Don't Be Afraid: Using an ICD Means Having Difficult Conversations

Circ Heart Fail. 2019 Oct;12(10):e006289. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006289. Epub 2019 Oct 11.

Authors

Christopher E Knoepke^{1

2}, John M Mandrola³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology (C.E.K.), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
² Adult & Child Consortium for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (C.E.K.), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
³ Baptist Health Louisville, KY (J.M.M.).

PMID: 31601114
PMCID: PMC6800236
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006289

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; anxiety; decision making; depression; heart failure; risk.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Cohort Studies
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Heart Failure*
Humans
Terminal Care*

Grants and funding

R01 HL136403/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States