Fig. 2

Timing of postoperative PE in relation to fibrinogen levels. A Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of patients with PE, patients with fibrinogen > 5 g/l manifested with PE earlier than patients with fibrinogen ≤5 g/l (log-rank p = 0.022). B Timeline of 12 patients with PE. Each line represents an individual patient and their postoperative survival, and circles indicate onset of PE. White circles indicate patients with fibrinogen > 5 g/l, black circles indicate patients with fibrinogen ≤5 g/l, gray circles patients with unknown fibrinogen level.