Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 823-826 , October 2010

Patient Perspectives on Decision Making in Heart Failure

  • Dan D. Matlock, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
    • Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Group, Denver, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dan Matlock, MD, MPH, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Academic Office 1, 12631 E. 17th Avenue, Campus Box B-180; Aurora, CO 80045. Tel: (303) 724-2242; Fax: (303) 724-2270.
    • ,
  • Carolyn T. Nowels, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
    • ,
  • David B. Bekelman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
    • Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Group, Denver, CO
    • Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO

Received 8 April 2010 ,Revised 4 June 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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 This research was conducted while Dan Matlock, MD, was a Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Scholar. This research was funded by the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) Hartford/Jahnigen Center for Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and the UCD Mordecai Palliative Care Grants Fund.

 See page 826 for disclosure information.

PII: S1071-9164(10)00269-1

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.06.003

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 823-826 , October 2010

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