SynthesisEuropean heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes2022
Effect of coronary artery bypass grafting on quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Synthesis in European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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- Minimal clinically important differences in patient-reported outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery in the arterial revascularization trial.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2024Trial
- EACTS Expert Consensus Document on Civil Aviation Following Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transcatheter Procedures.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Review
- Preoperative Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio Predicts Acute Kidney Injury After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.Saudi medical journal · 2026Article
- Association of serum lactate and one-year mortality among women with coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: filling gaps in female.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Mental health and quality of life outcomes after CABG in a South Asian country: a prospective study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Before and After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Multicentre Prospective Study in Cyprus.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of quality of life post coronary angioplasty and bypass surgery: A follow-up study on cardiac patients.Medicine · 2026Article
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- Coronary artery surgery outcome differences by sex.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Review
- Longitudinal analysis of psychometric properties of the Seattle Angina Questionnaire among patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting in Serbia.Population health metrics · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Changes in Symptoms of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Secondary Analysis of a Scoping Review.JMA journal · 2025Review
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- Adding the patient perspective: the necessity of patient reported outcomes in cardiac surgery clinical trials.Current opinion in cardiology · 2025Review
- Return to work after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and investigation of its effects on patient.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association between glucose-to-lymphocyte ratio and long-term mortality among women after coronary artery bypass grafting: filling gaps in female.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Caregiver burden in informal spousal caregivers predicts psychological and physical health in patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a longitudinal clinical cohort study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- A cloud-based medical device for predicting cardiac risk in suspected coronary artery disease: a rapid review and conceptual economic model.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Review
- Randomized Comparison of the Outcome of Single Versus Multiple Arterial Grafts trial (ROMA):Women-a trial dedicated to women to improve coronary bypass outcomes.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024Article
- Predictors of health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Early home discharge after robot-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting.Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate temporal trends in quality of life (QoL) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery in randomized clinical trials, and a quantitative comparison from before surgery to up to 5 years after surgery. METHODS AND
resultsWe searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO from 2010 to 2020 to identify studies that included the measurement of QoL in patients undergoing CABG. The primary outcome was the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ), and secondary outcomes were the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and EuroQol Questionnaire (EQ-5D). We pooled the means and the weighted mean differences over the follow-up period. In the meta-analysis, 2586 studies were screened and 18 full-text studies were included. There was a significant trend towards higher QoL scores from before surgery to 1 year post-operatively for the SAQ angina frequency (AF), SAQ QoL, SF-36 physical component (PC), and EQ-5D, whereas the SF-36 mental component (MC) did not improve significantly. The weighted mean differences from before surgery to 1 year after was 24 [95% confidence interval (CI): 21.6-26.4] for the SAQ AF, 31 (95% CI: 27.5-34.6) for the SAQ QoL, 9.8 (95% CI: 7.1-12.8) for the SF-36 PC, 7.1 (95% CI: 4.2-10.0) for the SF-36 MC, and 0.1 (95% CI: 0.06-0.14) for the EQ-5D. There was no evidence of publication bias or small-study effect.
conclusionCABG had both short- and long-term improvements in disease-specific QoL and generic QoL, with the largest improvement in angina frequency.
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