Why the study?
Does isolated CABG improve long-term health-related quality of life, performance status, and symptomatic status in patients requiring surgical revascularization?
Population
508 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery in a single institution, including…
Comparison
Isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery vs Preoperative baseline values
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 years
Authors
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Supports durable QoL and functional gains after CABG in cohort data; extends prior observations but leaves causal effects open for RCTs.
Does isolated CABG improve long-term health-related quality of life, performance status, and symptomatic status in patients requiring surgical revascularization?
Isolated CABG provides significant long-term improvements in quality of life and functional capacity up to 12 years post-surgery, though the benefit is attenuated in elderly patients.
Hokkanen et al. (2013) studied this question.
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