Is It Time to Reexamine Psychosocial Criteria for Left Ventricular Assist Device Candidacy?

Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Sep;13(9):e007478. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007478. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

Authors

Peter M Eckman¹, Rebecca Cogswell²

Affiliations

¹ Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN (P.M.E.).
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (R.C.).

PMID: 32894985
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007478

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; decision making; heart failure; heart-assist devices; risk factor; social support.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / therapy
Heart Transplantation*
Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
Humans
Retrospective Studies