Caring for a spouse with end-stage heart failure through implantation of a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-201

  Kitko, Lisa A ^a   Hupcey, Judith E ^a   Gilchrist, Juliann H ^b   Boehmer, John P ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Destination therapy; Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB EXPERIENCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPOUSE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877109232     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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