Motivational interviewing as a new approach to improve outcome through self-care behavioural changes in advanced heart failure patient: a case report.

In general, patients with advanced HF and reduced ejection fraction despite optimal medical therapy should be evaluated to assess their eligibility of cardiac transplantation or palliative care. Motivational interviewing might represent a new therapeutic approach for stabilizing and preventing HF through self-care behavioural changes, even in patients with advanced HF and severely reduced ejection fraction.