Heart Transplantation

• 1 Experimental development and early clinical experience.- 2 Selection and management of the recipient.- 3 Selection and management of the donor.- 4 Medico-legal aspects.- 5 Donor heart storage.- 6 Immunological aspects.- 7 Anaesthesia and intraoperative care, including cardiopulmonary bypass.- 8 Surgical techniques of orthotopic and heterotopic heart transplantation.- 9 Immediate postoperative care and maintenance immunosuppressive therapy.- 10 Physiology and pharmacology of the transplanted heart.- 11 Pathology of acute rejection.- 12 Diagnosis and management of acute rejection.- 13 Infectious complications.- 14 Malignant neoplasia in the immunocompromised patient.- 15 Psychiatric aspects.- 16 Pathology of chronic rejection.- 17 The management of chronic rejection: retransplantation.- 18 Other complications of transplantation and immunosuppression.- 19 Results of cardiac transplantation and factors influencing survival.- 20 Advantages and disadvantages of heterotopic transplantation.- 21 Transplantation of the heart and both lungs.- 22 The future of heart replacement.- Appendix: Heart transplantation at the University of Cape Town—an overview.

'The contributors to this book are to be congratulated in bringing together such a wealth of information on this topic and presenting it in such a balanced and readable way. I believe this book will be essential reading for those considering initiating a heart transplant programme and, indeed, for any interested in progress in this field.' Professor Christiaan N. Barnard (Extract from foreword)