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Chapter 10 - “Should His Devices Be Deactivated?”

from Section 1 - Palliative Care Principles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2018

By
Shayna Rich  and
Maisha T. Robinson
Edited by
Maisha T. Robinson
Maisha T. Robinson
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Florida
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Case Studies in Neuropalliative Care , pp. 41 - 43
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Dunlay, SM, Strand, JJ, Wordingham, SE, et al. Dying with a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Oct;9(10).CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gafford, EF, Luckhardt, AJ, Swetz, KM. Deactivation of a left ventricular assist device at the end of life #269. J Palliat Med. 2013 Aug;16(8):980–2.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mueller, PS, Swetz, KM, Freeman, MR, et al. Ethical analysis of withdrawing ventricular assist device support. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Sep;85(9): 791–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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