Six hundred and seventy-two patients classified in four strata with one hundred sixty eight in each were evaluated during the fourth month after myocardical revascularization, with coronary artery bypass graft and/or internal mammary artery and coronary angioplasty, in order to verify the return or not to work as well as the conditions under which this was done. The four strata constituted by occupational profile were the following: I - entrepreneurs and managers II - professionals with universitary degree III - technicians IV - unskilled and semiskilled professionals. The aim of this research project was to discover how variables like demographics, education, procedure and support after procedure, were related to the return to work. Return to work did not occur in 20.8% of all cases. The non-return contingent in each of the four strata was the following: I = 11.9%: II = 15.5%; III = 26.2% and IV = 29.8%. Among those submitted to angioplasty the proportion of non-return was lower than that of those submitted to surgery.
Myocardial revascularization; Quality of life; Work