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The first clinical case of ventricular assistance by means of a pulsatile pump (Tokyo University type) in Japan occurred in Mitsui Memorial Hospital in 1980. The clinical application of ventricular assist devices (VADs) was performed very infrequently in Japan until 1983; however, since 1984 the number of cases has been increasing year by year, as shown in Fig. 1.
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Atsumi, K., Sezai, Y., Fujita, T., Nitta, S., Sato, N., Horiuchi, T. (1989). Current Status of Clinical Application of Ventricular Assist Devices in Japan. In: Unger, F. (eds) Assisted Circulation 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74404-4_12
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