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    Jon Kobashigawa, editor.
    Summary: This handbook is an easy reference for those involved in the management of heart transplant. While this compilation of best practices cannot address the complexity of the individual patients we care for on a daily basis, it will serve to help us ask the right questions, access the best evidence and ultimately make the best decisions for the patients involved. Clinical Guide to Heart Transplantation provides a current review of the field of heart transplantation and how it has evolved into an established therapy for the treatment of end-stage heart failure. With the advent of improved surgical techniques, the development of immunosuppressive drugs and the utilization of more sophisticated monitoring strategies and treatments for graft rejection, heart transplantation now offer patients an avenue to both improved survival and quality of life. With over 4000 heart transplants performed per year globally and with 1-year survival approaching 90%, this practical title assists those involved in the this most complex of procedures to establish best practice. It is therefore essential reading for all practitioners in this field, charged with making critical decisions in the management of patients, donor organs, and the transplant process itself in order to achieve the greatest benefit in the utilization of this often scarce resource.

    Contents:
    Introduction
    Options for Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure
    Evaluation of Heart Transplant Candidacy
    Listing Criteria and Process
    Optimal Management of Patients on the Heart Transplant Waiting List
    Histocompatibility Testing and Cross Matching
    The Sensitized Patient Awaiting Heart Transplantation
    Donor Organ Preservation and Surgical Considerations in Heart Transplantation
    Immediate Post-Operative Period
    Immunosuppression Strategies in Heart Transplantation
    Rejection Surveillance and Treatment in the First Year
    Out-Patient Management of the Heart Transplant Patient
    Long-Term Complications in Heart Transplantation
    The Total Artificial Heart
    Chimerism and Tolerance
    Genomics In Heart Transplantation
    The Future of Heart Transplantation.
    Digital Access Springer 2017