PMID- 15982606
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060713
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 1053-2498 (Print)
IS  - 1053-2498 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 7
DP  - 2005 Jul
TI  - Special report from the heart transplant candidate registry committee in Japan.
PG  - 810-4
AB  - BACKGROUND: Heart transplantation had been withheld for long time in Japan. In 
      October 1997 organ transplant legislation was implemented and the heart 
      transplantation program began. In February 1999 the first heart transplantation 
      was performed. Since then a total of 17 successful transplantations have been 
      done. METHODS: This report describes the profiles of heart transplant applicants 
      presented to the Heart Transplant Candidate Registry Committee of the Japanese 
      Circulation Society from 1997 to 2003. RESULTS: Two hundred eighty-four 
      applications were submitted to the Committee for the evaluation. All applicants 
      were <60 years of age (mean 32 years). Ninety-two percent of these applicants had 
      chronic severe heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or 
      IV status. Etiology of heart failure was dilated cardiomyopathy in 80% of 
      applicants, although only 6% had ischemic heart disease, which is in notable 
      contrast to Western countries. Most applicants died while waiting for 
      transplantation and thus only 17 patients underwent heart transplantation, with 
      an average waiting time of 514 days. Recipient prognosis was satisfactory with a 
      survival rate of 100%. CONCLUSION: In Japan, heart transplantation is not yet 
      considered a viable treatment option for severe heart failure.
FAU - Osada, Katsunori
AU  - Osada K
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine III and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kurume 
      University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
FAU - Imaizumi, Tsutomu
AU  - Imaizumi T
CN  - Heart Transplant Candidate Registry Committee of the Japanese Circulation Society
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Heart Lung Transplant
JT  - The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the 
      International Society for Heart Transplantation
JID - 9102703
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/mortality/*surgery
MH  - *Heart Transplantation/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Japan/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Referral and Consultation
MH  - *Registries
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Survival Rate
EDAT- 2005/06/29 09:00
MHDA- 2006/07/14 09:00
CRDT- 2005/06/29 09:00
PHST- 2004/02/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2004/04/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2004/05/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/06/29 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/07/14 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/06/29 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1053-2498(04)00286-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.healun.2004.05.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Jul;24(7):810-4. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.05.011.