Robustness of the Comparative Observational Evidence Supporting Class I and II Cardiac Surgery Procedures
Gaudino M, Hameed I, Robinson NB, Naik A, Weidenmann V, Ruan Y, Tam D, Girardi LN, Fremes S. Robustness of the Comparative Observational Evidence Supporting Class I and II Cardiac Surgery Procedures. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e016964. PMID: 32815427, PMCID: PMC7660761, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBilateral internal thoracic arteryValve-sparing root replacementSingle internal thoracic arteryInternal thoracic arteryThoracic arteryBentall procedureRoot replacementMV repairObservational studyClass IEffect estimatesCardiac surgery proceduresImproved clinical outcomesMitral valve repairUnmeasured confoundingEffect sizeObserved effect estimatesMV replacementSurgery guidelinesClinical outcomesValve repairRisk ratioArterySurgery proceduresObserved associations