Communication and Decision Making in Advanced Heart Disease

Part 1: Introduction

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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 Heart Failure (HF)
  • HF illness trajectory
  • Advance care planning
  • Treatment options that may improve cardiac function, should include the range of outcomes that can occur-Side Effects, Adverse Events, quality of life, or dependence on others