Impact of the second internal thoracic artery on short- and long-term outcomes in obese patients: A propensity score matched analysis Umberto Benedetto, MD, PhD, Alessandro Montecalvo, MD, Hassan Kattach, MD, Mohamed Amrani, MD, PhD, FETCS, Shahzad G. Raja, MRCS, FRCS(C-Th) The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 149, Issue 3, Pages 841-847.e2 (March 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.060 Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Predicted risk (fraction) of deep sternal wound infection in the bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITA) and single internal thoracic artery (SITA) groups across body mass index (BMI) values adjusted for gender and the presence of diabetes mellitus (DM). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, 841-847.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.060) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier analysis for overall survival in the matched bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITA) and single internal thoracic artery (SITA) groups. HR, Hazard ratio. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, 841-847.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.060) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier analysis for repeat revascularization-free survival in the matched bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITA) and single internal thoracic artery (SITA) groups. HR, Hazard ratio. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, 841-847.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.060) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure E1 Kaplan-Meier analysis for overall survival among unmatched and single internal thoracic artery patients. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, 841-847.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.060) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure E2 Kaplan-Meier analysis for repeat revascularization-free survival among unmatched and single internal thoracic artery patients. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, 841-847.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.08.060) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions