The 2016 International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation listing criteria for heart transplantation: a 10-year update

MR Mehra, CE Canter, MM Hannan… - The Journal of Heart …, 2016 - jhltonline.org
In 2005, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Board of
Directors commissioned the development of the first International Listing Criteria for Heart
Transplantation, published in 2006. 1 Subsequently, the ISHLT commissioned a focused
update to concentrate on evolving areas of importance, not fully addressed previously.
These include congenital heart disease (CHD), restrictive cardiomyopathy, and infectious
diseases. In addition, we undertook a review of all 2006 guidelines to update those where …