Exploring optimal heart team protocol to improve decision-making stability for complex coronary artery disease: a sequential explanatory mixed method study.
Hanping MaShen LinXi LiKefei DouWeixian YangWei FengSheng LiuYuan WuBoshizhang PengZhe ZhengPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2021)
Agreement between heart teams for revascularization decision-making in complex CAD patients was moderate. Potential factors associated with decision discrepancies were summarized and recommendations were generated. A detailed heart team protocol was designed and should be validated in future.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- decision making
- heart failure
- end stage renal disease
- randomized controlled trial
- palliative care
- atrial fibrillation
- newly diagnosed
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- chronic kidney disease
- quality improvement
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk assessment
- high intensity
- cardiovascular events
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes