ArticleAging and disease2013
A review of ethical considerations for ventricular assist device placement in older adults.
Article in Aging and disease, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Operational Ethics in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit: A Practical Framework for Ethical Decision-Making.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Interdisciplinary Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Roles International Societies Can Play.Aging and disease · 2021Article
- Palliative Medicine and Preparedness Planning for Patients Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Device as Destination Therapy-Challenges to Measuring Impact and Change in Institutional Culture.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2017Article
- Ethical Considerations in the Long-Term Ventricular Assist Device Patient.Current heart failure reports · 2017Review
- Mechanical circulatory support in the new era: an overview.Critical care (London, England) · 2016Review
- Ethical challenges of deactivation of cardiac devices in advanced heart failure.Current heart failure reports · 2014Review
- Ventricular assist devices as destination therapy: psychosocial and ethical implications.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journalReview
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Abstract
This article reviews some of the complex ethical issues that accompany the diffusion of ventricular assist devices (VADs) for heart failure patients, with a particular emphasis on issues unique to older adults. In doing so, the ethical issues are centered on three decision points: (a) patient selection; (b) informed consent (i.e., initiation of the device); and (c) end of life (i.e., deactivation of the device.) It is contended that, with the technological improvements in heart failure treatments and new indications, the decision making process for VAD placement and deactivation has become more clinically and ethically challenging, particularly for older adults. Areas for potential future research are identified.
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