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.
Author(s): Niloo M. Edwards, Jonathan M. Chen, Pamela A. Mazzeo
Edition: 1
Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 288
N-G......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 7
1 Recipient Selection......Page 11
2 Donor Selection and Management of the High-Risk Donor......Page 29
3 UNOS Policy and Transplant Coordination in Practice......Page 47
4 Techniques of Cardiac Transplantation in Adults......Page 72
5 Techniques of Cardiac Transplantation for Congenital Heart Disease......Page 87
6 Pathology and the Transplant Patient......Page 104
7 Posttransplant Management......Page 130
8 Immunosuppression for Cardiac Transplantation......Page 165
9 Long-Term Outcomes With Transplantation......Page 191
10 Pediatric Heart Transplantation......Page 208
11 Surgical Alternatives to Transplantation......Page 231
12 Mechanical Circulatory Assistance As a Bridge to Transplantation......Page 249
INDEX......Page 279
