2004
Quality of life after aortic valve replacement with tissue and mechanical implants
Sedrakyan A, Hebert P, Vaccarino V, Paltiel AD, Elefteriades JA, Mattera J, Lin Z, Roumanis SA, Krumholz HM. Quality of life after aortic valve replacement with tissue and mechanical implants. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2004, 128: 266-272. PMID: 15282464, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve replacementQuality of lifeMechanical valve implantsMechanical valve recipientsValve replacementValve recipientsLife scoresValve implantsTissue valvesMechanical valvesMedical Outcomes Trust Short FormPopulation normsYale-New Haven HospitalMechanical valve replacementRate of complicationsUS population normsTissue valve replacementPrognostic factorsRole limitationsOnly significant differenceHealth SurveyAnalysis of covarianceBaseline qualityMean qualityPatients
1996
Changes in health after elective percutaneous coronary revascularization. A comparison of generic and specific measures.
Krumholz HM, McHorney CA, Clark L, Levesque M, Baim DS, Goldman L. Changes in health after elective percutaneous coronary revascularization. A comparison of generic and specific measures. Medical Care 1996, 34: 754-9. PMID: 8709657, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryBostonElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHealth StatusHealth SurveysHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CareProspective StudiesQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSick RoleSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsConceptsElective percutaneous coronary revascularizationCanadian Cardiovascular Society classificationPercutaneous coronary revascularizationHealth-related qualityCoronary revascularizationSpecific Activity ScaleRole limitationsElective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyForm Health SurveyMedical Outcomes StudyTransluminal coronary angioplastyGeneral health perceptionRole physical scaleSF-36 Role Physical scaleSF-36 physical functioning scaleSF-36 measuresPhysical functioning scaleGeneral mental healthPhysical health problemsEmotional health problemsSymptomatic patientsCoronary angioplastyPhysical functioningSociety classification