What is The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology?
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant (AHFTx) is a subspecialty of cardiology that focus on the management of advanced cardiac disease, including the use of support devices, as well the selection of and pre-/post-management of the cardiac transplant recipient.
The fellows training in the AHFTx program will get specialized education in the pathophysiology and treatment of heart failure, cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. The physicians practicing in this domain will become experts in Management of heart failure patients within the entire clinical spectrum of drug refractory heart failure, Candidate selection for heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, Donor evaluation and management, Physiology of the transplanted heart, immunosuppression, immediate postoperative and long-term care, Pulmonary artery catheterization and endomyocardial biopsies.
The best books in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology include:
Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
Mechanical Circulatory Support for Advanced Heart Failure
Heart Failure: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease
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