Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Physical Activity in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study

Giulia Lorenzoni   ¹ , PhD ;   Danila Azzolina   ¹ , PhD ;   Chiara Fraccaro   ² , PhD ;   Alessandro Di Liberti   ² , MD ;   Augusto D'Onofrio   ³ , PhD ;   Chiara Cavalli   ³ , MA ;   Tommaso Fabris   ² , MD ;   Gianpiero D'Amico   ² , MD ;   Giorgia Cibin   ³ , MD ;   Luca Nai Fovino   ² , PhD ;   Honoria Ocagli   ¹ , MA ;   Gino Gerosa   ³ , MD ;   Giuseppe Tarantini   ² , PhD ;   Dario Gregori   ¹ , PhD

¹ Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

² Interventional Cardiology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

³ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy