Postdischarge Functional Capacity, Health-Related Quality of Life, Depression, Anxiety, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Patients Receiving a Long-term Left Ventricular Assist Device

There is a paucity of data on depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. We designed an observational study to integrate these with functional capacity and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in surviving LVAD patients.Consenting patients between 1 month and 9 years after LVAD implantation (n = 121) were screened for functional capacity (World Health Organization...