PulseCheck: Palliative Care in Patients with Heart Disease: High Risk Procedures in Our High-Risk Patients

Special Edition: "PulseCheck" is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges. In this series the CV Team Section has partnered with the Geriatric Section's Palliative Workgroup to share insights on difficult conversations that occur when caring for cardiology patients. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Richard A. Josephson, MS, MD, FACC, Christy Cantey DNP, FNP-C, AACC, CCK, and Gwen M. Bernacki, MD MHSA to share insights for high-risk procedures in our high risk patients: we can, but should we?    Suggested Materials:  Vital Talk website. 2024. Available at https://www.vitaltalk.org/. Accessed 12/20/24.   The Conversation Project - Have You Had The Conversation? (Institute for Healthcare Improvement website). 2024. Available at https://theconversationproject.org/. Accessed 12/20/24.   Bernacki GW, Starks H, Krishnaswami A, et al. Peri-procedural code status for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Absence of program policies and standard practices. J Am Geriatr Soc 2022;70:3378-89.    Subscribe to CardiaCast | Claim CME Credit 

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