1. Effect of Prior Cardiac Operations on Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 
Donald S. Likosky, PhD, Stephen D. Surgenor, MD, Robert S. Kramer, MD, Louis Russo, MD, Bruce J. Leavitt, MD, Meredith J. Sorensen, MD, Robert E. Helm, MD, Gerald L. Sardella, MD, Francis V. DiPierro, MD, Yvon R. Baribeau, MD, David J. Malenka, MD, Todd A. MacKenzie, PhD, Jeremiah R. Brown, PhD, Cathy S. Ross, MS 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages (October 2011)
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2. Fig 1
Rates of revascularization after a prior sternotomy are shown for coronary artery bypass grafting (first y axis; gray bars) and percutaneous coronary intervention (second y axis, solid line).
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3. Fig 2
(A) Risk-adjusted 4-year survival after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is shown. Survival was adjusted for age, sex, ejection fraction, acuity, vascular disease, diabetes, prior myocardial infarction, renal failure or creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dL, left main disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, body mass index, medical center and year. (B) Propensity-matched 4-year survival after isolated CABG is shown. Patients were matched by their propensity to have had a prior sternotomy using the factors of age, sex, ejection fraction, acuity, vascular disease, diabetes, prior myocardial infarction, renal failure or creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dL, left main disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, body mass index, medical center, and year.
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