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As part of its mission, ISHLT engages in the regular development of Professional Practice Guidelines and Consensus Statements, Health Policy Guidance Statements, Standards Statements, and Public Comments regarding professional practice matters and the care of patients with advanced heart and/or lung disease.

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Engagement of Social Support Systems in Patients Being Considered for and Following Advanced Heart and Lung Surgical Therapies: An ISHLT Expert Consensus Statement
23 September 2026

This consensus document provides recommendations to guide programs in systematically assessing social …
Assessing and Addressing Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplantation: An ISHLT Consensus Statement
20 August 2026

This consensus document addresses practical and logistical issues regarding the assessment and management …
Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Timing, and Implications for Outcomes—An ISHLT Consensus Document
11 August 2026

The role of this consensus document is to clearly define the utility BLAD as a construct, standardize …
Implementation Framework for the ISHLT Statement on Transplant Ethics
23 July 2026

The Ethics Committee has developed a principles-based ISHLT Statement on Transplant Ethics that articulates …
ISHLT Statement on Transplant Ethics
23 July 2026

The Ethics Committee of the ISHLT elaborates the fundamental ethical values pertinent to transplantation …
ISHLT Scientific Statement on Pulmonary Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Proposed Graft, Antibody, and Pathology (GAP) Definition
11 June 2026

This Scientific Statement aims to update the definition of AMR, with the ultimate objective of improving …
ISHLT Consensus Statement on Acute Lung Allograft Dysfunction (ALAD): Definition, Etiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches, and Research Priorities
13 May 2026

This Consensus Statement on ALAD aims to standardize the nomenclature of ALAD, define its contributing …
Summary of the ISHLT Consensus Conference on Graft Dysfunction within the First 72 hours after Heart Transplantation: A 10-year Update
13 March 2026

This document is the result of the 2024 Consensus Conference on PGD and aims to provide a more standardized …
The 2026 ISHLT Consensus Statement on Clinical Cardiac Xenotransplantation
20 February 2026

Developed by a multidisciplinary panel of global experts as an update to 2000 ISHLT statement on …
ISHLT Consensus Statement on Short Telomere Syndrome and Lung Transplantation
8 January 2026

This consensus document aims to address gaps in the evaluation and management of patients with STS, the …

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Standards & Guidelines Committee

Five people posing for a photo at ISHLT2023 in Denver

The ISHLT Standards & Guidelines Committee manages and facilitates the creation of policy and guideline documentations within the Society.