Prospective assessment of quality of life of octogenarians after cardiac surgery: Factors predicting long-term outcome

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 813-818

  Jokinen, Janne J ^a   Hippeläinen, Mikko J ^b   Hänninen, Tuomo ^b   Turpeinen, Anu K ^b   Hartikainen, Juha E K ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Octogenarians; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53349102588     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.178095     Document Type: Article

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