Format:
Online-Ressource (online resource)
ISBN:
9783798518568
Series Statement:
Fortschritte in der Herz-, Thorax-und Gefäßchirurgie 7
Content:
The number of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations has increased continually over the past decade. To date, roughly one-third of these are performed on women. Despite the tremendous progress made in cardiovascular surgery, not all patients profit equally from it, and the mortality rate of women still exceeds that of men by a factor of two. Studies conducted to investigate this marked gender difference have yielded conflicting results. In particular, adjustment for clinical risk factors seemed to diminish the difference, but could not fully explain it. Therefore psychosocial parameters, in particular depression and psychosocial stress, have gained increasing attention as predictors for both mortality and quality of life after CABG operation. Gender differences in these variables have long been observed in patients undergoing CABG: female patients are on average older, more often depressive and more often living alone than male patients. This book presents the very first German study to focus on these gender differences.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783798518551
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kendel, Friederike Gender and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery [Heidelberg] : Steinkopff, 2009 ISBN 9783798518551
Language:
English
Keywords:
Aortokoronarer Bypass
;
Rehabilitation
;
Geschlechtsunterschied
;
Psychosoziale Belastung
;
Depression
;
Aortokoronarer Bypass
;
Rehabilitation
;
Geschlechtsunterschied
;
Psychosoziale Belastung
;
Depression
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-7985-1856-8
URL:
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Author information:
Kendel, Friederike
