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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1181-1183
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Successful Use of the Toyobo Left Ventricular Assist Device in a 16-kg Girl Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation

Ayumu Masuoka, MD*, Toshiyuki Katogi, MD, Haruhiko Asano, MD, Mika Iwazaki, MD, Takahiro Matsuoka, MD, Motonobu Nishimura, MD, Shunei Kyo, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan

Accepted for publication July 10, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Masuyoka, Saitama Medical School, Cardiovascular Surgery, Morohongo 38, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan (Email: masuoka{at}saitama-med.ac.jp).

In Japan, no mechanical circulatory support is available for children. We report a case of terminal stage cardiac failure in a 16-kg girl who was implanted with an adult-sized Toyobo-NCVC left ventricular assist device (Toyobo-National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan) in our unit. She successfully underwent heart transplantation in the United States 5 months later.






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