Improvement in various estimates of quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with and without a history of hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1033-1039

  Sjöland, Helen ^a   Hartford, Marianne ^a   Caidahl, Kenneth ^a   Karlson, Björn W ^a   Wiklund, Ingela ^b   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Hypertension; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TIME;

EID: 0030874465     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715090-00015     Document Type: Article

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