Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Maze Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation Catharina Lundberg, MD, Anders Albåge, MD, PhD, Carina Carnlöf, RN, Göran Kennebäck, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 6, Pages 1878-1882 (December 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.070 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Changes in SF-36 quality of life domains at baseline and 36 months after maze III operation compared with an age- and sex-matched population norm; the larger the area the better the quality of life. (♦ = control; ■ = baseline; ▴ = 36 month; BP = bodily pain; GH = general health; MH = mental health; PF = physical functioning; RE = role-emotional; RP = role-physical; SF = social functioning; VT = vitality.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 1878-1882DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.070) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions