Integrating a palliative approach in a transcatheter heart valve program: Bridging innovations in the management of severe aortic stenosis and best end-of-life practice

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-184

  Lauck, Sandra ^a,b   Garland, Ella ^a   Achtem, Leslie ^a   Forman, Jacqueline ^a   Baumbusch, Jennifer ^b   Boone, Robert ^a   Cheung, Anson ^a   Ye, Jian ^a   Wood, David A ^a   Webb, John G ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Palliative approach; severe aortic stenosis; transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

PALLIATIVE APPROACH; SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84896787629     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515114520770     Document Type: Article

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