March 2026 Journal Watch

• Journal Watch

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:

• Static lung preservation at 10°C: One-year clinical outcomes versus conventional practice
• Differential outcomes of PGD 3 after EVLP compared to PGD 3 after direct transplant
• Escalation of MCS in patients with STEMI-related cardiogenic shock
• Open lung protective ventilation compared to conventional mechanical ventilation

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Issue Editor: 

Brigitte Hollander, MBChB FCICM
CVICU Auckland City Hospital

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

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