Off-pump myocardial revascularization is associated with less incidence of stroke in elderly patients Thanos Athanasiou, MD, PhD, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, FRCS, Pankaj Kumar, FRCS, Mary-Clare Crossman, MRCS, Mohamed Amrani, FRCS, John R Pepper, FRCS, Rex Del Stanbridge, FRCS, Roberto Casula, FECTS, Brian Glenville, FRCS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 745-753 (February 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.002
Fig 1 Meta-analysis of stroke comparing off-pump coronary artery bypass versus cardiopulmonary bypass in the elderly. (CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 745-753DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.002)
Fig 2 Funnel plot showing the association between Standard Error of log Odds Ratio [SE(logOR)] and Odds Ratio (OR) as it was calculated by the fixed effect model. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 745-753DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.002)