Mandating chaperones for decision making in left atrial appendage occlusion is bad for patients, for physicians, and for the promotion of real shared decision making: It's time to end the Centers For Medicare Medicaid Services chaperone mandate

MeSH terms

• Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
• Atrial Appendage* / physiopathology
• Atrial Appendage* / surgery
• Atrial Fibrillation* / diagnosis
• Atrial Fibrillation* / physiopathology
• Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.* / legislation & jurisprudence
• Clinical Decision-Making
• Decision Making, Shared*
• Government Regulation
• Humans
• Patient Participation
• Risk Factors
• Stroke / prevention & control
• Treatment Outcome
• United States