CLINICAL GUIDE TO HEART TRANSPLANTATION

Contains the most current techniques, practices, and thinking in heart transplantation Structured as a concise high-yield cardiology review Provides a comprehensive clinical review of advanced heart failure and transplantation? This is a concise review of up-to-date concepts and techniques in the discipline of heart transplantation. It is a review and reference for practitioners managing patients with advanced heart disease, including patients with end-stage heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, or transplant recipients. Heart failure is a major public health issue, with a prevalence of over 5.8 million in the USA, and over 23 million worldwide, and rising. The lifetime risk of developing heart failure is one in five. Heart failure carries substantial morbidity and mortality, with 5-year mortality that rivals those of many cancers.