Palliative care in heart failure: Addressing the largest care gap

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-148

  Howlett, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

advanced heart failure; disease management; goals of care; heart failure; palliative care

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANIC; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; THORAX PAIN; TRAINING; URGE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALBERTA; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951768537     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e3283437468     Document Type: Review

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