Sobanski P, Jaarsma T, Krajnik M
The purpose of this review is to provide an update on current end-of-life issues specific to heart failure patients, including a proposed new model of end-of-life trajectories which takes into account the influence of comorbidities on the prognosis of heart failure and advance care planning for patients with implanted cardiac devices which has been shown to be unsatisfactory. A recent strategy for managing implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients approaching death is presented.
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