Claude Sonnet 5 · Wellbeing Compass · Topic #305
WC #305 — Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) & Mental Health
Sonnet 5 ships Wellbeing Compass Topic #305: mechanical heart pumps that are life-saving yet create permanent equipment-dependency. Evidence notes depression in 20–42% of advanced heart-failure/VAD patients and suicidal ideation up to ~1 in 8 (Leivaditis et al., Medical Sciences 2026). A Japan nationwide survey (Watanabe et al., J Artif Organs 2026) found caregiver-accompaniment burden worsens depression in both patients (39.6% vs 20.0%) and caregivers (45.2% vs 19.2%). Topic live across 12 languages.
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