Documents Under Development
Below you will find all of the documents currently being developed under the purview of the Standards and Guidelines Committee. If you have questions about a particular project, please contact the listed Project Leader(s) (ISHLT Consensus Documents), ISHLT Representatives (Joint Documents) or ISHLT Staff (Endorsements).
ISHLT Consensus Documents
Project Title | Document Type | Sponsoring IDN / PC | Current Document Development Stage |
ISHLT Consensus Statements on Donor Lung Transplantation: Advancing Preservation and DCD Utilization for the Future of Lung Transplantation | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Initial Application being developed. |
ISHLT Consensus Statement on Emerging Understanding of Cancer Immunotherapy in Heart and Lung Transplantation Project Leads: Yael Peled, Michelle Kittleson | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Initial Application being reviewed. |
ISHLT Multidisciplinary Consensus on the Perioperative Identification and Management of Vasoplegia in Cardiothoracic Transplantation Project Leads: Ashley Fritz, Jamila Kremer, Yas Moayedi | Consensus Document | ACC | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Update on the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Project Leads: Howard Eisen, Andriana Nikolova, Katharina Wassilew | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Revision of the 2004 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart Rejection Project Leads: Gregory Fishbein, Dylan Miller, Marny Fedrigo | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
ISHLT Consensus on Donor Heart Preservation: Evidence-Based Standards and Global Best Practices from Procurement to Implantation Project Leads: Andreas Zuckermann, Mandeep Mehra | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Malignancy in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients (Pre-Transplant) Project Leads: Federica Meloni, Lynn Punnoose | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Malignancy in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients (Post-Transplant) Project Leads: Richard Cheng | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Optimizing Donor-Recipient Size Matching in Lung Transplantation: Assessment of Donor-Recipient Size Matching and Strategies for Managing Size Mismatch Project Leads: Debbie Levine, Jasleen Kukreja, Dirk Van Raemdonck | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Update: Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Project Leads: Jason Christie, Laurens Ceulemans | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Update to 2010 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Definitions of Infections in Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients Project Leads: Kavitha Muthia, Aman Sidhu, Aaron Mishkin | Consensus Document | ID | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
ISHLT Consensus Document for Prevention and Management Strategies for Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Infection Project Leads: Anna Meyer, Yorum Puius | Consensus Document | MCS | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Pediatric Device Development: A Consensus Statement on a Consequential Void Project Leads: Angela Lorts, Fawwaz Shaw | White Paper | MCS | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Frailty in Pediatric Thoracic Transplantation Project Leads: Kathleen Simpson, Levent Midyat | Consensus Document | PEDS | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
ISHLT Consensus Statement on Management of the Critically Ill Patient with Pulmonary Vascular Disease Project Leads: Christopher Barnett, Archer Martin, Christina Ruggia-Check, Jason Weatherald | Consensus Document | PVD | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
ISHLT Consensus Statement on Reproductive Health Management in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Project Leads: Mrinalini Krishnan, Teresa De Marco, Patricia Ging, Amy Kiskaddon | Consensus Document | PVD | Follow-Up Application being developed. |
Management of CMV in Thoracic Organ Transplantation: A White Paper from the ISHLT KOL Symposium Project Leads: Joanna Schaenman, Markus Barten, Tamara Claridge, Paolo Grossi | White Paper | ID | Writing underway. |
Guidelines for Processing Explanted Native and Allograft Lungs Project Leads: Annalisa Angelini, Anja Roden | Consensus Document | PATH | Writing underway |
Palliative Care in Patients Prior to or Following Heart Transplantation, Lung Transplantation, or Mechanical Circulatory Support Implantation: An ISHLT Expert Consensus Statement Project Leads: Betsy Blume, Rebecca Colman, Christiane Kugler | Consensus Document | NAH | Writing underway |
ISHLT 2025 Working Classification of Lung Allograft Pathology Project Leads: Fiorella Calabrese, David Hwang, Deborah Levine, Glen Westall | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Writing underway |
Summary of the Consensus Conference on the Evolving Role of Nursing Professionals In Thoracic Transplantation Project Leads: Angela Velleca, Bernice Coleman | Consensus Document | NAH | Undergoing Expert/JHLT/Peer Review |
Engagement of Social Support Systems in Patients being Considered for and Following Advanced Heart and Lung Therapies: An ISHLT Expert Consensus Statement Project Leads: Samantha Anthony, Fabienne Dobbels, Cassie Kennedy, Coleen McIlvennan, Michael Petty, Melissa Sanchez | Consensus Document | NAH | Undergoing revision following Expert/JHLT/Peer Review |
Assessing and Addressing Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplantation: A Consensus Statement Project Leads: Michaela Anderson, Jonathan Singer | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Undergoing revision following Expert/JHLT/Peer Review |
Guidelines for Processing Explanted Native and Allograft Hearts Project Leads: Annalisa Angelini, Anja Roden | Consensus Document | PATH | Undergoing Revision Following Expert & Peer Review |
Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Timing, and Implications for Outcomes - An ISHLT Consensus Document Project Leads: Jens Gottlieb, Kieran Halloran | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Revised Draft sent to Reviewers for Approval |
ISHLT Statement on Pulmonary Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Proposed Graft, Antibody, and Pathology (GAP) Definition Project Leads: Fiorella Calabrese, Ramsey Hachem, Deborah Levine | ISHLT Document | ALFTX | Revised Draft sent to Reviewers for Approval |
ISHLT Consensus Statement on Acute Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches, and Areas for Research Project Leads: Stephen Juvet, Ciara Shaver, Greg Snell | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Undergoing Final Review by Statements & Publications Committee |
ISHLT Consensus Document on Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplantation Project Lead: Jon Kobashigawa | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Submitted to JHLT for publication |
Consensus Document on Xenotransplantation in the Treatment of End-Stage Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease Project Leads: Mandeep Mehra, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Bruno Reichart | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Submitted to JHLT for publication |