Contemporary heart transplantation. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Linda Bogar, Maria Mountis.
• Editors: Bogar, Linda; Mountis, Maria
• Contents: Section 1: Historical Background -- History of Heart Transplant -- Immunosuppression related to transplant -- Section 2: Pre-operative evaluation process -- Pathophysiology of heart failure -- Contraindications to heart transplantation -- Psycho-Social considerations -- Multi-disciplinary team input -- Section 3: Organ Allocation -- Current Listing System -- Proposed Changes -- Matching donor to recipient -- Section 4: Organ Procurement -- Organ preservation -- The donor operation -- Ex Vivo perfusion.- Section 5: Transplant Operation -- Surgical techniques -- Surgical Complications.- Section 6: Anesthesia Management -- Anesthesia techniques for heart transplant -- Section 7: Post-operative ICU and hospital management -- Ventilator management -- Weaning of inotropes -- Imaging studies and laboratory testing -- Physical and Occupational therapy -- Section 8: Transplant Immunology -- Induction and maintenance agents -- Complication of immunosuppression -- Rejection -- Section9: Long term outpatient management of the heart transplant patient -- Chronic immunosuppression medications -- Infection prophylaxis -- Monitoring for rejection -- Section 10: Mechanical Support of the pre-transplant patient -- ECMO -- LVAD support -- Section 11: The Contemporary successful Heart transplant program -- Regulatory agencies -- Quality measures -- The financial aspect of the heart transplant program -- The multi-disciplinary approach -- Administrative support of the program.- Section 12: Special Topics -- Re-transplantation -- Combined Heart transplant with other organ transplantation -- Section 13, Outcomes Data -- Survival data -- Quality of life -- Chronic rejection -- Malignancy after transplant -- Section 14: The future of heart transplantation -- Advances in immuno suppression -- Stem cell therapy -- DCD donor use -- Will we still be doing heart transplants in 10 years.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.9/54; Heart -- Transplantation; Cardiology; Anesthesiology; Transplant Surgery; Cardiology; Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology; Cardiology; Heart -- Transplantation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319332802; 3319332805; 9783319580548
• Related ISBNs: 331958054X; 3319587307; 9783319587301
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 12, 2019).
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