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By James K. Kirklin, James B. Young, and David C. McGiffin. 883 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 2002. $229. ISBN 0-443-07655-3.

Heart Transplantation, a beautifully written, comprehensive monograph, sets new standards. The authors, long-term scientific leaders in the field, are optimally positioned for this task. Their book covers the topic in a consistent and carefully balanced way. Cardiac transplantation has rapidly evolved since the groundbreaking experimental work of Norman Shumway's group at Stanford in the 1950s and 1960s and the first transplantation of a human heart, performed by Christiaan Barnard on December 3, 1967, in Capetown, South Africa. Heart Transplantation captures every aspect of the subject, from the early experiments to the realization of a dream (which took its place . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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