Figure 2
Post-operative Cardiac Biomarker Levels by Surgical Approach. (A) the levels of CK-MB; (B) cTnT levels on postoperative days 1, 2, and 3 (POD 1, POD 2, POD 3) for MS (blue), MT (orange), and TT (yellow) groups. Box plots depict median values and interquartile ranges, with whiskers extending to the rest of the distribution except for outliers, which are represented as individual points. Statistically significant differences between the groups on POD 1 are indicated with asterisks (* for P < 0.05, ** for P < 0.01), while 'ns' denotes a non-significant difference on PODs 2 and 3. The dashed lines connect the medians of each group across the time points, illustrating the trend in biomarker levels during the initial postoperative period.
