Palliative care is recommended for patients with heart failure; spirituality is a core domain of palliative care. Studies suggest that spirituality serves as a target to improve quality of life and patient outcomes in heart failure. Uniform measures of spirituality and further studies are needed to better understand spirituality in heart failure.

Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Christopher O’Connor, MD, FACC

Executive Editor
Mona Fiuzat, PharmD, FACC

JACC Heart Failure CME Editors
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
Adam DeVore, MD
Abhinav Sharma, MD
Mitchell Psotka, MD, PhD
Kishan Parikh, MD

Authors
Rachel S. Tobin, MD
Robert J. Mentz, MD

Important Dates

Date of Release: March 28, 2022
Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC/ECME Expiration: March 27, 2023