2017
The State of the Science on Integrating Palliative Care in Heart Failure
Gelfman L, Bakitas M, Warner Stevenson L, Kirkpatrick J, Goldstein N, Ahluwalia S, Allen L, Allen K, Arnold B, Bakitas M, Bekelman D, Buck H, Dionne-Odom J, Dougherty C, Dunbar S, Evangelista L, Fahlberg B, Fendler T, Gelfman L, Goldstein N, Hanson L, Hauptman P, Karlekar M, Kavalieratos D, Kirkpatrick J, Kirkwood P, Kono A, Krumholz H, Kutner J, Lala A, Lindenfeld J, Mancarella G, Matlock D, Matzo M, Maurer M, Morrison S, O'Donnell A, Pamboukian S, Pinney S, Prince S, Reigel B, Ritchie C, Rogers J, Spertus J, Steinhauser K, Stevenson L, Strömberg A, Sudore R, Swetz K, Teuteberg W, Teuteberg J, Tucker R, Tulsky J, Wiegand D. The State of the Science on Integrating Palliative Care in Heart Failure. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2017, 20: 592-603. PMID: 29493362, PMCID: PMC5455612, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failurePalliative careUncontrolled symptomsIntegrating Palliative CarePalliative care integrationAdvanced heart failureAdvanced HF patientsChronic progressive illnessLife-prolonging therapiesCare of patientsAdvance care planningQuality of careQuality of lifeHF diseaseHF patientsHealthcare utilizationProgressive illnessHF populationHigh morbidityInterdisciplinary careInterdisciplinary working groupCare planningLife careCurrent evidenceFamily caregivers
2002
Representation of the elderly, women, and minorities in heart failure clinical trials.
Heiat A, Gross CP, Krumholz HM. Representation of the elderly, women, and minorities in heart failure clinical trials. JAMA Internal Medicine 2002, 162: 1682-8. PMID: 12153370, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.15.1682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical trialsHF RCTsHeart failure clinical trialsCharacteristics of patientsSystolic ejection fractionFuture clinical trialsInvasive diagnostic testsCharacteristics of participantsType of interventionChronic HFHF trialsEjection fractionHF populationExclusion criteriaGeneralizability of evidenceRCTsAdditional trialsPatientsDiagnostic testsTrialsOriginal reportMore participantsPrincipal investigatorWomenPublication year