Mortality related to cardiac surgery in Brazil, 2000-2003 Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, MD, ScD, Saverio Paulo Laurito Gagliardi, MD, Jose Luiz Santos Nogueira, MD, Lídia Marques Silveira, MD, Enrico Antônio Colosimo, ScD, Carlos Armando Lopes do Nascimento, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 131, Issue 4, Pages 907-909 (April 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.11.022 Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 A, Correlation between cardiac surgical (CS) mortality (%) and hospital volume (number of CS per year). B, CS hospital mortality according to age groups, Brazil, 2000 to 2003. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2006 131, 907-909DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.11.022) Copyright © 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions