Support and Replacement of the Failing Heart

A brief history of cardiac transplants and mechanical assist devices; historical developments in immunosuppressive regimens; evaluation and treatment of end-stage heart disease for heart transplantation; molecular biological alterations in heart failure; donor selection and management; the nurse's role in transplant care; immunology; pathology; circulatory support devices; surgical techniques; patient management; noninvasive techniques for detection of heart allograft rejection; infectious diseases; coronary artery disease in transplant patients; paediatric patients; the new immunosuppressants; xenogenic heart transplantation; the future.