Lung Transplantation - Banner, Nicholas R.

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List of contributors; Preface; Part I. Pulmonary Disease: 1. Primary pulmonary hypertension: pathophysiology and therapy Stuart Rich; 2. Genetics of pulmonary hypertension Richard C. Trembath and Rachel Harrison; 3. Pathology of pulmonary hypertension Anne E. Bishop and Julia M. Polak; 4. Pulmonary hypertension and the right ventricle Norbert F. Voelkel, Rubin M. Tuder, Carlyne Cool, Mark Geraci, Robert Quaife and Michael Bristow; 5. Emphysema Gordon L. Snider; 6. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency Duncan C. S. Hutchison; 7. Bronchiectasis Mary T. Keogan; 8. Cystic fibrosis Margaret E. Hodson; 9. Diffuse lung disease R. M. du Bois; 10. Explant pathology Susan Stewart; Part II. Lung Transplantation: 11. Overview Magdi H. Yacoub and Emma J. Birks; 12. Patient selection and indications for lung transplantation Janet R. Maurer; 13. Single and bilateral lung transplantation John Dark; 14. Combined heart and lung transplantation Rosemary Radley-Smith, Asghar Khaghani and Nicholas R. Banner; 15. Anaesthesia and intensive care Michael J. Boscoe and Shane J. George; 16. Medical management Paul A. Corris; 17. Immunological mechanisms of graft injury Marlene L. Rose and Ian V. Hutchinson; 18. Pharmacological immunosuppression Nicholas R. Banner and Haifa Lyster; 19. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction Marshall I. Hertz; 20. Infectious complications Keith McNeil, Juliet Foweraker and Tim Wreghitt; 21. Cytomegalovirus infection Nicholas R. Banner; 22. Imaging R. Jane Chambers; 23. Transplant pathology Margaret M. Burke; 24. Haematology David Cummins; 25. Psychology Claire N. Hallas and Jo Wray; 26. The current status of lung transplantation Allan R. Glanville; Part III. Future Directions: 27. Tissue engineering Larry L. Hench, Julian R. Jones, Rubia F. S. Lenza and Wander L. V. Vasconcelos; 28. Xenotransplantation Agnes M. Azimzadeh, Carsten Schroeder and Richard N. Pierson III; 29. The artificial lung Brack G. Hattler and William J. Federspiel; Index.