title: Early Single Institutional Experience of Berlin Heart EXCOR®Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device in Japan.
abstract: Since August 2015, the pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD), Berlin Heart EXCOR®, has been accepted for use in Japan.
  
  
  
  Between August 2015 and July 2016, 4 pediatric patients with endstage heart failure underwent LVAD implantation with the EXCOR®device. The median age and body weight at operation were 8 months and 4.8 kg. During a median follow-up of 7.3 months (range, 5.0-10.3), all patients survived. Two patients went on to heart transplantation and the remaining 2 are on a waiting list with stable hemodynamics.
  
  
  
  The early outcomes of the Berlin Heart EXCOR®pediatric VAD were satisfactory. (Circ J 2016; 80: 2552-2554).
authors: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kakuta
authors: Takaya
authors: T
authors: Hoashi
authors: Heima
authors: H
authors: Sakaguchi
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Kagisaki
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Negishi
authors: Masatoshi
authors: M
authors: Shimada
authors: Etsuko
authors: E
authors: Tsuda
authors: Isao
authors: I
authors: Shiraishi
authors: Norihide
authors: N
authors: Fukushima
authors: Hajime
authors: H
authors: Ichikawa
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male