1. Right Minithoracotomy Versus Full Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair: A Propensity Matched Comparison 
Rüdiger Lange, MD, PhD, Bernhard Voss, MD, Victoria Kehl, DrRerNat, Domenico Mazzitelli, MD, Peter Tassani-Prell, MD, PhD, Thomas Günther, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 103, Issue 2, Pages (February 2017)
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2. Fig 1
Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival function of patients who underwent isolated mitral valve repair with either a right minithoracotomy (solid line) or a median sternotomy (dotted line): (A) matched patients (n = 194); (B) unmatched patients (n = 745). (#risk = number at risk; yrs = years.)
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3. Fig 2
Kaplan-Meier estimate of freedom from mitral valve-related reoperation of patients who underwent isolated mitral valve repair with either a right minithoracotomy (solid line) or a median sternotomy (dotted line): (A) matched patients (n = 194); (B) unmatched patients (n = 745). (#risk = number at risk; yrs = years.)
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