Palliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 331-341

  Rogers, Joseph G ^a,b   Patel, Chetan B ^a,b   Mentz, Robert J ^a,b   Granger, Bradi B ^c   Steinhauser, Karen E ^a,d   Fiuzat, Mona ^a   Adams, Patricia A ^a   Speck, Adam ^a   Johnson, Kimberly S ^a,b   Krishnamoorthy, Arun ^e   Yang, Hongqiu ^b   Anstrom, Kevin J ^a,b   Dodson, Gwen C ^a   Taylor, Donald H ^a,c   Kirchner, Jerry L ^b   Mark, Daniel B ^a,b   O'Connor, Christopher M ^a,f   Tulsky, James A ^g,h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Piedmont Healthcare   (United States)

^f INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; palliative care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY PALLIATIVE CARE SCALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KANSAS CITY CARDIOMYOPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85021369911     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.030     Document Type: Article

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