Staged initial percutaneous coronary intervention followed by valve surgery ("hybrid approach") for patients with complex coronary and valve disease
John G. Byrne, MD, FACC*,*,
Marzia Leacche, MD*,
Daniel Unic, MD*,
James D. Rawn, MD*,
Daniel I. Simon, MD, FACC ,
Campbell D. Rogers, MD, FACC and
Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, FACC*
* Cardiac Surgery
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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Figure 1 Observed versus predicted operative mortality. Society of Thoracic Surgeons algorithm for pre-operative risk assessment for valve/coronary artery bypass grafting at time of percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curve for overall survival. Pts. = patients.
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