The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs

Foreword; C. Barnard. Preface. Contributing Authors. Acknowledgements: Personal, Journals. 1: General Considerations of Thoracic Organ Transplantation. 1. The concept and diagnosis of brain death; E.G. Warner. 2. Medico-legal aspects; S.S. Sanbar. 3. Donor organ availability and transplant coordination; J.S. Chaffin, L. Mischke. 4. Selection and management of the donor; D.K.C. Cooper, I.L. Paradis. 5. Selection and evaluation of the potential thoracic organ transplant recipient general considerations; D.K.C. Cooper, et al. 6. Pretransplant immunological considerations; E.D. du Toit, et al. 7. Immunobiology of allograft destruction; M.H. Sayegh, D.R. Saloman. 8. Maintenance immunosuppressive drug therapy and potential major complications; K.L. Tyndall, D.K.C. Cooper. 9. Trends in immunosuppressive therapy with regard to cytolytic induction therapy and corticosteroid withdrawal; J.A. Kobashigawa. 10. Tacrolimus (FK506) in thoracic organ transplantation; J.S. Gammie, S.M. Pham. 11. Infection in patients undergoing thoracic organ transplantation: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical management; S.J. Thaler, R.H. Rubin. 12. Malignant neoplasia in the immunocompromised patient; I. Penn. 13. Long-term management and late complications of the thoracic organ transplant recipient; D.P. Nelson, et al. 14. Psychiatric aspects; E.S. Nash, D.K.C. Cooper. 15. Medico-social aspects; W.D. Paris, et al. 16. Nutrition and diet; M. Kanoski. 17. A commentary on the quality of life after thoracic organ transplantation; M.M. Edgar. 2: Heart Transplantation. 18. Experimental development and early clinical experience; D.K.C. Cooper. 19. Selection and management of the potential candidate for cardiac transplantation; L.W. Stevenson. 20. The problem of pulmonary hypertension in the potential cardiac transplant recipient; J.M. Chen, R.E. Michler. 21. Mechanical circulatory support before heart transplantation; J.S. Sapirstein, W.E. Pae Jr. 22. Anaesthetic management, including cardiopulmonary bypass; J.V. Booth, et al. 23. Current techniques of myocardial protection for cardiac transplantation; S.Aziz, A.L. Panos. 24. Surgical technique of orthotopic heart transplantation. 1: Standard approach; D.K.C. Cooper. 25. Surgical technique of orthotopic heart transplantation. 2: Bicaval 'total' approach; G. Dreyfus. 26. Immediate postoperative care and potential complications; D.K.C. Cooper, N.M. Lidsky. 27. Physiology and pharmacology of the transplanted heart; J.B. Young. 28. Pathology of cardiac allograft rejection. 1: Vascular (microvascular); E.H. Hammond. 29.Pathology of cardiac allograft rejection. 2: Acute cellular; A.G. Rose. 30. Clinical diagnosis of acute rejection; M.R. Costanzo. 31. Treatment of cardiac allograft rejection; L.W. Miller. 32. Infection in relation to thoracic transplantation; K. Love. 33. Pathology of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (chronic rejection); A.G. Rose. 34. Pathogenesis of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (