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Overseas transport of a patient with an extracorporeal left ventricular assist device
R Matsuwaka1, H Matsuda, M Kaneko
1First Department Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
An 18-year-old boy with end-stage cardiomyopathy who was undergoing support with an extracorporeal pneumatic left ventricular assist device was transported from Japan to the United States. During the 17-hour flight, the patient's condition was stable, and the pneumatic assist device worked well under low atmospheric pressure in the cabin. Subsequently, he had a successful heart transplantation after 119 days of left ventricular assist device support.