1. Japanese EXCOR® Pediatric patient successfully transplanted
(firmenpresse) - Berlin, 19.06.2013: The wait for a donor heart is over for the 1st Japanese patient treated with the EXCOR® Pediatric. On May 20th, 2013 the two-year-old girl was successfully transplanted at Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital, New York Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. According to the patient’s physicians, she tolerated the procedure well and is recovering as expected.
In August 2012, for the first time in Japan’s history, it was possible for Professor Murakami and Professor Ono, physicians at the University of Tokyo to save the life of the child suffering from a severe heart failure with the aid of a Berlin Heart EXCOR® Pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD). The girl had fallen ill with dilated cardiomyopathy and was successfully treated for almost six months at the University of Tokyo with the VAD from the Berlin Company.
Without the mechanical support device the child would most probably not have survived the long wait for a transplant. Aided by the EXCOR® Pediatric system the child could be stabilized and eventually flown to the USA for further management.
On January 22nd, 2013 the child was transported in a special medical aircraft operated by Phoenix Air Group, Inc., to New York to wait for a new heart. The flight was financed by donations and accompanied by a medical team from the University of Tokyo as well as Berlin Heart. Four months later the patient has been transplanted, she will recover for some time in New York and then return to her home in Japan.
The EXCOR® Pediatric ventricular assist device system developed by the Berlin Heart Company has been successfully employed in more than 1,200 children world-wide since its first use in 1990. It is the only system at present which can support all patients from newborns up to adolescents and adults so that they can survive until their heart transplantation. The EXCOR® System is used in 147 centers in 35 countries.
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About Berlin Heart
Berlin Heart GmbH is the only company worldwide which develops, manufactures and distributes both implantable ventricular assist devices and systems lying external to the body for patients with heart disease of all ages and body sizes. The systems INCOR®, EXCOR® Adult and EXCOR® Pediatric support short- to long-term pumping function of the heart and thus present a life-saving therapy possibility for the patient. Furthermore the user can access clinical and technical support around the clock. Berlin Heart is the market leader in Germany and Europe.
About EXCOR®
The EXCOR® ventricular assist device is employed as mechanical heart support for patients who suffer from terminal stage heart failure. To date EXCOR® has been used in more than 3,000 patients worldwide, from newborns with a body weight of 2.2 kg up to adults.
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Berlin Heart GmbH
Katharina Schubert
Marketing & PR
Wiesenweg 10
12247 Berlin
schubert(at)berlinheart.de
Datum: 19.06.2013 - 14:45 Uhr
Sprache: Deutsch
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Contact person: Katharina Schubert
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Berlin
Phone: 0049 3081872650
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Medical Devices
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