The Racial Paradox in Multiarterial Conduit Utilization for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting W. Brent Keeling, MD, Jose Binongo, PhD, Michael E. Halkos, MD, Bradley G. Leshnower, MD, Duc Q. Nguyen, MD, Edward P. Chen, MD, Eric L. Sarin, MD, Jeffrey S. Miller, MD, Steven Macheers, MD, Omar M. Lattouf, MD, PhD, Robert A. Guyton, MD, Vinod H. Thourani, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 4, Pages 1214-1221 (April 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.042 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Study modified predicted risk of mortality (PROM) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons predicted risk of mortality (STS PROM) on logarithmic scale. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1214-1221DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.042) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Odds ratios (OR) of postoperative outcomes comparing black patients and white patients. (CI = confidence interval; IABP = intraaortic balloon pump; ICU = intensive care unit; LOS = length of stay; MI = myocardial infarction; MSOF = multisystem organ failure; vs = versus.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1214-1221DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.042) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curves of black patients and white patients undergoing single arterial and multiarterial coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) strategies (p < 0.001). Blue line indicates black patient, multiple CABG; red line indicates black patient, single CABG; green line indicates white patient, multiple CABG; and brown line indicates white patient, single CABG. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1214-1221DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.042) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions