ReviewJournal of the American College of Cardiology2017
Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Rationale, Evidence, and Future Priorities.
Review in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 125 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Palliative Care to Improve Quality of Life in CHF and COPD
The Effect of Simulation-Based Training on Palliative Caregivers' Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Practices: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled, Single-Center Study
A Retrospective Study of the Effect of Different Drugs Co-administration in the Treatment of Heart Failure
Implementing Community Palliative Care for People With Heart Failure
Who cites it
125 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 286 citations in OpenAlex.
- Heart failure and suicide mortality and suicide attempts: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- A Systematic Review of the Development and Implementation of Needs-Based Palliative Care Tools in Heart Failure and Chronic Respiratory Disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Models of Palliative Care Delivery for Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Evidence-Informed Consensus Guidelines.Journal of palliative medicine · 2021Guideline
- Comparison of Palliative Care Interventions for Cancer versus Heart Failure Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Systematic Review.Journal of palliative medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of timely case conferencing between general practitioners and specialist palliative care services on symptom burden in patients with advanced chronic disease: results of the cluster-randomised controlled KOPAL trial.BMC palliative care · 2024Trial
- Postdischarge Noninvasive Telemonitoring and Nurse Telephone Coaching Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients With High Burden of Comorbidity.Journal of cardiac failure · 2023Trial
- Race Differences in Quality of Life following a Palliative Care Intervention in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: Insights from the Palliative Care in Heart Failure Trial.Journal of palliative medicine · 2022Trial
- Perceptions of Need for Palliative Care in Recently Hospitalized Patients With Systolic Heart Failure.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Trial
- Current measures of distress may not account for what's most important in existential care interventions: Results of the outlook trial.Palliative & supportive care · 2020Trial
- Effect of an Early Palliative Care Telehealth Intervention vs Usual Care on Patients With Heart Failure: The ENABLE CHF-PC Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2020Trial
- Improving Communication in Heart Failure Patient Care.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2019Trial
- Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial.American heart journal · 2018Trial
- Primary palliative care for heart failure provided within ambulatory cardiology: A randomized pilot trial.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careTrial
- Opioid Use for Dyspnoea in Advanced Heart Failure.Current heart failure reports · 2026Review
- Cardio-Oncology in Older Adults: Evidence Gaps, Geriatric Considerations, and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Feasibility and acceptability of a rural palliative care intervention for patients with heart failure (RuPAL-HF).BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Korean Society of Heart Failure Guidelines for the Palliative Care and Hospice for Heart Failure Patients.International journal of heart failure · 2026Review
- The multidimensional needs of chronic heart failure patients and caregivers from a dyadic perspective: a scoping review.Heart failure reviews · 2026Article
- Signs and symptoms indicating the transition to the palliative phase in patients with COPD and heart failure in primary healthcare: a mixed-methods study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
65 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Patients with heart failure (HF) and their families experience stress and suffering from a variety of sources over the course of the HF experience. Palliative care is an interdisciplinary service and an overall approach to care that improves quality of life and alleviates suffering for those living with serious illness, regardless of prognosis. In this review, we synthesize the evidence from randomized clinical trials of palliative care interventions in HF. While the evidence base for palliative care in HF is promising, it is still in its infancy and requires additional high-quality, methodologically sound studies to clearly elucidate the role of palliative care for patients and families living with the burdens of HF. Yet, an increase in attention to primary palliative care (e.g., basic physical and emotional symptom management, advance care planning), provided by primary care and cardiology clinicians, may be a vehicle to address unmet palliative needs earlier and throughout the illness course.
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