Table of Contents

Section I. Immunopathology of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 1. Histocompatibility Antigens and Transplant Rejection.- 2. Immunology of Cellular and Humoral Rejection after Cardiac Transplantation.- 3. Immunobiology of Chronic Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 4. Inflammatory Cell Infiltration, Cytokines and Mechanisms of Myocyte Necrosis in Cardiac Transplant Rejection.- 5. Apoptosis in Cardiac Transplant Rejection.- 6. Pathology of Cardiac Allograft Vascular (Microvascular) Rejection: Impact on Patient Outcomes.- 7. Strategies for the Induction of Allograft Tolerance.- 8. Xenotransplantation: Hyperacute and Delayed Xenograft Rejection.- Section II. Clinical Assessment and Management of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 9. Endomyocardial Biopsy Diagnosis of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 10. Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Allograft Rejection and Maintenance Immunosuppression.- 11. New Immunosuppressive Agents.- 12. Treatment of Acute Vascular Rejection in Cardiac Allografts ,.- Section III. Newer Diagnostic Tools for the Management of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 13. Evolution of Noninvasive Testing for the Detection of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 14. Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Acute Allograft Rejection.- 15. The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cardiac Transplantation Rejection.- Section IV. Radionuclide Imaging for Surveillance of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 16. Targets for Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 17. Detection of Apoptosis for the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Cardiac Allograft Rejection.- 18. Detection of Cardiac Allograft Rejection by Noninvasive Imaging of Lymphocyte Infiltration.- 19. Detection of Cardiac Allograft Rejection by Targeting Expression of Accessory Molecules on Cardiac Myocytes.- 20. Algorithms for Management of Heart Transplant Rejection Based on Surveillance of Myocardial Damage by Antimyosin Antibody Imaging.- Color Plates.

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