title: Older patients with cardiac devices: the need for better patient-doctor conversations.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Medicine, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine and the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Barbara D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Drye
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Medicine, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine and the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT. Elizabeth.Drye@Yale.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Drye
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003142:Communication; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: communication; defibrilators, implantable; informed consent; patient care planning; patient preference