The first clinical case in Japan of destination therapy using the Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device.
A 73-year-old female with a history of surgical ventricular restoration for ischemic cardiomyopathy presented with biventricular heart failure symptoms. After a Toyobo paracorporeal left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was implanted as a bridge, she underwent successful implantation of a Jarvik 2000 LVAD. This device provided excellent symptomatic improvement. This is the first case in Japan of destination therapy using an implantable LVAD.
Kamata
Sokichi
S
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery (E1), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. kamata@surg1.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Sakaguchi
Taichi
T
Miyagawa
Shigeru
S
Yoshikawa
Yasushi
Y
Yamauchi
Takashi
T
Takeda
Koji
K
Saito
Shunsuke
S
Ueno
Takayoshi
T
Kuratani
Toru
T
Sawa
Yoshiki
Y
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy