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 | Current Document Development Stage |
Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Timing, and Implications for Outcomes - An ISHLT Consensus Document Project Leads: Allan Glanville, Jens Gottlieb, Kieran Halloran | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Writing underway |
Diagnosis and Management of Telomere Biology Disorders in Lung Transplantation Project Leads: Andrew Courtwright, John Mackintosh, John McDyer | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Writing underway |
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, Monique Malouf, 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 | Follow-Up Application being revised |
ISHLT Consensus Document on Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplantation Project Lead: Jon Kobashigawa | Consensus Document | AHFTX | Writing Underway |
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 | Undergoing Final Review and Approval by S&G Committee |
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 | Writing underway |
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 | Writing underway |
ISHLT Statement on Surrogate Endpoints in Lung Transplant Trials Project Leads: John Greenland, Michael Perch, Jamie Todd | Consensus Document | ALFTX | Undergoing Expert and Peer Review |
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 | Undergoing revision based on Expert and Peer Review feedback |
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: Writing underway Intra-Operative: Published in JHLT Post-Operative: Undergoing Final Review and Approval by S&G Committee |
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 final review |
Joint Documents
Project Title | Document Type | Sponsoring IDN | Current Document Development Stage |
EACTAIC/ESAIC/ISHLT International Consensus for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Management During Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Project Leads: Eric de Waal, Nandor Marczin, Peter von Homeyer | Consensus Document | MCS | Writing Underway |