ISHLT: The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation

Links - Transplant Education/Information

Website Sources for Information and Education Regarding Heart and Lung Transplantation and Organ Donation

World Health Organization: Global Observatory on Donation & Transplantation
http://www.transplant-observatory.org/C18/National%20Transplant%20Organizati/default.aspx
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (the unified transplant network established by the United States Congress under the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) of 1984)
http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/
CHF Patients.com (Heart failure and heart transplant information and resources)
www.chfpatients.com
National Foundation for Transplants (fundraising assistance)
www.transplants.org
American College of Chest Physicians
http://www.chestnet.org/accp
MedlinePlus (articles, news, information, policies regarding heart transplantation in the U.S.)
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hearttransplantation.html
TransWeb.org: A Resource on Transplantation and Donation (from the University of Michigan Transplant Center)
www.transweb.org
Eurotransplant International Foundation (responsible for the mediation and allocation of organ donation procedures in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Slovenia)
www.eurotransplant.nl
Donor Action (an international leader in improving the rate of hospital organ and tissue donations)
www.donoraction.org
National Transplant Assistance Fund (helps families address financial hardships arising from uninsured medical expenses related to transplantation and catastrophic injury)
www.transplantfund.org
U.S. Government Information on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation
www.organdonor.gov

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