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. 1978 Feb 4;118(3):268–270.

Influence of aortocoronary bypass surgery on employment.

J C Symmes, S C Lenkei, N D Berman
PMCID: PMC1817917  PMID: 305278

Abstract

Aortocoronary bypass operations are expensive. Economic benefit might be derived if such operations influenced the ability of persons with symptomatic coronary artery disease to be employed. Follow-up data were obtained for 329 survivors of bypass operations 2 to 60 months (mean, 22.9 months) postoperatively; 178 had been working prior to the operation and 213 were working at the time of follow-up, for a net gain of 35 employed patients. Therefore, bypass surgery does lead to a small but significant increase in the proportion of angina patients who are employed.

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