Up to one third of individual cardiac patients have a decline in quality of life post-intervention

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 214-218

  Hawkes, Anna L ^a   Mortensen, Ole S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac intervention; Clinical significance; Health related quality of life; Heart disease; Intra individual changes; Short Form 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STUDENT T TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33747373885     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430600784343     Document Type: Article

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