Unprecedented guidelines focus on care of patients with advanced HF.
Setting the standard for patients with advanced HF. Although heart transplants are performed in much the same way all over the world, standards vary in regard to listing and selecting patients for transplants. This encourages patients and families to search for programs that offer the most advantageous criteria. However, an international panel of experts has now agreed on criteria that they hope will not only standardize the care of patients with advanced HF, but also create a fairer and more equitable system for listing and selecting transplant candidates.
D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*