Neuromonitoring and neurocognitive outcome in off-pump versus conventional coronary bypass operation Anno Diegeler, MD, Robert Hirsch, MD, Felix Schneider, MD, Lars-Oliver Schilling, MD, Volkmar Falk, MD, Thomas Rauch, PhD, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1162-1166 (April 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01574-X
Fig 1 Number of high intensive transient signals (HITS) (total per patient) in the conventional (white) versus off-pump (black) coronary artery bypass graft group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1162-1166DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01574-X)
Fig 2 S-100 protein serum concentrations (μg/L) course in time (hours) in the conventional (above) versus off-pump (broken line) coronary artery bypass graft group (logarithmic diagram). (OP = operation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1162-1166DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01574-X)
Fig 3 Correlation between number of high intensive transient signals and decrease in postoperative cognitive performance (SKT score) in group A (conventional coronary artery bypass graft) (Scatterplot; r = 0.69). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1162-1166DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01574-X)