1. Choosing Death.
- Author
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Roubein, Rachel
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CONGESTIVE heart failure treatment , *EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation , *CONGESTIVE heart failure , *PATIENTS ,CARDIAC surgery risk factors - Abstract
The article focuses on several devices to support a heart failure such as left ventricular assist device (LVAD) with reference to the case of a heart patient Jim Reales who chose death and not the device. Topics discussed include Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation machine supporting failure of both lungs and heart, Jim refusing for a heart surgery to implant LVAD after knowing its side effects such as internal bleeding, and views of Duane Nash, executive vice president of firm Vital Therapies.
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- 2014