A cloud-based home management system for patients with a left ventricular assist device: a case report

作者：Nomoto Shinichi^*; Utsumi Momoe; Minakata Kenji

来源：The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 2016, 39(5): 245-248.

DOI：10.5301/ijao.5000502

• Continuity of care
• Remote consultation
• Self-management
• Telehealth
• Ventricular assist device

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.

• 出版日期2016-5