Left ventricular assist systems as a bridge to heart transplantation: the role and the strategy in Japan.
Nishimura
M
M
First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
Ohtake
S
S
Sawa
Y
Y
Fukushima
N
N
Yamaguchi
T
T
Matsuda
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome