1. Bleeding Complications and Blood Product Utilization With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation 
Justin M. Schaffer, MS, George J. Arnaoutakis, MD, Jeremiah G. Allen, MD, Eric S. Weiss, MD, Nishant D. Patel, MD, Stuart D. Russell, MD, Ashish S. Shah, MD, John V. Conte, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 91, Issue 3, Pages (March 2011)
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2. Fig 1
Box plot of daily product transfusion requirements for the first postoperative week according to (A) total products, (B) packed red blood cells, (C) fresh frozen plasma, and (D) platelets. (POD = postoperative day.)
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3. Fig 2
Box plot of daily chest tube output for the first postoperative week. (POD = postoperative day.)
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4. Fig 3
Breakdown of our CF patient population by closure approach (primary closure vs delayed sternal closure), with delineation of subsequent bleeding complications.
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5. Fig 4
(A) Histogram of operative pRBCs transfused. (grey column = < 5 units pRBC transfused [p = 49]; black column = ≥ 5 units pRBC transfused [n = 37]). (B) Kaplan-Meier survival curve by strata of intraoperative blood transfusion requirements groups. (— = < 5 units pRBC transfused; — = ≥ 5 units pRBC transfused; p > 0.001, by log-rank test.)
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6. Fig 5 Kaplan-Meier estimate of freedom from gastrointestinal bleeding.
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