Palliative Medicine and Preparedness Planning for Patients Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Device as Destination Therapy—Challenges to Measuring Impact and Change in Institutional Culture Brandon P. Verdoorn, MD, Angela J. Luckhardt, RN, CNS, Sara E. Wordingham, MD, Shannon M. Dunlay, MD, MS, Keith M. Swetz, MD, MA Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages 231-236 (August 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.10.372 Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Survival, outcomes, and hospice utilization. DT = destination therapy; LVAD = left ventricular assist devices. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2017 54, 231-236DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.10.372) Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions