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Patient Decision Aid Summary

Title Deciding Together: A Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Decision Aid
To access it View the patient decision aid on the developer website
Audience Candidates and caregivers of candidates for Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Therapy; clinicians involved in decision-making about and/or implantation of LVAD.
Options included Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) therapy.
Palliative and supportive care.
Year of last update or review 2020
Format Web, video, PDF
Developer Dr. Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby
Where was it developed? Jennifer.Blumenthal-Barby@bcm.edu
Center for Medical Ethics and Healthy Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
United States
Health condition Heart Failure
Language English
Based on 2025 IPDAS criteria (International Patient Decision Aid Standards) this patient decision aid (and/or supporting materials) meets:
7 out of 7 IPDAS Qualifying criteria to be defined as a patient decision aid
5 out of 7 IPDAS Essential criteria to lower the risk of making a biased decision
Not applicable: Other IPDAS Essential criteria for patient decision aids about screening or testing
View IPDAS criteria details.

Last modified: 2025-07-29.