Development of a Decision Aid for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure Considering a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 965-976

  Thompson, Jocelyn S ^a   Matlock, Daniel D ^a,b   McIlvennan, Colleen K ^a,b   Jenkins, Amy R ^a   Allen, Larry A ^a,b  

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

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision aid; Destination therapy; Heart failure; Heart assist devices; Patient centered care; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84961793446     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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