Elsevier

American Heart Journal

Volume 204, October 2018, Pages 202-204
American Heart Journal

Research Letter
Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial

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Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS, served as guest editor for this article.

Funding: PAL-HF was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR013428). R. J. M. receives research support from the NIH (U10HL110312, R01AG045551-01A1). K. J. received research support from projects funded by the NIA (RO1AG042130; K08AG028975).

Disclosures: The authors report no relevant disclosures.

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