Pharmacist-physician collaborative care for outpatients with left ventricular assist devices using a cloud-based home medical management information-sharing system: a case report

Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients with an LVAD

No	1	2	3	4
Gender	Male	Male	Male	Male
Age (years)	40s	10s	50s	40s
LVAD device	HM II	HM II	HM II	HM II
Preimplant device strategy	BTT	BTT	BTT	BTT
Period of LVAD@home system (days)	581	643	464	400
PT-INR results of CoaguCheck® XS (times)	53	77	58	51
Co-administration of any antiplatelet agent	Aspirin	Aspirin	Aspirin	Aspirin
Target PT-INR	1.8–2.6	1.8–2.6	1.8–2.6	1.8–2.6 →2.5–3.5

LVAD Left ventricular assist device, PT-INR Prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, HM II Heart-Mate II, BTT Bridge-to-transplant

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