To DT or not to DT, that is the question: working toward a comprehensive, patient-centered perspective on left ventricular assist device for destination therapy

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 Jan;7(1):13-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000762. Epub 2014 Jan 14.

Authors

Colleen K McIlvennan¹, Larry A Allen

Affiliation

¹ Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; and Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium, Denver.

PMID: 24425698
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000762

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; heart failure; heart-assist devices; quality of life.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Activities of Daily Living / psychology*
Decision Making*
Heart Diseases / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Informed Consent / psychology*
Patient Participation / psychology*
Terminal Care / psychology*