Cardiac Transplantation

Leading physicians summarize in this easy-to-use and eminently practical handbook the day-to-day management of transplant donors and recipients at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Topics covered range from surgical techniques, pathology, and immunosuppression, to posttransplant management, pediatric heart transplantation, surgical alternatives, and mechanical circulatory assistance as a bridge to transplantation. The authors also discuss congenital transplant techniques, state-of-the-art perioperative management techniques and protocols, and UNOS regulation and nurse coordination.

1 Recipient Selection. - 2 Donor Selection and Management of the High-Risk Donor. - 3 UNOS Policy and Transplant Coordination in Practice. - 4 Techniques of Cardiac Transplantation in Adults. - 5 Techniques of Cardiac Transplantation for Congenital Heart Disease. - 6 Pathology and the Transplant Patient. - 7 Posttransplant Management. - 8 Immunosuppression for Cardiac Transplantation. - 9 Long-Term Outcomes With Transplantation. - 10 Pediatric Heart Transplantation. - 11 Surgical Alternatives to Transplantation. - 12 Mechanical Circulatory Assistance As a Bridge to Transplantation.