Beating heart against cardioplegic arrest studies (BHACAS 1 and 2): Quality of life at mid-term follow-up in two randomised controlled trials

Quality of life after cardiac surgery: underresearched research

“…However, the term 'follow-up' is rather misleading because it was only after identifying the surviving patients at that point of follow-up that the patients were invited to fill out a QoL questionnaire. Afterwards, the resulting data were primarily used for a comparison between different techniques -offpump vs. on-pump [13,22,24], mechanical vs. biological…”

Health-related quality of life following off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in elderly moderate to high-risk patients: a randomized trial

“…Previously published measurements of HRQoL at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months have been reported in four randomized trials mainly including younger patients at lower risk [19][20][21][22][23]. Additionally, one study obtained data from 328 of 401 randomized patients using a post-test only design with a median follow-up at 3 years [24]. Different instruments such as EuroQOL-6, EuroQOL (original version), EuroQOL-5, SF-36, and the 16-item Quality of Life Scale-Norwegian were used, all showing that HRQoL improved in off-pump and on-pump groups over time, but there were no significant differences between the surgical groups regardless of the instruments used or the design of the study.…”

Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with actively treated diabetes and multivessel coronary disease

“…Despite several randomized controlled trials, there is still controversy with respect to the advantages and disadvantages of OPCAB versus OPCAB surgery. [7][8][9]19,20 However, some evidence has suggested a potential off-pump benefit for patient subgroups with a high operative risk. [21][22][23] In the case of diabetic patients with multivessel disease, limited data are available with conflicting reports.…”