EuroSCORE predicts health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 564-568

  Loponen, Pertti ^a   Luthera, Michael ^a   Nissinena, Juha ^a   Wistbackab, Jan Ola ^a   Biancaric, Fausto ^b   Laurikkad, Jari ^c   Sintonene, Harri ^d   Tarkkad, Matti R ^c  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

EuroSCORE; Myocardial revascularization; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

15 DIMENSIONAL SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249137172     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.174144     Document Type: Article

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