The 2016 ISHLT Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation: A 10-year Update
Published 1 January 2016
Mandeep R. Mehra, MD; Charles E. Canter, MD; Margaret M. Hannan, MD; Erik A.M. Verschuuren, MD, PhD; Andreas Zuckermann, MD
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Jan;25(1):1-23
In 2005, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Board of Directors commissioned the development of the first International Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation, published in 2006.
More recently, the ISHLT commissioned a focused update to concentrate on evolving areas of importance, not fully addressed previously. These include congenital heart disease (CHD), restrictive cardiomyopathy, and infectious diseases. In addition, we undertook a review of all 2006 guidelines to update those where new information was evident or evolution in practice demanded significant changes.
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