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The quality of life of patients with HeartMate 3 artificial cardiac support
Eliašová, Gabriela ; Bakusová, Tereza (advisor) ; Komínek, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the quality of life of patients with HeartMate 3 artificial heart support. This thesis is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part deals with the basic description of the heart, its anatomical and physiological structure. It deals with the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Basic data regarding HeartMate 3 artificial cardiac support and nursing care for percutaneous cable dressing are described here. The empirical part is devoted to qualitative research, which is conducted in the form of interviews with five patients at IKEM on a standard cardiac surgery inpatient ward. It examines what symptoms the heart failure patients have started to manifest and what limitations they have in their daily life due to the HeartMate 3. It tries to find out self-sufficiency in personal hygiene in the shower, when dressing the percutaneous cable, physical activity at home and outside, and the ability to travel. Keywords: heart failure, quality of life, artificial heart support, HeartMate 3
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Physiotherapy in patients with long-term heart assist devices
Vaňková, Kateřina ; Chvojková, Lenka (advisor) ; Heřmanová, Ivona (referee)
BACHELOR THESIS ABSTRACT Name, surname: Kateřina Vaňková Supervisor: Mgr. Lenka Chvojková Title of bachelor thesis: Physiotherapy in patients with long-term heart assist devices Abstract: This thesis deals with the issue of physiotherapy in patients after the implantation of long-term heart assist devices (in this case of the type HeartMate 3). The goal of this thesis is to find the possibilities of physiotherapy within cardiovascular rehabilitation after surgical implantation of heart assist device and subsequent application of this knowledge in practice. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part consists of basic information about the heart muscle and heart failure as the most common cause of implantation of the long-term heart assist device. Next, both heart assist devices in general and concretely HeartMate 3 are presented. Finally, there is a chapter devoted to cardiovascular rehabilitation. The practical part was created based on professional practice in the IKEM hospital in Prague at the turn of July and August 2020. There is an elaboration of case studies of two probands using functional testing such as the 2 Minute Walk Test and Barthel Index. The results of comparing the input and output examinations are summarized in the discussion and conclusion. Key words:...
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