{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chuzi S"],"funding":["American Heart Association","Boston Scientific Corporation","Abbott Laboratories","NCATS NIH HHS","AHRQ HHS","National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute","NHLBI NIH HHS","Northwestern University","National Institutes of Health","Cytokinetics","American Concrete Institute Foundation","Novartis"],"pagination":["321-332"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9908068"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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"],"journal":["JACC. Heart failure"],"pubmed_title":["Time Spent Engaging in Health Care Among Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices."],"pmcid":["PMC9908068"],"funding_grant_id":["UL1 TR001422","K12 HS026385","K23 HL155970"],"pubmed_authors":["Harap R","Rich JD","Chuzi S","Allen LA","Khan SS","Tibrewala A","Wilcox JE","Argaw S","Wu T","Ahmad FS","Grady KL","Pham DT"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Time Spent Engaging in Health Care Among Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 May","modification":"2025-04-04T09:18:44.878Z","creation":"2025-04-04T09:18:44.878Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9908068","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35483794"],"doi":["10.1016/j.jchf.2022.01.011"]}}