Guidelines



ISHLT GUIDELINES

As part of our mission, ISHLT engages in the regular development of guidelines regarding end-stage heart disease, end-stage lung disease, heart transplantation, and lung transplantation.  A complete list of the guidelines and recommendations ISHLT has either published, co-authored, and/or endorsed is listed below, organized by date of publication.  Free access to the full text of most of the below documents is available by clicking on the titles.

2010
  • NEW!! ISHLT Guidelines For The Care Of Heart Transplant Recipients - PRESS RELEASE PDF
  • NEW!! ISHLT Guidelines For The Care Of Heart Transplant Recipients - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PDF
  • NEW!!  ISHLT Guidelines For The Care Of Heart Transplant Recipients - Task Force 1:  Peri-Operative Care Of The Heart Transplant Recipient PDF
  • NEW!!  ISHLT Guidelines For The Care Of Heart Transplant Recipients - Task Force 2: Immunosuppression And Rejection PDF
  • NEW!!  ISHLT Guidelines For The Care Of Heart Transplant Recipients - Task Force 3:  Long-Term Care Of Heart Transplant Recipients PDF
  • NEW!! ACCF/AHA/ACP/HFSA/ISHLT 2010 Clinical Competence Statement on Management of Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/56/5/424
  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation working formulation of a standardized nomenclature for cardiac allograft vasculopathy--2010 JHLT Online Article
    Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Grading Report Form PDF
2009
  • ISHLT Guide to Guidelines Development: PDF  This is the document which all ISHLT-developed standards and guidelines are required to follow.
  • Generic Drug Immunosuppression in Thoracic Transplantation: An ISHLT Educational Advisory PDF
  • 2009 ESC/ERS Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension ESC/ERS Webpage
2006
  • Rationale and Process: ISHLT Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006  JHLT Online Article
  • Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation: ISHLT Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006  JHLT Online Article
  • Optimal Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Management of Cardiac Transplant Candidates: Approaches to Be Considered Prior to Transplant Evaluation: ISHLT Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006  JHLT Online Article
  • Heart Rhythm Considerations in Heart Transplant Candidates and Considerations for Ventricular Assist Devices: ISHLT Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006  JHLT Online Article
  • International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates: 2006 Update - A Consensus Report from the ISHLT Pulmonary Scientific Council  JHLT Online Article
  • Present Status of Research on Psychosocial Outcomes in Cardiothoracic Transplantation: Review and Recommendations for the Field  JHLT Online Article
2005
  • Revision of the 1990 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart Rejection  JHLT Online Article
  • Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part I: Introduction and Methods  JHLT Online Article
  • Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part II: Definition. A Consensus Statement of the ISHLT  JHLT Online Article
  • Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part III: Donor Related Risk Factors and Markers  JHLT Online Article
  • Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part IV: Recipient-Related Risk Factors and Markers  JHLT Online Article
  • Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part V: Predictors and Outcomes  JHLT Online Article
  • Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part VI: Treatment  JHLT Online Article
  • Scientific Registry of the ISHLT: Introduction to the 2005 Annual Reports  JHLT Online Article
2004 2003
  • A Review of Lung Transplant Donor Acceptability Criteria - a consensus report of the ISHLT Pulmonary Council  JHLT Online Article
  • Destination Mechanical Circulatory Support: Proposal for Clinical Standards  JHLT Online Article
2002
  • Maximizing Use of Organs Recovered from the Cadaver Donor: Cardiac Recommendations  JHLT Online Article
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome 2001: an Update of the Diagnostic Criteria  JHLT Online Article
  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary  ACC/AHA Webpage
2000
  • Report of the Xenotransplantation Advisory Committee of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: the Present Status of Xenotransplantation and its Potential Role in the Treatment of End-Stage Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases  PDF
1998
  • International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the American Thoracic Society, the American Society of Transplant Physicians, the European Respiratory Society  ATS Webpage
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