• ISBN13: 9780521651110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2003
• Pages: 428
• Original Price: GBP 189.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1611 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Surgery / Cardiothoracic and Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine

This book provides a detailed account of the principles and practice of contemporary lung transplantation. An accomplished, international team of contributing authors have combined their expertise to provide the latest scientific developments and clinical knowledge based on their extensive experience. The book covers pulmonary vascular and parenchymal lung disease, which necessitate transplantation, together with all aspects of the multidisciplinary management of lung transplant patients. It concludes by looking at future developments in the treatment of advanced respiratory failure.