Intraoperative Conversion From Off-Pump to On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Is Associated With Increased 30-Day Hospital Readmission Zhongmin Li, PhD, Ezra A. Amsterdam, MD, Beate Danielsen, PhD, Holly Hoegh, PhD, J. Nilas Young, MD, Ehrin J. Armstrong, MD, MS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 1, Pages 16-22 (July 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.040 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Unadjusted rates of operative mortality and 30-day readmission. (A) Operative mortality; (B) 30-day readmission. (CCB = conventional cardiopulmonary bypass; OPCAB = off-pump coronary artery bypass; IOC = intraoperative conversions from OPCAB to CCB.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 16-22DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.040) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Propensity for off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB)-based quintile comparisons in risk-adjusted readmission rates with 95% confidence interval; conventional cardiopulmonary bypass (CCB), OPCAB, and intraoperative conversions from OPCAB to CCB, 2010 to 2011. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 16-22DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.040) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions