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Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patient Refusal of Transplantation.
- Source :
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JACC. Case reports [JACC Case Rep] 2020 Jul 15; Vol. 2 (9), pp. 1365-1367. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 08. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- 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. ).<br /> (© 2020 The Authors.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2666-0849
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- JACC. Case reports
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- 32835281
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.004