Should Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting Be Used in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus? Dmitry Pevni, MD, Benjamin Medalion, MD, Rephael Mohr, MD, Yanai Ben-Gal, MD, Adam Laub, MD, Avner Nevo, MD, Amir Kramer, MD, Yosef Paz, MD, Nachum Nesher, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 2, Pages 551-558 (February 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.044 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves comparing survival of diabetic patients before matching: bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA [gray line]) versus single internal thoracic artery (SITA [black line]). (Cum = cumulative.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 551-558DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.044) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Standardized differences plot, bilateral internal thoracic artery versus single internal thoracic artery. Circles indicate before; triangles indicate after. (CHF = congestive heart failure; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cr = creatinine; CRF = chronic renal failure; DM+EOD = diabetes mellitus plus end-organ damage; EF = ejection fraction; EuroSCORE = European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation; IABP = intraaortic balloon pump; IDDM = insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; MI = myocardial infarction; ND = neurologic dysfunction; NIDDM = noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; OPCAB = off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; S/P = status post; y = years.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 551-558DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.044) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Mirrored histogram of distribution of propensity scores for bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) and single internal thoracic artery (SITA). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 551-558DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.044) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing survival of diabetic patients after matching: bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA [broken line]) versus single internal thoracic artery (SITA [solid line]). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 551-558DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.044) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions