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ReviewHeart failure clinics2015

Team-based Palliative and End-of-life Care for Heart Failure.

Timothy J Fendler, Keith M Swetz, Larry A Allen

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In one paragraph

Review in Heart failure clinics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Introducing palliative care into the management of patients disqualified from transcatheter aortic valve implantation.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2026
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  10. Administration of Subcutaneous Furosemide in Elastomeric Pump vs. Oral Solution for the Treatment of Diuretic Refractory Congestion.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2021
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  13. Trends and Disparities in Palliative Care Encounters in Acute Heart Failure Admissions; Insight From National Inpatient Sample.Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy J FendlerDivision of Cardiovascular Outcomes Research, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, 4401 Wornall Road, SLNI, CV Research, Suite 5603, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA. Electronic address: fendlert@umkc.edu.
Keith M SwetzSection of Palliative Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Larry A AllenDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12605 East 16th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Mayo Clinic · USSaint Luke's Hospital · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32HL110837 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI JOHN A SPERTUS · 2012 to 2026
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NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL110837NHLBI NIH HHS T32HL110837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical practice guidelines endorse the use of palliative care in patients with symptomatic heart failure. Palliative care is conceptualized as supportive care afforded to most patients with chronic, life-limiting illness. However, the optimal content and delivery of palliative care interventions remains unknown and its integration into existing heart failure disease management continues to be a challenge. Therefore, this article comments on the current state of multidisciplinary care for such patients, explores evidence supporting a team-based approach to palliative and end-of-life care for patients with heart failure, and identifies high-priority areas for research.

Indexed as

Heart FailureHospice CareHumansPalliative CarePatient Care TeamPatient-Centered CareTerminal CareComprehensive health careHeart failureHospice careInterdisciplinary communicationPalliative carePatient care team

Identifiers

PMID26142643
PMCPMC4491937
OpenAlexW2137341888

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