title: Current Status of Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Cell Sheet Engineering for Treatment of Severe Heart Disease in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Information Science, Hokkaido University, 5-5-1-2 Sumikawa, Minami-ku, Sapporo, 005-0005, Japan. ymitamura@par.odn.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mitamura
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged