A cloud-based home management system for patients with a left ventricular assist device: a case report.
Since implantable left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) with smaller configurations became available for bridge-to-transplant or even destination therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure, an increasing number of patients with these devices are receiving home medical management. However, these patients may be anxious about potential complications such as pump failure, thromboembolism, and infections that may occur during home management. To provide a sense of security during home management of patients with LVAD and to establish an ideal shared-care system, we developed a patient-centered cloud-based home management system for patients with LVAD. In this case report, we describe this system and report a trial of it in a 64-year-old patient with an LVAD.
Department of Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto - Japan.
Shinichi
S
Nomoto
Department of Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto - Japan.
Momoe
M
Utsumi
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto - Japan.
Kenji
K
Minakata
D000067917:Cloud Computing; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care