Volume 127, Issue 3, Pages 892-901 (March 2005) Pulmonary Outcomes of Off-Pump vs On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in a Randomized Trial Staton Gerald W , MD, FCCP, Williams Willis H , MD, Mahoney Elizabeth M , ScD, Hu Jeff , MD, Chu Haitao , PhD, Duke Peggy G , MD, Puskas John D , MD CHEST Volume 127, Issue 3, Pages 892-901 (March 2005) DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.3.892 Copyright © 2005 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Presternotomy (Pre-Op) and poststernotomy (Post-Op) respiratory static compliance in the OPCAB and CABG/CPB groups. *Presternotomy to poststernotomy change in respiratory compliance was greater in the OPCAB group (p = 0.017 by two-sample, unpaired t test). ‡Poststernotomy respiratory compliance was reduced compared to presternotomy static respiratory compliance in both groups (p < 0.001 by paired t test) CHEST 2005 127, 892-901DOI: (10.1378/chest.127.3.892) Copyright © 2005 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions