title: Can patients opt to turn off implantable cardioverter-defibrillators near the end of life?
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Medicine, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, MD, USA.
authors.forename: M Motaz
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Baibars
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. E-mail: alrai005@umn.edu.
authors.forename: M Chadi
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Alraies
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Amjad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabach
authors.affiliation: Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Innovation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.|Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Service, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pritzker
mesh_terms: D032722:Advance Care Planning; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003142:Communication; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care; D028761:Withholding Treatment