If you are a patient on the national waiting list for a heart, your urgency for a transplant is currently based on three statuses:
- 1A (most urgent)
- 1B (somewhat urgent)
- 2 (least urgent)
As we learn more about heart disease and successful treatment of it, the transplant community determined we needed more specific criteria that reflects a heart patient’s current health and care they are getting. To accommodate these needs, we are making changes to heart policy and the first phase of the new heart allocation policy will take effect on September 18.
Heart candidates can find specific information here about how this change will affect you. You can also download a print version from the website.
