The NYHA Classification, Employment, and Physical Activities are Poor Indicators of Quality of Life After Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1167-1168

  Moons, Philip ^a   Van Deyk, Kristien ^b   Budts, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 33747365308     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.077     Document Type: Letter

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