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Heart and lung transplantation /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Baumgartner, William A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders, [2002]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Heart Transplantation.
Heart-Lung Transplantation.
Lung Transplantation.
Table of Contents:
  • Background : history and immunology
  • Programmatic issues
  • Evaluation and management of transplant recipients
  • Donor evaluation and graft preservation
  • Anesthetic and operative techniques employed in thoracic transplantation
  • Postoperative care and immunosuppressive monitoring
  • Biopsy technique and histological analysis
  • Immunosuppressive management
  • Morbidity associated with transplantation
  • Long-term management and outcome
  • Pediatric transplantation
  • Surgical alternatives to orthotopic allograft transplantation
  • Future implications