Impact of Complications After Cardiac Operation on One-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes

Current reporting on cardiac surgical outcomes focuses on a patient's status at 30 days and lacks long-term meaningful data. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of complications after cardiac operation on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) at 1 year after surgery.All patients undergoing cardiac operation at an academic institution (2014-2015) were contacted 1 year after surgery to obtain vital status, location, and PROs using the...