Successful use of the Toyobo left ventricular assist device in a 16-kg girl awaiting cardiac transplantation

Ayumu Masuoka; Toshiyuki Katogi; Haruhiko Asano; Mika Iwazaki; Takahiro Matsuoka; Motonobu Nishimura; Shunei Kyo

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.07.029

Successful use of the Toyobo left ventricular assist device in a 16-kg girl awaiting cardiac transplantation

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar;83(3):1181-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.07.029.

Authors

Ayumu Masuoka¹, Toshiyuki Katogi, Haruhiko Asano, Mika Iwazaki, Takahiro Matsuoka, Motonobu Nishimura, Shunei Kyo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan. masuoka@saitama-med.ac.jp

PMID: 17307490
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.07.029

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Output, Low / diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Output, Low / surgery*
Child
Female
Heart Transplantation*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Radiography, Thoracic
Treatment Outcome
Waiting Lists*