| Literature DB >> 10554420 |
H Matsuda1, N Fukushima, Y Sawa, M Nishimura, G Matsumiya, R Shirakura.
Abstract
The first heart transplantation was carried out in Japan successfully, after the brain death and organ transplantation law was settled in 1997. The recipient patient was a 47-year-old man with the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who had been on a Novacor implantable left ventricular assist system for the previous 4 months. Since the donor hospital was about 200 km from the recipient hospital which took approximately 2 hours for transportation, the total ischemic time was 3 hours and 24 minutes. The post-transplant course was smooth, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 75.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10554420 DOI: 10.1007/bf03218050
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ISSN: 1344-4964