Aortic Atheroma Increases the Risk of Long-Term Mortality in 20,000 Patients Carolyn Goldberg Butler, MD, Jamahal Maeng Ho Luxford, MBBS, FANZCA, Chuan-Chin Huang, MS, PhD, Julius I. Ejiofor, MD, James D. Rawn, MD, Kerry Wilusz, MD, John A. Fox, MD, Stanton K. Shernan, MD, Jochen Daniel Muehlschlegel, MD, MMSc The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 4, Pages 1325-1331 (October 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.082 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier curves showing percentage of survival in relation to aortic atheroma grade in the (A) ascending and (B) descending aorta. (p < 0.001; grade 0 = no atheroma; grade 1 = mild atheroma; grade 3 = moderate atheroma; grade 4 = severe atheroma.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 1325-1331DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.082) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions