On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the JHLT Digital Media Editors discuss a brand new consensus document from the ISHLT entitled "Strategies to Prevent Hemocompatibility Related Adverse Events in Patients with a Durable, Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Device." The episode is hosted by Digital Media Editor Erika Lease, MD, FCCP, a transplant pulmonologist from the University of Washington.

The consensus document's lead author, Ian Hollis, PharmD, a heart failure pharmacist and Associate Professor from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, joins the podcast to discuss the document. During the discussion, he's reunited with co-author and JHLT Podcast co-host Van-Khue Ton, MD, for a lively discussion of the document's findings and takeaways.

If you work with heart failure patients with durable VADs, you'll want to listen to this episode—and check out the complete document at ISHLT.

Stay tuned for a second episode later this month, where we'll be talking about a modular simulation framework for organ allocation.