Anesthesiology and Critical Care Transplant Topics on Journal Watch
Published 30 March 2026
ISHLT Journal Watch explores topics in cardiothoracic transplant-related anesthesiology and critical care this month. Issue editor Brigitte Hollander, MBChB FCICM, gathers topics from four contributors including:
- The safety, semi-elective clinical integration, and one-year clinical outcomes of static preservation at 10° Celsius compared with convention preservation practice
- Assessing the risks of adverse early and late outcomes in patients who develop PGD-3 with EVLP lung transplant versus standard LTX
- A post-hoc analysis of the DanGer Shock trial—escalating mechanical circulatory support in patients with STEMI-related cardiogenic shock
- Evaluating whether an open lung protective ventilation (OLPV) strategy improves donor lung utilization compared with conventional ventilation in deceased organ donors
Issue Editor:
Brigitte Hollander, MBChB FCICMCVICU Auckland City Hospital
Auckland, New Zealand
Contributors:
Catalin Iulian Efrimescu, MD
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Sai Prasanna Narasimmal, MD, MPH
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA USA
Emma Barnes, MBBS FCICM
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, NSW Australia
Dilip Jayasimhan, MBChB, FRACP
CVICU Auckland City Hospital
Auckland, New Zealand
Journal Watch Senior Editor
Ross Thomson, BA, BMBCh, MRCP

