Heart transplantation.
Modern concepts of cardiac transplantation are reviewed. Selection of potential recipients and donors is discussed with particular attention to those aspects of procurement that involve coordination with other transplant teams. Technical aspects of the operation, postoperative management, immunologic regimens, and late results, including physiologic testing and complications, are also reviewed.
D000818:Animals; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000187:drug effects; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D009926:Organ Preservation; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors
D003524:Cyclosporins; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone