One or Two Internal Thoracic Grafts One or Two Internal Thoracic Grafts? Long-Term Follow-Up of 957 Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgeries Dmitry Pevni, MD, Yanai Ben-Gal, MD, Rephael Mohr, MD, Amir Ganiel, MD, Yosef Paz, MD, Amir Kramer, MD, Nahum Nesher, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 1, Pages 70-77 (July 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.049 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing survival of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients before matching: bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA [broken line]) versus single internal thoracic artery (SITA [solid line]). Shaded area represents 95% confidence interval. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 70-77DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.049) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Standardized differences plot: bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) versus single internal thoracic artery (SITA). Solid circles indicate before; arrowheads indicate after. (CHF = congestive heart failure; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cr = creatinine; CRF = chronic renal failure; DM = diabetes mellitus; EF = ejection fraction; EOD = end-organ damage; 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; S/P PCI = status post–percutaneous coronary intervention; y = years.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 70-77DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.049) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing survival of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients after matching: bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA [broken line]) versus single internal thoracic artery (SITA [solid line]). Shaded area represents 95% confidence interval. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 70-77DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.049) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions