Expanding the Paradigm for Cardiovascular Palliative Care
In an article published in Circulation, Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH, et al. discuss the importance of palliative care for cardiovascular disease (CVD). They discuss the role of cardiovascular palliative care for specific heart diseases (e.g., ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, etc.) and barriers to integration, and recommend a framework for studying and developing palliative care models to improve care for this patient population.