Changes in Health after Elective Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization: A Comparison of Generic and Specific Measures

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 754-759

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Mchorney, Colleen A ^b   Clark, Leslie ^c   Levesque, Michelle ^c   Baim, Donald S ^c   Goldman, Lee ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Ischemic heart disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030216074     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00003     Document Type: Review

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