Cardiac Transplantation

1. Cardiac Transplantation: An Overview.- 2. Immunogenetics and Immunologic Mechanisms of Rejection.- 3. Medical Therapy Tailored for Advanced Heart Failure.- 4. Ventricular Assistance as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation.- 5. Recipient Selection for Cardiac Transplantation.- 6. Donor Selection and Management for Cardiac Transplantation.- 7. Operative Techniques and Early Postoperative Care in Cardiac Transplantation.- 8. Endomyocardial Biopsy: Techniques and Interpretation of Rejection.- 9. Chronic Immunosuppression and the Treatment of Acute Rejection.- 10. Physiology and Hemodynamic Assessment of the Transplanted Heart.- 11. Medical Complications in Patients after Cardiac Transplantation.- 12. Psychiatric Considerations in the Cardiac Transplant Recipient.- Appendices.- I. Pre- and Postoperative Transplant Orders.- II. Pharmacologic Therapy Pre- and Postcardiac.- Transplantation.