분이었다. 면역억제요법은 cyclosporine, azathioprine을 수술전부터 투여하였으며 steroid 는 기관 문합부위의 치유와 감염예방을 위하여 수술후 3주 이후부터 사용하였다. 환자는 수술후 31일째에 특별한 합 병증없이 퇴원하였으며 심장-폐이식후 4개월이 지난 현재, 심폐기능의 이상소견과 거부반응의 증거없이 NYHA funct ional class I의 상태로 지내고 있으며 면역억제제와 예방적 항생제, 소량의 이뇨제 및 항고혈압제를 복용하고 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.238-240
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• 1994

We performed post-operative hemodynamic evaluation and lung perfusion scan after left lung transplantation in dog. The heart & lungs were extracted from donor dog while the both lungs were flushed with 4oC Euro-Collin`s solution after heparinization & infusion of prostaglandin E1.In the recipient dog, anastomosis of the left atrial cuff was performed by continuous 4-0 Prolene everted suture, and bronchial anastomosis by telescope method with 4-0 Prolene continuous suture. The end-to-end anastomosis of left main pulmonary arteries was performed with continuous 6-0 Prolene suture. After closure of left thoracotomy incision, the lung perfusion scan was performed post operative 2 days for evaluation of the function of the transplanted lung which showed good perfusion. The dog was sacrificed in the post-operative 5 days for autopsy.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제82권4호
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• pp.348-356
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• 2019

Background: Recently, the number of lung transplants in South Korea has increased. However, the long-term outcome data is limited. In this study, we aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes of adult lung transplantation recipients. Methods: Among the patients that underwent lung transplantation at a tertiary referral center in South Korea between 2008 and 2017, adults patient who underwent deceased-donor lung transplantation with available follow-up data were enrolled. Their medical records were retrospectively reviewed. Results: Through eligibility screening, we identified 60 adult patients that underwent lung (n=51) or heart-lung transplantation (n=9) during the observation period. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (46.7%, 28/60) was the most frequent cause of lung transplantation. For all the 60 patients, the median follow-up duration for post-transplantation was 2.6 years (range, 0.01-7.6). During the post-transplantation follow-up period, 19 patients (31.7%) died at a median duration of 194 days. The survival rates were 75.5%, 67.6%, and 61.8% at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years, respectively. Out of the 60 patients, 8 (13.3%) were diagnosed with chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), after a mean duration of $3.3{\pm}2.8years$ post-transplantation. The CLAD development rate was 0%, 17.7%, and 25.8% at 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years, respectively. The most common newly developed post-transplantation comorbidity was the chronic kidney disease (CKD; 54.0%), followed by diabetes mellitus (25.9%). Conclusion: Among the adult lung transplantation recipients at a South Korea tertiary referral center, the long-term survival rates were favorable. The proportion of patients who developed CLAD was not substantial. CKD was the most common post-transplantation comorbidity.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.246-253
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• 1988

An in vitro model providing with a recirculating perfusion apparatus using an isolated canine heart and its autogenous blood, which was prepared for study of myocardial protection method. This apparatus was easily used by quick connect system and maintained well heart function for about 2 hours. The Langendorff perfusion was initiated for a 10 minute period by introducing perfusate at 37` into the aorta from aortic reservoir located 100 cm above the heart. The isolated perfused working canine heart model was a left heart preparation in which oxygenated perfusion medium [at 37K] entered the cannulated left atrium at a constant flow rate [900ml/ min] under 20 mmHg overflow system and was spontaneously ejected[no electrical pacing] via an cannula against a hydrostatic pressure of 80 cm H2O. During this working period, various indices of cardiac function were measured. The cardiac functions were stable for over 2 hours with perfusion of Krebs-Henseleit solution and autologous blood[1:1] mixture in volume and maintained heart rate ]]3-122/bpm peak systolic pressure 109-113 mmHg, cardiac output 900 ml / min and left atrial mean pressure 8-9 mmHg. In this model, the efficiency of myocardia] protection could be easily measured by means of functional, enzymatic, biochemical and ultrastructural assessment. And also, we believe this model to be a useful assessment screening model of recovery state after long duration of myocardial preservation of donor heart without difficult transplantation procedures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.606-613
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• 1996

