Meaningful Patient-centered Outcomes 1 Year Following Cardiac Surgery

To evaluate meaningful, patient-centered outcomes including alive-at-home status and patient-reported quality of life 1 year after cardiac surgery.Long-term patient-reported quality of life after cardiac surgery is not well understood. Current operative risk models and quality metrics focus on short-term outcomes.In this combined retrospective/prospective study, cardiac surgery patients at an academic institution (2014-2015) were followed to...