Validation of the Hebrew Version of the MacNew Heart Disease Healthrelated Quality of Life Questionnaire in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Galit Geulayov¹, Neil Oldridge^2,7, Arnona Ziv³, Ilia Novikov⁴, Yaacov Drory⁴ and Rachel Dankner^1,5,6*

¹Unit for Cardiovascular Epidemiology, the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel

²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

³Department for Data Management, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel

⁴4Unit for Biostatistics, the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel

⁵Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

⁶Division of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

⁷Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwukee, WI, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Rachel Dankner, Unit for Cardiovascular Epidemiology, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel, Tel: 03-5303923, Fax: 03-5349607 Email: