Standards & Guidelines
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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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 … -
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 … -
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 … -
ISHLT Consensus Statement on the Perioperative Use of ECLS in Lung Transplantation
1 January 2026
This document is a multidisciplinary consensus document developed to examine the perioperative considerations … -
Considerations for Endpoints in Lung Transplant Clinical Trials: An ISHLT Consensus Statement
16 December 2025
This document aims to present expert opinions on the considerations and definitions for endpoints, which … -
ISHLT Consensus Statement on the Referral and Selection of Pediatric Lung Transplant Candidates
8 October 2025
This document is meant to assist pediatric care providers in identifying potential candidates for … -
ISHLT Statement on Vaccines in Transplant Recipients
27 August 2025
ISHLT reaffirms its strong support for the role of vaccines in protecting the health and survival of … -
A Consensus-Based Framework for the Psychosocial Evaluation of Pediatric Candidates for Cardiothoracic Transplant and Ventricular Assist Devices
1 April 2025
Endorsd by ISHLT, this consensus-based framework represents the first of it's kind specific to both the …
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Standards & Guidelines Committee
The ISHLT Standards & Guidelines Committee manages and facilitates the creation of policy and guideline documentations within the Society.
Document Development Policies
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ISHLT Document Development Policy
Policies for the development and submission of Professional Guidelines, Consensus Documents, Health Policy Guidance Statements, and Other Documents.
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Collaborative Documents Policy
Policies for the creation and submission of documents developed in collaboration with other organizations.
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Public Comments Policy
Policies for the development and submission of Public Comments
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Consensus Conferences Policy
Policies for ISHLT's participation in Consensus Conferences
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ISHLT Document Endorsement Policy
Policies for the development and submission of Public Comments