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sun17mar1:30 pm3:30 pmHeart Failure and End-of-Life Choices

Time

March 17, 2019 1:30 pm3:30 pm PST(GMT-07:00)

Event Details

With increasing age, more and more people are dying of heart failure (formerly called congestive heart failure). What is heart failure? What can be done for it? How does one make end- of-life choices for end-stage heart failure?

Speakers:
Harris Effron, M.D., retired cardiologist; Lisa Heikoff, M.D., hospice/palliative care; and James Sinclair, M.D., oncologist/palliative care physician will talk about heart failure, transplants and mechanical devices, details, risks, benefits, outcomes, making decisions regarding hospice/palliative end-of-life care for end-stage heart failure.

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