"Have You Ever Seen That Movie Misery…" Time to Think Outside the Box to Help Caregivers of Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Colleen K McIlvennan¹, Daniel D Matlock^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology (C.K.M.), Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine (D.D.M.), Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
³ VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, CO (D.D.M.).
⁴ Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (D.D.M.).

Editorial

Colleen K McIlvennan et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;12(1):e005454.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005454.

Colleen K McIlvennan¹, Daniel D Matlock^{2

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4}

¹ Division of Cardiology (C.K.M.), Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine (D.D.M.), Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
³ VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, CO (D.D.M.).
⁴ Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (D.D.M.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; caregivers; comorbidities; empathy; heart failure; quality of life.

Comment on

Preparedness and Mutuality Affect Quality of Life for Patients With Mechanical Circulatory Support and Their Caregivers.
Magasi S, Buono S, Yancy CW, Ramirez RD, Grady KL. Magasi S, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Jan;12(1):e004414. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.004414. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019. PMID: 30636480