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Background. Patients with severe postoperative complications consume a great deal of the economic resources for intensive care. Our knowledge of the late outcome and quality of life of these patients is scarce.Methods. One thousand five hundred twenty-two patients undergoing cardiac operations during 1991 and 1992 were studied, and the 100 patients who needed the most expensive treatment were identified...