Prediction of operative mortality after valve replacement surgery
Fred H. Edwards, MD, FACC*,
Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACC ,
Laura P. Coombs, PhD ,
Elizabeth R. DeLong, PhD ,
W. R. Eric Jamieson, MD, FACC ,
A. Laurie W. Shroyer, PhD and
Frederick L. Grover, MD, FACC
* Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Figure 1 Observed versus predicted observed mortality for isolated aortic or mitral valve replacement. Data points correspond to decile subgroups of equal size for the 1994 to 1997 data.
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Figure 2 Observed versus predicted observed mortality for coronary artery bypass graft surgery combined with aortic or mitral valve replacement. Data points correspond to decile subgroups of equal size for the 1994 to 1997 data.
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Figure 3 Observed versus predicted observed mortality for isolated aortic or mitral valve replacement. Data points correspond to decile subgroups of equal size for the 1998 to 1999 data.
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Figure 4 Observed versus predicted observed mortality for coronary artery bypass graft surgery combined with aortic or mitral valve replacement. Data points correspond to decile subgroups of equal size for the 1998 to 1999 data.
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