Key result
A new model is proposed to integrate palliative care specialists early in the heart failure team to overcome barriers and achieve simultaneous care.
Why the study?
Although guidelines recommend palliative care in early heart failure, patients are referred very late due to multiple barriers explaining the gap between guideline indications and clinical practice.
Design
Narrative review
Authors
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May support early palliative integration in HF teams; hypothesis-generating pending prospective trials.
This review highlights the barriers to early palliative care in heart failure and proposes a model for early integration of palliative care specialists to achieve simultaneous care.
Massimo Romanò (2020) conducted a review in Heart failure. Early utilization of palliative care was evaluated. A new model is proposed to integrate palliative care specialists early in the heart failure team to overcome barriers and achieve simultaneous care.
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