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Telecommunication for Advance Care Planning in Heart Failure
Author(s): Rekha V Thammana , Sarah J Goodlin Added: 2 years ago

Standards & Guidelines

Heart Failure
Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure
Author(s): Sarah H Cross , Arif H Kamal , Donald H Taylor Jr , et al Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is estimated to affect 26 million people worldwide and is responsible for an annual global economic burden of US$108 billion.1,2 An ageing population and a reduction in mortality from other conditions such as acute MI are expected to result in an increased HF prevalence throughout much of the world.1,3–6 The prevalence of HF has particularly increased among those aged 85 years… View more

Heart Failure
Author(s): Lisa LeMond , Sarah J Goodlin Added: 3 years ago
In the infancy of the hospice and palliative care movements, Dame Cicely Saunders noted that terminally ill patients and their families were often told “there is nothing more to do.” Her unwavering belief was that those words betrayed the patient, and that “there is so much more to do.”1 Stage D heart failure (HF) is defined as HF in which refractory symptoms persist despite guideline-directed… View more

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Heart Failure
Heart Failure Nurses within the Primary Care Setting
Author(s): Loreena Hill , Anne McNulty , James McMahon , et al Added: 2 months ago

Heart Failure

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Headshot of Sarah Godfrey
Job title: Cardiovascular Disease and Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellow
Dr Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH is acardiovascular disease and hospice and palliative medicine fellow at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She grew up in New Jersey, studied African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and then did the majority of her medical training at Columbia University (postbac program, medical school, MPH, and internal medicine residency). Her research focus is in… View more
Author(s): Tonje Thorvaldsen , Lars H Lund Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is associated with poor quality of life, high risk of death and is the leading cause of hospitalisation.1 With an ageing population and improved care for cardiovascular diseases, the prevalence of HF is increasing. Despite advances in HF therapies, 1–10% of the population with HF progress to an advanced stage of the disease.2,3 In the US, an estimated 250,000–300,000 patients… View more

Heart Failure
Loreena Hill
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Senior Lecturer
Dr Loreena Hill is a senior lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University in Belfast, UK. Dr Hill’s research focuses on the management of patients with chronic heart failure, specifically those in advanced stages. She leads a co-design European study to develop an innovative intervention to improve patient and family decision-making concerning Implantable Cardioverter… View more