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"severely disabling" chronic pain based on physical quality of life. "Severely disabling" patients identified on this scale could represent chronic pain patients needing focused multidisciplinary treatment. Sternal incisions can generate persistent and intense post-sternotomy pain. Propofol has been shown to improve postoperative analgesia, but the preventive effect on persistent pain after cardiac surgery is unknown. The hypothesis of the present study was that intraoperative propofol-based anesthesia compared with volatile anesthes