TCTMD

SYNTAX Score Predicts Long-term Benefits of Left Main PCI and CABG: MAIN-COMPARE

Coronary revascularization with PCI or CABG surgery results in comparable clinical outcomes at 10 years in patients with left main coronary artery disease and low-to-intermediate anatomic complexity, ...
TCTMD

Syntax Score Predicts 1-Year Risk in ACS Patients

In patients with moderate- and high-risk acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the Syntax score predicts 1-year ischemic outcomes including mortality, ...
Healio

PCI yields low event rates vs. CABG in patients with lower SYNTAX score

The 3-year results of the SYNTAX trial, according to data presented by Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD, suggested that percutaneous coronary intervention is a reasonable alternative to CABG for patients ...
Healio

Functional SYNTAX score appears more accurate than classic SYNTAX score

Compared with the classic SYNTAX score, the functional SYNTAX score decreased the number of higher-risk patients and better discriminated risk for adverse events in patients with multivessel coronary ...
Medscape

Surgery Is Best for Most Patients, Final SYNTAX Data Confirm

BARCELONA — Final, five-year results from the SYNTAX trial comparing CABG surgery and PCI with a drug-eluting stent (DES) in patients with complex coronary disease confirm the message that started to ...
Medscape

CABG Best for Low Risk Patients with Three-Vessel Disease?

August 29, 2011 (Paris, France) — A large registry comparing three-year outcomes in patients with three-vessel disease treated with PCI or CABG may renew discussions over the best revascularization ...