International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)

Did you hear? 📢 #ISHLT reduced #Trainee member dues to $49 USD or less! 🫁🫀 Wherever you are in the world, if you're in training, ISHLT is for you. 🌎

▶️ Join or renew at 🔗 https://bit.ly/47SRGfb

#MedSky #TransplantSky #EarlyCareer

#ISHLT and the @sts.org will host a joint #LungTransplant Symposium at #STS2026. 🫁

📆 29 January | New Orleans, LA USA
✅ CME credits available
🎟️ One-day passes available for those who want to attend the symposium only!

Learn more & register at 🔗 bit.ly/3WKcyyr

#TransplantSky

#ISHLT is your community. ✨ #ISHLTMembers, renew your membership to stay connected to your professional home through 2026. 📆 Renew by 31 December: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4b4nFsq

The #ISHLTv Industry Webinar from #Natera is next week!

⏰ 6 November | 1:00 p.m. ET
🫀 Gain first-hand insights into #ddcfDNA testing + improved outcomes
💸 Free + open to all!
➡️ Sign up at 🔗 https://bit.ly/46Xep7w

Plan to get to Toronto on time to attend the exciting Academies, Thoracic Recovery Course, and workshops happening on Tuesday, 21 April. 📆 Learn more about these events as well as registration details at 🔗 https://bit.ly/3TkLC6c #ISHLT2026

Thoracic Transplant Pathology on This Month's ISHLT Journal Watch In October's ISHLT Journal Watch, transplant pathologists review recent literature on dd-cf-DNA, CAV, and ALAD.

Learn about:
🧬 Correlation of dd-cfDNA/tissue gene expression in #HeartTxp patients undergoing for-cause endomyocardial biopsies
🫀 Suppression of #CAV by a macrophage efferocytosis receptor
🫁 ALAD linkage to cell compositional/transcriptional changes in small airways

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Thoracic Transplant Pathology on This Month's ISHLT Journal Watch In October's ISHLT Journal Watch, transplant pathologists review recent literature on dd-cf-DNA, CAV, and ALAD.

This month on #ISHLTJournalWatch will be interesting to #pathsky and #transplantsky alike: the latest topics in #transplant #pathology, gathered and reviewed by #ISHLT early career members.

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We'll see you in Toronto for #ISHLT2026! 🇨🇦✈️ Need travel information or a visa? Click here to check:🔗 https://bit.ly/3Jh0sti

The fourth slide from the September 2025 issue of Journal Watch, titled "Pig-to-human lung xenotransplantation into a brain-dead recipient." For a more screenreader friendly version, the full issue PDF is at https://www.ishlt.org/docs/default-source/journal-watch/2025-09-journalwatch-ctsurgery.pdf.

In the final study from last month's #CTSurgery #ISHLTJournalWatch, Anna Niroomand reviews the latest literature in @naturemedicine.bsky.social on pig-to-human #xenotransplantation of the #lung. 🫁

#LungTx #ISHLT #TransplantSky #PulmSky

Hey @txidfellows.bsky.social
We have the @ishlt.bsky.social guidelines most relevant to #TxID all in one place!
Mostly published in @jhlt.bsky.social

Includes the 2024 infection definitions for durable and acute mechanical circulatory support devices!

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Great city, great conference. I highly recommend it.

The #ISHLT-endorsed 2025 Middle East Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Conference is taking place next week in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Join global cardiologists to connect, learn, & empower each other. 🫀 Learn more about the event: 🔗 https://bit.ly/3TA1UsF #MEAHFT2025 #HeartTx #HeartFailure

📢 A NEW #ISHLT Consensus Statement on the perioperative use of #ECLS in #LungTransplantation is now available. 📖💡🫁 Part I of this three-part document focuses on preoperative considerations. Check out the top 🔟 takeaways ⏬ and read the publication at 🔗 https://bit.ly/4nZGvGK

Travel to Toronto Plan to attend the ISHLT2026 Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Toronto, ON Canada

Planning on attending #ISHLT2026 in Toronto? Start making your travel arrangements and note that the meeting dates have shifted. ✈️📆

🌟Preconference Day: Tuesday, 21 April
🌟Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions: Wednesday, 22 April - Saturday, 25 April

Learn more at 🔗 https://bit.ly/43mMNYq

#ISHLT brings people from across the globe together to advance research, education, and innovation in the care of patients with advanced heart and lung disease. 🌍🫀🫁 Stay connected to global leaders in the field by joining ISHLT or renewing your membership today: 🔗 bit.ly/4b4nFsq

In last month's #ISHLTJournalWatch, #KatharinaFetten reviews a study on the association of agonal phase duration with heart utilization & post-transplant outcomes in #DCD #HeartTransplantation. 🫀

