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ReviewVascular health and risk management2006

Outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Anna Louise Hawkes, Madeleine Nowak, Benjamin Bidstrup, Richard Speare

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Review in Vascular health and risk management, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02546557 (Assessment of the Performance of a New Suture Material), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02546557 completednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Assessment of the Performance of a New Suture Material (Optilene® Suture) for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. An Observational Post CE-mark Study

TypeobservationalSponsorAesculap AGRan2015 to 2018Enrolled245ConditionsCoronary Heart Disease, Multi Vessel Coronary Artery DiseaseArmsCoronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. An econometric approach to aggregating multiple cardiovascular outcomes in German hospitals.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anna Louise HawkesSchool of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. annahawkes@qldcancer.com.au
Madeleine Nowak
Benjamin Bidstrup
Richard Speare

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review article summarizes the major studies that have investigated the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). The article includes a review of the literature in the areas of: history of CABG; indications for CABG; and measurement of quality of life following CABG, including prolongation of life, physical functioning (ie, relief from angina and dyspnea, physical activity, as well as complications of surgery and re-hospitalization), psychological functioning, and social functioning. Overall, the literature demonstrates that the outcomes of CABG have historically been measured in terms of mortality and morbidity; however, it has now been well recognized that adjustment to CABG is a multidimensional phenomenon that is not fully explained by medical factors. Therefore, in addition to studying mortality and morbidity outcomes following CABG many recent studies have identified that it is important to investigate various physical, psychological, and social variables that have a significant impact on post-operative adjustment to CABG.

Indexed as

Coronary Artery BypassAnxietyCognition DisordersDepressionHeart DiseasesHistory, 20th CenturyHumansPatient SelectionPrognosisQuality of LifeTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID17323602
PMCPMC1994021

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