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RÉSUMÉ ANGLAIS
The main objective of this work is to study in depth advanced biostatistical
techniques in adult cardiac surgery outcome research. The studies were designed to
incorporate the concepts of survival analysis, regression analysis with propensity
score, and cost analysis.
The first manuscript assessed survival, and cardiovascular specific mortality,
following surgical repair of acute ascending aortic dissection. The statistical
analyses included survival analyses with multiphase parametric hazard regression
and other parametric (exponential, Weibull), semi-parametric (Cox) or non-
parametric models (Kaplan Meier), comparison with the survival of a matched
cohort for age, gender and race using State lifetables, and modelization with
bootstrapping and multinomial logit models. The study showed that the early and
late survival following surgical repair has improved progressively over 25 years in
association with noticeable changes in surgical techniques and preoperative
diagnostic testing.
The second manuscript focused on outcomes following isolated coronary
artery bypass grafting in patients with a history of percutaneous coronary
intervention. The statistical analyses included multivariable regression models with
propensity score, complex matching algorithm (1:3) and appropriate statistical
analyses for matched groups (standardized differences, generalized estimating
equations, and survival analyses with stratified proportional hazards models). The
study showed that remote prior percutaneous coronary intervention more than 14