Effects of a Personalized Nurse-Led Educational Program for New Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy after Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation on Adherence to Treatment | Zendy

Rokeia Eltheni | Zendy; Nikolaos Schizas | Zendy; Nektaria Michopanou | Zendy; G Fildissis | Zendy

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Effects of a Personalized Nurse-Led Educational Program for New Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy after Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation on Adherence to Treatment

Author(s) -

Rokeia Eltheni,

Nikolaos Schizas,

Nektaria Michopanou,

G Fildissis

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of chest surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2765-1614

pISSN - 2765-1606

DOI - 10.5090/kjtcs.20.106

Subject(s) - medicine , prosthesis , anticoagulant , anticoagulant therapy , oral anticoagulant , mechanical heart valve , patient satisfaction , intervention (counseling) , surgery , physical therapy , nursing , heart valve , atrial fibrillation , warfarin

Life-long anticoagulant therapy is mandatory for patients who undergo heart valve replacement with implantation of a mechanical prosthesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a nurse-led patient educational program concerning oral anticoagulant therapy intake after heart valve replacement surgery on patients' knowledge of important parameters of anticoagulant administration.

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