Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor: Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, MD, Christopher T. Salerno, MD, Ashwin K. Ravichandran, MD, MPH, Mary Norine Walsh, MD
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 9, Pp 1365-1367 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-0849
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.004
Popis: Shared decision making with patients in advanced heart failure is critical when making decisions on therapies such as left ventricular assist device implantation and cardiac transplantation. We describe a case wherein the risks of coronavirus disease-2019 affected the decision of a patient regarding proceeding with cardiac transplantation. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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