ID | 30890 |
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Shigenobu, Masaharu
Senoo, Yoshimasa
Teramoto, Shigeru
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Abstract | One hundred patients who underwent heart valve replacement during the years 1977 to 1985 were reviewed an average of 57 months after surgery. The overall rate of reemployment after the operation was 78%. The most important factors influencing the return to work were the employment status before surgery, age at the time of surgery, the number and site of the diseased valve, the preoperative New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class and the number of times cardiac surgery was performed. These factors were closely related to the optimal timing of heart valve replacement. It was suggested that the rate of return to work and the quality of life would be improved if the heart valve replacement had been performed at an earlier stage of the disease. |
Keywords | return to work
heart valve replacement
quality of life
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Amo Type | Article
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Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 1989-06
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Volume | volume43
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Issue | issue3
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 185
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End Page | 192
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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language |
English
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File Version | publisher
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True
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