심장이식이 1967년에 최초로 시행된이후 말기심부전환자의 치료법으로 자리매김되고 있으며 한국에 서도 1992년에 첫 시술된이후 1995년 9월 현재까지 42례 시행되 었다. 본원에서는 1994년 4 월부터 1995 년 9월까지 심장이식 14례를 시행하여 비록 짧은 기간이지만 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었기에 보고한다. 남녀성비는 12 : 2로 남자가 많았고 수혜자연령은 11세 에서 54세 (평균 )4세), 공여자 연령은 16세에서 50 세 (평균 28.4세)이었다. 이식허혈시간은 80에서 280분으로 평균 120.7분이 었다. 이식후 관찰기간은 3에 서 17개월로 평균 11개월이었다. 수혜자 진단으로는 확장성심근증이 10례, 허 혈성심근증이 2례,판막성 심근증이 1례,복잡심기 형이 1례였다. 수혜자의 술전 상태로 UWOS분류11 따르면 class I이 7 명 (50 %), class ll가 7명 (50%1였으며, NYHA 기능상분류상 class IV가 9명이 었다. 모든 환자는 cyclosporine, azathioprine,steroid를 병용하였으며, 초기 에 RATG를 투여하였다. 술후 세 포성 거부반응은 3명의 환자에서 5회 발생하였고,술후 감염으로 폐 진균증이 2례,대상포진이 1례,거대 세포바이러스성 폐렴이 1례였다. 1례에서 영구\ulcorner 심박동기를 삽입하였다. 술전에 19.9$\pm$3.4%의 ejection fraction은 술후에 69.0$\pm$5.6%로 증가 되었고, 술후 생존한 9례에서 NYHA 기능상분류 I이 7례, ll가 2례 였다. 술후 사망은 5례로, 원인별로는 세포성 거부반응 1례, 크기불일치 에 의한 만성 이식부전증이 1례, 천식 발작에 의한 호흡부전이 1례, 지주막하출혈 1례, 체액 성 거부반응이 의심되는 경우가 1례 였다. 이상의 단기간성적을 통해 심장이식분야에서 더욱 발전을 요하며, 특히 이식공여자 및 수혜자의 선택 이나 술후 감염관리 및 체 액성거부반응치료 등에서 더욱 진전이 있어야 하겠다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권8호
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• pp.552-557
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• 2007

배경: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)는 심실 심근 세포에서 생성되는 심장 호르몬이며, 울혈성 심부전, 심실비대증, 심근염, 심장이식 후 거부반응 때 증가하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 심장이식 후 거부 반응의 예측 인자로서의 BNP의 역할에 대해 조사하였다. 대상 및 방법: 심장이식을 받은 10명의 환자를 대상으로 하여 2004년 1월부터 2005년 8월까지 BNP측정값, 심내막 생검을 통한 거부반응, 혈역학적 지표, 심초음파 검사 결과 등을 조사하였으며, 57예의 BNP 측정값의 중간값인 290 pg/mL를 기준으로 하여 Low BNP (n=28, $BNP{\le}290$ pg/mL)군, High BNP (n=29, BNP>290 pg/mL)군으로 나누어 거부반응의 정도, 좌심실구혈률, 삼첨판막 폐쇄 부전, 좌심실비대, 폐동맥쐐기압, 평균 폐동맥압, 우심방압을 후향적으로 비교 분석하였다. 결과: BNP값의 차이에 따른 양 군 간심내막생검에 따른 거부반응의 정도, 좌심실구혈률, 삼첨판막 폐쇄 부전, 좌심실비대, 우심방압은 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 그러나, High BNP군에서 폐동맥쐐기압, 평균 폐동맥압이 Low BNP군보다 높았으며(p<0.05), BNP 측정값은 폐동맥쐐기압과 의미 있는 양의 상관관계를 보였다(r=0.590, p<0.001). BNP 측정값 620 pg/mL를 기준으로 했을때, 폐동맥쐐기압은 83.3%의 민감도와 91.1%의 특이도를 보이며 12 mmHg보다 높은 값을 보였다(AUC: $0.900{\pm}0.045$, p<0.001). 결론: 심장이식 후 BNP 측정값은 거부반응의 정도와 의미 있는 상관관계를 보이지는 않았으나, 심실의 이완기 불능 상태를 평가하는 유용한 지표가 될 수 있다.

• 대한흉부심장혈관외과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한흉부외과학회 1993년도 제25차년차학술대회 및 총회
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• pp.120-120
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• 1993

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.365-375
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• 2003

Purpose: This study was aimed to investigate the health related quality of life and related factors of organ transplant recipients. Method: The participants were 188 people who had liver(86), kidney(81), or heart(24) transplanted. Data on the demographic characteristics, transplantation-related characteristics, symptom frequency or discomfort measured by Transplant Symptom Frequency and Symptom Distress Scale by Lough et al(l987), and health related quality of life measured by SF-36(version 2) were collected. Result: Overall health related quality of life score was 492.1 for 100scoring and, 344.9 for norm based. Physical functioning showed the highest quality of life score (77.5) and vitality showed the lowest(51.l). The kidney transplanted showed the highest quality of life (504.4) and the heart transplanted showed the lowest(426.7) Quality of life was related with occupation(p=.016) and symtom discomfort(p < .0001). Conclusion: The health related quality of life of transplated patients was lower than the norm of American. Further studies need to be done to identify the norm of Korean and to investigate the effect of releving symptom discomfort on the increasing the health related quality of life.