[The role of European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation in the prediction of quality of life in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery].

Objective: To assess the value of European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) in predicting quality of life in patients post coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).

Methods: A total of 387 patients underwent CABG in our institute from December of 2002 to December of 2007 were assessed by EuroSCORE before operation. Health-related quality of life (QoL) was estimated postoperatively with Seattle angina questionnaire (SAQ), Nottingham healthy profile (NHP) and Duke activity status index (DASI) in order to evaluate the value of EuroSCORE for predicting quality of life in patients post CABG.

[Quality of life five years after coronary artery bypass grafting].

Objective: The quality of life (QOL) 5 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was evaluated by NHP, SAQ and DASI questionnaires.

Methods: NHP, SAQ and DASI questionnaires were mailed to 287 patients who received CABG in our department between Jan 2001 and Jan 2002. The reliability and construct validity of the questionnaires and the influence factor of QOL were analyzed.