Decision-Making for Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Implications for Caregivers

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-178

  McIlvennan, Colleen K ^a,b   Jones, Jacqueline ^a,d   Allen, Larry A ^a,b   Lindenfeld, Joann ^a   Swetz, Keith M ^e   Nowels, Carolynph ^c   Matlock, Daniel D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Division of General Internal Medicineyo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DESTINATION THERAPY LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84929505996     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001276     Document Type: Article

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