Living Unhappily on Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: The Impetus for Shared Decision Making

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Jennifer Cowger. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Nov.

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. 2018 Nov;6(11):914-916.

doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2018.07.008. Epub 2018 Oct 10.

¹ Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Electronic address: jennifercowger@gmail.com.

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Keywords: decision making; heart failure; left ventricular assist device; mechanical circulatory support.

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