Impact of Preoperative Anemia on Outcome in Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Propensity- Matched Analysis Marco Ranucci, MD, FESC, Umberto Di Dedda, MD, Serenella Castelvecchio, MD, FESC, Lorenzo Menicanti, MD, Alessandro Frigiola, MD, Gabriele Pelissero, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages 1134-1141 (October 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.042 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Standardized difference between severely anemic and nonanemic groups before and after propensity-score matching. (CPB = cardiopulmonary bypass.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 1134-1141DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.042) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Operative mortality rate in the sextiles of distribution of the patient population. (CI = confidence interval; HCT = hematocrit; SD = standard deviation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 1134-1141DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.042) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions