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Recommended Books on Heart Transplant
Dinosaur Heart Transplants Many mainline churches make the mistake of thinking that in order to get off the plateau or reverse the decline they must become something that they are not. Often that change of identity has to do with worship. In a study funded by the Lilly Foundation, Robert Cueni has interviewed pastors and members of dozens of large-membership mainline churches that have turned around long-standing patterns of stagnation or decline. The common denominator he identified is that the leadership of these churches have found ways to incorporate the church's story and sense of identity into a new story of change and renewal. They work with the strengths they find, move away from the weaknesses, and arrive at a newly thriving congregation. In Dinosaur Heart Transplants, Cueni shares the findings and conclusions from his groundbreaking study and demonstrates how even small and mid-sized congregations can incorporate these patterns of renewal. Key Features: • Addresses a problem that is being faced in numerous ways by many churches today • Applicable to mainline churches of all sizes • Makes available in an accessible format the findings of a Lilly Foundation study Key Benefits: • Readers will understand the factors that cause or characterize stagnating churches • Readers will understand the outlook necessary to move churches that have reached a plateau into renewal • Readers will understand how to crystallize a church's story and sense of identity • Readers will learn how to incorporate that story and identify with a new story of change and renewal • Readers will learn how to identify churches' weaknesses and move away from them
Atlas of Biopsy Pathology for Heart and Lung Transplantation Cardiothoracic transplantation is an established therapy for end-stage heart and lung disease. The management of the heart and lung recipients requires regular biopsies for the diagnosis of acute rejection infection and other complications. Histopathologists in cardiothoracic transplant centres will therefore see these biopsies on a regular basis and this practical and accessible Atlas will help them in accurate diagnosis. The authors have an extensive combined experience of reading heart and lung biopsies and also teaching interpretative skills to others and are therefore aware of the important diagnostic difficulties in this specialist area of cardiac and pulmonary pathology. The Atlas will appeal to transplant clinicians for whom an understanding of the role of biopsy in the management of the patients is very important. The extensive coverage of opportunistic infection, post transplant lymphoproliferative disease, reperfusion injury and recurrent disease will also appeal to transplantation pathologists working with other solid organ allografts.
Heart Replacement: Artificial Heart 7 This volume is an essential addition to the libraries of heart surgeons, consultants, biomedical engineers, and all other specialists and researchers who need to stay on the cutting edge of heart replacement research and technology. All of the latest clinical and surgical trials are discussed in comprehensive detail, generously supported by full-color photographs of equipment and implantation techniques, as well as by charts, graphs and tables. The text outlines trial results in user-friendly formats. Heart Replacement includes papers from an international symposium attended by the world's leading researchers and specialists.
Cardiac Allograft Rejection Heart transplantation remains one of the major scientific achievements of twentieth century medicine. During the past four decades, it has evolved from an unproven experimental surgical technique to the most effective form of therapy for refractory end-stage heart disease. It has captured the public's imagination and expanded our understanding of fundamental immunologic mechanisms that are responsible for cellular and humorally-mediated immunity. Despite its successes, many clinical and scientific problems remain. One or more bouts of acute cellular or humoral (vascular) rejection will occur in over 75% of transplant recipients despite current immunosuppressive strategies. Further, rejection directly results in approximately 20% of post-transplant deaths and is believed to play a major role in the development of late allograft dysfunction and coronary vasculopathy.
This book by international experts in the fields of transplantation medicine, immunobiology and cardiac imaging provides the reader with an up-to-date, consise summary of the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of acute cardiac rejection. 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.
Life In Limbo: Waiting for a Heart Transplant "Life is about opposites coming together to make you whole." Lisa Nance takes us on a journey of love and faith as she travels the tumultuous terrain of her husband's six-month wait for a heart transplant. It feels as if one day she's enjoying a round of golf with a seemingly healthy spouse, then the next she's at his bedside in the ICU. Now, she must face "the Wait," with a capital W, tackling the challenges of single parenting, running the family business, and visiting a terminally ill husband 500 miles away. A beautifully written, insightful, and honest account of the lessons learned by a woman living a Life In Limbo.
Dying to Live: From Heart Transplant to Abundant Life Dying to Live is about facing challenges. Being miserable. Finding faith. Letting go and learning to trust. It is the inspiring story of Gaea Shaw's journey from heart transplant recipient to gold medal winner at the Olympic-style Transplant Games. But Gaea's story is much more than that. Her gift to readers is that she encourages each of us to see that we all face our own challenges—and that each of us can experience an abundant life, filled with gratitude, no matter what the odds.
Great Medical Discoveries - Heart Transplants (Great Medical Discoveries) The story of heart transplantation is one of pioneering surgeons and courageous patients. Through the first operation on a beating human heart to the reality of the artificial heart, the rapid progression of cardiac surgery and the ethical issues that arise with each new development are discussed. (20020501)
Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society The developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and the simultaneous rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart are the subject of this vividly written and absorbing new volume. In Spare Parts, fascinating, interconnected stories
of organ transplantation and the artificial heart are recounted in an interpretive framework that explores the vision of the "replaceable body." Themes of uncertainty, gift exchange, and the allocation of scarce material and non-material resources underscore a discussion that openly examines the
escalating ardor about the goodness of repairing and remaking people with transplanted organs. Likewise, the stories open questions of life and death, identity, and solidarity. This important book offers insights into the symbolic and anthropomorphic meanings associated with the human body and its
organs, and into the ways that medical professionals come to terms with the concomitant aspects of transferring vital body parts. Both artificial and donor organs, as well as the process of transplantation, are the subject of a thoughtful discussion which touches on the medical myths and rituals
that they generate. Chronologically, Spare Parts begins where the authors' previous book, The Courage to Fail, leaves off. More than a sequel, however, this work reflects their increasingly troubled and critical reactions to the expansion of organ replacement. Likely to be controversial, this
book is must reading for bioethicists, medical sociologists and anthropologists, health-care lawyers, planners and administrators, nurses and physicians, medical journalists and science writers, and concerned lay readers.
One Step at a Time "One Step at a Time" is a book, keepsake and guide for coping with a child's hospitalization. It offers a unique way for a parent to ask the right questions, record important medical information, and express joy, fear and hope during a very difficult time. And most important, it encourages parents to take care of themselves physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Mr. NewHeart (New Heart): Heart Attack to Transplant and Beyond Mr. NewHeart is David Hollar's inspiring account of his battle with heart disease and his life-saving transplant. It is a story of faith, courage, endurance, miracles, and God's rich blessings.
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