Lung Transplantation book pdf download

Author: Magdi Yacoub

About the Author: Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub (born 16 November 1935) is an Egyptian-British professor and eminent cardiac surgeon. She was born in Belbeis, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, to a Coptic Orthodox family, and her origins are from Minya. He studied medicine at Cairo University, educated in Chicago, then moved to Britain in 1962 to work at Chest Hospital in London, then became a specialist in heart and lung surgery at Harfield Hospital (from 1969 to 2001), and director of the Department of Scientific Research and Education (since 1992). He was appointed professor at the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1986, and has been developing heart transplant techniques since 1967. In 1980 he performed a heart transplant on Drake Morris, who became the longest-lived European heart transplant patient until his death in July 2005. Among the The celebrity who underwent his operations was the British comedian Eric Morecambe, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1966, and he is called in the British media the title of “King of Hearts”. In 2001, at the age of 65, he retired from surgery and continued as a consultant and theorist for organ transplants. In 2006, Dr. Magdi Yacoub cut his retirement from operations to lead a complex operation that required the removal of a transplanted heart in a patient after her natural heart was healed, as the normal heart of the sick child was still removed during the previous transplant, which was carried out by Sir Magdi Yacoub. He received the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, and received titles and decorations from the largest universities around the world, such as: Brunel University, Cardiff University, Loughborough University, Middlesex University (British universities), as well as from Lund University in Sweden. He has honorary chairs at the University of Lahore, Pakistan, and the University of Siena, Italy.

Lung Transplantation book pdf download By Magdi Yacoub

vides 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 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. This multidisciplinary approach makes the publication suitable for several subspecialities in addition to pulmonary medicine and lung transplantation, including haematology, radiology and clinical psychology. It will serve as a valuable source of reference and practical information for medical specialists in transplantation and all those working in thoracic organ transplant units.

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