It is time to be heard and understood: Readmission probably is not the outcome that matters among people with dementia considering percutaneous coronary intervention

Gwen M Bernacki^{1

2

3

4}, Ashok Krishnaswami⁵, Creighton W Don^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Hospital and Specialty Medicine Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA.

Editorial

Gwen M Bernacki et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;71(4):1017-1020.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.18266. Epub 2023 Feb 10.

Gwen M Bernacki^{1

2

3

4}, Ashok Krishnaswami⁵, Creighton W Don^{1

3}

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Hospital and Specialty Medicine Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA.

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Comment on

Readmission and adverse outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with dementia.
Park DY, Hu JR, Alexander KP, Nanna MG. Park DY, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Apr;71(4):1034-1046. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18120. Epub 2022 Nov 21. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023. PMID: 36409823 Free PMC article.

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