2006
Health related quality of life after mitral valve repairs and replacements
Sedrakyan A, Vaccarino V, Elefteriades JA, Mattera JA, Lin Z, Roumanis SA, Krumholz HM. Health related quality of life after mitral valve repairs and replacements. Quality Of Life Research 2006, 15: 1153-1160. PMID: 17004004, DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0055-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsValve repair groupQuality of lifeValve repairRepair groupValve replacementReplacement groupMitral valveSimultaneous coronary artery bypass graft surgeryMedical Outcomes Trust Short FormCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryBypass graft surgeryMitral valve replacementMitral valve surgeryValve replacement groupMean HRQoL scoresHealth survey questionnaireMitral valve repairHealth status perspectiveGraft surgeryValve surgeryHRQoL scoresMultivariable analysisHigher social functioningPhysical functioning
2003
Age does not limit quality of life improvement in cardiac valve surgery
Sedrakyan A, Vaccarino V, Paltiel AD, Elefteriades JA, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Age does not limit quality of life improvement in cardiac valve surgery. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 42: 1208-1214. PMID: 14522482, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00949-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental component summaryQuality of lifeCardiac valve surgeryPhysical component summaryValve surgeryAssociation of ageValve proceduresComponent summarySF-36PCS scoresMedical Outcomes Trust Short FormPatients' QOLMitral valve proceduresAortic valve proceduresOlder patientsAortic patientsMCS scoresMitral patientsQOL benefitsHealth SurveyPatientsSurgeryStatistical significanceAgeMultiple regression analysis