Duits, A.A. http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/20635/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png RePub, Erasmus University Rotterdam http://repub.eur.nl Relieving the Strain onn Heart Pain: Psychological problems in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Doctoral Thesis) http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/17135/ 1998-06-03T00:00:00Z Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) have become common interventional methods to treat patients with significant coronary artery disease [1]. Both methods are successful in their aim to relieve angina and thereby to increase life expectancy. CABG, however, involves revascularisation of the myocardium in .til openheart procedure with extracorporeal circulation.