2020
Changes in Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults After Surgical, Interventional, or Medical Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Mori M, Djulbegovic M, Hajduk A, Holland ML, Krumholz HM, Chaudhry SI. Changes in Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults After Surgical, Interventional, or Medical Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2020, 33: 72-81. PMID: 32439546, PMCID: PMC7983308, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass graftPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionPhysical component scaleMedical managementFunctional statusOlder patientsMyocardial infarctionArtery bypass graftHealth-related qualityAge 75 yearsPatient-centered outcomesRisk of declinePredictors of declineQuality of lifeUnadjusted incidenceCoronary interventionADL declineCardiac surgeryMedical therapyBypass graftSF-12Multivariable modelHRQoLPatients
2005
Patients With Depressive Symptoms Have Lower Health Status Benefits After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Mallik S, Krumholz HM, Lin ZQ, Kasl SV, Mattera JA, Roumains SA, Vaccarino V. Patients With Depressive Symptoms Have Lower Health Status Benefits After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Circulation 2005, 111: 271-277. PMID: 15655132, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000152102.29293.d7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical component scalePhysical functionGeriatric Depression ScaleGDS scoresDepressive symptomsPCS scoresRisk factorsFunctional improvementShort-Form 36 physical component scaleCoronary artery bypass surgeryHealth status benefitsInverse risk factorTime of CABGPatients' physical functionArtery bypass surgeryHistory of diabetesVentricular ejection fractionWorse physical functionCoronary artery diseaseIndependent prognostic factorPrevious myocardial infarctionStrong risk factorBaseline PCS scoresHigher GDS scoresSignificant independent predictors