News
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Joseph Rogers, MD, Named Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation4 May 2024
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), which publishes The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT) with Elsevier, has named Joseph Rogers, MD, as the new editor-in-chief of the Journal. Dr. Rogers is the President and CEO of the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, TX USA.
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Research and Career Development Funded by Grants from ISHLT and the ISHLT Foundation3 May 2024
ISHLT announced recipients of $175,000 USD in funding for research designed to improve care for patients with advanced heart and lung disease. The grants were funded by the ISHLT Foundation, and announced at the 44th ISHLT Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, held 10-13 April in Prague.
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ISHLT Highlights Research from the Next Generation with 2024 Annual Meeting Abstract Awards3 May 2024
From among the 1,400 presentations from the 44th ISHLT Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Prague, three abstracts were selected to receive awards to recognize excellence from early career investigators.
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New ISHLT Consensus Document on Infection Definitions in MCS Devices1 May 2024
A new ISHLT Standards & Guidelines Consensus Document, ISHLT 2024 Infection Definitions for Durable and Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, has been published in JHLT and is available to read online! Led by Saima Aslam and Ezequiel Molina, this document provides updated definitions for infections associated with durable MCS devices and new definitions for infections in acute MCS.
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ISHLT2024 Highlights from Roving Reporters24 April 2024
Seven ISHLT members volunteered as Roving Reporters at ISHLT2024, covering pivotal educational sessions and areas of interest in their respective Interdisciplinary Networks.
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ISHLT2024: More than 3,500 in the City of a Hundred Spires23 April 2024
Two weeks ago, more than 3,500 people from the ISHLT global community gathered in Prague to exchange ideas, reconnect, and collaborate over the latest science.
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ISHLT Endorses the 7th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension16 April 2024
The ISHLT has endorsed the 2024 World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension taking place 29 June – 1 July, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Save the Date for ISHLT202515 April 2024
The 45th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions will take place at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, MA, USA from Sunday, 27 April - Wednesday, 30 April, 2025, with Pre-Conference Day occurring on Saturday, 26 April.
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ISHLT2024 Daily Access: Saturday, 13 April13 April 2024
Final Day of ISHLT2024
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Can TA-NRP Increase the Number of Patients Receiving Lung Transplants?12 April 2024
Re-perfusing the lungs of an organ donor after the heart has irreversibly stopped beating with a technique called normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) could potentially increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants, according to researchers at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague.
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ISHLT2024 Daily Access: Friday, 12 April12 April 2024
Friday at ISHLT2024
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Heart Transplant Recipient Discovers A Calling for Advocacy, Support for Others11 April 2024
Glen Kelley’s journey as a heart transplant recipient came full circle today in Prague, as he addressed attendees of the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), including members of his own care teams.
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Robotically Assisted Lung Transplants Are on the Horizon11 April 2024
While debating the pros and cons of robotically assisted lung transplantation, Albert Jauregui, MD, PhD told attendees at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), today in Prague that the time for robotic surgery is now.
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ISHLT2024 Daily Access: Thursday, 11 April11 April 2024
Ready for Day Two of ISHLT2024?
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The Future of Xenotransplantation is Nearly Here10 April 2024
Speaking today at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague, Muhammad Mohiuddin, MBBS, said xenotransplantation, hailed as the future of organ transplantation, is poised to become a clinical reality within the next several years.
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Breakthroughs in Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Devices Add Years to Lives and Life to Years for Heart Failure Patients10 April 2024
The same technology that enables a bullet train to travel at speeds up to 200 mph without touching its rails now keeps a failing heart pumping—and in the near future, it will do so via a wireless power connection. Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, FRCP described the cutting-edge heart pump and other advances in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) today at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague.
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AI Will Provide Heart Transplant Surgeons with New Decision-Making Data10 April 2024
Artificial intelligence will significantly impact the heart transplantation process by helping physicians better assess the complex factors impacting patient outcomes, according to researchers at today’s Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague.
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Kyiv’s Heart Institute Keeps Transplanting Hearts Despite War10 April 2024
Amid the persistent threat of missiles from the air and an array of hazardous terrestrial obstacles, the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health in Kyiv has continued to provide heart transplants to Ukraine’s citizens, performing 40 of the life-saving procedures since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in 2022. The Heart Institute’s Director Borys Todurov, MD, PhD, reported on his team’s extraordinary efforts today at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague.
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ISHLT2024 Daily Access: Wednesday, 10 April10 April 2024
Welcome to ISHLT2024!
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Early Career Stories Featuring Rossa Brugha, MD, PhD5 April 2024
Rossa Brugha, MD, PhD, a respiratory pediatrician at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, UK is featured in this installment of Early Career Stories.