Quality of life after coronary angioplasty or continued medical treatment for angina: three-year follow-up in the RITA-2 trial
Stuart J. Pocock, PhDa,
Robert A. Henderson, MRCP*,
Tim Clayton, MSca* ,
Gary H. Lyman, FRCPa* ,
Douglas A. Chamberlain, CBE, FRCP for the RITA-2 Trial Participants
a Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
* Department of Cardiology, City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Department of Cardiology, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdom

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Figure 1 Quality of life by treatment group over three years of follow-up: Mean ± SEM SF-36 scores for eight quality-of-life aspects at baseline, three months, one year and three years.
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Figure 2 Mean ± SEM scores for physical functioning, vitality and general health at one year, plotted by angina grade at one year, separately for each treatment group.
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