Challenge of informing patient decision making: what can we tell patients considering long-term mechanical circulatory support about outcomes, daily life, and end-of-life issues?

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 Jan;7(1):179-87. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000243. Epub 2014 Jan 14.
No abstract available

Keywords: decision support techniques; heart failure; heart-assist devices.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living / psychology*
  • Communication
  • Decision Making*
  • Heart Diseases / psychology
  • Heart Diseases / therapy*
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent / psychology*
  • Patient Participation / psychology*
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Risk Assessment
  • Terminal Care / psychology*
  • Treatment Outcome