Inter- and intra-observer variability for assessment of the synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXUS and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) score and association of the SYNTAX score with clinical outcome in patients undergoing unprotected left main stenting in the real world

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1130-1137

  Shiomi, Hiroki ^a   Tamura, Toshihiro ^b   Niki, Shunichiro ^a   Tada, Tomohisa ^a   Tazaki, Junichi ^a   Toma, Masanao ^c   Ono, Koh ^a   Shioi, Tetsuo ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Akao, Masaharu ^d   Furukawa, Yutaka ^e   Nakagawa, Yoshihisa ^b   Kimura, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Revascularization; SYNTAX score

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; RAPAMYCIN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT THROMBOSIS; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNERGY BETWEEN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION WITH TAXUS AND CARDIAC SURGERY SCORE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955687137     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-1112     Document Type: Article

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