Over Two Decades of Experience in Aortic Arch Reoperations: Long-Term Outcomes and Mortality Risk Factors.

Similarly, patients with a history of two or more sternotomies had a worse mean survival of 7.1 years (95% CI: 3.8–10.4) compared to 13.1 years (95% CI: 10.5–15.7) for those with only one prior sternotomy (Log-rank p = 0.07), though this difference also did not reach statistical significance ( Supplementary Figure S1 ).

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