Contents:

1. Indications for lung transplantation
   1. Patient evaluation
   2. Patient selection
   3. Informed consent
      
      
2. Immunosuppressive therapy in lung transplantation
   1. Evaluation of therapy
   2. Drugs
   3. Complications
      
      
3. Technique of single and double lung transplantation
   1. Left lung
   2. Right lung
   3. Extracorporeal bypass techniques and indications for their use
      
      
4. Donor evaluation
   1. History
   2. Physiology
   3. Radiology
      
      
5. Donor preparation and organ harvest
   1. Brain death, legal and family-related issues
   2. Organ procurement and preservation
   3. Pharmacologic and technical aspects of donor lung harvest operations
      
      
6. Pulmonary rejection
   1. Signs and symptoms
   2. Endobronchial biopsy
   3. Histologic evaluation of rejection
   4. Management of rejection
      
      
7. Immunosuppressive therapy
   1. Immunosuppressive drugs and their side effects
   2. Antibody therapy and side effects
   3. Complications of immunosuppressive therapy