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)