Using Topic Modeling to Understand Patients' and Caregivers' Perspectives About Left Ventricular Assist Device: Thematic Analysis.

These findings contribute to a better understanding of the experiences and needs of patients implanted with LVAD, providing valuable insights for health care professionals to offer tailored support and care. By using latent Dirichlet allocation to analyze posts from the MyLVAD.com forum, this study sheds light on key topics discussed by users, facilitating improved patient care and enhanced patient-provider communication.