Initial Functional and Economic Status of Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Randomized in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI)

Outcomes of Acute Exacerbation of Severe Congestive Heart Failure<subtitle>Quality of Life, Resource Use, and Survival</subtitle>

“…By contrast, of 934 patients with severe multivessel coronary artery disease (mean age, 62 years), 70% rated their overall health as excellent, very good, or good. 68 Mean time−tradeoff utility scores for patients with CHF in SUPPORT were 0.76, 0.83, and 0.84 (at study admission, at 60 days, and at 180 days, respectively), which is comparable to the results among patients with milder CHF. 49,66 Survivors of myocardial infarction (n=80; mean age, 59.9 years) with left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 40% (New York Heart Association class, I-III) had a mean time−tradeoff score of 0.87, which corresponds to *The interview at study admission assessed patients' activities of daily living 2 weeks before hospital admission.…”

The Effect of Major Depression on Functional Status in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

“…In addition to longitudinal studies of depression and functional status, research is also needed on the effect of depression in CAD patients on health‐related outcomes including quality of life, cost, and healthcare utilization. Such studies have included brief measures of mental health status, 29,30 but our data suggest that information on presence and course of major depression should be part of comprehensive assessment in health services research. Clinicians should also be encouraged to further explore reported depressive symptoms, which they may perceive to be common in CAD patients: those with major depression may have significant disability.…”

Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with low quality of life one year after coronary bypass operations: The Israeli Coronary Artery Bypass Study (ISCAB)

“…This study was not designed as an evaluation of the efficacy of bypass operations, which would require a comparison of HRQOL before and after the operation, [9][10][11][12][13][14] nor does it contrast HRQOL of patients undergoing bypass with that of patients undergoing other procedures, such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. [15][16][17][18][19][20] Rather, the interest was in identifying those who reported a less-favorable outcome and then exploring the reasons why they did so. We chose preretirement patients as the subject of this article because these patients faced special challenges, such as the expectation that they return to active participation in the labor force.…”