Cardiac Transplantation [electronic resource] : The Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital Manual / edited by Niloo M. Edwards, Jonathan M. Chen, Pamela A. Mazzeo
Imprint
Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2004
Unprecedentedly rapid advances in the areas of both immunosuppression and surgical technique not only have made cardiac transplantation the gold-standard surgical therapy for end-stage heart disease, but have also challenged practitioners to keep thoroughly up-to-date. In Cardiac Transplantation: The Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital Manual, 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, UNOS regulation, and nurse coordination. Comprehensive and state-of-the art, Cardiac Transplantation: The Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital Manual offers transplant clinicians and nurses a clinically relevant, hands-on guidebook to patient management from leading surgeons at one of the world's premiere heart transplant centers
CONTENT
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
