[Heart transplantation in idiopathic cardiomyopathy].
Heart transplantation has just been resumed in Japan after 31 year's pause, whereas 2,400 cases per year have been carried in the United States. In the review article, several problems of this issue were discussed. For instance, the concept of brain death has not yet been accepted as a consensus in Japan. Therefore, we needed the legal support for the proceeding of heart transplantation. However, the recent success of heart transplantation will provide a new development of health care managements in the 21st century.
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D001926:Brain Death; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000601:surgery*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005544:Forecasting; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans