Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 818 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Front Cover; Mechanical Circulatory and Respiratory Support; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Heart failure and nondevice treatment; Chapter 1: Descent into heart and lung failure; Introduction; Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology; Heart Chambers; Heart Valves and Coronary Arteries; Left Ventricular Mechanics; LV performance-Pressure vs. volume curves; Myocardial oxygen consumption; Cardiogenic Shock; Chronic Heart Failure; Cardiac remodeling; Pathophysiology of chronic heart failure; Etiology; Heart failure: A progressive and multisystem disorder |
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Cardio-renal syndromePulmonary hypertension secondary to left heart disease; Right heart failure; Grading heart failure; Defining and recognizing stage D; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); Treatment of HR with reduced ejection fraction; Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology; Structure and Function; Lung volumes; Gas exchange; The alveolar capillary membrane; Ventilation perfusion ratios in health and disease; Control of breathing: Chemical and neural mechanisms; The oxygen cascade; Respiratory Pathophysiology; Causes of respiratory failure; Asthma |
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Acute respiratory distress syndromeTreatment options; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Heart and lung transplantation; Introduction; History of Thoracic Transplantation; Decision-Making in Thoracic Transplantation; Recipient Evaluation, Indications, Contraindications for Heart and Lung Transplantation; Indications for Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplantation; Listing for Heart Transplantation; Listing for Lung Transplantation; Listing for Heart-Lung Transplantation; Contraindications to Heart and Lung Transplantation; Specific Contraindications To Heart Transplantation |
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Specific Contraindications to Lung TransplantationSpecific Listing Indications in Heart and Lung Transplantation; Multiorgan Transplantation; The Heart and Lung Donor; The Effects of Brain Death on Donor Heart and Lung Function; Heart and Lung Donor Selection; Selection of Donor Hearts; Selection of Donor Lungs; Donor-Recipient Matching in Heart and Lung Transplantation; Donor-Recipient Size Matching; Immunological Matching; Surgical Techniques; Donor Heart and Lung Procurement; Donor Procurement Operation; Technique of orthotopic cardiac transplantation; Technique of lung transplantation |
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ImmunosuppressionImmunosuppression Agents; T-Cell Directed Therapy; Agents targeting signal 1; Agents targeting signal 2; B-Cell Directed Therapy [45]; B-cell targeting; Plasma cell targeting; Complement inhibition; Other targets; Agents Targeting Cytokines; Nonspecific cytokine inhibition; Specific cytokine inhibition; IL-2 receptor antagonist; Pooled Polyclonal Antibodies as Immunosuppressive Agents; Immune globulins; Polyclonal antithymocyte globulins; Immunosuppressive Agents With Multiple Cellular Targets; Antiproliferative agents: mTOR inhibitors; Antimetabolites |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Blood -- Circulation, Artificial.
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Artificial respiration.
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Heart, Artificial.
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Assisted Circulation
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Heart-Assist Devices
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Heart, Artificial
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Respiration, Artificial
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Heart, Artificial
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Artificial respiration
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Blood -- Circulation, Artificial
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fraser, John F., editor
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Gregory, Shaun D., editor
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Stevens, Michael C., editor
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ISBN |
0128104929 |
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9780128104927 |
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