title: [Quality of life assessment 3 months after surgical treatment of acquired heart valve disease].
abstract: The quality of life in 114 patients with acquired heart valve disease 3 months after surgical treatment was estimated. The significant improvement of quality of life in the matter of physical, psychical and social factors after mitral, aortic and double valve replacement was noted. It was accompanied by increase of exercise capacity measured in 6-minute walk test and changing of NYHA functional classes. No correlation was found between age of patients, selected echocardiographic parameters and quality of life improvement.
authors.affiliation: I Klinika Wad Serca Instytutu Kardiologii w Warszawie.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rawczyńska-Englert
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zakrzewski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cybulski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orłowska-Baranowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nyznyk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grabowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bieganowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors