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Despite its benefits on survival and quality of life, it is associated with a considerable financial burden on society including sick leave. Our study aimed to explore the barriers that obstruct return to work after coronary artery bypass grafting. <jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic> We performed a qualitative study with in-depth interviewing of patients 6 months after their surgery. We included ten working patients and interviewed them and their spouses at home. The interviews were transcribed and two investigators independently searched the transcriptions for barriers that had obstructed return to work. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic> Based on the interviews we were able to distinguish four main groups of barriers: \u2018personal\u2019, \u2018healthcare\u2019, \u2018work\u2019 and \u2018law &amp; regulation.\u2019 The personal barriers were subgrouped in affective, physical, cognitive, social and individually determined factors. <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic> In a qualitative study we showed that personal barriers as well as barriers regarding healthcare, work and law &amp; regulation, were perceived by patients as important factors obstructing return to work after coronary artery bypass grafting. 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