Dion R, Jacquet L, Noirhomme P, Van Dyck M, Goenen M
Service de Chirurgie cardiovasculaire et thoracique, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc de l'Université catholique de Louvain.
Bull Mem Acad R Med Belg. 1995;150(3-4):189-99; discussion 199-201.
On July 13, 1994, at the "Cliniques universities St. Luc", a wearable left ventricular assist device was successfully implanted, for the first time in Belgium, in a 44-year-old male. He had been readmitted with end-stage congestive heart failure 7 years after a first cardiac transplantation. In the absence of a suitable donor heart, the Novacor system was installed: the prosthetic ventricle is buried in the left flank and connected to the apex of the left ventricle and to the ascending aorta by means of valved conduits. The Novacor has allowed the patient to be optimally revalidated while waiting for a "ideal" donor heart. On Oct.-16, 1994, after 95 days of assistance, re-transplantation was uneventful and the patient has resumed a full-ranged activity as from January 1995.
1994年7月13日，在比利时的“圣吕克大学医院”，首次成功为一名44岁男性植入了可穿戴式左心室辅助装置。他在首次心脏移植7年后因终末期充血性心力衰竭再次入院。由于没有合适的供体心脏，安装了诺瓦科尔系统：人工心室埋于左腹侧，通过带瓣管道与左心室心尖和升主动脉相连。诺瓦科尔系统使患者在等待“理想”供体心脏期间得到了最佳康复。1994年10月16日，在接受95天辅助治疗后，再次移植过程顺利，患者自1995年1月起恢复了全面活动。
