Self-reported preoperative depressive symptoms and survival after cardiac surgery.

Anna FalkUlrik Sartipy Malin Stenman

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2024)

Self-reported preoperative depressive symptoms were associated with worse long-term survival following cardiac surgery and should be regarded as important as other classical risk factors.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
cardiac surgery
risk factors
patients undergoing
social support
acute kidney injury
sleep quality