Palliative Care in Adult Congenital Heart Disease-Associated Advanced Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT

The practice of palliative care (PC) strives to mitigate patient suffering through aligning patient priorities and values with care planning and via improved understanding of complex physical, psychosocial, and spiritual stressors and dynamics that contribute to patient-centered outcomes. Through representative 'case examples' and supportive data, the role and value of a PC consultant, within the framework of a comprehensive adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) team caring for ACHD with advanced heart disease, are reviewed.