title: Relationship between the total length of the stents and patients' quality of life after percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the total length of the stents and the postoperative life quality of patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Using the short-form health survey (SF-36) items, we analyzed the data on the postoperative life quality of 166 patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention in the Department of Cardiology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology from September 2011 to September 2013. Follow-up was performed 6 months later. All of the dimensionalities, except general health and mental health, showed significantly higher scores after PCI. No significant relationships were observed between the total length of the stents and the postoperative life quality of patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease who underwent PCI. PCI can effectively improve the postoperative life quality of patients; however, there was no significant relationship between the total length of the stents and postoperative life quality of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology Luoyang 471003, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology Luoyang 471003, China.
authors.forename: Xuming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology Luoyang 471003, China.
authors.forename: Pingshuan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology Luoyang 471003, China.
authors.forename: Zhijuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Total length of stents; multi-vessel coronary artery disease; percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention; postoperative life quality