Time Spent Engaging in Health Care Among Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to examine a novel patient-centered metric of time spent engaging in left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-related clinical care outside the home.

Background

Although LVAD implantation can improve survival and functional capacity in patients with advanced heart failure, this may occur at the expense of significant time spent engaging in LVAD-related health care activities.

Methods

The authors retrospectively assessed consecutive patients at a single center who received a continuous-flow LVAD between May 9, 2008, and December 31, 2019, and queried health care encounters after implantation, including all inpatient encounters and LVAD-related ambulatory encounters. Patient-level time metrics were determined, including the total number of days w

SUBMITTER: Chuzi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9908068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature