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 received. |
ISHLT Donation after Circulatory Death Task Force Position Paper Project Leads: Maryjane Farr, John Louca, Josef Stehlik, Lauren Truby | 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 revised. |
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 revised. |
ISHLT Consensus Statement on Emerging Understanding of Cancer Immunotherapy in Heart and Lung Transplantation Project Leads: Yael Peled, Michelle Kittleson | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Follow-up Application approved by S&G, invitations being issued to authors. |
Malignancy in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients (Pre-Transplant) Project Leads: Federica Meloni, Lynn Punnoose | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Follow-up Application approved by S&G, invitations being issued to authors. |
Malignancy in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients (Post-Transplant) Project Leads: Richard Cheng, Merel Hellemons | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Follow-up Application approved by S&G, invitations being issued to authors. |
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 approved by S&G, invitations being issued to authors. |
ISHLT Consensus Document for Prevention and Management Strategies for Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Infection Project Leads: Jennifer Chow, Anna Meyer | Consensus Document | MCS | Follow-up Application approved by S&G, invitations being issued to authors. |
Frailty in Pediatric Thoracic Transplantation Project Leads: Rossa Brugha, Levent Midyat, Kurt Schumacher, Kathleen Simpson | Consensus Document | PEDS | Follow-up Application approved by S&G, invitations being issued to authors. |
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 | Writing Committee finalized; Kick-off Meeting being scheduled. |
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Update on the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Project Leads: Howard Eisen, Andriana Nikolova, Katharina Wassilew | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Writing Committee finalized; Kick-off Meeting being scheduled. |
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 | Writing Committee finalized; Kick-off Meeting being scheduled. |
Update: Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Project Leads: Jason Christie, Laurens Ceulemans | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Writing Committee finalized; Kick-off Meeting being scheduled. |
Pediatric Device Development: A Consensus Statement on a Consequential Void Project Leads: Angela Lorts, Fawwaz Shaw | White Paper | MCS | Writing Committee finalized; Kick-off Meeting being scheduled. |
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 | Writing Committee finalized; Kick-off Meeting being scheduled. |
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: Rebecca Colman, Kyle Hope, 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. |
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 | Undergoing Expert/JHLT/Peer Review. |
Summary of the Consensus Conference on the Evolving Role of Nursing Professionals In Thoracic Transplantation Project Leads: Angela Velleca, Bernice Coleman | Consensus Document | NAH | Final Document undergoing revision following review by S&G. |
Guidelines for Processing Explanted Native and Allograft Hearts Project Leads: Annalisa Angelini, Anja Roden | Consensus Document | PATH | Final Document being reviewed by BOD. |
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 | Submitted to JHLT for publication. |
Assessing and Addressing Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplantation: A Consensus Statement Project Leads: Michaela Anderson, Jonathan Singer | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Submitted to JHLT for publication. |
Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Timing, and Implications for Outcomes - An ISHLT Consensus Document Project Leads: Jens Gottlieb, Kieran Halloran | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Submitted to JHLT for publication. |