Events

Surprise, Surprise! Unexpected Diagnoses in Heart and Lung Transplant Pathology

This webinar will focus on unexpected morphologic findings in heart and lung explants such as neoplasms and acute lung injury among others and the importance of a thorough gross and microscopic examination of explants in a timely manner. Unexpected morphologic findings such as donor-related abnormalities, mimickers of rejection, and neoplasms in allograft biopsies of hearts and lungs will also be shown.

Bridging Patients to Heart Transplant on Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

This webinar will examine current landscape of heart transplantation, determine utilization of tMCS, and implications for patients and hospital systems.

My Abstract Was Accepted! Now What?

Your abstract was accepted for a poster or oral presentation, now what? Join the Nursing and Allied Health Professional Community and the Early Career and Trainee Committee for a joint webinar focused on getting your abstract ready for presentation at your next professional conference.

Nothing Works Without the Engine Running: Update on ADVANCED Heart Failure Management

This webinar discusses a variety of topics in the management of an advanced heart failure patient. The use of contemporary therapies such as ARNI, SGLTI, novel anticoagulants, amiodarone, ablation, and inotropes in a heart transplant or LVAD candidate, and the potential implications on transplantation and durable LVAD outcomes. Attendees will gain practical insights from expert speakers on the use of these HF therapies in patients awaiting heart transplantation or durable LVAD therapy.

2023 ISHLT Academy Master Class in Lung Transplantation

Those who care for candidates and recipients of lung transplant recognize all-too-well that there are many nuanced situations that challenge even the most seasoned physician, surgeon, nurse, or pharmacist. In this Master Class, we will dive deeply into four of the most pressing and dynamic topics in lung transplantation, bringing expertise and opinion from some of the thought leaders in our field. We will tackle problems involving patients with complex infections, airway complications, frailty and emerging techniques in ex vivo lung perfusion and preservation.

2023 ISHLT Academy Master Class in Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support

The Pediatrics MCS Master Class will be focused on the use of mechanical circulatory support in pediatric scenarios. Children who require MCS represent a unique population with many different challenges (small size with a lack of devices scaled to size, common use in “failed” palliation of congenital heart defects, difficulties around anticoagulation) than adults who require MCS. Participants will be able to discuss and share best practices for device and patient selection. In addition, there will be discussion regarding the complications that can occur and the best ways to prevent and treat them.

2023 ISHLT Academy Master Class in Nursing & Allied Health

Patients are known to be at risk during care transitions. This session will examine two of the most significant transitions of care for transplant and mechanical circulatory support (MCS) patients: entry into the transplant or MCS program and end-of-life following transplantation or MCS. We will also examine the role of family caregivers and their inclusion in healthcare team considerations in these experiences.

2023 ISHLT Academy Master Class in Pulmonary Hypertension

The Pulmonary Hypertension Master Academy will be focused on the challenges of treating patients with PH. Content is designed to cover patients who may have pulmonary arterial disease, PH in the context of heart failure or advanced lung disease and with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease.

43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

Colorado Convention Center

Modernizing Your Transplant Program with an Integrated EVLP Service

Join ISHLT and Lung Bioengineering (LBE) for a one-hour webinar where an experienced LBE partner transplant center will provide a first-hand account of how their program has grown through utilization of EVLP services.

Winning the Battle but Losing the War? Challenges of Cancer and its Therapies in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients

In this webinar, we will discuss the pathology of potentially life-threatening cardiovascular and pulmonary complications of cancer therapies. We will also discuss the role oncogenic viruses play in the development of cancer in allografts. Finally, an expert oncologist will discuss the challenging task of diagnosing and managing neoplasia in solid organ transplant patients.

Professional Community Town Halls

Join members of your Professional Community and take part in a Town Hall session. All sessions are free and registration is not required.

Heroic Pathways: Navigating Your Career Journey with Superhero Wisdom

Hear from international experts from the ISHLT community about how to get more involved at your institution, step into the roles that will advance your career, and get more engaged with ISHLT.

Beyond Pressure and Flow: Haemodynamic Assessment of Failing Ventricles

Measurements from right heart catheterization such as cardiac output and ventricular filling pressures have traditionally been used to tailor therapies in heart failure and cardiogenic shock. But it has been well demonstrated that these variables do not robustly predict in-hospital or long term patients outcomes. This webinar will review the clinical applicability of more precise hemodynamic variables in the setting of LV and RV failure.

Estado del Arte en Hipertensión Pulmonar

El siguiente webinar explorará la realidad actual del manejo de la hipertensión pulmonar, incluyendo lo último en tratamientos médicos, así como el papel del trasplante tanto cardiaco, como pulmonar en diferentes grupos de pacientes.

More Lung Transplants, More Ethical Quandaries?

This webinar included an overview of the ethical principles behind organ allocation and waitlist prioritization followed by several “current” ethical challenges transplant professionals face in their current practice.

Hot Topics in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

This multi-disciplinary webinar is intended to address current topics and challenges in orthotopic heart transplantation, including primary graft dysfunction, donation after circulatory death, and impact of UNOS heart transplant policy changes on clinical practice and patient outcomes.

Peri-Operative Optimization in Heart and Lung Transplantation

Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) protocols have proliferated throughout surgical specialties, including cardiac surgery, with improvements in patient experience and outcomes. Heart and lung failure surgery is ripe with opportunities for collaborative quality improvement initiatives. In this special ISHLT CTS PC webinar, we are fortunate to have three talented and accomplished surgeons share their expertise on perioperative topics of blood conservation, temporary mechanical support, and analgesia.

From Bench to Bedside: Translation of Research in Thoracic Transplant

The adaptation of scientific findings to the bedside can encounter several challenges. This webinar aims to review the arc of translation for two technologies that have successfully become part of routine clinical care. The webinar will review key innovations on the horizon for heart and lung transplantation followed by a discussion with all the speakers.

Heart Transplant in Patients Living with HIV

This webinar presented up to date information on advanced heart failure in patients living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), including general aspects and outcomes of modern antiretroviral therapies, understanding the pathophysiology of cardiomyopathy leading to heart failure (and kidney failure) in HIV+ patients, and more.