Textbook of Transplantation and Mechanical Support for End-Stage
Heart and Lung Disease Comprehensive textbook covering all aspects
of the care of patients with advanced heart or lung disease
Transplantation and Mechanical Support for End-Stage Heart and Lung
Disease is the most comprehensive and contemporary textbook
available that addresses the medical and surgical treatment options
for patients with end-stage heart and lung disease. All facets of
these complex and resource-intensive therapies are covered by
leading experts — including the basics of transplant immunology,
databases, regulatory and ethical aspects of transplantation and
conventional and new modalities of donor organ harvest.
Transplantation and Mechanical Support for End-Stage Heart and Lung
Disease includes further information on topics such as: Historical
developments that facilitated heart and lung transplantation;
engineering advances in continuous flow technologies Transplant
organizations, oversight, structure, process, databases and
registries in the thoracic transplants and MCS field Current
strategies in immune modulation, desensitization protocols and
mechanisms of allograft rejection and tolerance/immunosenescence
Detailed descriptions of donor and recipient surgical procedures as
well as comprehensive implantation techniques for all available
short- and long-term mechanical circulatory support devices,
including ECMO Organ allocation and prioritization, donor
evaluation, high risk donors, marginal donors, and risk assessment
Richly enhanced with summary tables and color illustrations to
provide an engaging and supportive learning experience, the book
will serve as a highly valuable source of contemporary knowledge
for medical students, residents, nurses, perfusionists, physicians
and surgeons involved in the care of these desperately ill group of
patients. “This comprehensive book covers all aspects of advanced
heart and lung failure treatment, including shock, short-term and
durable mechanical assistance, as well as transplantation. The
in-depth information will be welcome by newcomers in the field as
well as seasoned veterans.” —Andreas Zuckermann, M.D
Vice-Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Director of Cardiac
Transplantation Program, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
General Hospital “This comprehensive tour-de-force compendium
covers practical issues of clinical administration, program
development, care pathways, ongoing challenges and opportunities in
each treatment area as a must go-to reference for guidance in the
rapidly evolving fields of mechanical circulatory support and
transplantation.” —Mandeep R. Mehra, MBBS, MSc, FRCP Executive
Director, Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School “This unique textbook authored
by key opinion leaders is a refreshing ???wind of change??? in our
field, one that will well serve all professionals involved in the
care of end-stage heart and lung patients for many years to
come.” —Marcelo Cypel MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC Surgical Director
Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN , University of Toronto
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