Does sinus rhythm conversion after cardiac surgery affect postoperative health- related quality of life?
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Does sinus rhythm conversion after cardiac surgery affect postoperative health- related quality of life? Henrica N. A. M. van Breugel1†, Orlando Parise1†, Fred H. M. Nieman2, Ryan E. Accord1, Fabiana Lucà1, Pieter Lozekoot1, Narendra Kumar1, Ghislaine A. P. G. van Mastrigt1, Jan F. M. A. Nijs1, Ries Vrakking3, Jos G. Maessen1, Mark La Meir1 and Sandro Gelsomino1,4*
Abstract Background: We investigated the impact and the predictive value of sinus rhythm at 12 months (SR12) on subscales of three different HrQoL questionnaires: SF-36., EuroQoL and MFI 20. Methods: Data of 125 cardiac surgery patients with pre-operative AF from our previous randomized trial were used. Based on their rhythm outcome patients were divided in two groups: SR12 or AF at 12 months follow up (non-SR12). All questionnaires were self-administered pre-operatively and at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery. Results: Synus rhytm at 12 months was predictive of improvement of SF36- mental score (MS, p = 0.021), Euro-QoL-MS (p = 0.009), VAS (p = 0.006), and MFI 20-MS (p = 0.009). We failed to find any significant interactions between SR12 and any of the other significant risk factors: age
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