1. Heart Failure Readmission After Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement: Five-Year Follow-Up in the Medicare Population 
Christina M. Vassileva, MD, Naseem Ghazanfari, MD, John Spertus, MD, Christian McNeely, BS, Stephen Markwell, MA, Stephen Hazelrigg, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 98, Issue 5, Pages (November 2014)
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2. Fig 1
Flow diagram of patient exclusions. (HMO = health maintenance organization.)
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3. Fig 2
Percent of patients with all-cause readmission who had a heart failure readmission during the same period.
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4. Fig 3
Cumulative incidence of readmission for heart failure (HF) after mitral valve surgery, stratified by operation type and history of preoperative heart failure.
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5. Fig 4
Cumulative incidence of heart failure (HF) readmission stratified by surgery type and preoperative admission (adm) for HF. (hx = history.)
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6. Fig 5
Cumulative incidence of heart failure (HF) readmission stratified by number of preoperative HF admissions. (hx = history.)
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