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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1604
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: cardiovascular

Invited commentary

John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhDa

a Cardiology and Health Services Research, Denver VA Medical Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1055 Clermont St (111B), Denver, CO 80220, USA

e-mail: john.rumsfeld@med.va.gov

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Numerous studies have demonstrated improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQL) following open-heart surgery. However, these are average improvements for populations of patients, and not all patients will derive a quality of life benefit from the operation. To date, we have had limited information on the proportion of patients that actually experience HRQL improvement with cardiac surgery, and about the factors predictive of who will (or will not) have HRQL gains.

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