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[Quality of life after heart surgery interventions including transplantation]
1Klinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement II, Verhandlungen Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The results of cardiac surgery thus far have been objectified mainly by clinical and hemodynamic parameters. However, there is a striking discrepancy between the operative success and the quality of life, especially as regards the patient's return to work, which seemingly correlates with a multitude of socioeconomical and psychological factors. Increased attention therefore should be given to encouraging patients who have undergone heart surgery to resume as broad as possible a range of normal life activities.