Management of Heart transplant recipients for the non Heart Transplant health care provider. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP)) of the ESC

Practical support and a structured framework for healthcare providers involved in the care of HTx recipients outside dedicated transplant centers: principles of care according to time from transplantation, immunosuppressive therapy and drug monitoring, recognition and initial management of rejection, infection prophylaxis and treatment, surveillance of long-term complications (cardiac allograft vasculopathy, malignancy, chronic kidney disease, metabolic disorders), fertility and pregnancy, non-cardiac surgery, rehabilitation, palliative care, shared-care models and clinical scenarios requiring early referral