Coronary Artery Bypass Revascularization Using Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries in Diabetic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Kan Kajimoto, MD, PhD, Taira Yamamoto, MD, Atsushi Amano, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 3, Pages 1097-1104 (March 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.045 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow diagram from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines demonstrates the method for selection of the included articles. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1097-1104DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.045) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Forest plots of deep sternal wound infection. (A) Results of all 13 studies. (B) Results of four studies that included internal thoracic arteries harvested in a skeletonized fashion. Results are shown as risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). (BITA = bilateral internal thoracic artery; SITA = single internal thoracic artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1097-1104DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.045) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Forest plots of mortality. (A) Results for early death. (B) Results for long-term mortality. (C) Results for long-term cardiac mortality. Results are shown as risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). (BITA = bilateral internal thoracic artery; SITA = single internal thoracic artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1097-1104DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.045) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions