Immunology Of Heart And Lung Transplantation

As in all established areas of transplantation, the fundamental problems that occur are not caused by surgery but by immunological complications such as rejection and opportunistic infection. This book presents the basic immunology and its implications for clinical practice for both the researcher involved in clinical medicine and the surgeons and clinicians of the transplant team. This is the first book to be devoted to the immunology of heart and lung transplantation. It is divided into three parts, the first of which describes experimental models of graft rejection and recent advances in transplant immunology, the second which discusses current and future immunosuppressive macrolids and new monoclonal antibodies, and the final section which covers the clinical aspects of patient management and the complications of immunosuppressive therapy and chronic rejection.