Adult heart allocation
We revised OPTN heart allocation policy on October 18, 2018.
Adult heart allocation toolkit
PDF versions of status justification forms now available in UNet
Criteria for medical urgency status infographic (PDF - 51 K; 2/2018)
Criteria requirements in adult heart allocation policy table (PDF - 168 K; 2/2018)
Information on heart devices and candidate status (PDF - 116 K; 4/2018)
FAQs (PDF - 95 K; 10/2018)
Recently revised
Policy notices and proposal history
Review board guidance for congenital heart disease (CHD) exception requests (PDF - 180 K; 12/2017)
Review board guidance for HCM and RCM exception requests (PDF - 674 K; 10/2018)