Theme: Shared Decision-Making

Deciding on Heart Transplant: A mom and her son's cardiologist

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Deciding on Heart Transplant: A mom and her son's cardiologist

Kate, a mom of two sons born with cardiomyopathy, and her sons’ heart doctor, Dr. Elizabeth Blume, discuss the pathway to transplant for the second son. “We have a transplant evaluation process that happens and that evaluation is to really understand the child and what the risks of transplant might be.” Mom shares that there came a turning point when it was clearly necessary.