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 Care Workgroup to share insights on difficult conversations that occur when caring for cardiology patients. In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Jae Patton, MSN, CRNP, AACC and Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH to share insights for ensuring quality of life when time is short: tools for the end-stage heart failure care.

Related References:

1. Center to Advance Palliative Care (Center to Advance Palliative Care website). 2024. Available at https://www.capc.org/. Accessed 12/20/24.
2. Godfrey S, Kirkpatrick JN, Kramer DB, Sulistio MS. Expanding the paradigm for cardiovascular palliative care. Circulation 2023;148:1039-52.
3. Godfrey S, Chen CL, Sulistio MS, Kumar S, Newcomer K. Shocked at end-of-life: an educational video for hospice workers about implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. J Pain Symptom Manage 2024;67:e557-58.