TY - JOUR AU - Westerdahl, Elisabeth AU - Jonsson, Marcus AU - Emtner, Margareta PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/08 TI - Pulmonary function and health-related quality of life 1-year follow up after cardiac surgery JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 99 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Pulmonary function is severely reduced in the early period after cardiac surgery, and impairments have been described up to 4–6 months after surgery. Evaluation of pulmonary function in a longer perspective is lacking. In this prospective study pulmonary function and health-related quality of life were investigated 1 year after cardiac surgery. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0491-2 DO - 10.1186/s13019-016-0491-2 ID - Westerdahl2016 ER -