Ethical Considerations for Heart Organ Allocation: Current Landscape and Future Policy Guidance

In this video, Writing Committee Chair Prateeti Khazanie, MD, MPH, FAHA, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at the University of Colorado, introduces a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association addressing ethical considerations in heart transplant allocation. She highlights key challenges in ensuring fair, transparent decision-making amid limited donor supply and evolving policies, and their implications for clinicians and patients. The statement brings together multidisciplinary expertise to support transparent, equitable, and ethically grounded decision-making and to inform future transplant policy. View links to the statement and supporting materials here: https://professional.heart.org/en/sci...