Institutional report - Coronary: Quality of life one year after myocardial revascularization. Is preoperative quality of life important?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-120

  Noyez, Luc ^a   Markou, Athanasios L P ^a   Van Breugel, Fabiola C F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angina; Follow up; Myocardial revascularization; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33645534611     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.120113     Document Type: Article

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