The very first clinical lung transplantation in 1963 was not too promising a start. In the years that followed, immense obstacles had to be surmounted and for a while nobody believed in the success of such an operation. Fortunately pioneers as Reitz and Cooper did not abandon the idea and it is also due to them that lung transplantation has found ...
After decades of laboratory investigations, mechanical circulatory support for the failing heart has entered the clinical arena. Today, a growing number of patients with progressive myocardial failure awaiting cardiac transplantation are successfully bridged to transplantation with ventricular assist devices. These proceedings of the Mechanical ...
Marfan syndrome is a hereditary disorder of connective tissue which primarily affects the eyes, skeleton, blood vessels and various structures of the heart. Since 1943, when the cardiovascular manifestations of Marfan syndrome were first described, understanding of its nature, diagnostic tools, and surgical treatment have been remarkably improved. ...
This text presents the proceedings of a meeting about psychosomatic aspects and the health-related quality of life in patients undergoing mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation. Little is as yet known about the impact of these invasive surgical techniques on the patient's psyche. Experts in the field explore this area from the ...
Das Buch spannt einen weiten Bogen A1/4ber die Transplantationsmedizin und gibt einen Aoeberblick A1/4ber Immunologie, Chirurgie, Vorbereitung und Nachsorge sowie die Randbereiche der Transplantationschirurgie. Es dient Chirurgen, Internisten, Allgemeinmedizinern als auch Medizinstudenten als Nachschlagewerk fA1/4r die thorakale und abdominelle ...
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