Exploring the Volume-Outcome Relationship for Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedures Mary E. Plomondon, PhD, Adrianne W. Casebeer, PhD, Lynn M. Schooley, MA, Brandie D. Wagner, Gary K. Grunwald, PhD, Gerald O. McDonald, MD, Frederick L. Grover, MD, A. Laurie W. Shroyer, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages 547-553 (February 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.001 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Risk-adjusted 180-day mortality rate by hospital cardiac surgery program’s annual coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) off-pump procedural volume. (Circles = volume group 1; dashes = volume group 2; triangles = volume group 3; crosses = volume group 4.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 547-553DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.001) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions