Handbook of heart transplantation

Text includes: Heteroptopic heart transplantation; Mechanical circulatory support as bridge to pediatric heart transplantation; Post-heart transplantation lymphoproliferations; Heart transplant: current indications and patient selection; Cardiac re-transplantation: a a growing indication with unique considerations; Humoral rejection in cardiac transplantation: management of antibody-mediated rejection; Role of short-term percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices as bridge-to-heart transplantation; Heart transplantation in the era of the left ventricular assist devices; Surgical management for advanced heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease; Orthotopic heart transplantation: bicaval versus biatrial surgical technique; Graft vascular disease: Anesthesia and intensive care management for cardiac transplantation.

This book presents the complex aspects of heart transplantation in the most comprehensible and easy to understand language. Different approaches, evaluations, methodologies and advanced studies on heart transplantation have been included in this book. It will be a valuable resource for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, residents and students alike.