Comparison of Three Measurements of Cardiac Surgery Mortality for the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group Donald S. Likosky, PhD, William C. Nugent, MD, Robert A. Clough, MD, Paul W. Weldner, MD, Hebe B. Quinton, MS, Cathy S. Ross, MS, Gerald T. O’Connor, PhD, DSc The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 4, Pages 1393-1395 (April 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.051 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Comparison of three mortality metrics by year of operation. (In-hospital = light gray line; 30-day = medium gray line; procedural = black line.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 1393-1395DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.051) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions