Is It Time to Reexamine Psychosocial Criteria for Left Ventricular Assist Device Candidacy?

Affiliations

¹ Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN (P.M.E.).
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (R.C.).

Editorial

Peter M Eckman et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;13(9):e007478.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007478. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

¹ Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN (P.M.E.).
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (R.C.).

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Keywords: Editorials; decision making; heart failure; heart-assist devices; risk factor; social support.

Comment on

Psychosocial Risk and Its Association With Outcomes in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients.
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