Prognostic value of preoperative quality of life on mortality after isolated elective myocardial revascularization.
OBJECTIVE
This study evaluates whether a low preoperative quality of life (QoL), measured with the EuroQoL instruments EQ-5D and EQ-visual analogue scale (VAS) can be used as a predictor of mortality after elective isolated myocardial revascularization.


METHODS
A total of 2501 patients, with a mean age of 65.3 ± 9.4 (range 18-93) years and a mean additive EuroSCORE of 2.7 ± 2.1 (0-12), undergoing an elective isolated coronary artery bypass graft between January 2002 and June 2011 completed preoperative EQ-5D and EQ-VAS.


RESULTS
Hospital mortality [1.0% (25/2501 patients)] and 30-day mortality [1.2% (29/25 patients)] were the studied outcomes. The EQ-5D was 0.69 ± 0.26 (-0.30 to 1.0) with a median of 0.77 and the EQ-VAS was 59.7 ± 22.4 (0-100) with a median of 60. Regression analysis showed a significant correlation between hospital mortality and EQ-5D (P = 0.016) and EQ-VAS (P = 0.033). There is a significant correlation between 30-day mortality and EQ-5D (P = 0.048), but not for EQ-VAS (P = 0.06). The c-statistics (95% confidence interval) for EQ-5D and EQ-VAS for predicting hospital mortality are 0.36 (0.24-0.46) and 0.33 (0.23-0.42), respectively. The c-statistics for predicting 30-day mortality are 0.39 (0.30-0.49) for EQ-5D and 0.35 (0.26-0.44) for EQ-VAS.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on these results, we conclude that, in isolation, poor low preoperative EQ-5D and EQ-VAS scores do not contribute to deciding which patients should undergo cardiac surgery.
Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery-677, Heart Centre,  Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen,  Netherlands.
Rutger
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ter Horst
Athanasios L P
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Markou
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011788:Quality of Life; D012372:ROC Curve; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult