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Myocardial infarction (MI) and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) are two acute but contrasting events for the patient. From the patients’ perspective these events differ in that MI presents as a sudden pathophysiological event as a result of which the patient is categorized as chronically ill with a potential threat to his life. Coronary artery surgery, on the other hand, can be categorized as a surgical intervention which may prevent a pathophysiological development and may represent for the patient a potential turning point from a state of illness to one of health. Researchers who have examined the implications of MI and CABG for the patient’s life-style have emphasized those parameters directly concerned with the disease which are related to the pathophysiological event and the symptomatology. Psychological parameters have been referred to less commonly. Most of the research has involved male coronary patients and rarely their spouses.
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Levy, M.J., Benyakar, M., Mibashan, S., Levinsky, L., Rosemberg, C., Fuchs, Y. (1985). Sexual Relations and the Perception of Health and Happiness Among Patients Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Myocardial Infarction. In: Walter, P.J. (eds) Return to Work After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69855-2_34
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