title: Successful use of the Toyobo left ventricular assist device in a 16-kg girl awaiting cardiac transplantation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan. masuoka@saitama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ayumu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masuoka
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katogi
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwazaki
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Motonobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Shunei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kyo
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014850:Waiting Lists