Reasons why eligible candidates decline left ventricular assist device placement

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 835-839

  Bruce, Courtenay R ^a,b   Kostick, Kristin M ^a   Delgado, Estevan D ^a   Wilhelms, Lidija A ^a   Volk, Robert J ^b,c   Smith, Martin L ^d   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^e   Loebe, Matthias ^b   Estep, Jerry D ^b   Blumenthal Barby, Jennifer S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; ethics; informed consent; left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BODILY INTEGRITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERY ELDERLY; DECISION MAKING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942817317     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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