Patient insuffisant cardiaque âgé, qualité ou quantité de vie ?

Heart failure is a serious and common disease in the elderly. It causes repeated hospitalizations with a progressive overall decline. It is often difficult at an advanced stage of the disease to "choose" between quality and quantity of life for both patients and their families and caregivers. A reflection conducted at the Centre for Clinical Ethics of the Assistance publique-Hopitaux de Paris can help to make progress on these difficult choices.