Ministernotomy Versus Full Sternotomy Aortic Valve Replacement With a Sutureless Bioprosthesis: A Multicenter Study Magnus Dalén, MD, Fausto Biancari, MD, PhD, Antonino S. Rubino, MD, Giuseppe Santarpino, MD, Herbert De Praetere, MD, Keiichiro Kasama, MD, Tatu Juvonen, MD, PhD, Wanda Deste, MD, Francesco Pollari, MD, Bart Meuris, MD, PhD, Theodor Fischlein, MD, PhD, Carmelo Mignosa, MD, Giuseppe Gatti, MD, Aniello Pappalardo, MD, Ulrik Sartipy, MD, PhD, Peter Svenarud, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 2, Pages 524-530 (February 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.028 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier cumulative survival in the overall cohort (n = 267) undergoing full sternotomy (black line) and ministernotomy (red line) out to 4 years (p = 0.423). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 524-530DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.028) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier cumulative survival in the propensity score–matched cohort (n = 112) undergoing full sternotomy (black line) and ministernotomy (red line) out to 3 years (p = 0.463). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 524-530DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.028) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions