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cord-308357-sjravgng	Mariania, Silvia	Out of Hospital Management of LVAD Patients During COVID‐19 Outbreak	2020-05-28		.txt	text/plain	1314	69	43	Patients supported with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are usually affected by long‐standing cardiovascular diseases and subjected to variations of the normal cardiovascular physiology, thus requiring an even closer monitoring during the COVID‐19 outbreak. Nevertheless, the COVID‐19 pandemic led to a drastic reduction of routine clinical activities and a consequent risk of looser connections between LVAD patients and their referring center. A special population at risk for COVID-19 includes end-stage heart failure (HF) patients and, more specifically, patients supported with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). All rights reserved Each LVAD recipient routinely followed-up in the outpatient clinic enters the telemonitoring algorithm Moreover, in order to enter this monitoring program, the patient should be judged as adequately educated through extensive talks and training sessions focused on driveline dressing techniques, battery and controller exchange, blood pressure, fluids and anticoagulation self-management. Figure 1 -Algorithm for out of hospital left ventricular assist device (LVAD) management during COVID-19 outbreak.	./cache/cord-308357-sjravgng.txt	./txt/cord-308357-sjravgng.txt