[The return to work after coronary revascularization].
BACKGROUND
Work resumption after a therapeutical intervention has been considered as a sensitive indicator of its success. There are some reports analyzing working status after coronary artery revascularization in western countries. However, to our knowledge, similar studies have not been published in Spain.


METHODS
We studied 210 patients after coronary artery revascularization surgery or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Exclusion criteria were age of 65 or more years and female sex gender (n = 64).


RESULTS
Working patient rate before and after coronary revascularization was respectively 63.2% and 28.9% for surgery, and 57.1% and 41.4% for percutaneous angioplasty (p = 0.11). None of the former inactive patients, with the exception of one in the surgery group, went back to work after the revascularization procedure. Asymptomatic patients after percutaneous angioplasty had a higher postprocedure working rate than symptomatic ones (58.1% vs 11.1%, p < 0.0001). Patients in the surgery group did not show this relation (30% vs 25%, p = 0.69).


CONCLUSIONS
Surprisingly, coronary artery revascularization interventions, mainly coronary surgery, seems to behave in our environment as important determinants of working cessation.
Sobrino
J A
JA
Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Cardiología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid.
Merino
J L
JL
Maté
I
I
García García
J
J
Rico
J
J
Plaza
I
I
Oliver
J M
JM
Calvo
L
L
Sobrino
N
N
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013030:Spain