biostudies-literatureChuzi SAmerican Heart AssociationBoston Scientific CorporationAbbott LaboratoriesNCATS NIH HHSAHRQ HHSNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNHLBI NIH HHSNorthwestern UniversityNational Institutes of HealthCytokineticsAmerican Concrete Institute FoundationNovartis321-332https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9908068biostudies-literatureUnknown10(5)<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 wJACC. Heart failureTime Spent Engaging in Health Care Among Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.PMC9908068UL1 TR001422K12 HS026385K23 HL155970Harap RRich JDChuzi SAllen LAKhan SSTibrewala AWilcox JEArgaw SWu TAhmad FSGrady KLPham DTfalseTime Spent Engaging in Health Care Among Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.<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 w2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 May2025-04-04T09:18:44.878Z2025-04-04T09:18:44.878ZS-EPMC99080683548379410.1016/j.jchf.2022.01.011