Should Withdrawal of Care Be Listed as a Cause of Death?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, 3410 Worth St, Ste 250, Dallas, TX 75234; Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas. Electronic address: amit.alam@bswhealth.org.
² Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
³ Department of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas.

Comment

Amit Alam et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;113(4):1393-1394.

doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.023. Epub 2021 Mar 20.

¹ Department of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, 3410 Worth St, Ste 250, Dallas, TX 75234; Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas. Electronic address: amit.alam@bswhealth.org.
² Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
³ Department of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas.

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2020 Annual Report.
Molina EJ, Shah P, Kiernan MS, Cornwell WK 3rd, Copeland H, Takeda K, Fernandez FG, Badhwar V, Habib RH, Jacobs JP, Koehl D, Kirklin JK, Pagani FD, Cowger JA. Molina EJ, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Mar;111(3):778-792. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.12.038. Epub 2021 Jan 16. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021. PMID: 33465365 Review.