Search Results - "McIlvennan, Colleen K."
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Gender-based differences in decision making, quality of life and survival among patients undergoing left ventricular assist device evaluation
Published in PloS one (25-10-2023)“…Background Women are less likely to receive left ventricular assist devices and are more likely to experience poor outcomes. However, how gender impacts LVAD…”
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Deactivation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Differing Perspectives of Cardiology and Hospice/Palliative Medicine Clinicians
Published in Journal of cardiac failure (01-09-2017)“…Abstract Background Beliefs around deactivation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) vary substantially between clinicians, institutions, and patients…”
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Sex differences and in-hospital outcomes in patients undergoing mechanical circulatory support implantation
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-01-2017)“…Background Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is a widely available management strategy. No studies have described sex differences in both extracorporeal and…”
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Magnitude of troponin elevation in patients with biomarker evidence of myocardial injury: relative frequency and outcomes in a cohort study across a large healthcare system
Published in BMC cardiovascular disorders (24-03-2023)“…Serum troponin levels correlate with the extent of myocyte necrosis in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and predict adverse outcomes. However, thresholds of…”
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"When I do have some time, rather than spend it polishing silver, I want to spend it with my grandkids": a qualitative exploration of patient values following left ventricular assist device implantation
Published in BMC palliative care (22-05-2024)“…Values are broadly understood to have implications for how individuals make decisions and cope with serious illness stressors, yet it remains uncertain how…”
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Palliative Care Clinicians Caring for Patients Before and After Continuous Flow-Left Ventricular Assist Device
Published in Journal of pain and symptom management (01-10-2017)“…Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are an available treatment option for carefully selected patients with advanced heart failure. Initially developed as a…”
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Development of a Decision Aid for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure Considering a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device
Published in JACC. Heart failure (01-12-2015)“…Abstract Objectives This study aimed to create decision aids (DAs) for patients considering a destination therapy left ventricular assist device (DT LVAD)…”
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Association of multimorbidity with guideline-directed medical therapy intensification in heart failure: Findings from the EPIC-HF trial
Published in Heliyon (15-07-2024)“…A potential contributor to the suboptimal rates of guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) prescribing for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction…”
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Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Architects Needed
Published in Journal of cardiac failure (01-02-2017)Get full text
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Predicting In-Hospital Worsening Heart Failure at Time of Admission, But Do We Really Need Another Heart Failure Risk Model?
Published in The American heart journal (01-08-2016)“…[...]having a good sense of which patients are likely to develop worsening heart failure at the time of admission may guide triage and management. [...]the…”
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Hospital readmissions reduction program
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (19-05-2015)Get full text
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Patient control preferences for medical decision making before and after evaluation for left ventricular assist device
Published in American heart journal plus (01-02-2023)“…Understanding patients' preferred roles in medical decision making (i.e., passive, collaborative, active) is important to personalized care and patient…”
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Palliative care in patients with heart failure
Published in BMJ (Online) (14-04-2016)“…Despite advances in cardiac therapy, heart failure (HF) remains a progressive, highly symptomatic, and deadly disease that places great demands on patients,…”
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Amphetamine-positive urine drug screens in the setting of mexiletine use: A case series
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-08-2016)Get full text
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Patient Roadmaps for Chronic Illness: Introducing a New Approach for Fostering Patient-Centered Care
Published in MDM Policy & Practice (01-01-2021)“…Background. Too frequently, patients with chronic illnesses are surprised by disease-related changes and are unprepared to make decisions based on their…”
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Activated partial thromboplastin time overestimates anti-coagulation in left ventricular assist device patients
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Anchoring in Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device Decision Making: A Mechanical Turk Survey
Published in Journal of cardiac failure (01-11-2016)“…Highlights • Medical decisions are complex -seemingly unrelated factors can cause undue influence • Anchoring appears to affect perceptions of LVADs, but not…”
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Perspectives from mechanical circulatory support coordinators on the pre-implantation decision process for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices
Published in Heart & lung (01-05-2015)“…Abstract Objective To understand mechanical circulatory support (MCS) coordinators' perspectives related to destination therapy left ventricular assist devices…”
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