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Case Reports
. 1999 Oct;47(10):499-505.
doi: 10.1007/BF03218050.

First brain dead donor heart transplantation under new legislation in Japan

H Matsuda  1 , N Fukushima, Y Sawa, M Nishimura, G Matsumiya, R Shirakura
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First brain dead donor heart transplantation under new legislation in Japan

H Matsuda et al. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1999 Oct.

Abstract

The first heart transplantation was carried out in Japan successfully, after the brain death and organ transplantation law was settled in 1997. The recipient patient was a 47-year-old man with the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who had been on a Novacor implantable left ventricular assist system for the previous 4 months. Since the donor hospital was about 200 km from the recipient hospital which took approximately 2 hours for transportation, the total ischemic time was 3 hours and 24 minutes. The post-transplant course was smooth, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 75.

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