Artificial OrgansVolume 36, Issue 8 p. 760-763 Medical Responses Following the Sendai Quake (East Japan Earthquake, March 11, 2011) Tomoyuki Yambe, Corresponding Author Tomoyuki Yambe Tohoku University, SendaiDr. Tomoyuki Yambe, Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. 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E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMuneichi Shibata, Muneichi Shibata Miyagi Cardiovascular Respiratory Center, MiyagiSearch for more papers by this authorTaketada Sumiyoshi, Taketada Sumiyoshi Miyagi Cardiovascular Respiratory Center, MiyagiSearch for more papers by this authorYoshiaki Mibiki, Yoshiaki Mibiki Miyagi Cardiovascular Respiratory Center, MiyagiSearch for more papers by this authorNoboru Osawa, Noboru Osawa Miyagi Cardiovascular Respiratory Center, MiyagiSearch for more papers by this authorYoshiaki Katahira, Yoshiaki Katahira Tohoku Kouseinenkin Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorMinoru Yambe, Minoru Yambe Tohoku Kouseinenkin Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorKou-ichi Tabayashi, Kou-ichi Tabayashi Tohoku Kouseinenkin Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorMasanori Yamashina, Masanori Yamashina Sendai City Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorEiji Sato, Eiji Sato Sendai City Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorShinichi Sato, Shinichi Sato Sendai City Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorTetsuo Yagi, Tetsuo Yagi Sendai City Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorMakoto Watanabe, Makoto Watanabe Miyagi Shakaihoken Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorYoshihira Akinno, Yoshihira Akinno Miyagi Shakaihoken Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorMasanori Munakata, Masanori Munakata Tohoku Rosai Hospital, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorNaoki Owada, Naoki Owada Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, JapanSearch for more papers by this authorMasatoshi Akiyama, Masatoshi Akiyama Tohoku University, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorYoshikatsu Saiki, Yoshikatsu Saiki Tohoku University, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorNorihiro Sugita, Norihiro Sugita Tohoku University, SendaiSearch for more papers by this authorMakoto Yoshizawa, Makoto Yoshizawa Tohoku University, SendaiSearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 August 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01522.xCitations: 2 Presented in part at the 19th Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, held on September 8–10, 2011, in Louisville, KY, USA. 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