Learning self-care after left ventricular assist device implantation

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 290-298

  Kato, Naoko ^a,b,c   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   Ben Gal, Tuvia ^d,e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Heart Failure Unit Cardiology Department Rabin Medical Center ^*

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Education; Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Maintenance; Management; Monitoring; Self care

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DEVICE INFECTION; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LEARNING; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCUTANEOUS LEAD INFECTION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKILL; SLEEP; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING; WOUND CARE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84906065019     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-014-0201-0     Document Type: Article

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