Figure 1From: Diagnostic value and prognostic implications of serum procalcitonin after cardiac surgery: a systematic review of the literatureSerum procalcitonin (PCT) concentrations in patients after cardiac surgery with no complications according to the type of surgery. Group 1, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Group 2, CABG without CPB. Group 3, valvular surgery with CBP.© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. Reproduced from [36] by permission of Oxford University Press/British Journal of Anaesthesia.Back to article page