Cardiac Transplantation: A Manual for Health Care Professionals Book

Contents: Cardiac Transplantation: An Overview.- Immunogenetics and Immunologic Mechanisms of Rejection.- Medical Therapy Tailored for Advanced Heart Failure.- Ventricular Assistance as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation.- Recipient Selection for Cardiac Transplantation.- Donor Selection and Management for Cardiac Transplantation.- Operative Techniques and Early Postoperative Care in Cardiac Transplantation.- Endomyocardial Biopsy: Techniques and Interpretation of Rejection.- Chronic Immunosuppression and the Treatment of Acute Rejection.- Physiology and Hemodynamic Assessment of the Transplanted Heart.- Medical Complications in Patients after Cardiac Transplantation.- Psychiatric Considerations in the Cardiac Transplant Recipient.- Appendices.- Index.