The latest in transplant Infectious Disease on ISHLT Journal Watch

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• Advanced Lung Failure & Transplantation
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The November 2025 issue of ISHLT Journal Watch explores topics in infectious diseases in advanced heart and lung failure. Issue editor Bin Ni, MD, PhD, gathers topics including:

• LVAD device-specific infections: epidemiology and impact
• Letermovir for CMV prophylaxis after heart transplant
• Maribavir for refractory CMV infection in SOT recipients (subgroup of the phase 3 SOLSTICE study)

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Issue Junior Editor: 

Bin Ni, MD, PhD

Contributors:

Haitham Alaithan, MD

Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX USA

Brennan Collis, MD

Austin Health
Melbourne, VIC Australia

Sara Dong, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA USA

Journal Watch Senior Editor

Ross Thomson, BA, BMBCh, MRCP

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