title: [The strategy how to restart heart transplantation in Japan from the viewpoint of cardiovascular surgeons].
abstract: Japan is still in the midst of confusion the ethical, social and legal standpoints of organ transplantation. We have paid attention and effort to negotiate and reorganize the heart transplantation environment. This paper discusses several problems concerning the criteria, standardization, assessment, evaluation committee and authorization of medical centers to initiate heart transplantation in this country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hachida
mesh_terms: D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan