Standards & Guidelines
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Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition and Update of Restrictive Allograft SyndromeA Consensus Report from the Pulmonary Council of the ISHLT3 April 2019
Authors provide a standardized definition of RAS; provide a literature review supporting the development of the definition; and describe the current understanding of clinical, physiologic, radiologic, and histologic manifestations of RAS.
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Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition, Diagnostic Criteria, and Approaches to TreatmentA Consensus Report from the Pulmonary Council of the ISHLT3 April 2019
The primary aim of this consensus report is to standardize the nomenclature of CLAD and its clinical phenotypes to facilitate collaboration among centers investigating the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of CLAD.
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Basic Science and Translational Research Core Competency CurriculumSecond Edition1 November 2018
The purpose of this compendium is to provide a Core Competency Curriculum in Basic Science and Translational Research (BSTR) as it relates to heart and lung failure and transplantation.
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Mechanical Circulatory Support Core Competency CurriculumFourth Edition1 September 2018
The purpose of this compendium is to provide a curriculum of core competencies in mechanical circulatory support.
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Pulmonary Hypertension Core Competency CurriculumSecond Edition1 June 2018
The purpose of this compendium is to provide a curriculum of core competencies in pulmonary hypertension.
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The 2018 ISHLT/APM/AST/ICCAC/STSW Recommendations for the Psychosocial Evaluation of Adult Cardiothoracic Transplant Candidates and Candidates for Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support27 April 2018
This joint consensus document from international experts provides recommendations for the content of the psychosocial evaluation, and the process of evaluation performance, reporting, and use by transplantation and MCS programs. Also available en Español.
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Evaluation and Management of Right-Sided Heart FailureA Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association12 April 2018
This statement reviews the causes and epidemiology of right ventricle dysfunction, the pathophysiology of acute and chronic right-sided heart failure (RHF) and provides guidance for the management of the associated conditions leading to and caused by RHF.
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ISHLT Consensus Statement on Adult and Pediatric Airway Complications after Lung TransplantationDefinitions, Grading System, and Therapeutics7 February 2018
This document was developed by a working group convened by ISHLT with the aim of elaborating a universal definition of adult and pediatric airway complications and grading system.
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The Management of Antibodies in Heart Transplantation: An ISHLT Consensus Document4 February 2018
This consensus statement addresses the discussion, consensus points, and research ideas that resulted from an ISHLT endorsed Consensus Conference in Washington, DC in April 2016.
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Nursing, Health Sciences and Allied Health Core Competency CurriculumSecond Edition1 December 2017
This document seeks to update providers in the nursing, health sciences, and allied health fields that care for this patient population with the most up-to-date information.
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Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases in Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Core Competency CurriculumSecond Edition1 November 2017
This Core Competency Curriculum Document (CCCD) provides a practical and concise clinical review for medical professionals to develop understanding and management of infectious diseases in recipients of cardiothoracic transplantation and MCS.
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2016 Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction26 July 2017
The Primary Graft Dysfunction Working Group reconvened in 2016 to update the consensus-based standardized definition and grading system of primary graft dysfunction (PGD) established by the group in 2005.
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An ISHLT Consensus Document for Prevention and Management Strategies for Mechanical Circulatory Support Infection24 June 2017
The purpose of this document is to provide recommendations for the prevention and management of infection in MCS recipients.
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Lung Transplantation Core Competency CurriculumSecond Edition1 June 2017
The purpose of this compendium is to provide a curriculum of core competencies in lung transplantation.
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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA/ISHLT/ACP Advanced Training Statement on Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyA Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee1 June 2017
This document focuses on training requirements for cardiologists seeking additional training in AHFTC, a subspecialty of adult cardiology.
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Recommendations for the Use of Mechanical Circulatory Support: Ambulatory and Community Patient CareA Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association30 May 2017
The aim of this document is to provide guidance for nonexperts in MCS and to facilitate the informed assessment, stabilization, and transport of the patient with MCS back to the MCS center for definitive therapy.
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Heart Failure and Transplantation Medicine Core Competency CurriculumSecond Edition1 May 2017
The purpose of this Core Competency Document is to provide a compendium of core competencies in the field of heart failure and heart transplant medicine. It serves as an outline with defined learning objectives and detailed contents for the subspecialty.
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2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update on New Pharmacological Therapy for Heart FailureReport of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and HFSA1 September 2016
An update to the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure, these recommendations on the use of new treaments to imporive the care of patients with heart failure.
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Pediatric Heart Failure Core Competency CurriculumFirst Edition1 June 2016
The curriculum set forth in this document represents a succinct but complete framework of the knowledge needed for a pediatric heart failure specialist that is aligned with ISHLT’s Pediatric Heart Failure Guidelines (2014).
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EPPVDN Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension1 May 2016
The multipaper expert consensus statement of the European Paediatric PVD Network provides a specific, comprehensive, detailed but practical framework for the optimal clinical care of children with PH.
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