Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life in Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass Trial Muath Bishawi, BS, A. Laurie Shroyer, PhD, John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, John A. Spertus, MD, MPH, Janet H. Baltz, RN, Joseph F. Collins, ScD, Jacquelyn A. Quin, MD, G. Hossein Almassi, MD, Frederick L. Grover, MD, Brack Hattler, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 6, Pages 1946-1951 (June 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.014 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Short Form 36 Veteran Version (SF-36V)/VR-36 PCS and MCS scores stratified by treatment arm over time. Error bars represent standard deviation (p value = not significant). (MCS = mental component score; ONCAB = on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery; OPCAB = off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery; PCS = physical component score; SF-36V = Short Form 36 version used for veterans [also referred to as the VR-36].) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1946-1951DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.014) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Relevant Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) subscale scores stratified by treatment arm over time. Error bars represent standard deviation (p = not significant). (ONCAB = on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery; OPCAB = off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery; SAQ = Seattle Angina Questionnaire.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1946-1951DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.014) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions