Does the noise of mechanical heart valve prostheses affect quality of life as measured by the SF-36® questionnaire?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-58

  Koertke, Heinrich ^a,b   Hoffmann Koch, Annette ^a   Boethig, Dietmar ^a   Minami, Kazutomo ^a   Breymann, Thomas ^a   El Arousy, Mahmoud ^a   Seifert, Dirk ^a   Koerfer, Reiner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart valve prosthesis; Mechanical; Noise; Quality of life; Questionnaire; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLICK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038688773     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00172-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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