Palliative Care Throughout the Journey of Life With a Left Ventricular Assist Device

Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Oct;9(10):e003564. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003564.

Authors

Winifred Teuteberg¹, Mathew Maurer²

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (W.G.T.); and Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY (M.M.). teutebergwg@upmc.edu.
² From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (W.G.T.); and Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY (M.M.).

PMID: 27758812
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003564

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; caregivers; end of life care; heart failure; palliative care; quality of life.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Heart Failure
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Palliative Care*
Quality of Life
Terminal Care

Grants and funding

K24 AG036778/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States