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Emergent use of mechanical circulatory support devices: ethical dilemmas.
Curr Opin Cardiol
May 2014
aDivision of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University bDepartment of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia cBrigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Purpose Of Review: Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) devices are 'life-sustaining devices' placed as a bridge to decision, either recovery, transplantation or a lifetime tether with the device. Cardiogenic shock may compromise patient autonomy, or the right for an individual patient to determine his own care. This review addresses an ethical dilemma in the context of complex clinical medical decision-making, during marked uncertainty for outcomes.
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