Why the study?
Does declining health-related quality of life at 6 months predict later major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery?
Population
404 consecutive patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between 2008 and 2010
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
38.6 months (range 10-58)
Authors
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May flag higher post-CABG MACCE risk via 6-month QoL scores; leaves open whether targeting QoL alters events.
Does declining health-related quality of life at 6 months predict later major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery?
Declining health-related quality of life and function scores at 6 months after CABG independently predict subsequent major adverse cardiovascular events.
Gunn et al. (2013) studied this question.