1. Do we increase the operative risk by adding the Cox Maze III procedure to aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery? 
Niv Ad, MD, Linda Henry, PhD, Sharon Hunt, MBA, Sari D. Holmes, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 143, Issue 4, Pages (April 2012)
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2. Figure 1
Cox Maze III lesion set. SPV, Superior pulmonary vein; LAA, left atrial appendage; LUPV, left upper pulmonary vein; LLPV, left lower pulmonary vein; RUPV, right upper pulmonary vein; RLPV, right lower pulmonary vein.
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3. Figure 2
Jitter plot indicating the distribution of propensity scores for patients who underwent the Cox Maze III (treatment units) and the matched patients who did not undergo the Cox Maze III (control units).
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4. Figure 3
Kaplan–Meier survival curves comparing cumulative survival between patients with and without the Cox Maze III procedure.
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5. Figure 4
HRQL improvement from pre-surgery to 6 months post-surgery. HRQL, Health-related quality of life.
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