Cardiac Allograft Rejection

Heart transplantation remains one of the major scientific achievements of twentieth century medicine. This book provides the reader with a summary of the developments in the diagnosis and treatment of acute cardiac rejection. It is useful for transplant cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, cardiac pathologists, and transplant scientists.

It is axiomatic that a more complete understanding of the pathogenic processes involved in rejection will ultimately lead to its prevention. This volume will be useful to transplant cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, cardiac pathologists and transplant scientists who seek to prolong the lifespan and improve the quality of life of their transplant recipients.

Preface. Section I: Immunopathology of Cardiac Allograft
Rejection. 1. Histocompatibility Antigens and Transplant
Rejection
S. Pillai. 2. Cellular and Humoral Rejection
after Cardiac Transplantation
M.L. Rose, et al. 3.
Immunobiology of Chronic Cardiac Allograft Rejection
P. Koskinen,
et al. 4. Inflammatory Cell Infiltration, Cytokines and
Mechanisms of Myocyte Necrosis in Cardiac Transplant Rejection

J.B. Sundstrom, et al. 5. Apoptosis in Cardiac
Transplant Rejection
M. Puig, et al. 6. Pathology
of Cardiac Allograft Vascular (Microvascular) Rejection: Impact on
Patient Outcomes
E.H. Hammond, et al. 7. Strategies
for the Induction of Allograft Tolerance
T. Wekerle, et
al. 8. Xenotransplantation: Hyperacute and Delayed Xenograft
Rejection
K. Mawulawde, et al. Section II: Clinical
Assessment and Management of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.
9. Endomyocardial Biopsy Diagnosis of Cardiac Allograft
Rejection
B. Czerska, et al. 10. Clinical Diagnosis
and Management of Cardiac Allograft Rejection and Maintenance
Immunosuppression
T.G. Di Salvo, G.W. Dec. 11. New
Immunosuppressive Agents
J.F. Gummert, et al. 12.
Treatment of Acute Vascular Rejection in Cardiac Allografts

I.S. Wittstein, E.K. Kasper. Section III: Newer
Diagnostic Tools for the Management of Cardiac Allograft
Rejection. 13. Evolution of Noninvasive Testing for the
Detection of Cardiac Allograft Rejection
R. Srivastava, J.D.
Hosenpud. 14. Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Acute Allograft
Rejection
N. Giannetti, H.A. Valantine. 15. The Use of
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cardiac Transplantation Rejection

T.M. Koelling. Section IV: Radionuclide Imaging for
Surveillance of Cardiac Allograft Rejection. 16.
Targets for Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Allograft Rejection

H.W. Strauss. 17. Detection of Apoptosis for the
Noninvasive Diagnosis of Cardiac Allograft Rejection
F.G.
Blankenberg, et al. 18. Detection and Monitoring of
Cardiac Allograft Rejection by Noninvasive Imaging of Lymphocyte
Infiltration
K. Lin, J.J. Frost. 19. Detection of
Cardiac Allograft Rejection by Targeting Expression of Accessory
Molecules on Cardiac Myocytes
M. Isobe. 20. Algorithms
for Management of Heart Transplant Rejection Based on Surveillance of
Myocardial Damage by Antimyosin Antibody Imaging
M.
Ballester, et al.