title: Influence of aortocoronary bypass surgery on employment.
abstract: Aortocoronary bypass operations are expensive. Economic benefit might be derived if such operations influenced the ability of persons with symptomatic coronary artery disease to be employed. Follow-up data were obtained for 329 survivors of bypass operations 2 to 60 months (mean, 22.9 months) postoperatively; 178 had been working prior to the operation and 213 were working at the time of follow-up, for a net gain of 35 employed patients. Therefore, bypass surgery does lead to a small but significant increase in the proportion of angina patients who are employed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario