Palliative care in cardiac transplantation: an evolving model

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 605-610

  Bayoumi, Essraa ^a   Sheikh, Farooq ^b   Groninger, Hunter ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplant; Heart transplant; LVAD; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; HEART FAILURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85018779817     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-017-9613-8     Document Type: Review

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