Communication and Decision Making in Advanced Heart Disease

Part 2: Conducting Goals of Care Conversations in Advanced Heart Disease

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What is a Goals of Care discussion?

    Discussion of patient goals, preferences for treatment, prognosis, and medical options that result in decision making through the trajectory of illness
  • Prognosis in HF
  • HF illness trajectory
  • Advance care planning
  • Treatment options that may improve cardiac function, should include the range of outcomes that can occur-SE, AE, QOL, dependence on others
See an example of a Goals of Care Discussion (8 minutes)