Publications by authors named "Conor Rea"
Aims: The prevalence of heart failure in New Zealand is increasing. A small number of select patients with predicted poor short-term survival are candidates for advanced heart failure therapies such as transplantation and durable mechanical circulatory support (MCS). The aim of our study was to introduce left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) to the wider clinicians and highlight their role in managing patients with advanced heart failure in New Zealand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Happiness is a core ingredient of health and well-being, yet relatively little is known about what happiness means for individuals near the end of life, and whether perceptions of happiness change as individuals approach the end of their lives.
Aim: The aim of this study was to explore, through interviews, how individuals experiencing hospice care understood and conceptualized happiness.
Design: Qualitative interviews with hospice patients were analyzed thematically.
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an alternative and effective contemporary intervention to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for patients with severe aortic valve disease at increased surgical risk. Guidelines recommend a multidisciplinary "Heart Team" (MHT) review of patients considered for a TAVI procedure, but this has been little studied. We reviewed the characteristics, treatments and outcomes of such patients reviewed by the MHT at our centre.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Compassion is a core virtue in medicine and lies at the heart of good medical care. It connects us to each other and reflects our need for relationships with others.
Aim: Our aim is to explore how palliative care patients perceive, understand and experience compassion from health professionals, and to inform clinical practice.