Long-Term Outcomes of Coarctation Repair Through Left Thoracotomy Melanie R.F. Gropler, MD, Bradley S. Marino, MD, MSCE, Michael R. Carr, MD, William W. Russell, BS, Hongjie Gu, MS, Osama M. Eltayeb, MD, Michael C. Mongé, MD, Carl L. Backer, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 107, Issue 1, Pages 157-164 (January 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.027 Copyright © 2019 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier survival plot: Freedom from reintervention for patients undergoing coarctation repair by resection with extended end-to-end anastomosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2019 107, 157-164DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.027) Copyright © 2019 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Box plots of transverse arch measurements depicting statistically significant differences between sternotomy and thoracotomy. (A) Proximal transverse arch diameter in centimeters (p = 0.0008). (B) Proximal transverse arch z-score (p = 0.005). (C) Distal transverse arch z-score (p = 0.008). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2019 107, 157-164DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.027) Copyright © 2019 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Predicted probability plots for sternotomy and receiver-operating characteristic curves for cut points for (A) proximal transverse arch diameter in centimeters, (B) proximal transverse arch z-score, and (C) distal transverse arch z-score. (AUC = area under the curve.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2019 107, 157-164DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.027) Copyright © 2019 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions