SYNTAX score: An independent predictor of long-term cardiac mortality in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 445-449

  Yang, Chia Hung ^a   Hsieh, Ming Jer ^a   Chen, Chun Chi ^a   Chang, Shang Hung ^a   Wang, Chao Yung ^a   Lee, Cheng Hung ^a   Hsieh, I Chang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acute myocardial injury; long term cardiac mortality; SYNTAX score

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; SYNTAX SCORING;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867576023     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: 14735830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3283587835     Document Type: Article

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