Preoperative C-reactive protein and outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery Fausto Biancari, MD, PhD, Jarmo Lahtinen, MD, Samuli Lepojärvi, MS, Pekka Rainio, MD, PhD, Esa Salmela, MD, Risto Pokela, MD, PhD, Martti Lepojärvi, MD, PhD, Jari Satta, MD, PhD, Tatu S Juvonen, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 76, Issue 6, Pages 2007-2012 (December 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01067-1
Fig 1 Distribution of preoperative serum concentration of C-reactive protein. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 2007-2012DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01067-1)
Fig 2 Progressive increase of postoperative mortality rate by increasing preoperative serum concentration of C-reactive protein and decreasing preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction in 443 patients (p<0.0001). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 2007-2012DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01067-1)