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.
Rationale and Process: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006
Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006
Optimal Pharmacologic and Non-pharmacologic Management of Cardiac Transplant Candidates: Approaches to Be Considered Prior to Transplant Evaluation: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006
Heart Rhythm Considerations in Heart Transplant Candidates and Considerations for Ventricular Assist Devices: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2006
International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates: 2006 Update - A Consensus Report from the Pulmonary Scientific Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Present Status of Research on Psychosocial Outcomes in Cardiothoracic Transplantation: Review and Recommendations for the Field
Revision of the 1990 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart Rejection
Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part I: Introduction and Methods
Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part II: Definition. A Consensus Statement of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part III: Donor Related Risk Factors and Markers
Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part IV: Recipient-Related Risk Factors and Markers
Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part V: Predictors and Outcomes
Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part VI: Treatment
Scientific Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Introduction to the 2005 Annual Reports
Practice Guidelines for Management of Heart Failure in Children
A Review of Lung Transplant Donor Acceptability Criteria (a consensus report of the ISHLT Pulmonary Council)
Destination Mechanical Circulatory Support: Proposal for Clinical Standards
Maximizing Use of Organs Recovered from the Cadaver Donor: Cardiac Recommendations
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome 2001: an Update of the Diagnostic Criteria
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary
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.
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.
Revision of the 1990 Working Formulation for the Classification of Pulmonary Allograft Rejection: Lung Rejection Study Group.
A Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart and Lung Rejection: Lung Rejection Study Group, The International Society for Heart Transplantation
A Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart and Lung Rejection: Heart Rejection Study Group, The International Society for Heart Transplantation
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