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

Year: 2023

Type: editorial

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.

Source: Heart International

DOI: 10.17925/hi.2023.17.1.5

Authors: Abigail Latimer, Christopher E Knoepke, Roger Winters

Institutions: University of Kentucky, University of Colorado Anschutz

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,049