February 12th, 2015
Insights About the Use of IV Fluids in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure
Behnood Bikdeli, M.D. and Larry Allen, MD, MHS
Behnood Bikdeli and Larry Allen discuss a retrospective study of the potential risks of IV fluids for patients hospitalized with heart failure who were treated with loop diuretics.
July 10th, 2014
Behind the Patient Decision-Making Process for a Destination-Therapy LVAD
Colleen Kelley McIlvennan, DNP, ANP, Larry Allen, MD, MHS and Dan Matlock, MD, MPH
Colleen K. McIlvennan, Larry A. Allen, and Daniel D. Matlock discuss their study of how patients choose whether to get a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy.
March 6th, 2012
Shared Decision Making in Advanced Heart Failure
Larry Allen, MD, MHS
Larry Allen is the lead author and co-chair of the AHA Scientific Statement on Decision Making in Advanced Heart Failure. Patient-centered care ensures that clinical decisions are guided by an individual patient’s values, needs, and preferences; shared decision making is the act of putting this type of care into clinical practice by asking health care providers […]