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

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...

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Main Authors: Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, MD, Christopher T. Salerno, MD, Ashwin K. Ravichandran, MD, MPH, Mary Norine Walsh, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306410
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author Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, MD
Christopher T. Salerno, MD
Ashwin K. Ravichandran, MD, MPH
Mary Norine Walsh, MD
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-293fa4b0e4ae419b8ee8652a4293cb812022-12-21T21:58:30ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492020-07-012913651367Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 PandemicSunit-Preet Chaudhry, MD0Christopher T. Salerno, MD1Ashwin K. Ravichandran, MD, MPH2Mary Norine Walsh, MD3Division of Cardiology, St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, IndianaDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, IndianaDivision of Cardiology, St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, IndianaDivision of Cardiology, St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, Indiana; Address for correspondence: Dr. Mary Norine Walsh, St. Vincent Heart Center, 8333 Naab Road, Suite 400, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260.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.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306410cardiac transplantcardiomyopathychronic heart failure
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JACC: Case Reports
cardiac transplant
cardiomyopathy
chronic heart failure
title Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_short Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort shared decision making in cardiac transplantation during the covid 19 pandemic
topic cardiac transplant
cardiomyopathy
chronic heart failure
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