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Cardiac

Transplantation

The

Columbia University

Medical Center/

New York-Presbyterian

Hospital Manual

Edited by

Niloo M. Edwards, MD

Jonathan M. Chen, MD

Pamela A. Mazzeo

C ARDIAC T RANSPLANTATION

C ONTEMPORARY C ARDIOLOGY

C HRISTOPHER P. C ANNON , MD

S ERIES E DITOR

Cardiac Transplantation: The

Columbia University Medical

Center/New York-Presbyterian

Hospital Manual, edited by

Niloo M. Edwards, MD ,

Jonathan M. Chen, MD ,

and Pamela A. Mazzeo, 2004

Heart Disease and Erectile

Dysfunction , edited by Robert

A. Kloner, MD , P h D , 2004

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Evidence-Based Diagnosis

and Treatment, by Leslee J.

Shaw, P h D , and Rita

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Complementary and Alternative

Medicine in Cardiovascular

Disease, edited by Richard A.

Stein, MD , and Mehmet C. Oz,

MD , 2004

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How to Set Up and Maintain

a Laboratory, edited by Frans

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Wendy Bruni, BS , CNMT , and

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Minimally Invasive Cardiac Sur-

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by Daniel J. Goldstein, MD ,

and Mehmet C. Oz, MD , 2004

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Economics, edited by William

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Inhibitors in Cardiovascular

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Syndromes, Second Edition ,

edited by Christopher P.

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Management: Facts and

Controversies, edited by

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Peripheral Arterial Disease:

Diagnosis and Treatment,

edited by Jay D. Coffman, MD ,

and Robert T. Eberhardt, MD ,

2003

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Basic and Clinical Science,

edited by Ihor Gussak, MD ,

P h D , Charles Antzelevitch,

P h D , Stephen C. Hammill, MD ,

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MD , 2002

C ARDIAC

T RANSPLANTATION

The Columbia University Medical Center/

New York-Presbyterian Hospital Manual

Edited by

N ILOO M. E DWARDS , MD

University of Wisconsin,

Madison, WI

J ONATHAN M. C HEN , MD

P AMELA A. M AZZEO

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons,

New York, NY

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Totowa, New Jersey 07512

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cardiac transplantation : the Columbia University Medical Center / New

York Presbyterian Hospital manual / edited by Niloo M. Edwards,

Jonathan M. Chen, Pamela A. Mazzeo.

p. cm. -- (Contemporary cardiology)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-58829-181-2 (alk. paper)

1. Heart--Transplantation--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Edwards, Niloo

M. II. Chen, Jonathan M. III. Mazzeo, Pamela A. IV.

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. V. Series: Contemporary cardiology

(Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)

RD598.35.T7C355 2004

617.4'120592--dc22

2003020793

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