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

Higher SYNTAX score may predict benefit from CABG vs. medical therapy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 5 years, elevated rates of major CV events were found in patients with diabetes and stable ischemic heart ...
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 ...
Medscape

Death Rates Diverge But No Change in Advice: SYNTAX

October 11, 2011 (Lisbon, Portugal) — Four-year data from the SYNTAX trial show for the first time a divergence in death rates between the patients who were treated with bypass surgery and those who ...