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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
Current Document Development Stage

Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Timing, and Implications for Outcomes - An ISHLT Consensus Document

Project Leads: Jens Gottlieb, Kieran Halloran

Consensus Document
ALFTX
Writing underway

Diagnosis and Management of Short Telomere Syndrome and Lung Transplantation

Project Leads: Andrew Courtwright, John Mackintosh, John McDyer

Consensus Document
ALFTX
Undergoing Expert and Peer Review

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
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

Assessing and Addressing Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplantation: A Consensus Statement

Project Leads: Michaela Anderson, Jonathan Singer

Consensus Document
ALFTX
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

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
Writing underway

Guidelines for Processing Explanted Native and Allograft Hearts

Project Leads: Annalisa Angelini, Anja Roden

Consensus Document
PATH
Writing underway

Guidelines for Processing Explanted Native and Allograft Lungs

Project Leads: Annalisa Angelini, Anja Roden

Consensus Document
PATH
Writing underway

ISHLT Consensus Document on Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplantation

Project Lead: Jon Kobashigawa

Consensus Document
AHFTX
Undergoing Expert and Peer Review

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Heart Failure (Update from 2014)

Project Leads: Shelley Miyamoto, David Rosenthal, Joseph Rossano

Guideline
AHFTX
Approved by BOD; Ready for Submission to JHLT

ISHLT Consensus Document for the Referral and Selection of Pediatric Lung Transplant Candidates

Project Leads: Don Hayes, Christian Benden, Nagarajan Muthialu, Miranda Paraskeva

Consensus Document
ALFTX
Undergoing revising based on Expert and Peer Review

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
Undergoing revision based on Expert and Peer Review feedback

ISHLT Statement on Surrogate Endpoints in Lung Transplant Trials

Project Leads: John Greenland, Michael Perch, Jamie Todd

Consensus Document
ALFTX
Undergoing Final Review and Approval by S&G Committee

Consensus Statement on Clinical Use of Risk Stratification Tools in the Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Project Leads: Raymond Benza, Sandeep Sahay

Consensus Document
PVD
Submitted to JHLT

ISHLT Consensus Statement on the Perioperative use of ECLS in Lung Transplantation

Project Leads: Archer Martin, Olaf Mercier, Anna Reed

Consensus Document
ALFTX

Pre-Operative: Undergoing Final Review and Approval by SPOC

Intra-Operative: Published in JHLT

Post-Operative: Submitted to JHLT

Antibody-Mediated Rejection after Lung Transplantation: A Consensus Report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Project Leads: Fiorella Calabrese, Ramsey Hachem, Deborah Levine

Consensus Document
ALFTX
Undergoing Revision