A Multicenter Trial of a Shared Decision Support Intervention for Patients and Their Caregivers Offered Destination

Colleen K McIlvennan1, Jocelyn S Thompson, Daniel D Matlock

  • 1Colleen K. McIlvennan, DNP, ANP Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, and Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium, Denver. Jocelyn S. Thompson, MA Senior Professional Research Assistant, Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora. Daniel D. Matlock, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science and Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, and Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium, Denver. Joseph C. Cleveland Jr, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora. Shannon M. Dunlay, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Services Research, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Shane J. LaRue, MD, MPHS Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Eldrin F. Lewis, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Chetan B. Patel, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina. Mary Norine Walsh, MD Medical Director, Department of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, St. Vincent Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Indianapolis, Indiana. Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Division of Cardiology, and Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, and Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium, Denver.

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