Overview
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David K. C. Cooper
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Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Oklahoma City, USA
University of Cape Town Medical School and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Dimitri Novitzky
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Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Oklahoma City, USA
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Table of contents (68 chapters)
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Transplantation of the Heart and both lungs
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- T. W. Higenbottam, J. Wallwork
Pages 299-305
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- R. S. Bonser, R. Y. Tarazi, S. W. Jamieson
Pages 341-347
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Single and double lung transplantation
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Front Matter
Pages 355-355
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- A. E. Frost, R. F. Grossman, J. R. Maurer
Pages 363-368
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- J. D. Cooper, G. A. Patterson
Pages 385-389
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- D. K. C. Cooper, G. A. Patterson, J. D. Cooper
Pages 407-409
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The role of mechanical support devices in cardiac transplantation
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Front Matter
Pages 411-411
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- D. G. Pennington, M. T. Swartz
Pages 413-416
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About this book
It gives us great pleasure to contribute a short introduction outstanding book. This comprehensive work provides an to this important volume. immense fund of information, and will be an invaluable The transplantation of thoracic organs - heart,heart source of knowledge to physicians, surgeons, and scientists lung, lung - is a field of surgery that is expanding annually. for many years to come. The use of mechanical assist devices and artificial hearts to support patients awaiting transplantation is also developing rapidly, and further advances in this field may eventually April 1990 Christiaan Barnard lead to a totally implantable device that will function Cape Town, South Africa successfully for many years. It is therefore timely that such a volume as this should be made available to those who wish to be brought up-to date with the current state of knowledge in these related fields. The editors have done us all a great service in bringing together experts in every aspect of heart and Nazih Zuhdi lung transplantation and replacement to contribute to this Oklahoma City, USA Xl Preface The fields of the transplantation and replacement of thoracic Refinements in bioengineering have enabled mechanical organs have expanded immensely since the first human assist devices and the total artificial heart to support patients to-human heart transplant was performed in 1967. This successfully until a suitable donor becomes available.
Reviews
'The book offers and immense fund of information to all physicians and surgeons wishing to keep abreast to developments in the field of thoracic organ transplantation.' International Surgery 77:4 1992