Pro: LVAD: patient's desire for termination of VAD therapy should be challenged.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA. Electronic address: rmorris@amh.org.
Rohinton J
RJ
Morris
Elizabeth D
ED
Shore
D000368:Aged; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000941:ethics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000523:psychology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics
VAD therapy; end-stage heart failure