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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1387-1388
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Gerald D. Buckberg, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Ave, 62-258 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095

(Email: gbuckberg@mednet.ucla.edu).

End points about death and need for transplantation are the traditional, hard outcome markers about the quantity of life after surgical interventions for congestive heart failure, yet the central theme for patients relates to how an operation influences their quality of life as assessed by functional and mental outcomes. Sartipy and associates [1] show progression toward normal outcomes when incapacitated heart failure patients undergoing surgical ventricular restoration are compared with the overall Swedish population. These data provide a snapshot preview of how quality of life (QOL) is altered by this procedure. Clinical . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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