[Is there any difference in quality of life after 12 months surgical treatment of acquired heart valve disease in comparison to results after three months?].
The quality of life in eighty patients three and twelve months after surgical treatment of acquired heart valve disease was assessed. The significant extension of distance in 6 minute walk test and clinical improvement measured in change of NYHA functional classes after three and twelve months was noticed. However twelve months after valve replacement in comparison to results after three months no further improvement of quality of life in the matter of physical, psychical and social factors was seen.
Rawczyńska-Englert
Irena
I
Klinika Wad Nabytych Serca Instytutu Kardiologii w Warszawie.
Zakrzewski
Dariusz
D
Hryniewiecki
Tomasz
T
Cybulski
Michał
M
Orłowska-Baranowska
Ewa
E
Nyznyk
Maciej
M
Grabowski
Maciej
M
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking