Risk stratification and prognostic effects of internal thoracic artery grafting during acute myocardial infarction Manuel Caceres, MD, Xia He, MS, James Scott Rankin, MD, Darryl S. Weiman, MD, Harvey Edward Garrett, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 1, Pages 78-84 (July 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.073 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Influence of ITA grafting on operative mortality across increasing predicted risk categories after a recent MI (<24 hours). ITA, Internal thoracic artery; Qtl, quintile; OR, odds ratio. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 78-84DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.073) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Classification tree for patients undergoing CABG surgery within 24 hours of an MI (N = 44,141). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 78-84DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.073) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions