Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Shared decision making with patients in advanced heart failure is critical when making decisions on therapies such as left ventricular assist device implantation and cardiac transplantation. We describe a case wherein the risks of coronavirus disease-2019 affected the decision of a patient regarding proceeding with cardiac transplantation. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Keywords

• cardiac transplant
• cardiomyopathy
• chronic heart failure