Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
oleh: Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, MD, Christopher T. Salerno, MD, Ashwin K. Ravichandran, MD, MPH, Mary Norine Walsh, MD
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2020-07-01 |
Deskripsi
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.)