Incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing minimally invasive valve surgery Gerson D. Valdez, MD, Christos G. Mihos, DO, Orlando Santana, MD, Todd B. Heimowitz, DO, Robert Goldszer, MD, Gervasio A. Lamas, MD, Joseph Lamelas, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 6, Pages 1488-1493 (December 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.034 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing minimally invasive versus median sternotomy valve surgery. The asterisk denotes statistically significant differences between groups. AKI, Acute kidney injury; STS, Society of Thoracic Surgeons; RIFLE, Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-stage renal disease; Sternotomy, median sternotomy; Mini, minimally invasive. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1488-1493DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.034) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Postoperative outcomes in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) versus no AKI. The asterisk denotes statistically significant differences between groups. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1488-1493DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.034) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions