Cardiac valve replacement in patients on dialysis: influence of prosthesis on survival Richard J Kaplon, MD, Delos M Cosgrove, MD, A.Marc Gillinov, MD, Bruce W Lytle, MD, Eugene H Blackstone, MD, Nicholas G Smedira, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 70, Issue 2, Pages 438-441 (August 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01544-7
Fig 1 Survival of dialysis patients receiving either mechanical (Mech) or bioprosthetic (Bio) valves. The solid line represents estimates for patients receiving a bioprosthesis and the dashed lines a mechanical prosthesis. The numbers at risk at yearly time intervals are shown. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 438-441DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01544-7)
Fig 2 Freedom from hemorrhage in dialysis patients receiving either mechanical (Mech) or bioprosthetic (Bio) valves. The depiction is formatted as in Figure 1. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 438-441DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01544-7)