PMID- 2763868
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19890912
LR  - 20171006
IS  - 0386-300X (Print)
IS  - 0386-300X (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 3
DP  - 1989 Jun
TI  - Return to work after heart valve replacement.
PG  - 185-92
AB  - One hundred patients who underwent heart valve replacement during the years 1977 
      to 1985 were reviewed an average of 57 months after surgery. The overall rate of 
      reemployment after the operation was 78%. The most important factors influencing 
      the return to work were the employment status before surgery, age at the time of 
      surgery, the number and site of the diseased valve, the preoperative New York 
      Heart Association (NYHA) functional class and the number of times cardiac surgery 
      was performed. These factors were closely related to the optimal timing of heart 
      valve replacement. It was suggested that the rate of return to work and the 
      quality of life would be improved if the heart valve replacement had been 
      performed at an earlier stage of the disease.
FAU - Shigenobu, M
AU  - Shigenobu M
AD  - Second Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
FAU - Senoo, Y
AU  - Senoo Y
FAU - Teramoto, S
AU  - Teramoto S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Acta Med Okayama
JT  - Acta medica Okayama
JID - 0417611
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aortic Valve/surgery
MH  - *Employment
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - *Heart Valve Prosthesis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mitral Valve/surgery
MH  - *Quality of Life
EDAT- 1989/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/06/01 00:01
CRDT- 1989/06/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/06/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.18926/AMO/30890 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Med Okayama. 1989 Jun;43(3):185-92. doi: 10.18926/AMO/30890.