Antegrade or Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion in Ascending Aorta and Hemiarch Surgery? A Propensity-Matched Analysis Konstantinos Perreas, FRCS C/Th, PhD, George Samanidis, MD, Apostolis Thanopoulos, MD, Georgios Georgiopoulos, MD, Theofani Antoniou, MD, PhD, Mazen Khoury, MD, PhD, Alkiviadis Michalis, FACS, Andreas Bairaktaris, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 1, Pages 146-152 (January 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.029 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Graphical summary of covariate imbalance before and after matching. Dot chart depicts the standardized percentage bias for each covariate. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 146-152DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.029) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Association of type of surgery and major study endpoints after propensity score matching. (CI = confidence interval.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 146-152DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.029) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Receiver operating curves (ROCs) for the incidence of (A) postoperative neurological complication and (B) all-cause probability of death in the matched population (n = 80). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 146-152DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.029) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions