Living with and dying from advanced heart failure: understanding the needs of older patients at the end of life

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a life-limiting illness and patients with advanced heart failure often suffer from severe physical and psychosocial symptoms. Particularly in older patients, HF often occurs in conjunction with other chronic diseases, resulting in complex co-morbidity. This study ai...

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Published in:BMC Geriatr
Main Authors: Klindtworth, Katharina, Oster, Peter, Hager, Klaus, Krause, Olaf, Bleidorn, Jutta, Schneider, Nils
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608315/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26470713
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0124-y
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