#ISHLT #CardiogenicShock #TransplantSky

⏰ It's the last weekend to work on your #ISHLT2026 abstract submission! Don't delay - act now and get your submission in before Tuesday, 14 October at 11:59 p.m. EDT/03:59 UTC. 📝🫀🫁

Learn more at 🔗 https://bit.ly/4dLYGdn

#HeartTx #LungTx #MCS #PVD #research #HeartFailure #LungFailure

#ISHLT is proud to support #LungTransplantAwarenessDay and the clinicians and researchers who spend their time extending and saving lives. 🫁 #LTAday

#NicolausSchwerk, #PaulAurora, #PaulCrister, #FabienneDobbels, #MelissaSanchez, #BrigitteWillemse, #StephenKirkby, #KimberleyMiles, #RolfBerger,
#NagarajanMuthialu

✍ #ChristianBenden, #DonHayesJr, #NicholasAvdimiretz, #RossaBrugha #MaryPMullen, #MirandaParaskeva, #LeventMidyat, #MelindaSolomon, #StuartCSweet, #ErnestinaMelicoff, #LaraDanzigerIsakov, #KatsuhideMaeda, #DavidMorales, #CarolConrad

📢 A NEW #ISHLT Consensus Statement on the referral and selection of #pediatric #LungTransplant candidates is now available. 📖 Check out the top 6️⃣ takeaways ⏬ & read the publication at 🔗 bit.ly/47ddkd8

Join #Natera on for a one-hour webinar highlighting how the innovations of #ddcfDNA + #DQS improve detection of rejection, reduce reliance on invasive biopsies, & pave the way for more personalized patient management. #HeartTx 🫀📆

Free to register. Learn more at 🔗 https://bit.ly/46Xep7w

In the second study for #ISHLTJournalWatch last month, #RamDuvuru reviews a 5-year study on the outcomes of #DCD #HeartTransplantation. 🫀

#ISHLT #CardiogenicShock #TransplantSky

With new, reduced #Trainee dues, membership is affordable for trainees in all economies and all disciplines. 🫁🫀🌎 If you are learning, training, and preparing for your professional future, you belong in #ISHLT.

▶️ Join or renew at 🔗 https://bit.ly/47SRGfb

Ensure #ISHLT2026 will be next level. ▶️ Submit your science in the treatment of advanced #heart and #lung disease, #transplantation, #MCS, and #PVD by 📆 14 October: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4dLYGdn

The first slide from the September 2025 issue of Journal Watch, titled "Lung transplant in patients with suspicious lung lesions" For a more screenreader friendly version, the full issue PDF is at https://www.ishlt.org/docs/default-source/journal-watch/2025-09-journalwatch-ctsurgery.pdf.

The first study in the issue is from @jhlt.bsky.social and evaluates the significance of suspicious #pulmonary lesions in patients who underwent #LungTransplant.

This Month's Journal Watch: Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplant Topics In September's ISHLT Journal Watch, cardiothoracic surgeons review recent literature on DCD heart transplant, lung transplant, and xenotransplantation.

Read the issue in full here: www.ishlt.org/about/news-d...

Headshots of the five early career professionals involved in the September Issue of ISHLT Journal Watch: Ram Duvuru, Katharina Fetten, Kevin Koomalsingh, Daniel Laskey, and Anna Niroomand. Text: ISHLT Journal Watch September 2025 Cardiothoracic Surgery Current papers, reviewed and presented by Early Career professionals.

This month on #ISHLTJournalWatch, issue editor Kevin Koomalsingh collects reviews of recent #CardiothoracicSurgery research from #ISHLTEarlyCareer professionals. Topics include #LungTxp in patients w/lesions, #DCD #HeartTxp, and #Xenotransplantation.

#PulmSky #CardioSky #SurgerySky #TransplantSky

Are you investigating high-impact research in the treatment of #cardiothoracic diseases?🔬 Consider submitting a Late-Breaking Clinical Science abstract for #ISHLT2026:🔗 ishlt.org/ishlt2026
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These abstracts must be submitted by the 10/14 deadline & will serve as a placeholder for the final abstract.

Maximizing the Donor Pool: ECMO-Driven Advances in Cardiothoracic Transplantation This joint session, presented by ISHLT and ELSO will be held during the 36th Annual ELSO Conference held 28-30 September in Oxon Hill, MD USA.

The #ELSO + #ISHLT Joint Symposium is ONE WEEK away. Attend this session to gain insights on #ECMO-driven advances in #CardiothoracicTransplantation.🫀🫁

📆 29 September, 3:00 p.m. ET
📍 #ELSO2025 | Oxon Hill, MD USA
▶️ View the program & register: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4mgICV8