Atlas of Biopsy Pathology for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Tissue biopsy is essential in assessing the viability of transplanted organs both before and after the operation.

This work focuses purely on interpreting biopsy pathology specimens from heart and heart/lung transplant patients.Each chapter contains a brief introduction covering the clinical conditions seen in these patients, followed by a large body of colour photographs explained by detailed captions to give a comprehensive overview of the subject.

The photographs are taken from collections of transplant pathology images at Stanford University in the USA and Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.Reflecting the close working relationship between pathologists and clinicians in transplantation, the appendices cover both practical methodologies for taking biopsy specimens and details on how to prepare and process them.