Key result
Severe LV dysfunction and combined surgery are linked to poorer quality of life after cardiac surgery.
Why the study?
Health-related quality of life determinants in cardiac surgery patients with left ventricular dysfunction are not well characterized, including effects of severity, surgery type, and comorbidities.
What factors determine health-related quality of life in patients with left ventricular dysfunction following cardiac surgery?
Cross-Sectional (n=150)
No
What factors determine health-related quality of life in patients with left ventricular dysfunction following cardiac surgery?
Severe left ventricular dysfunction and combined surgical procedures are significant factors associated with poorer health-related quality of life in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery.
Should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for severe LV dysfunction and combined surgery as QoL risk markers.
Background: cardiac surgery can treat a wide range of complex conditions the variety of operative techniques improve the survival and increasing operative risks depend on related to the misbalancing between the potential benefit and lack of multidisciplinary team that considered as a safe bridge to successful surgery and good outcome. Objective: The study evaluates health-related quality of life in cardiac surgery patients with left ventricular dysfunction and identifies factors that affect postoperative quality of life, including severity, type of surgery, time since surgery, comorbidities, and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: A cross – sectional analytical study was conducted at Ibn -Albitar specialized center for cardiac surgery. all participants were evaluated at single time point during outpatient clinic visit, and no longitudinal follow up assessment were performed. The data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The interview was carried out using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL)-BREF Arabic version. behavioral, clinical, and echocardiographic characteristics were included in the questionnaire. Results: A total of 150 patients with left ventricular dysfunction with history of cardiac surgery participated in the study. shows the distribution of the study sample by the sociodemographic variables. Nearly two third of patients were males (66.7%), about half of patients (50.7%) with mild left ventricular dysfunction with adequate (60%) health care quality of life and (20%) for each poor and good health care quality of life. Conclusion: left ventricular dysfunction severity and complexity of surgery are a significant factor influencing heath related quality of life, severe left ventricular dysfunction and combined surgery carries a poorer health related quality of life that point on the importance of preoperative planning and long term follow up with guidelines optimal therapy.
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Al-Ashab et al. (2026) conducted a cross-sectional in Left ventricular dysfunction following cardiac surgery (n=150). Left ventricular dysfunction severity and complexity of surgery was evaluated on Health-related quality of life. Severe left ventricular dysfunction and combined surgery were associated with poorer health-related quality of life in post-cardiac surgery patients, with 60% overall reporting adequate quality of life.
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