Ethical Considerations in the Long-Term Ventricular Assist Device Patient

Keyphrases

• Ventricular Assist Device 100%
• Ethical Considerations 100%
• Device Implantation 40%
• Cardiac Transplantation 40%
• Quality of Life 20%
• Heart Failure 20%
• Design Techniques 20%
• Survival Rate 20%
• Shared Decision Making 20%
• End-of-life Decisions 20%
• Patient Selection 20%
• Device Design 20%
• Sick 20%
• Improved Outcomes 20%
• Pathophysiology 20%
• Justice 20%
• Surgical Technique 20%
• Treatment Efficacy 20%
• Multidisciplinary Approach 20%
• Resource Utilization 20%
• In-hospital Mortality 20%
• Ethical Principles 20%
• Principle of Autonomy 20%
• Patient Goals 20%
• Upkeep 20%
• Beneficence 20%
• Nonmaleficence 20%
• Definitive Therapy 20%
• Length of Therapy 20%
• Transplant Eligibility 20%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Ventricular Assist Device 100%
• Heart Transplantation 40%
• Surgical Technique 20%
• Transplantation 20%
• Quality of Life 20%
• Pathophysiology 20%
• Mortality Rate 20%
• Survival Rate 20%
• Shared Decision Making 20%
• Treatment Duration 20%
• Congestive Heart Failure 20%
• Terminal Illness 20%
• Hospital Mortality 20%
• Beneficence 20%