Current determinants of operative mortality in 1400 patients requiring aortic valve replacement Ines Florath, PhD, Ulrich P Rosendahl, MD, Amir Mortasawi, MD, Stefan F Bauer, MD, Fatmir Dalladaku, MD, Ina C Ennker, MD, Juergen C Ennker, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages 75-83 (July 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00341-2
Fig 1 Effect of age on operative mortality for patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. The number of patients in each group is presented above each column. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 75-83DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00341-2)
Fig 2 Proportion of patients receiving small aortic valves in dependence of height (top) and age (bottom). The number of patients in each group is presented above each column. (m = meters.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 75-83DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00341-2)
Fig 3 Effect of height on operative mortality. The number of patients in each group is presented above each column. (m = meters.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 75-83DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00341-2)
Fig 4 Different effects of age on operative mortality for patients with height smaller than 1.57 meters and larger. The number of patients in each group is presented above each column. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 75-83DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00341-2)
Fig 5 Exponential (continuous line) effect of cardiopulmonary bypass time on operative mortality. The number of patients in each group is presented above each column. (mts = minutes.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 75-83DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00341-2)