Integrating Palliative Care into the Management of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Practice Pearl-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Integrating Palliative Care into the Management of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Practice Pearl

Published:2023 Issue:1 Volume:17 Page:5
ISSN:2036-2579
Container-title:Heart International
language:en
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Author:

Latimer Abigail,Knoepke Christopher E,Winters Roger, , ,

Abstract

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is a progressive, undulating syndrome with an unpredictable illness course featuring intermittent symptom exacerbations and periods of stability. The progressive, variable trajectory of the illness burdens patients with myriad threats to physical, emotional, and spiritual functioning, quality of life and complex treatment decisions. Integrating palliative care is a recommended best practice for heart failure management; however, confusion persists about what palliative care comprises in the context of heart failure.

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This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License.

Publisher

Touch Medical Media, Ltd.

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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