End-of-life preferences of elderly patients with chronic heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 752-759

  Brunner La Rocca, Hans Peter ^a,b   Rickenbacher, Peter ^c   Muzzarelli, Stefano ^a   Schindler, Ruth ^a   Maeder, Micha T ^d   Jeker, Urs ^d   Kiowski, Wolfgang ^e   Leventhal, Marcia E ^f   Pfister, Otmar ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a   Pfisterer, Matthias E ^a   Rickli, Hans ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University Hospital Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^d Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^e KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; End of life preferences; Heart failure; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84858422817     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr404     Document Type: Article

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